This change pertains to this session only. Coach Kathy Millar is volunteering at the Paralympic Games in Whistler, BC from March 08 to March 21.

The rate per class will be maintained. The session 3 class fees are listed for each: adult advanced, youth advanced, adult beginner and youth beginner.

Call 613-989-2943 or e-mail to info@southnationarchery.com in order to register. Pre-registration is compulsory.

Accommodation:
The host hotel is the Brockville Travelodge, located at Hwy 401 exit number 696. Reserve your rooms with them directly at: 613-345-3900

Rooms are available from Thursday, June 24. Check out is Sunday, June 27th.

Each extra person per room add $10/night + taxes
Each cot required per room add $10/night + taxes

More information will be posted on the OAA website in advance of the event.

If successful, the event will be held the last full weekend in June instead of the second weekend in September.

If you can help set up the field on Thursday, June 24, it would be great!

If you are a high school student in need of community service hours, this is the place to fill most of the requirement. Just contact Kathy Millar for details and make sure that your school accepts the project.

Let's make this a really well-run tournament. Talk to Kathy Millar and sign up to help. Thank you.

A number of SNAC club members set national records this summer. We will post any news we get as they become available.

Today, we congratulate Christopher Perkins:

New canadian open records

Congratulations

Range fees
Archers 17 years of age and older: $5.00
Archers 16 years of age and under: $3.00

Use info@southnationarchery.com.

The Federation of Canadian Archers’ national target and field championships wrapped up in Laval, QC on Saturday, August 15, 2009. Nine South Nation Archery Club members were in attendance.

“This is the first time that our club fielded so many archers at the outdoor championships,” stated national-level coach Kathleen Millar. “We are very pleased with the archers’ efforts. It was a strong showing, particularly for some of our younger archers competing at the event for the first time.” Millar, along with her husband, Larry E. Smith, coached all of the archers who travelled to Laval for the week-long competition.

Though South Nation Archery Club is located in Winchester, Ontario, club members represented the eastern Ontario region:

Christopher Perkins (Athens, ON) won the gold medal in the junior compound men’s championship in convincing style, tying the current world junior record for 70 meters, setting 5 championship and open records, and shooting several personal best distance and total round scores. He also finished 3rd against all adult males in the international FCA Open held at the end of the Championships. Christopher recently returned from the FITA World Youth Championships in Ogden, Utah, finishing 17th individually and 4th in the team event.

Joseph Parent (Ottawa, ON) won the silver medal in the cub recurve boys’ championship. He shot several personal best distance scores. “Joseph recently started fitness training and this has made him stronger; he was able to shoot this championship pain-free. For me, that was his biggest success at this tournament,” said coach Millar.

Nancy Chalut (Port Perry, ON) came from behind to win bronze in the senior recurve women’s division and set 4 new masters’ records in the process. Nancy broke most of her personal best distance and total scores during the 4-day event. This was only her second national outdoor championships. She lost a sudden-death tie-breaker match to the eventual silver medallist in the FCA Open. “Nancy started training with us last March and we truly are impressed with her progress,” said Millar. “She travels 7 hours round-trip in order for us to coach her. She has been very faithful to the training plan that I created for her.”

Jordan Sequillion (Kingston, ON) came from behind to finish third in the cadet recurve women’s division in target and second in field during her first time at the outdoor national championships. She placed third also in the cadet FCA Open. “This was a terrific result for Jordan. She shot against very experienced archers in her age category and learned quite a bit,” said Coach Millar. Her brother, Joshua, also competing in his first outdoor nationals, won the field championships for pre-cub recurve boys and shot well during the target event despite the fact that he broke his elbow in the spring and could not train often.

Molly Solc (Joyceville, ON) broke numerous personal best scores during the week-long tournament and narrowly missed the bronze medal. Molly finished 6th in the FCA Open against senior and masters categories. This was her best result to date in elimination rounds. “She has improved dramatically over the past 6-8 weeks,” said coach Millar. “I look for strong results from Molly during the provincial championships slated for early September in Sault Ste. Marie.”

Logan Coulter (Williamsburg, ON) set several personal best scores to finish 5th during the target championships and 4th in the cadet FCA Open. “Competing in his first outdoor national championships, Logan was up against Canadian world team members for his age division,” Millar explained. He has become a force to be reckoned with only 18 months in the sport. His dedication to training has been outstanding.”

Michael Bracey (Kingston, ON), in his first year in the cub recurve boys’ division, won the national field championships and finished 5th in target with a strong showing on his second round. “The distances change as the archers get older,” Millar explained. “We are working with Michael toward the provincial championships next month and the nationals in 2010 in Halifax.”

Peter Garrett (Manotick, ON) won the masters’ curve men’s division in the FCA field championships. “Peter will be representing Canada at the world 3D championships later on this year,” reported coach Millar. “This was a good training event for him and he performed well.”

Click the following thumbnail to see a photo of the competitors and their families.