La Guilde St-Sébastien struggles to survive: “In the 1980s, up to 100 shooters 4 times a week in Josaphat Park”

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El Massaoudi Sarra

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Published on

05/31/21 at 9:48 am

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05-31-21 at 9:51 am

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The emblematic Schaerbeek club is the only one still active in Brussels, but it only has about twenty members. “The sport is in the process of disappearing because there will never be enough succession to maintain a sufficient number of shooters. Our club is getting younger but in competition, 80% of archers are over 60 years old. There is a Englishman, American and locals. Bram is here with his son for the first time. ” In the heyday of the 1980s, between 80 and 100 shooters from across the country would meet up to four times a week. ” Reportage