Politap Archery Triumphs at Traditional Archery Championship in Kuching, Malaysia

Archers from Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) who are members of the Archery Student Activity Unit (UKM), or Politap Archery, once again triumphed at the traditional archery championship held in Kuching, Malaysia. The advisor of the Archery UKM, Hairian Rahmadi, ST, MT, stated that following the success of Politap archers at the West Kalimantan level, their next goal was to achieve at national and international levels. Alhamdulillah, thanks to the support of Politap management, we managed to secure 1st Place and 3rd Place in the women's category.

The traditional archery championship in Kuching, Malaysia was held on 19 October 2019 at Padang DBKU, Bukit Siol Petra Jaya, Kuching, Malaysia, featuring several categories and contested by archers from Malaysia and Indonesia. Politap won 1st place in the women's category through Yayuk Sakinah (DIII Agroindustry) and 3rd place through Dewi Rahayu (DIV Civil Engineering). Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, Endang Kusmana, accompanied by Vice Director for Student Affairs Epriyandi, stated that the participation of Politap students in various events at local, national, and international levels is an effort to improve the quality of learning and student affairs, particularly in students' interests and talents. Endang hoped that in 2020 both quantity and quality would be further improved, especially with the upcoming National Polytechnic Sports and Arts Week in 2020.