PON XX Papua Report


 Sentani: The readiness of the XX Papua National Sports Week (PON) Archery venue continues to be launched ahead of the match which will be held on September 29, 2021. From the monitoring of the Indonesian Independent Online Media Network (MIO INDONESIA) today, Saturday (25/6/2021), the venue is located at  Kampung Harapan is not far from the Lukas Enembe Sports Center, it appears that a number of committees continue to complete several sides of the field that are still unfinished.

 This was confirmed by the Technical Delegate (TD) of the XX Papua Panhan Sports Committee, Prayitno.  He has ensured that the venue and other supporting facilities for the match will be completed and ready for use.

 Thus, the archery match, which is scheduled to be held on Wednesday (29/9/2021), can start on time.  In addition, Prayitno said that he had coordinated with related parties to immediately fix the slight deficiencies that still existed.

 The same thing was conveyed by Hengki F. Sawaki, the Chairperson of the Archery Sports Committee.


 “I have seen what the shortcomings are and today we are coordinating with related fields of PB PON.  All the needs for the archery venue that will be used when the match is ready, the delay is because the equipment just arrived a few days ago, so today we are hurrying so that the time can be used according to the schedule that has been set," said Hengki when met during a test event at the Archery venue.  PON XX.

 Furthermore, Hengki explained that today a test event was carried out by involving all equipment and match officials so that the officers could follow the flow of the match procedures. Regarding the schedule for field trials (official practice) it will be held the day before the match, September 28, 2021.

 "Later on, all teams will be given one day from 09.00 - 15.30 wit, I hope all of you are present and please do a field test, both the competition venue and the training venue in front," said Hengki, who also sits on the Board of Judges of XX Papua PON.

 For your information, at PON XX Papua Archery, 160 athletes will represent 20 provinces.  In PON XX Papua Archery, there will be 3 divisions, recurve, compound and national.

 On Saturday, the archery teams of West Java, West Kalimantan and the host Papua have started to practice at the training field in front of the Kampung Harapan archery venue, Sentani.  The host archery team was seen, followed by West Java at noon. The archers who had arrived earlier on Cendrawasih Earth began to adapt to the field conditions and the scorching heat of the sun.  After doing the exercises, the West Kalimantan Archery Team took the time to discuss with the Chair of the Archery Committee, Hengki F.Sawaki, they appreciated the venue and the committee's preparation in preparing the four-year sports festival which was held for the first time during the pandemic in the eastern end of the Republic of Indonesia.


  Ukie panterbali/Bram.s