During 2010 I started in both indoor and field competitions and later on started to shoot SANAA outdoor competitions as well. My first international competition was the IFAA world field championship in Germany which I won. I shot a few junior female world records during this championship.

My first SANAA National competition was the SANAA Outdoor Championships hosted by TuksArchery in Pretoria.  At the end of the outdoor round which we shot in very wet conditions my score was not bad (1391).  This improved most of the Cadet girls SA records.  After this I started to chase after each and every SA record.  This was the only way to measure my abilities and progress as there weren’t a lot of cadet/junior girls.     

Special moments and achievements in my archery career is most definitely each and every time I shot a SA record or World record.  There are well over 120 record certificates in my collection.  This was at one stage the only way to measure my progress as there were only a few junior female archers in SA at the time. 

Danelle is a first year student at the University of Pretoria and she is studying B.SC.Agriculture

International Archery Career

IFAA Field World Championship, DAHN, Germany 2010

·         My first international participation.

·         Won the Junior Female Freestyle unlimited division

·         Shot 2 World records in Field and hunter rounds.

IFAA Indoor World Championship, Pretoria, South Africa 2011

·         Won the Junior Female Freestyle Unlimited division

·         Shot 900/900 

·         2 world records

World Archery (FITA) Junior Championships, Legnica, Poland 2011

·          My first international participation at World Archery Outdoor

·          Ranked  first in the Junior Female Freestyle unlimited division (individual)

·          Held elimination world record for a short period

·          Placed 8^th overall individual

·          Ranked 1st in mixed team event

·          Placed 4^th in mixed team event

World Archery Junior Indoor Championships, Las Vegas, USA 2012

·          My first international participation at World Archery Indoor

·          Ranked  7 in the Junior Female Freestyle unlimited division

·          Placed 9^th  in the individual event

Las Vegas Archery Festival (IFAA) 2012

·          My first international participation at World Archery Competition

·          Won the Young adult female freestyle division

·          Score of 600/600   

World Archery Outdoor (World cup stage 3), Ogden, USA 2012

·         Ranked 16th in ranking round                       

·         Placed 9^th  during individual competition 

·         Ranked 7^th in Mixed team event

·         Placed 9^th in mixed team event   

World Archery Indoor (World cup stage 1), Singapore 2012

·         Ranked 1^st  in ranking round       

·         Placed 1^st during individual competition

World Archery Indoor (World cup stage 3) Las Vegas 2013

·         Ranked 14^st  in ranking round     

·         Ranked first on total world cup points

·         Placed 3^st during World cup finals

·         Placed 12^th in Vegas Festival shoot

World Archery Outdoor (World cup stage 4), Wroclaw, Poland 2013

·         Ranked 22nd in ranking round    

·         Placed 17th in Individual round

·         Part of Woman Compound team that ranked 8^th and final position of 9^th. 

World Archery Outdoor (World championship), Antalya, Turkey 2013

·         Ranked 31st in ranking round      

·         Placed 6th in Individual round

·         Part of Woman Compound team that placed 6^th