Road to Semi Final " Yangphel Archery Tournament"

Teams Yul Gyel and Ata Boning have made it to the semifinals of the ongoing 16th Yangphel open archery tournament.

Yul Gyel team beat Sichey Mavricks, a Sikkimese team and Bhutan Expression Tours to book its spot in the semifinals yesterday. The matches were played at the lower archery range at Changlimithang.

Playing at the upper archery range, Ata Boning team came out victorious after beating Chituen Construction and Planet Gym in the 15th round.

Each of these three teams had won a game set each to have to settle the scores through a penalty shootout.

In the penalty shootout, Ata Boning team hit two kareys to win over Chituen Construction that hit only one and none from the third team.

At the other range, the spectators were for the Sikkimese team despite its opponent having won two straight sets through an impressive three bulls eye hits.

The last quarterfinals will be played today among Paro Snow Lion in Style team, Phuntsholing Kencho Tshering and Phuntsholing Tshamgar Construction to reach the semifinals.

The winning team will be up against eight teams of Pelden Group of Companies, Dragon Roots, Druk Lhayul, Ice Berg, Sonam Automobiles, Gyelyong Gaki, Ata Boning and Yul Gyel to reach the finals.

Of the initial 260 teams from across the country participating and playing in different venues, 27 had made it to the quarterfinal round.

Source: Kuenselonline