Team Damchen lifts 2010, 12th Coronation Trophy

United we line- Women supporters try to distract a Damchen archer.
Team Damchen was too hot for Karma TMT to handle as it cruised to a comfortable victory in the finals of the 12th Coronation silver jubilee tournament played yesterday.
Damchen defeated Karma TMT is two straights sets and nearly left TMT red faced, when they finished the first set 25-6 before lunch. Karma TMT came back stronger in the second set. They reached 20 points leaving Damchen trailing by six. But Damchen shot back to 22 points from 14 within the next few rounds. With kareys showering on a dry and hot day, spectators were speculating if the game would go to the final set. But Damchen proved everybody wrong, when they hit two extra kareys and completed the game. The game ended 26-20, one point beyond the required 25.
Individual archers from Damchen took home a Tissot watch worth Nu 8,300; and the runners up one Switch watch, worth Nu 5,300 each.
The best archer of the tournament (until the semi finals) was Sonam Jamtsho of Karma TMT. He won a Nu 38,300 T-Touth watch. Dorji Gyaltshen from Damchen also got a Tissot watch for the man of the match award. Dorji Gyaltshen hit 13 kareys.
Sherub Tharchen of Karma TMT hit the highest dobjey, nine, and Thinley Jamtsho of Tobden XI hit the highest one-day karey. He hit 19 of them.
35 teams, including a team from Sikkim, India, participated in the tournament. The former deputy minister of the environment commission, Dasho Nado Rinchhen awarded the prizes. Source: Kuenselonline