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Kathleen Millar Eastern Zone Coach for Ontario Winter Games

Kathleen Millar

Kathleen Millar, team coach, along with manager Garnett Last, will be supporting the Eastern Zone archery team to the 2024 Ontario Winter Games, February 22-26th, 2024.  The Games are taking place in Thunder Bay, ON.

This is the first time that archery has been assigned to the Winter Games, and therefore, archers will be shooting indoors at 18m. The team age categories, U21 and younger, include recurve and compound archers from across the zone.

Archers are looking forward to all the aspects of competition and Games.  There is a wide cross-section of archer experience and age on this team for males and females, from first-time major games participation to Pan Am youth championships.

While the Games are running, Kathleen Millar will not be available for private coaching from February 21 to 28, 2024.  In the meantime, for further information on private lessons, please contact South Nation Archery at 613-989-2943 and speak with Larry.

2024 Provincial Indoor IFAA Championships at SNAC

Kathleen Millar

Thank you to our competitors and guests who joined us to shoot this championship on Sunday, January 28.  Attendance was a little smaller this year due to the fact that quite a few of our regular competitors were attending the Lancaster Archery Tournament in Pennsylvania.

That didn’t stop 2 of our members from setting unofficial provincial records for this round.

Travis Tyo in 21+ men’s hunter division shot a 300 with 46 5s

Shawn Matheson in 21+ Para Open Recurve shot 266 to break his own record.

Congratulations to Pam Leclair, who also shot a PB on this round.

Club results follow.  For full results, please consult the Archery Ontario website.

IFAA_2024 WEB Results - SNAC_ON012 (12.2KB XLSX) - January 29th, 2024

2024 Regional Indoor Champs & MICA Event at SNAC

Kathleen Millar

SNAC is pleased to host the 2024 edition of the indoor national 10-ring championship, and MICA Pan American Event.  These events has been registered for both national and international records and award pins.

Regionals Date:  Sunday, March 03, 2024

MICA Date:  Sunday, March 24, 2024

9am practice; 10am scoring
1pm practice; 2pm scoring

Pre-registration is compulsory and closes 3 days before the event at 9pm.  Call 613-989-2943 or e-mail:  info@southnationarchery.com

Bring dry, indoor footwear please.

Fees:  21+ & 50/60+  $30      U21 & younger $20

2023 Canada Cup Prep 2 at SNAC

Kathleen Millar

Thanks to our competitors, some of whom travelled quite a distance to be here.  We had another day of perfect weather.

You can see results at:

https://can.service.ianseo.net/General/CompetitionDetail.php?Competition=2023328
https://can.service.ianseo.net/General/CompetitionDetail.php?Competition=2023329
Or use our links here:
Join us for 720 Leagues on Wednesdays.  Our next tournament is our annual 4 x 720 weekend on July 29-30.  Please remember that pre-registration is compulsory.  Contact Larry or Kathy at 613-989-2943 or info@southnationarchery. com to hold your spot(s).

Shawn Matheson qualifies for Para World Champs at SNAC

Kathleen Millar

On June 11th, SNAC ran 2 WA720 rounds.  Thank you for everyone who attended.

During the afternoon round, SNAC member Shawn Matheson shot his 3rd and final qualification score to represent Canada at the Para Archery World Championships in Pilsen, CZE later in July this year.

Congratulations, Shawn!!

Please find our results links below:

2023_720_CanCupPrep1_June11AM_2023325 (10.6KB PDF) - June 11th, 2023
2023_720_CanCupPrep1_June11PM_2023326 (9.8KB PDF) - June 11th, 2023

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.