Stettler’s Jessa Heatherington of Wm. E. Hay Composite will be representing Canada as they participate in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) 2015 All-Star World Championship.
The Castor Raider Archery team out of Gus Wetter School will be heading to the NASP World tournament in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, July 21.
Among the eight shooters who met the qualification standard and made it to the final team is Jessa Heatherington and Tayla Van Oers from Castor’s Gus Wetter school.
“It feels absolutely incredible to be able to represent Canada at the NASP World tournament,” said Heatherington. “I have only taken up archery for less than two years and I am honoured to be asked to shoot for Canada at the All-Star World Championship.”
With 5,000 archers from the United States, UK, Namibia and South Africa among other countries scheduled to participate at the World tournament, the competition will be keen as Canada looks to strike its target.
Once the world tournament is over, two archers from the team, Oers and Heatherington, will proceed to join Team Canada as they participate in the NASP All-Star World Championships.
Nancy Tamblyn of Castor and Hal Ziprick of Smoky Lake have been coaching Oers and Heatherington.
According to Heatherington, the Gus Wetter school in Castor has been very supportive of her efforts, allowing her to practice three times a week for the tournament, often under the guidance of coach Tamblyn.
The NASP World tournament will be held from July 22–25, while the NASP All-Star World Championship will be held from July 26–28.