Special Events

Millar named to Para Archery Team in Chicago, USA

Kathleen Millar

SNAS President / Head Coach, Kathleen Millar has been named to the support staff to the Para Archery World Ranking Event in Chicago, Ill from June 25 – September 01.

There will be a team of 5 male archers:  4 compound and 1 recurve.  Kathleen looks forward to working with Head Para Coach Linda Price again in support of the athletes’ efforts.

Kathleen will not be available to coach/instruct during this time.  She will have limited time to respond to e-mails.

SNAS wishes the team good weather and good shooting at this important event.

Serenity Last competing at 2025 World Archery Youth Target Championships

Kathleen Millar

SNAC Member, Serenity Last will be representing Canada for the first time at the World Archery Youth Target Championship in Winnipeg, MB from August 15-25, 2025.  The tournament is being held at the Grant Park Soccer Fields, 478-492 Nathaniel Street.  She will be competing in the Women’s U18 Recurve category.

Serenity has had a terrific, successful summer in 2025 and feels ready for this event.  You can support her and follow her process through these web links:

https://www.worldarchery.sport/competition/24447/winnipeg-2025-world-archery-youth-championships

https://info.ianseo.net/25WAYC/

South Nation Archery Club wishes her and the entire Canadian Team good weather and good shooting!

August 24, 2024 SNAC Indoor AWARDS Celebration

Kathleen Millar

We have had quite a few challenges getting all the medals and certificates for those of you who competed in tournaments and mail matches since last May (understatement!).  Thank you to everyone who was able to drop by to celebrate with us.

This year, we presented house league medals, ON mail match certificates, ON indoor champ medals, and AC medals for mail matches and the Regional Indoor Championship.

We realise that some of you may be on vacation or cannot join us on that day.  We will keep your awards, if any, until you can drop in.

Even if you shot tournaments as a guest, we are celebrating your participation, too.

If you were not able to be with us and you earned a medal/certificate, you can drop by our shop during normal business hours to pick up your awards.

Use these links for house league results and ON mail match results.

2024_SNAC_House_League_results (11.8KB XLSX) - August 14th, 2024
AO_2024_ON_MailMatch_Results (55.7KB XLSX) - August 14th, 2024

Millar judged at 2024 National Target and Field Championships

Kathleen Millar

Kathleen Millar joined other national judges to volunteer at Archery Canada’s national field/target championships in Fredericton, NB during the first weeks of August.  It had all the dreaded 4-letter words for weather conditions:  heat, rain and wind, plus humidity in great supply for all 3 championships.

Competing at these championships were SNAC members Serenity Last, Connie Siedule and Garnett Last who battled challenging weather for the target nationals as the remnants of tropical storm Debbie came through north of the facility.

 

Shane Bryson top in 2024 SNAS Nutrition Challenge

Kathleen Millar

Congratulations to Shane Bryson, who topped all other students both adults and youth with an almost perfect score during our annual Nutrition Week Challenge.

All students in the advanced classes keep track of their food intake for one week in accordance with the Canada Food Guide, plus earn bonus points for reducing empty calories, fried food and caffeine.

Many of our students either improved or stayed the same score as in 2023 – very few did worse.

So, congratulations to all our students during National Nutrition Month and the annual SNAS Nutrition Challenge!

2024 Ontario Winter Games – an archery first

Kathleen Millar

South Nation Archery was represented well at the first indoor version of Ontario Games in Thunder Bay February 22-28, 2024.  Usually, archery has been in the summer games, but was switched into the winter for these games.

Serenity Last won her age category for both the 600 round and elimination day.  Congratulations, Serenity and keep up the good work!  Kathleen Millar was Eastern Zone Coach along with Garnett Last as Eastern Zone Manager.  Eastern Zone archers medalled in each division athletes were registered in.

Thank you to Archery Ontario for funding our training camp in January, and to Jess Watson in particular for all her work.

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.