There was no dominant archer this year in the advanced classes. And though we had a lot of arrows pass through the flame, only the following archers put it out without touching the candle itself. One candle each for:
Compound archers
Emma McMillan, Hannah Rousseau, Bill Mackey and Hester Grodde.
Recurve archers
Pam Leclair, Bob Kerr and Luke Seldenthuis
Congratulations to all students!
Kathleen Millar and SNAC hosted the small, but important national team training camp June 25-28. The National Para Mixed Team, comprising of Karen Van Nest and Kevin Evans, trained and simulated competition in preparation for a Paralympic World Ranking Event in the Czech Republic starting on June 30th.
As part of the pre-event camp, national Team Leader Duncan Crawford (PEI) attended as well. Other team support members were able to attend also.
In order to simulate match play for Karen and Kevin, Kaity Horlock, Hannah Rousseau, Alexandra Paquette and Robin Horlock all participated in the Round Robin and Super-team eliminations. Thank you for volunteering! To thank our volunteers, Larry grilled a great smorgasbord of delights to go with all the salads.
Good luck to our Canadian Paralympic Mixed Team in the Czech Republic!
Canadians need to be prepared and here in Eastern Ontario, the threat to people and pets is growing. Stay informed!
OFSSA archers travelling from eastern Ontario with Kathleen Millar shot this annual tournament, which has been running for over 30 years. Kathleen has trained local high-school aged archers during these years to take advantage of this unique opportunity; Ontario is the only province running a high school archery championship.
The archers were very successful! CONGRATULATIONS!
Representing NDDHS:
Bradley Larmour, men compound fingers – GOLD MEDAL
Payton Halpenny, women recurve – SILVER MEDAL
James Drynan, standard division – Well Done!
Matt Irven, Jared Wicks, Taylor Bazinet and Jason Larmour, compound men’s team – BRONZE MEDAL
Representing Char-lan HS:
Hannah Rousseau, women compound – GOLD MEDAL
Representing Madawaska HS:
Ryan Luckovitch, men compound – SILVER MEDAL
Thanks to our volunteer parent drivers: Kris Rousseau, Shannon Halpenny and Bruce Larmour to assist Kathy with the transport this year.
In February of 2018, the SNC Board of Directors recognised Larry E. Smith as a Friend of SNC for his on-going partnership and support of SNC’s stewardship programmes. Congratulations, Larry!
For almost 10 years, Larry E. Smith has been an active and involved member of South Nation Conservation’s stewardship and lands programmes. Since 2009, he has logged hundreds of hours volunteering for various SNC programmes, such as the annual youth hunt where he has mentored over 70 youth. Also, he volunteers his time regularly monitoring SNC properties as a forest steward.
Not only does Larry sit on the SNC’s Fish and Wildlife Committee, he is also Vice-chair of the Eastern Ontario Deer Advisory Committee (EODAC) where he works closely with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) to help manage deer populations within the Kemptville district.
Through his participation in out-reach and conservation initiatives, and his strong commitment to preserving local forests, Larry E. Smith is truly a Friend of South Nation Conservation and the local environment.
Below: Larry E. Smith (2nd from right) at the presentation and the glass artwork of the SNC logo.
It is with sadness that Kathy and Larry must report that Mr. Peter Kearvell passed away on May 06, 2016. He was a wonderful human being and loved his archery, which he found very late in life (started at age 90). For two years, almost every week, he would travel the 45km (at 80 kph exactly) from Alexandria to Winchester, Ontario to take lessons and become strong enough to purchase his own equipment.
He moved back to his beloved Saltspring Island, BC at the feisty age of 92 where he shot his bow up to the time of his last hospitalisation.
Thank you, Peter, for sharing your life experiences and enthusiasm for life!
Sarah Freemark makes a return visit to South Nation Archery Supply/Club to look at stabilization’s effect on a high-performance recurve bow.
Enjoy watching all 4 segments with Kathy and Larry. This show aired on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2015.
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=752700
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=752702
Sarah Freemark makes a return visit to South Nation Archery Supply/Club to learn that you don’t need your eyes open in order to make a good shot and that you need to execute the shot properly in order to be accurate with a release aid.
Enjoy watching all 4 segments with Kathy and Larry. This show aired on March 31, 2014.
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=316418
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=316434
The always charming and genuine television personality, Sarah Freemark joined us again at South Nation Archery Supply and Club to follow up on her archery skills and knowledge.
She worked with Larry and Kathy to learn the finer points of shooting compound bows with release aids and recurve bows for kinaesthetic awareness and proper form.
This pre-taped session will air on CTV Ottawa’s Morning Show on March 31st. It should be fun!