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2024-2025 Indoor Competition Schedule at SNAC

Kathleen Millar

Indoor season gives everyone an opportunity to compete locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and all from the comfort of your home club.  This 2024-2025 indoor season, all 18m events have been registered with Archery Canada and World Archery for national as well as world records and awards.   Also, we run House Leagues and Mail Matches from the beginning of January until the end of March 2025.

Here are the dates and times for our SNAC events:

FOR ALL TOURNAMENTS:

Pre-registration is compulsory. Space is limited.  Evening lines will be added only if required.

Sunday, December 15, 2024 WA18M 60-arrow round shot at 18m on either a 40cm single or vertical 3-spot face

Sunday, January 12, 2025 WA18M 60-arrow round shot at 18m on either a 40cm single or vertical 3-spot face

Sunday, January 19, 2025 IFAA ON provincial championship

Ontario provincial 10-ring championship week

Sunday, March 02, 2025 National Regional Indoor Championship

Sunday, March 16, 2025 MICA Championship of the Americas Event

Tournament Rate card will be published soon.

Mail matches and House Leagues will run on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon and Monday evenings from 8pm-9pm.  More information to follow.

2024-2025 Instructional Season Information on website

Kathleen Millar

South Nation Archery has published exact dates and times for advanced and beginner group archery lessons on our website.

As usual, there are 3 beginner sessions to choose from, each with 6 lessons .  These start in January 2025.

Please consult the website to choose the age category that works for you.  Then e-mail us to pre-register at:  info@southnationarchery.com.

There are 4 sessions for advanced youth/adult archers who meet the criteria.  There are 5 advanced class starting times to choose from.  Changes this year include increasing the age for participation in these classes and combining youth and adults in each class.

Please consult the website to choose the session that works for you.  Then e-mail us to pre-register at:  info@southnationarchery.com.

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 to judge at 2024 National Target and Field Championships

Kathleen Millar

Kathleen Millar will be joining other national judges to volunteer at Archery Canada’s national field/target championships in Fredericton, NB during the first weeks of August.

Competing at these championships will be SNAC members:  Serenity Last, Connie Siedule and Garnett Last.  Best wishes for good shooting and good weather!

Kathleen will not be available for private lessons throughout August.  For immediate assistance contact Larry Smith at 613-989-2943 during normal business hours.

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.

Outdoor Lanes OPEN for 2024

Kathleen Millar

SNAC’s outdoor lanes are OPEN.  Participants must have either taken lessons at South Nation Archery, or can demonstrate knowledge and application of all safety rules prior to accessing the facility.

Provisions:

1.  Permission is needed before you are allowed to start shooting.

2.  Lanes are available only during business hours.

3.  All participants must prove in-force personal liability coverage before shooting.

4.  NO ONE is to venture off the outdoor target range into the woods or off the SNAC property.  Anyone doing so will be asked to leave the facility.

5.  Normal archery-specific safety rules are in effect; anyone violating these standard safety rules (personal/group/equipment) will be asked to leave the facility.

User fee:  $5/person

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