Nov-Dec 2007
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Nov-Dec 2007
BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHER THE MAGAZINE OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHERY ASSOCIATION World Championships - Korea Disability Games NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 PRESIDENT & ATHLETES WITH A DISABILITY CHAIRPERSON Susan Lemke arclslem@axionet.com 28353 Starr Rd, Abbotsford, BC V4X2P5 tel: 604-607-1116, fax: 604-607-1199 ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT Phil Smith philip_smith@poptal.com Box 2190, Fort St. James, BC V0J 1P0 tel: 250-996-7131 BCAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONTACT INFORMATION TREASURER Val Canham valcan@telus.net RR3, S22, C17, Oliver, BC V0H 1T0 fax: 250-498-2271 SECRETARY Anne Bone aebone@shaw.ca 8928 Dewdney Trunk Rd, Mission, BC V2V 6Y1 tel: 604-826-8601 TECHNICAL VP JUDGE/OFFICALS CHAIR Ron Ostermeier rono@justthatsimple.com RR2, S41, C110, Oliver, BC V0H 1T0 tel: 250-498-3205, fax: 250-498-3208 ADMINISTRATIVE VP Vacant BOWHUNTING VP & BOWHUNTING EDUCATION (IBEP) Ted Kennedy tedkennedy@shaw.ca 11338 159B St, Surrey, BC V4N 1R6 tel: 604-583-2248, cell: 604-671-2022 ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT VP Charles Land chuck@boormanarchery.com 23670 Tamarack Lane, Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1B4 tel: 604-524-1674 ZONE 1 DIRECTOR Vladimir Kopecky vkopecky@cyberlink.bc.ca 236 Kimbrook Cres, Kimberley, BC V1A 3A7 tel: 250-427-7098 ZONE 2 DIRECTOR Vacant ZONE 3 DIRECTOR Garry Hornsberger gmhorns@shaw.ca #174, 100 Laval St, Coquitlam, BC V3K 6N2 tel: 604-525-0674 ZONE 4 DIRECTOR & COACHING CHAIR Paul Mackwood mackmill@shaw.ca PO Box #2, 23080 Dyke Rd, Richmond, BC V6V 1E1 tel: 604-220-5646 ZONE 5 DIRECTOR Paul Greening paul.greening@telus.net PO Box 5637, Squamish, BC V0N 3G0 tel: 604-892-1062 ZONE 6 DIRECTOR Eric Walker earch@shaw.ca 9418 Chemainus Rd, Chemainus, BC V0R 1K5 tel: 250-246-5400 ZONE 7 DIRECTOR & NORTHERN BC GAMES ZONE CHAIR Kirstin Rudolph kirstinrs@fsjames.com Box 2190, Fort St. James, BC V0J 1P0 tel: 250-996-7131 ZONE 7 DIRECTOR Colin Bennet colinent@citytel.net 600 Pillsbury Ave, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 3Z6 tel: 250-624-4637 ZONE 8 DIRECTOR Ted Stern 5530 Buckhorn Lake Rd, Prince George, BC V2N 6B4 tel: 250-963-7538, fax: 250-963-0168 JOP CHAIRPERSON & MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Mary Ostermeier maryo@justthatsimple.com RR2, S41, C110, Oliver, BC V0H 1T0 tel: 250-498-3205, fax: 250-498-3208 FCA REPRESENTATIVE Al Willis al@archeryguy.com 758 Cuaulta Cres, Victoria, BC V9C 3R7 tel/fax: 250-474-4909 BC ARCHER EDITOR Joanne Georgelin archereditor@gmail.com Maple Ridge, BC tel: 604-716-7142 ATHLETE ASSISTANCE CHAIR Jason Pierreroy jasonproy@yahoo.ca 21, 8717 - 159 St, Surrey, BC V$N 5R9 tel: 604-594-4164 ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE Dianne Land dianne@boormanarchery.com 23670 Tamarack Lane, Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1B4 tel: 604-524-1674 TEAM SELECTION CHAIR Tracy Klat tklat@shaw.ca 103 Werra St, Victoria, BC V9B 5C2 tel: 250-598-7615, fax: 250-661-7368 RECORDS Andy Anderson #100, 2929 Nootka St, Vancouver, BC V5M 4K4 tel: 604-439-0240 AWARDS/TOURNAMENTS Jim McNeil nmcneil@shaw.ca 3729 Quarry Rd, Coquitlam, BC V3H 3H5 tel: 604-941-2260 WEBMASTER Greg Durward webmaster@archeryassociation.bc.ca 112 Cross Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2J6 tel: 250-537-0749, fax: 250-537-0769 SENIOR GAMES CHAIRPERSON Doug Sour dsoar@telus.net #105, 124 Cambie Place, Penticton, BC V2A 1C5 tel: 250-493-2046 BC WINTER GAMES SPORT CHAIR Elaine Johnson johnson_cranbrookarcheryclub@hotmail.com tel: 250-417-3413 NORTHERN WINTER GAMES PROVINCIAL ADVISOR Flo Stern 5530 Buckhorn Lake Rd, Prince George, BC V2N 6B4 tel: 250-963-7538, fax: 250-963-0168 NORTHERN WINTER GAMES SPORT CHAIR Flora & Barry Christenson reindeer@pris.ca Box 394, Pouce Coupe, BC V0C 2C0 2 3 4 5 6 The holiday season is fast approaching us and I would like to take this moment to wish everyone a very happy holidays. Thank you to everyone who generously submitted information for this Archer edition. As always, I would welcome anyone who has articles or photos to contribute to our next Archer to forward them to myself. A message from the BCAA President. - Susan Lemke World Championships - Korea Disability Games Outdoor Target Championships Bowhunting Pin Application - Garry Hornsberger 7 Junior Olympian Report 8 Annual General Meeting Info Message from the Editor: Presidents Report - Mary Ostermeier - Anne Bone 9 News Bits 10 Competitive Shooting, Part 1 - Hugh MacDonald 12 You and the Rules - Ron Ostermeier Also, I have a word of apology to Anne Bone for my mistake on her article in the last Archer. Please submit articles or photos to archereditor@gmail.com Sincerely, Joanne Georgelin archereditor@gmail.com NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 1 President’s Report In all the years I have been associated with and working for the archery community I have to admit that this year above all has truly been a highlight. I had the honour of traveling with many teams and working hard to support the efforts of several BC athletes. From the BC Games to the World Championships many faces of athletes have been pressed into my memory. This past October I traveled with athletes from across Canada to the International Paralympic Committee World Championships for Archery where I again was able to see the Canadian Flag raised on the field of competition. The hard work of athletes and their coaches recognized for an instant and their names forever placed in the records of history. Kevin Evans and his coach Vladimir Kopecky have worked for several years to realize this moment on their way to the Paralympics in Beijing. Time, Money and emotion have been spent on a journey that is only partly about the winning. The accomplishments of Hugh Macdonald this year and the Men’s team silver in Rio at the Pan Am Games have also been part of my experience as support staff. Both these athletes can be held out as examples of hard work and dedication to a goal. Through long practices and traveling on a shoe string budget they have followed a passion and been successful. The winning has not been the only reward, of course we know that not everyone can win a medal, but the travel, sharing experience and meeting of new people who become friends is also part of that picture. I would like to thank all the athletes that have allowed me to share with them in the past year, from the young athletes at the winter games, the provincial indoors and outdoor championships. From Squamish to Kimberly, to Vanderhoof and all points in between, your energy inspires me, your desire drives me and your successes no matter how small adds to my library of knowledge. NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 2 I would like to share with you a poem by WA Clannen that I found some time ago, I have read it often and believe it to be true, I know from my own experience as competitor and as support to athletes that what you take away from the experience is what shapes you as a competitor and member of a community. Sincerely, Susan Lemke The Contest Lasts for Moments Though the training’s taken years. It isn’t the winning alone that was worth the work and the tears. The applause will be forgotten and the prize will be misplaced. But the long hard hours of practice will never be a waste. For in the trying to win You build a skill; You learn that winning depends on will. You will never grow by how much you win You will only grow by how much you put in. So for any new challenge you’ve just began Put forth your best and you have already won. W A Clannen WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IPC KOREA 2007 Congratulations to Kevin Evans on his gold medal win! Also, congratulations on a bronze medal win to the team round consisting of Kevin Evans from British Columbia, Robert Cox from Manitoba and Bob Hudson from Saskatchewan! Bronze Medal Team Left - Robert Cox Middle - Kevin Evans Right - Bob Hudson Kevin Evans NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 3 POWELL RIVER DISABILITY GAMES 2007 Congratulations to all the participants in the Powell River Disability Games! NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 4 OUTDOOR TARGET CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS RELEASE Local Archers Compete at National Championships Squamish was well represented this year at the 2007 Canadian Outdoor Target Championships held in Orangeville, Ontario. Two of our local archers made the trip to compete in the weeklong event to determine the best outdoor archers in the nation. This year’s tournament hosted 206 athletes from across the country, many of which have represented Canada on the international stage. The format consisted of the athletes shooting 72 arrows at each of 4 distances over a 4-day period to determine ranking for medals and the following match play competition. In the junior recurve category the boys were shooting at 90, 70, 50 and 30 meters. This year’s event was especially challenging due to stifling heat and humidity combined with crosswinds gusting to 100 kms per hour. The boys persevered and despite all obstacles, Jonathan Russell posted a 5th place finish with Jonathan Greening taking 6th. In the following match play event, both boys bowed out early to international level competition but vowed to return when the event moves to Manitoba in 2008. The lessons learned in Ontario must have taken hold because at the 2-day BC Provincial Outdoor Championships held 2 weeks later in Burnaby and Port Coquitlam, the boys reversed roles with Jonathan Greening taking the Gold and Jonathan Russell claiming the Silver. Also competing at the event was David McKenzie who won the Silver medal in the Cub Compound Division. Many thanks go to Susan Lemke for her support, guidance and infinite patience in working with these athletes. Paul Greening, Zone 5 Director NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 5 BOWHUNTING PIN APPLICATION APPLICATION FOR SUCCESSFUL BOWHUNTING PIN NAME ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER BCAA NUMBER GAME TAKEN TYPE OF BOW ARROW BROADHEAD RELEASE COMMENTS ATTENTION HUNTERS SEND TO: Garry Hornsberger #174, 100 Laval Street Coquitlam, BC V3K 6N2 email: gmhorns@shaw.ca phone: 604-525-0674 Once again The B.C. Archery Association is offering Pins to any member who is successfully harvest an animal with a bow. Each Pin is engraved with the species taken. To receive your Pin simply fill out the application form an send it in. I will have a Pin made up and sent to you with in days. At the end of the season a list of all the recipients will be put on the B.C.A.A. Web page. Also if you have a picture that you would like placed on our Bow Hunters Site please send it along . Garry Hornsberger NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 6 JUNIOR OLYMPIAN REPORT James Milne Cowichan Bowmen James earned his Oly/275 & 208 with scores of 283 and 284. Chad Thorne Silvertip Archers Chad shot a 242/251 for his first Olympian badge and pin. He shoots robin/cmp. Bruce Planer Silvertip Archers Bruce earned his first Olympian badge and pin with scores of 250and 248. He shoots robin/cmp. Michael Sxperkowicz Royal City Archers Michael shot a 286/285/290 and 293 for his Oly/285 and 290. Matthew Marziali Royal City Archers Matthew received his first Olympian badge and pin with scores of 244 and 242. He shoots cub/cmp. Jordan Welch Squamish Rod & Gun Club Jordan received his first Olympian badge and pin with scores of 249/254. He shoots cad/cmp David McKenzie Squamish Rod & Gun Club David earned his Oly250/260 by shooting a 260/270. I hope everyone is having a great time shooting and practicing for the BC Winter Games. It would be nice if we could have a full team. Also turn in your scores to your coordinator if you are shooting on the 40 cm target. It doesn’t matter if you think it is too low. As long as you turn in a score you get points depending. Happy shooting everyone and I also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2008. Mary Ostermeier, JOP Coordinator NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 7 BC ARCHERY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BC Archery Association 2008 Annual General Meeting Will be held on Friday, March 21st 2008 at 7pm The meeting will be held at the Abbotsford Ag-Rec. Haida Drive The following motions will be put forward for a vote by members at this meeting. Motion…”To raise the BC Archery Association Membership fees, effective September 1st, 2008 as follows: Adult $45 Junior $40 Club $80 Family of Two $75 Family of Three or More $95 Motion…”To rescind and replace the current BC Archery Association by-laws.” Anne E Bone, Secretary FCA Mailmatch Contact Information: The FCA Mailmatch Coordinator, Trina Snooks, is in the process of promoting the 2008 Mailmatch. All information on the Mailmatch is on the FCA website (http://fca.ca/MM/mailmatchinfo.html), but if you have any questions at all, please contact Trina either at this email address or by phone. Her telephone number is (506) 853-7914. Remember, only our members can make the Mailmatch a success! Anne Bone, Secretary NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 8 NEWS BITS SportsFunder SportsFunder is a newly developed lottery program from the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) where proceeds directly support amateur sports in B.C. Developed in celebration of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games; SportsFunder is expected to generate an estimated $20 million for amateur sports in B.C. by 2012. The SportsFunder suite of lottery games includes Instant Win tickets, a province-wide 50/50 game, Pull Tab tickets and Interactive Games available on bclc.com. SportsFunder will have a tremendous impact on amateur sports in the province with proceeds from the sale of SportsFunder lottery games being directed to the following four amateur sports programs: KidSport™, Team BC, Coach and Leadership Development, and Youth Sport Travel Assistance. HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS FOR COACHING Are you a level 1 certified coach in grade 11 or 12? If so you could be eligible to receive school credits for your coaching work. If you are interested in knowing more please contact Susan Lemke. For more information on SportsFunder lottery games and how you can make a difference for amateur sports in BC, visit www.sportsfunder.com. Nominations for the following 2007 awards, to be presented at the 2008 Indoor Championships in Abbotsford, are now being accepted: Coach of the Year Judge of the Year Volunteer of the Year Female Athlete of the Year Male Athlete of the Year These people are deserving of your recognition! Please submit your nominations no later than January 15th to be tallied at the January Board meeting. Please send your nominations to the B.C. Archery Association Secretary – Anne Bone – at aebone@shaw.ca or by post to 8928 Dewdney Trunk Road, Mission, B.C. V2V 6Y1. NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 9 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE SHOOTING This is the first of a series of articles about being competitive internationally, how to get there and what it’s like, based on my experiences so far. I am writing from the perspective of a Male Recurve target archer but lots of it will probably transfer to target recurve women and maybe lots will apply to compounds too. I am certainly not the best archer in the world but I do have some current experience competing internationally, which I think might have some value to those who are thinking about giving it a whirl. It’s not definitive; it’s what has worked for me. Who am I? I’m a target shooter who’s trying to be the best he can be. I’ve been to three World Championships, two Pan Am Games, two World Cup events and lots of World Ranking events. I currently hold or share four national records. I started archery in high school. I was lucky, my school had a club and the coach was a level three NCCP coach. So I learned good form right off the bat. Also, he knew the progressive steps of archery and got me started on my way. For the first year I shot only at the high school level with a standard bow. At the tournament at the end of the year I placed 6th in my region and got a little green ribbon. It’s still one of my favourite awards. The following year I got my first recurve, a Check-Mate “Saber,” and I started going to local indoor tournaments. Just the usual FITA 18M rounds, meeting the local archers who weren’t doing it to get a few days off school to go to tournaments. In my third year I was introduced to outdoors. My first tournament was a 900, my second a 1200, and my third a 70M FITA 1440 round (70M, 60M, 50M and 30M). I shot that from June until August when I shot the US Nationals. It turned out that there was an age rule discrepancy between Canada and the US at the time (the rules have been fixed so that this kind of thing doesn’t happen any more), and I was shooting a full 90M FITA. It was hard. I didn’t have a sight mark, and I missed more often than I hit at 90. My final score was 799, I was dead last at the tournament and I had more fun than probably anyone else on the field. I was hooked and from then on all I wanted to do was get better. By the end of the year I had shot one FITA with 144 hits (every arrow scored) and one FITA score above 1000 points (and got my first FITA “Star” award). I had also bought my first high-end bow (a Hoyt TD4+). I shot the riser for seven years, at which point it became a back-up for a couple more, and I shot the limbs for eleven years before I finally retired them. By the end of my second year NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 10 Part 1 of 4 outdoors I was up to 1100, and in my third outdoor season I broke 1200. After that my pace of improvement slowed. It took more arrows than I was prepared to believe, but finally, after seven more years, I made my first National Team in the fall of 1999. We went to the Olympic Qualifying event in Mexico and I placed 6th (the same placing as in my first-ever event) and in the team round we got a silver medal. I was pretty excited about that. In the summer of 2002 I finally broke the 1300 plane and received my most recent FITA “Star” award. I figure I’ve shot about 500,000 arrows in my life so far and I’m still progressing. Learning new things all the time. I’m not the Olympic and World Champion I want to be yet, but I’m also not done yet. What does it take to be an international shooter? In my experience, it takes a lot more than I ever thought. About 10 dedicated years is the average to go from a rough beginner to someone who’s ready to start competing at the world level. A recent FCA/FITA survey taken at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships in Leipzig, Germany shows that, as a rough guide for a recurve shooter, to improve to the international level you need to be shooting around 40,000 arrows per year for a few years once you’ve started shooting outdoors seriously. One archer in the survey reported shooting as many as 120,000 arrows in a single year! Can it be done with less? Yes, but it takes longer. By and large, it takes 150,000 – 200,000 good arrows in the bank before you’re ready to make the national team. “Good arrows” means that they’re not just shot blindly for the sake of shooting a lot of arrows. Each arrow is shot with purpose and focus. That doesn’t mean that they’re not fun, it just means that they’re not frivolous. Flung arrows are arrows in the bank, but they’re not nearly as valuable as good arrows. Once you’ve achieved the international level, it only takes about 30,000 arrows a year to maintain that skill level. Some will look at this volume of arrows and either disbelieve it, or tell themselves they might as well give up now. To become a competitive archer you should look at these numbers and say “well I’d better get started now.” I mention the numbers of arrows as a guideline only. The basic message is this: If you want to be the best shooter you can be, shoot as many arrows as you can, as often as you can. On top of that, you need to be fit. A good level of cardiovascular fitness, good strong muscles, solid balance and a stable core are all keys to being a consis- tent, competent and confident competitor. The majority of top archers are fit and very strong. You need good form with nice clean lines. Good form is solid, simple, repeatable and helps avoid injuries. Archery is all about consistency and good form helps with that. Lastly, you need good equipment. This is last because a good shooter can shoot well with less than the newest, most state-ofthe-art gadget-laden bow, but a bad shooter can’t be saved by anything less than a self-firing bow. It has to be tuned to your personal style and, because you will probably often travel without your bow shop or your coach or anyone of your regular cronies, you need to know how to maintain and fix it yourself. Are there exceptions? Of course. But if you think you’re going to be the big fat slob who doesn’t practice, eats nothing but doughnuts and pizza, has weird angular form and knows nothing at all about his bow who wins all the events, you’re probably wrong. What you need to know is that all of this is a starting point. Try to be the best, most textbook shooter you can, and from there you can customize your regimen to suit your peculiarities. Make the shot your own, but always strive to be simple, strong, stable, consistent and repeatable. So, it sounds like a lot of work. It is. It’s probably 35 hours a week at least, but it doesn’t have to start all at once. You can work up to that level, adding an extra shooting day per week here, starting a light fitness regimen and increasing it slowly. Make a little time at the beginning for some of it and soon enough you’ll have enough time to do it all. It took me eleven years from when I started shooting to make my first National team and another three from there before I was beginning to be competitive. But it’s completely worth it - the people I’ve met; the opportunities I’ve had to test my best against theirs; the places I’ve been; the fantastic shooting I’ve seen. I wouldn’t trade it. Hugh MacDonald NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 11 YOU AND THE RULES We are back indoors and getting ready for our first shot at the BC Winter Games these are happening in the Cranbrook in Feb 08. We need the youth that will be fourteen to sixteen as of Feb 21st 2008. This is the age group that can compete. This is the categories, Male and female: Barebow, Compound, and Recurve. So are your archers set up correctly to compete? What category are they shooting? Have you looked to see that the equipment that they are using is within the equipment rules for that category? Can you use a level on a recurve? How many attachments can be on the string of a recurve? What size of arrow is allowed? 7.3.3 Compound For the Compound Division, the following equipment is described. All types of additional devices, unless they are electric or electronic, are permitted: 7.3.3.1 A compound bow, which may be of a shootthrough type, is one where the draw is mechanically varied by a system of pulleys and/or cams. The bow is braced for use by bowstring(s) attached directly between the two string nocks of the bow limbs, or attached to the bow cables, as may be applicable to the particular design. 7.3.3.1.1 The peak draw weight must not exceed 60 lbs. 7.3.3.1.2 Cable guards are permitted. 7.3.3.1.3 A brace or split cables are permitted provided they do not consistently touch the athlete’s hand, wrist and/or elbow. 7.3.3.2 A bowstring of any number of strands 7.3.3.2.1 that may be of different colours and of the material chosen for the purpose. It may have a centre serving to accommodate the drawing fingers or release aid. Nocking points may be fitted to which may be added serving(s) to fit the arrow nock as necessary. To locate these points one or two nock locators may be fitted. In addition attachments are permitted on the string to serve as a lip or nose mark, a peep-hole, a peep-hole, hold-in-line device, loop bowstring, etc. 7.3.3.3 An arrow rest, which can be adjustable NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 - Archer 12 7.3.3.3.1 a moveable pressure button, pressure point or arrow plate, may all be used on the bow provided that they are not electric or electronic. The pressure point will be placed no further than 6cm back (inside) from the throat of the handle (pivot point of the bow). 7.3.3.4 Draw check indicators, audible and/or visual may be used provided they are not electric or electronic. 7.3.3.5 A bow sight attached to the bow 7.3.3.5.1 which may allow for windage adjustment as well as an elevation setting, which may also incorporate a levelling device, and/or magnifying lenses and/or prisms. Electric or electronic devices are not permitted. 7.3.3.5.2 A bow sight extension is permitted. The sight point may be a fibre optic sight pin and/or a chemical glowstick. The glowstick will be encased so as not to disturb other athletes and to provide only one sight point. 7.3.3.6 Stabilizers and torque flight compensators, 7.3.3.6.1 provided that they do not: Serve as a string guide; I guess the point is set up your equipment within the rules and there will be no problems at the equipment inspection time. You can look up the rules at http://www.fca.ca/ rules/ and you should! Ron Ostermeier, Technical VP & Judge Chair AL’S ARCHERY CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2007/2008 Al's Calendar of Events Date Start Date End 16-Dec-07 Event or Round 16-Dec-07 Turkey Shoot Place Contact Nanaimo F&G Mark Spender timberhunter1@shaw.ca 2008 14-Jan-08 14-Jan-08 * Safari Shoot Duncan, BC Doug Gardiner 250-743-1858 dlgardiner@shaw.ca 21-Jan-08 21-Jan-08 Nanoose Pentacostal Shoot Parksville Qualicum Miles Johnston twintrunks@shaw.ca 25-Jan-08 27-Jan-08 Nimes Archery Indoor Money TournamNimes, France 2-Feb-08 2-Feb-08 Victoria Bowmen MICA Tournament http://arcclubdenimes.com/ Victoria, BC tournaments@victoriabowmen.com Quesnel, BC Chris & Samantha Wright, email mascqbc@telus.net 23-Feb-08 24-Feb-08 * Quesnel Archers Indoor 3D Event 22-Feb-08 24-Feb-08 The Vegas Shoot (World Archery FestivLas Vegas 800- 811-2331 mjrogers@fieldarchery.com 22-Feb-08 24-Feb-07 Indoor World Test Event FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca Rzeszów, Poland 1-Mar-08 2-Mar-08 Canadian Regional Archery ChampionsVarious sites FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 1-Mar-08 1-Mar-08 Victoria Bowmen FCA Regional Site Victoria, BC tournaments@victoriabowmen.com 2-Mar-08 2-Mar-08 Victoria Bowmen 3D Victoria, BC Douglas Bell 250-727-9735 bell.da@forces.gc.ca 3-Mar-08 9-Mar-08 World Ranking Event Yucatan, Mexico FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 9-Mar-08 Indoor 3D Shoot Williams Lake, BC Al Campsall 250-392-9695 al.campsall@sd27.bc.ca 15-Mar-08 8-Mar-08 16-Mar-08 NFAA Indoor Louisville, KY USA http://www.nfaaarchery.org/tournaments/IndoorNationals/index.c 16-Mar-08 16-Mar-08 + St. Pat's Shoot Nanaimo F& G Marc Spender timberhunter1@shaw.ca 28-Mar-08 30-Mar-08 Challenge 70M Indoor Tournament Montréal, PQ bow_man@hotmail.com 1-Apr-08 9-Apr-08 5-Apr-08 Archery World Cup Stage 1 13-Apr-08 World Ranking Event Santo Domingo FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca Arizona USA http://www.arizonacup.com/ 13-Apr-08 13-Apr-08 * 3D Victoria F&G Martin Olson molsen013@yahoo.com 15-Apr-08 19-Apr-08 Archery World Cup Stage 2 Protec, CRO FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 20-Apr-08 20-Apr-08 Roger Creek Shoot Courtenay F & G Bud Hubert 250-723-6528 joysworl2@shaw.ca 30-Apr-08 7-May-08 World Ranking Event Guatemala FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 4-May-08 Victoria Bowmen 3D Victoria, BC Douglas Bell 250-727-9735 bell.da@forces.gc.ca Quesnel, BC Chris & Samantha Wright, email mascqbc@telus.net 4-May-08 24-May-08 25-May-08 Quesnel Archers Outdoor 3D Event 27-May-08 31-May-08 Archery World Cup Stage 3 Antalya, Turkey FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca Peurto Rico FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 15-Jun-08 "+ Summer Classic 3D Nanaimo F& G Marc Spender timberhunter1@shaw.ca 29-Jun-07 Archery World Cup Stage 4 Boé, FRA FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 1-Jun-08 6-Jun-08 World Ranking Event 14-Jun-08 23-Jun-07 6-Jul-08 11-Jul-08 Pan American Championships Valencia, Venezula FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 7-Jul-08 10-Jul-08 7th Word University Championships Tainan, TPE FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 3-Aug-08 US Target Nationals Colorado Springs, http://www.usarchery.org/ Costa Rica FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca Winnipeg, MB FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 28-Jul-08 TBA End Ju TBA 1-Aug-08 2-Aug-08 5-Aug-08 World Ranking Event 2-Aug-08 Canadian Field Archery Champs 10-Aug-08 North American Indigenous Games (3DCowichan, BC 9-Aug-08 FCA Target Champs and FCA Open FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca Winnipeg, MB FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca Dauphin, MB FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 8-Aug-08 10-Aug-08 + Canadian 3D Championships 8-Aug-08 24-Aug-08 XXIX Olympic Games (Archery 8 - 16) Beijing, China FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 11-Aug-08 12-Aug-08 Roger Creek 3D Port Alberni Kirk Joyal 250-338-0119 kcyoyall@shaw.ca 30-Aug-08 31-Aug-08 Gold River Shoot Gold River R & G End Aug 1-Sep-08 6-Sep-08 BC Outdoor Championships (Dates TB Prince George, BC Brent Donaldson 250-283-7787 wildcat1@island.net No contact yet 6-Sep-08 21st World Field & World Junior Field ALlwynnpia, Whales, UKFCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 17-Sep-08 Paralympic Games (Archery TBC) Beijing, China FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 10-Sep-08 13-Sep-08 BC Senior Games TBC Prince George, BC No contact yet 13-Oct-08 19-Oct-08 10th World Junior (4th Word Cadet) New Delhi, India FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca 14-Oct-08 14-Oct-08 Harvest Moon 3D Duncan, BC Doug Gardiner 250-743-1858 dlgardiner@shaw.ca 26-Oct-08 26-Oct-08 * Pumkin Shoot Nanaimo F& G Marc Spender timberhunter1@shaw.ca TBC Oct 08 TBA Archery World Cup Final New Delhi, India FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca TBA Nov 08TBA World Ranking Event Ecuador FCA Office 613-260-2113 information@fca.ca Victoria F&G Martin Olson molsen013@yahoo.com 30-Nov-08 30-Nov-08 * Turkey Shoot 12/4/2007 1 SNAPSHOTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BC ARCHER c/o M. Ostermeier RR2, S41, C110 Oliver, BC V0H 1T0 41172528