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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.

 

Great weather and great scores for 4×720 weekend 2024

Kathleen Millar

Perfect weather conditions greeted archers shooting over the July 20-21 weekend.

Personal Best scores were shot on both days, for recurve, barebow and compound categories – congratulations to everyone.

Special shout-out to Kaity Horlock who earned national Gold Squad ranking on Saturday.

Use the following links for all 4 rounds:

2024_SNAC_720_Round_4_2024-07-21 (12KB PDF) - July 22nd, 2024
2024_SNAC_720_Round_3_2024-07-21 (12.5KB PDF) - July 22nd, 2024
2024_SNAC_720_Round_2_2024-07-20 (10.2KB PDF) - July 22nd, 2024
2024_SNAC_720_Round_1_2024-07-20 (11.2KB PDF) - July 22nd, 2024

It was a good way to end our outdoor tournaments at SNAC.  Thank you to everyone who participated over the years and supported our club.

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 Mail matches & House Leagues ended

Kathleen Millar

SNAC had a much better post-COVID-19 turn-out for leagues this year and there were terrific scores shot both provincially and nationally.  The mail match results are posted on all 3 websites:  SNAC’s, Archery Ontario, and Archery Canada.

We hope to have a small celebration and awards ceremony in the late spring.  More details to follow.

Note:  With the end of leagues, Saturday mornings are now available for private lessons and general shooting indoors.

More about leagues and mail matches:

For those archers who want to test themselves a little more, but like the comfort of staying close to home in the winter time, house leagues and mail matches are events you should sign up for at South Nation Archery.

Starting on Saturday, January 06 and running until the end of March, from 9am until noon, you can participate in any or all of:

  • house leagues
  • provincial mail matches (membership required – sign up on-line)
  • national mail matches (membership required – sign up on-line)

All rounds are 30 arrows, shot at 18m.  We follow national rules for target face sizes and equipment divisions.

Cost per round:  $10.00

2024 Regional Indoor Champ Results at SNAC

Kathleen Millar

Thank you, and congratulations, to our club members who competed on Sunday, March 03 in the 2024 Regional Indoor National Championship, held regionally at SNAC.

You will find our site scores with the link below.

ON012 - REGIONAL_INDOORS_South Nation Archery Club_RESULTS (13.4KB PDF) - March 3rd, 2024

Note that the national recording system known as i@nseo will not recognize 21+ Hunter separately from Masters Hunter (+50).  Travis Tyo shot in the 21+ age category, while Larry E. Smith and John Philpott shot as Masters.  The results are correct on the Archery Canada live results site – link below.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRJf3Ujadjw-QJP8Jiz4O6HDCO5_R_Q8znqb3ksgfHVmspjYfmoWjfZv7sKjilAucsnP37WkVWOsKxY/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true

A big congratulations go out to Serenity Last U18 Female Recurve, who blew away her PB with an outstanding 554.

SNAC’s next and last indoor tournament of the year will be MICA on Sunday, March 24.

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.

2024 Provincial 10-ring Championship Results

Kathleen Millar

Thank you to our club members who shot the provincial championships on February 18, 19 and 21, 2024.  This 10-ring version of the championships was registered nationally and internationally for records and award pins.

Congratulations to Shawn Matheson and Travis Tyo for setting new provincial records (conditional).

This file link takes you to the results for all our club members, but the final results are supposed to be posted within 2-4 days of the last date when the championships could be held (February 25).

2024_ON_Ten-Ring results - SNAC_Members_web (11.8KB XLSX) - February 27th, 2024

Our next registered tournament is coming up very quickly.  The national Regional Indoor Championships will be held at SNAC on Sunday, March 03.  If you have not pre-registered, please do so before Friday, March 01, 2024.  Thank you.

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.