Nigeria dominate at 2025 Arch Archery International Open tourney

Chad hauled gold in the Recurve 70m Female category but it was Team Nigeria that dominated proceedings at the 2025 Arch Archery International Open Championships hosted in Nigeria. Chad’s representative, Aboufaita, stole the show, while Nigeria’s Oyebola Folashade from the Nigerian Army took the silver medal. In the Recurve 70m Male category, Tobi Bello of […]

Chad hauled gold in the Recurve 70m Female category but it was Team Nigeria that dominated proceedings at the 2025 Arch Archery International Open Championships hosted in Nigeria.

Chad’s representative, Aboufaita, stole the show, while Nigeria’s Oyebola Folashade from the Nigerian Army took the silver medal.

In the Recurve 70m Male category, Tobi Bello of Zen Archery won gold, while Aliyu Abubakar of Shooters Archery claimed silver, and Leon Hernandez took bronze.

It was an all–Nigerian Army affair in the 50m Male Barebow event, as Usman Abubakar and Zakarriya Umar won gold and silver respectively, while Daniel Adetola of Kingsmen Archery, Ibadan, took bronze.

In the 50m Female Barebow category, Etiedung Madu of the Nigerian Army won gold, Yewa Patience of Arch Club claimed silver, and Makanjuola Dominion took bronze.

In the junior category, Pontank Tantur of Rayfield Archery Club won gold in the Male 20m category, ahead of Akogun Isaiah and Abundance Azuka of Akogaa Archery Academy.

In the Female Junior category, Rahmat-Abn-Hurayrata and Latifah Musa of ARCH Archery won gold and silver respectively, with Amal Ibrahim Khadi of Regent School taking bronze.

17-year-old Rahmat-Abn-Hurayrata, a student of Al-Hiddayah, said she plans to continue as an archer through to university level.

“My plan is to continue practising and participating in archery championships. I’m looking for a place or an archery club where I can continue to pursue my love for the sport,” she said.

The president of the club, Engineer Aliyu Garga Abubakar described the championship as highly competitive among the archers.

He added that it serves as a preparation ground to groom the next Olympic archers, hinting that there will be more innovations in subsequent editions.