Kathleen Millar

2023 SNAC House Leagues – Final Results

Kathleen Millar

Congratulations to all of our members and participants who joined us for house leagues in 2023.  It is the first time since the COVID-19 Pandemic that we have been able to run a full season of indoor competition and the shooter numbers are starting to come back to pre-pandemic levels.  That’s a good sign!

The results are listed in the link below.  For house leagues, all equipment divisions used the outer 10.  There were some really close races this year.

2023_House_Leagues_final (14.1KB XLSX) - April 13th, 2023

Thank you to everyone who joined us this year.  Hopefully, we will see this year’s group back in January 2024, along with new participants who want to try some friendly competition in their local area.  For more details, please contact Kathy or Larry during normal business hours at 613-989-2943 or by e-mail:  info@southnationarchery.com

2023 Nutrition Challenge Well Done

Kathleen Millar

Our SNAC advanced classes took on the annual March Nutrition Month Challenge to chart healthy eating for 1 week.  99% of our students participated – well done!

Rian Chicoine remains our nutrition champion for another year, with Pam Leclair only 10 points behind him.  Congratulations, Rian and all our participants.

Remember that a balanced diet with good hydration and fewer “hollow calories” can help archery performance as well as overall health.  Combined with good sleeping habits, you can feel better and have more energy.  Take the nutrition challenge on your own – Kathleen Millar can send you a score sheet upon request.

2023 MICA Results ends our indoor season

Kathleen Millar

2023 saw the return of full programming for the indoor season post-COVID-19, and we had good turn-out throughout the winter.

Our last tournament was MICA on Sunday, March 19th.  Congratulations for all participants and to Jessica Last in particular, who continued to improve and shoot PBs throughout the season.

The MICA event runs throughout the year, so we will not know how are members fared until after December 31st.  In the meantime, here are the club results.

2023_MICA_results_web (11.3KB PDF) - March 19th, 2023

Mail matches continue until Saturday, April 1.

2023 10-Ring Provincial Championships well-attended

Kathleen Millar

Congratulations to all our archers, friends and guests who shot this week during our annual Ontario Provincial 10-Ring Championships.

The official results will be posted on the Archery Ontario website.  But, for all the results of club members and guests, please use these results:

AO_SNAC_TenRing2023_RESULTS_all (12.7KB XLSX) - February 26th, 2023

Our next tournament is the national regional indoor championships.

Quintin Fawcett leads the way at 2023 IFAA Champs

Kathleen Millar

Congratulations to all our fearless archers who showed up in some pretty hazardous driving conditions to shoot the 2023 Provincial IFAA Championships at SNAC today!

There were many good performances today, with several PBs, including Quintin Fawcett’s 299 / 300 in the U18 Compound Division.

The Recurve Division was led by Shane Bryson (267/300) and Pam LeClair (266/300)

Our club results are listed on the link below; full provincial results will be available on Archery Ontario’s website.

SNAC_IFAA_Champs_ClubResults_2023-01-29 (12.5KB XLSX) - January 29th, 2023

Our next tournament is the Provincial 10-Ring Championship week starting on Monday, February 20th.  See our Events Calendar for details.

PBs shot at SNAC January WA18M

Kathleen Millar

Congratulations to all our competitors today.  We had a good turn-out as people come back to competition after the COVID-19 break.

Today, we had 2 outstanding performances:

Quintin Fawcett CPD M CDT shot 283/287, the 2nd round is a PB

Serenity Last REC F CDT shot 266(PB)/255, total 521 is a PB

We had many people who had not been able to shoot a 60-arrow round in over 2-3 years – so congrats for surviving!  🙂

All results from our site can be found at the link below:

WA18_RESULTS_2023-01-15_2023006 (14.4KB PDF) - January 15th, 2023

Our next tournament is the provincial IFAA championships on Sunday, January 29th.  We have only 1 spot available on the 2pm line.

Dustin Watson wins U21 CPD Men’s World Field Championship

Kathleen Millar

Dustin Watson is Canada’s latest World gold medallist following the 2022 World Archery Field Championships in Yankton, USA.

The U21 compound individual men’s gold-medal match was a nail-biter. Jevsnik (Slovenia) and Watson were tied after the first and second ends with 33 points, shooting on some very tricky target angles. The third end went to Jevsnik by 1 points and Watson tied up on the final end. With a one-arrow tiebreaker, both Jevsnik and Watson scored 5 points (out of a possible 6), but the Canadian’s arrow was closer, securing the win.

Watson was very happy with his result and was able to execute a solid shot for the win. Interviewed after the event, Dustin felt that it was a great learning experience to shoot against other top-seeded archers and he wants to come back to shoot more international events.  He thanked his family, the team coach and his supportive teammates.

For more details and results, please view Archery Canada’s website.

Watson wins U21

Concussion in Sport Resources

Kathleen Millar

Concussion Awareness Week was established in January 2021 to increase concussion awareness by providing information and encouraging action across Canada. Concussion Awareness Week is for everyone with a role in healthy active living – sport and recreation participants, parents, coaches, organizers, educators and more!

This year, Concussion Awareness Week is taking place from September 25 to October 1, 2022.

Know the facts about concussion in sport. Discover innovative tools and resources to support your organization, inform your practices with evidence and ultimately keep your athletes safer. Check out the latest concussion research, communication tools, protocols & policies, and best practices & inspiration.

Jim Kinsey – another significant member of the archery community leaves us 2022-01-18

Kathleen Millar

Mount Joy, PA — Members of the local Mount Joy community, as well as members of the archery industry at large, are mourning the loss of Jim Kinsey who passed away Tuesday, Jan. 18th, 2022 at the age of 84.

Jim’s father, Vernon, founded Kinsey’s as a local archery retail store in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania in 1952.  It was through Larry Smith’s close contact with Vernon’s company while he was growing up in PA that led South Nation Archery Supply to start an account with Kinsey’s as our first wholesale supplier when we started in business in 1983.  So our personal and business ties go back to both Vernon and Jim.

Jim Kinsey pioneered the distribution portion of the business laying the ground work for what Kinsey’s is today. Starting in 1957, Jim was instrumental in distributing arrows to retailers throughout the Northeast. He also spearheaded the company’s arrow manufacturing division by cementing contracts with both Colt Firearms and Bear Archery.

Jim led the family business for 40 years from 1957 through 1997 before passing the reins onto his children, 3rd generation owners, Rick Kinsey and Sherri Gorman. Mr. Kinsey stayed connected to the business through 2013 when he formally retired.

Jim loved skiing as well as archery; we would share stories with Jim and his staff every year at archery trade shows.  He had a great smile and a good sense of humour.  We enjoyed his company. We send our condolences to Rick, Sherri and their families.