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Edition Number Five of SANIFAA News

This is the fifth edition of the SANIFAA News. We are at an exiting stage of archery for SANIFAA in South Africa at the moment. The World Field Archery Championship is around the corner for our archers that will participate. Then we are preparing for the World Indoor Archery Championship in April 2013. The next event after this is the World Bow Hunter Championship that will be hosted by South Africa in Potchefstroom, North West at Elgro. Some great packages has been negotiated with the Elgro Group for archers. Depending on the package it can include all or part of the following accommodation, breakfast, dinner, transport to and from the airport, transport to and from championship venue, banquet open and closing ceremony, practice area available at your accommodation venue, gift pack and entertainment. 

Most of you will by now know that the bow manufactures have released or are at the point to release their new range for 2013. By visiting their websites you can see what will be available for 2013. if you are not sure speak to your local bow shop for more detail..

In this edition of SANIFAA News:

WIAC 2013

SANIFAA is in the process to finalise the criteria for the WIAC 2013 that will be hosted in the USA.

VP Indoor – Leonie Oosthuizen will not be in a position to accompany the Team to the World Archery Indoor Championship 2013 as team manager because of prior commitments. Marietjie Kleingeld – VP Field will take up the position of Team Manager. 

Score Cards

by Petrus van Breda

This weekend it came to my attention again how poor our archers record keeping are at a competition. The following must be adhere to at all times:

• Dual scoring must always  be done.
• Archers need to ensure all details are correct including their styles.
• Please make sure one can read what you have written
• Both score cards must be signed by the archer (Field and Indoor)
• Both score cards must be signed by the person who scored that score card (if you are scoring yourself on one score card you need to sign as scorer as well)
• On signing the score card you agree that the scores are correct and you accept it.
• Both score cards must be the same and balancing
• The archer is responsible to ensure that both his/her score cards are handed in for capturing purposes. Don’t expect others will do it for you. If both is not received or only one, the score will not be captured.
• It is not the responsibility of the organisers, captures etc to run after archers and ensure they receive the score cards and that they are completed correctly.
• Only after the scores has been captured and are verified one score card will be made available to the archer for his/her own records. Please don’t stand at the table and demand you score card, the organisers will release them when they have finalised the scoring. If you ask they will inform you when the score cards will be available. Note:- It might be even at the end of the competition.
• The archer is responsible to ensure they collect the score card, the organisers will not keep the extra score cards after the competition
• Archers are responsible to ensure they have their score cards as proof and can produce them when they are needed.

SANIFAA Competitions

• 13 & 14 October – Gauteng Provincial Field Championship – Scoring Arrows at 08:00 on both days.
  (Online Registration Open)
• 20/21 October Mpumalanga Provincial Field Championship
  (Canceled and moved to 2013)
• 28 October ORBBG Fun shoot
• 28 October to 3 November – 2012 World Field Archery Championship
• 10 November – Mpumalanga Provincial 3D Championship
• 17 November – Free State Provincial 3D Championship
• 10 & 11 November 2012 – Vaal Triangle Championship – At The Bowshop

ORBBG Archery Fun Day

East and Archery send us a very interesting article on a Archery Fun Day they had.
You can read it here…
Their next fun day will be Sunday 28 October ORBBG Fun shoot

For Sale

Mark Theron have the following for sale:

• Hoyt Alpha Elite 60-70 lbs, 30″
• Limb Driver Rest
• Doinker 30″ Stabilizer
• 5x Victory Target Arrows

Price is R 5000.00
Mark can be contacted at email mtheron@icon.co.za or mobile 0824692248

Johannesburg Indoor Championship Photos

There are some photos of the Johannesburg Indoor Championship on SANIFAA’s Facebook page.

Drug Free Sport

Archers, do you know whether your medication is approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency?

The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) brings you the perfect app to check the status of your

Quotes of the moment

“People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from the failures; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.” (Goleman, 1996.)

IFAA

Please visit IFAA’s website often for updates on international competitions, rule changes etc.

A number of our members has indicated that they enjoy the new format of communication. The SANIFAA News is not a replacement for the SA Archer or information appearing on our website but rather supporting communications to these channels. If you have any information that you would like to distribute to SANIFAA members please send these to Petrus van Breda.

The next few weeks will be busy as the calendar is quite full and with the 2012 World Field Archery Championship at the end of October 2012 in Argentina.

In this edition of SANIFAA News:

Appointment

As most of you know the position Secretary General has been vacant with Jonathan Steinmann resigning. The challenge we faced finding a suitable person for the position as soon as possible, that are able to almost step in and hit the road running. After following the process of nominations and voting by the provinces, we are in the fortunate position to inform you that we were able to find a person willing to accept the position, and that most of the archers already know.

Please welcome:
Petrus van Breda – our existing Webmaster and Database Administrator. Most of you have seen him at the competitions managing the registrations, scores etc and know he is passionate about archery. At the moment he will combine both positions into one. We would like to take this opportunity and welcome Petrus and wish him all the best in the new position.

Mpumalanga Field

The Mpumalanga Provincial Field Championship 2012 will not take place on the weekend of 20/21 October 2012. Plans are to host the event in March 2013 in Nelspruit.

Nelspruit Archery Club received the approval to host the event, and requested a change in dates. They had considered the following in their request to move the dates:

• Fog during October in the Sabie region
• In March the rainy season is almost a thing of the past

Dates will be confirmed at a later stage.

SA Archer – September 2012

Please note that the SA Archer for September will be later than normal. Charmaine is away and will only return early September to complete it.

SANIFAA Competitions

• 9 September – North West Provincial Indoor Championships
  (Online Registration Open)
• 15 & 16 September – Western Cape Provincial Field Championships
  (Online Registration Open)
• 22 September – Limpopo Provincial 3D Championship
• 6 & 7 October – Johannesburg Indoor Championships
• 14 October – Western Cape Provincial Indoor Championships
• 13 & 14 October – Gauteng Provincial Field Championship
• 20/21 Mpumalanga Provincial Field Championship
  (Cancelled and moved to 2013)
• 28 October to 3 November – 2012 World Archery Championship

The Classification Card

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THE “CLASSIFICATION CARD”
Since the second half of the last year the IFAA Exec has been bombarded with questions about the “classification card” and the use of the card.

At the Council meeting in Dahn it was agreed that the rule of the IFAA that all the members have an accepted classification system will be enforced from 01 January 2011 and that archers who attend WFAC2012 need proof of “classification”.

The rule that an archer who is not classified will shoot in the highest class of that style during the event has over the years become the main reason why the IFAA member associations did no longer bother with the classification.

Please click here for further details

WIAC 2013 – USA

The  WIAC 2013 will take place from Friday 26 April to Sunday 28 April 2013.
NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Complex
800 Archery Lane, Yankton, South Dakota, USA

http://www.worldindoorarchery.com
http://www.ifaa-archery.org/index.php?option=com_simplecalendar&view=detail&catid=9%3Awiac&id=23%3Awiac2013&Itemid=50

Leonie (VP – Indoor) will communicate detail about the WIAC 2013 during the coming weeks. The dates have created a number of new challenges that she will need to resolve.

Quote of the Moment

I move forward in my life every day, even if it’s only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves but nothing is accomplished by standing still.