It will be a big week in Vegas with World Cup, World Championship and Vegas Festival archers in town.  Best of luck to Christopher Perkins, Jordan Sequillion and Georcy Thiffeault-Picard as they compete in February at the World Archery Indoor Championships in Las Vegas, NV.

Eric Peters will be competing in the Vegas Festival that follows immediately after the worlds.

Go get 'em!

Due to increased interest this year, SNAC is opening a 3rd, evening line for the OAA's IFAA championship on Sunday, January 29th. 

Doors will open at 4:30pm, official practice is 5:00-5:45pm and scoring starts at 6pm.

So, if you want the added fun of shooting a 5-arrow end, blue-target 60-arrow tournament, sign up with Kathy/Larry and join the group. 

Tell your friends! 

Register now for all provincial, national and international championships being held this winter at SNAC.  For dates and details, go to the events section of the website. 

SNAC is hosting OAA regional Championships - both IFAA & FITA18M.  For the FITA18M week, Monday night league shooters will have priority for Monday night slots.  Wednesday and Thursday night class participants will have priority those nights.  We are considering opening up Tuesday night as well, depending on the interest level. 

Archery Canada's national championships - 3 start times on March 04, is first-come-first-served. 

And finally the MICA event on Sunday, March 25 (FITA equipment divisions ONLY!  FITA age categories ONLY!).

Don't leave it too late!  We have to host these events on specific days.  So come and join the fun.

Congratulations to SNAC member, Christopher Perkins, who was able to shoot his OAA IFAA championship regionals on Sunday, January 22 in Caledon.  For the first time, Christopher shot a perfect 300/60x on the round.

He was in the Toronto area after shooting at The Bow Shop's annual breast cancer fund-raiser tournament in Waterloo. 

With his IFAA championship round in the bank, Christopher's next prep tournament for the indoor world championships and the Vegas Festival will be the Lancaster Archery shoot this weekend in Pennsylvania.

Continued good shooting, Christopher, and good luck!  :)

Congratulations to SNAC members Christopher Perkins and Molly Solc who have been nominated by the OAA for 2012 Quest for Gold funding.

For more information about the Ontario Government's Quest for Gold, and how archers can qualify for training & competitive funding assistance, please use the OAA website.

Kathy Millar, SNAC coach, was invited to lead a provincial team training camp for coaches and archers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.  The event was sponsored by AANB.  The clinic's theme was preparation for the 2012 indoor national championships.  The group was very open and enthusiastic.  There was good discussion of points to ponder.

Kathy covered planning, commitment, physical alignment, power and psychological preparation for both recurve and compound archers and their coaches.

The training camp site was sponsored by the Bathurst Archery Club.

If your club or province is interested in bringing Kathy to organise and lead your next training camp, please contact her directly at info@southnationarchery.com.

Range fees 2012
Archers 17 years of age and older: $5.00
Archers 16 years of age and under: $3.00

Tournament Fees 2012
For all registered FCA tournaments, indoors and outdoors:
Archers 17 years of age and older: $15.00
Archers 16 years of age and under: $10.00

2012 SNAC League fees for indoors and outdoors
Archers 17 years of age and older: $7.00
Archers 16 years of age and under: $4.00

NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE
FCA and OAA Indoor Mailmatch registration fee
$20.00 for the season for archers 17 years of age and older.

Archers must be members of Archery Canada/OAA to participate.

LEADERS IN CANADIAN SPORT HONOURED AT SPORT LEADERSHIP AWARDS GALA

Toronto (November 11, 2011) – Canada’s top coaches and sport administrators were honoured at the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala, hosted by the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), on Friday night at The Fairmont Royal York hotel in downtown Toronto.

Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards:

There were 44 winners of this award for the 2010-2011 season. 

These prestigious awards recognize coaches whose athletes have excelled at World Championships, Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Special Olympics World Games.  Kathleen Millar (Winchester, ON) received this award in recognition of Christopher Perkins' gold medal performance at the senior world archery championships in Torino, IT in 2011.  Kathy was escorted by Christopher's father, Spencer, in gratitude for his continuing support of her coaching.

“Petro-Canada has supported the recognition of Canada’s coaches for 11 years and has recognized over 200 of Canada’s best. This year, as in years past, there is an incredible list of talented coaches that we are very proud to celebrate,” said Steven Keith, Director, Loyalty and Marketing Partnerships, Petro-Canada, a Suncor Energy business.

Please note that Session 2 and 3 adult beginner classes are full.  There are still a few spots left in Session 4.  If you are interested, please contact Kathy ASAP to pre-register.

Attention all South Nation Archery Supply customers and residents of eastern Ontario and western Quebec, SNAS Vice-President Larry EUGENE Smith of Winchester, ON is NOT the same person as Larry SIMON Smith of Williamsburg, ON who has been charged with bowhunting violations in the state of Illinois.