Politap Wins 1 Gold and 1 Silver in West Kalimantan Traditional Horsebow Archery Championship

The Archery Team of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) (Politap Archery) succeeded in winning 1st and 2nd place in the Women's Division as well as 2nd Overall Champion at the West Kalimantan Traditional Horse Bow Archery Art Championship held on 6 – 8 November 2020 in Ketapang. This championship was organized by Mangku Negeri Tanjungpura Darusalam Ketapang as a regular event to commemorate the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW.

Hairian Rahmadi, Advisor of Politap Archery, conveyed that 1st place in the women's division was secured by Yayuk Sakinah and 2nd place by Dewi Rahayu. He stated that this achievement is commendable considering that regeneration is underway at Politap with new archers still maturing through training. We are very pleased that the new archers are beginning to be able to compete.

Endang Kusmana, Director of Politap, welcomed the success of the Politap archers, noting that Politap students are still able to excel during this pandemic and that the institution continues to encourage archery to remain Politap's mainstay for achievements at the local, national, and international levels.