Kaski team consisting of Asim Sherchan, Khagender Malla and Durga Purja scored 216 points finishing ahead of Manang Marshyangdi Archery Club (MMAC) which scored 213 points. Ongya Gurung, Karma Gurung and Jeet Bahadur Moktan featured from MMAC. [break]
Himalayan Archery Club stood third defeating Kirat Welfare Society Archery Club (KWSAC) 215-184 for the third place. The top three teams bagged a purse of Rs 7,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 3,000, respectively.
Prem Prasad Pun and Maya Shyangtan´s pair of Himalayan secured the first position under open mixed team event. The pair defeated Kaski´s Khagendra Malla and Rajya Laxmi Joshi´s team 3-1 set in the final. Durga Purja and Renu Tamang´s team of Kaski edged past Asim Serchan and Dil Kumari Bhujel´s pair of same district 3-0.
Birendra Gurung and Sarita Tamang´s pair of Himalayan claimed top honors in the standard mixed team event. The duo registered a comfortable 3-0 win over pair of Hom Bahadur Thapa from Kanchanpur and Rashmi Darlami of Annapurna Archery Club. Saujanya Gurung and Sony Sherpa´s pair of Himalayan secured third position.
The top three teams of the open and standard mixed category bagged an equal Rs 3,000, Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000, respectively.
Earlier on Friday, National Champion Jeet Bahadur Moktan of MMAC had men´s individual recurve gold while Renu Tamang of Kaski took women´s same category gold.
Birendra Gurung and Soni Sherpa of Himalayan had clinched gold medal in the men´s and women´s individual standard recurve respectively.
Soni Sherpa was declared the best players of the event. Sherpa was awarded with Archery worth $ 1500 by Korean coach Lee Chung Ung for her feat. The three day long indoor event held for the for time in Nepal featured 49 archers, including 36 male and 13 female players.
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