Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF) has going forward at international level with the national archers showing their improved brand of game at different tournaments at home and abroad.
The BAF owed much to its sponsor City Group for their financial assistance not only to prepare the national archers through intense training camp under German coach Martin Fredrick, but it also bear all the expenses of the foreign coach and other expenditure of Bangladesh Archery Academy in Gazipur including the players fooding and lodging cost.
The City Group has signed a five year deal with the BAF for its development and the company was happy with the performance of last two year.
City Group Marketing Manager Md Farzanul Haque told a press conference yesterday at BOA auditorium in the capital that his company is proud of archer Ruman Sana who has already crossed the qualifying round to play directly into the Tokyo Olympic next year.
Apart Ruman Sana, other male and female archers are also showing their improved performance.
During last two seasons Bangladesh archers have won 15 gold medals and so many silver and bronze medals.
The sponsor company has decided to increase sponsor money for the third year as it has announced a budget of Tk 2.41 crore for 2019-20 season.
BAF General Secretary Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed, who is also a well reputed Asian archery organizer, is the man behind growing the game so far. “I’m vowed to keep up the momentum and hopefully we can present more archers of Ruman Sana stature at international level in near future,” he said and added Inshallah the archers will bring more laurels from different international tournaments..
He appreciated City Group’s active cooperation in raising the game to a new height.
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Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
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Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
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