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Youth Olympic Games – Singapore (SIN) First Gold Medal for Africa The first ever Youth Olympic Games took place in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010. Archery was included in the programme with two individual events and a mixted team event. The archery competition was held at Kallang Field. In the junior men's category Ibrahim SABRY won Egypt's first gold medal on 21 August 2010, clinching victory over top-ranked Rick VAN DEN OEVER (NED). In the bronze medal match, Bolot TSYBZHITOV (RUS) beat Gregor RAJH (SLO).

On the junior women's side the title went to KWAK Ye Ji (KOR) ahead of TAN Ya-Ping (TPE) and Tatiana SEGINA (RUS). World Cup Final 2009 winner, the Korean dominated the female competition. With 670 points during qualifications, she set a new junior world record, beating by four points the record held since 2001 by her compatriot UM Hye-Rang.

August 2010

YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

�First Gold Medal for Africa ARCHERY TV

�Four Millions Views FITA PARTNERS �Easton and Lancaster FITA JUDGES �Claude OLSEN (FRA) �International Judge Status CLEAN SPORT �Shoot Clean – Say No! to DopingDEVELOPMENT

�Calendar 2010 MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

�Bangladesh, Brazil �Chinese Taipei, Cameroon �Mauritius, Pakistan, Senegal FROM FITA COMMITTEES �Information to Coaches FITA MEAC ACTIVITIES

�Level 2-3 Coaching Courses �Level 2-3 Training Camp PAST EVENTS

�World Cup Stage 3 �European Para Championships FUTURE EVENTS

�Events still opened for bids �Major Events 2010-2012 PERFORMANCES

�best Scores and World Records ASSOCIATIONS

�Updates

Calendar Highlights Page 13

Partners & Associates Page 14

August 2010 World Archery Newsletter Page 2

The mixed team finals took place on 20 August. The archers had the honour to shoot their matches under the eyes of Jacques ROGGE, President of the International Olympic Committee. The mixed pair composed of Gloria FILIPPI (ITA) and Anton Karoukin (BLR) won the gold medal, while bronze went to Abdud Dayyan Bin MOHAMED JAFFAR (SIN) and Bengunhan Elif UNSAL (TUR).

All info www.worldarchery.org and www.singapore2010.sg.

Archery TV Four Millions Views During the 14-15 August 2010 weekend the YouTube Archery Channel exceeded the four million video views. FITA’s archery videos were launched on YouTube at the end of December 2007. This confirms a yearly output of 1.5 million views. The World Cup Stage 3 in Ogden, USA and World Archery Field Championships in Visegrad, Hungary were the latest two major archery events that allowed going beyond the four million views barrier. As a novelty this season, an Archery Fan Reporter was appointed in Ogden and Visegrad to give the inside-out of these two events. This first in archery history has also been a great success and was followed by many viewers. Visit www.archery.tv to view all this!

World University Championships

23-26 September 2010

Commonwealth Games 2-14 October 2010

Asian Games

12-27 November 2010

12-19 December 2010

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FITA Partners Easton Technical Products Inc. USA After many years of good collaboration, Mr Jeff McNAIL has left EASTON, FITA Development Fund Partners and Equipment Sponsor. Our best wishes to Jeff regarding his new professional challenges. The new FITA contact at Easton is Mr Jeff HOWARD (photo) until further notice.


Lancaster Archery Supply USA World Archery is very pleased to announce a new partnership with the American company Lancaster Archery Supply as an Associate Member. We are very pleased and look forward to a good collaboration with them. Find more on Lancaster on www.lancasterarchery.com.

FITA Judges Claude OLSEN (FRA) It is with great sadness that FITA learnt of the passing away of Mr Claude OLSEN (FRA) on 2 August 2010, aged 75 years old. Mr OLSEN was a FITA Honorary Judge and a former International Judge. Claude OLSEN had an intense sports life and was Honorary Vice President of the French Archery Federation (FFTA). He became Honorary Judge of the International Archery Federation (FITA) in 2003 after serving as an International Judge since 1975. In France he was awarded with the Youth and Sports Gold Medal title in 1989 (Bronze Medal in 1976 and Silver Medal in 1981). He was also honoured at the latest FFTA General Assembly with the Great Gold Medal, among other awards he received. Within FFTA, he was a Member of the Governing Body (1972-2000), Vice President (1984-2000), Office Member (1976-2000), and Member of the Sports Commission (1976-1996).

Claude OLSEN and Philippe BOUCLET (FFTA President) Mr OLSEN served both as a National and International Judge in several national, European and world championships, and also at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. He was a Member and then the President of the National Judges Commission. He also was a Member of the Organising Committee for several European and World Championships held in France. Upgrade to International Judge Status Several vacancies are available for FITA International Judge (IJ) Status. These positions can be filled by FITA International Judge Candidates according to Book 1, Article 12.1.1, Appendix 4 of the FITA Constitution and Rules. International Judge Candidates who wish to apply for IJ status would fill in the upgrade form found on www.worldarchery.org, have it signed by the required persons and send it to [email protected] by 15 October 2010. Séverine FREYMOND remains at your disposal for any questions.

Clean Sport "Shoot Clean – Say No! to Doping" Campaign The World Archery Clean Sport department, in partnership with WADA, has launched a promotion campaign called “Shoot Clean - Say No! to Doping”. The aim of this campaign is to show FITA’s involvement in the fight for a clean sport, through a visible, modern and eye-catchy design. It aims at heightening the awareness of every archer in the world, from beginners to top level, on the importance of shooting clean, with respect and fair play. In the last decade, only few doping cases—mostly due to ignorance—have been treated in archery. As much as we want to fight cheaters, we also want to make sure every archer in the world does know what this is about and is conscious of all substances that enter their body. We want to make archers aware of the dangers of doping, not only for their sporting career, but also for their health.


Archery is a sport of precision, concentration, focus, elegance, where doping has no place to be. This is the image and lesson we want to teach the youngsters taking up the sport, the true essence of archery and sport in general. It is a state of mind, where body, mind and spirit are combined to reach the perfect shot, a clean shot. More on the campaign on www.worldarchery.org and on Facebook! Should there be interest in this campaign from National Federations, please do not hesitate to contact Chantal STEINER ([email protected]).

Development Calendar 2010

26 Sept.-23 Oct. Coaches Course Level I MEAC - Cairo (EGY)

9-15 September FITA Coaches Course Level I Singapore (SIN)

October Olympic Solidarity Development of the National Structure GEO

31 Oct.-13 November Level 2-3 training camp MEAC - Cairo (EGY)

28 Nov.-18 December FITA Coaches Course Level II MEAC - Cairo (EGY)

18 December 2010-18 March 2011

Olympic Solidarity Development of the National Structure INA

From our Member Associations Bangladesh This country has applied to an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship for Coaches, in order to allow Mr Md. Nure ALOM to attend the Level 1 Coaching Course at FITA Middle East Archery Centre (MEAC) in Cairo, Egypt from 26 September to 23 October 2010. The Bangladesh Archery Federation also intends to arrange Olympic Solidarity Coaches Course in Bangladesh in December this year.

A Korean Coach in Brazil To prepare the archery events of London 2012, but also of the 2016 Olympic Games to be organised on its ground, Brazil has contracted a Korean archery coach, Mr LIM Hee Sik. The 42-year old has coached two major Korean archery company teams, Hyundai Steel and I & I Steel. Until last year, he coached Kinki University from Osaka, the top archery team in Japan. LIM's wife, WANG Hee Kyung, was a member of the gold medal team in the 88 Olympics and a former archery coach. Mr LIM Hee Sik works at the Archery Training Centre of Marica in Rio de Janeiro.

OH Kyo Moon, HAN Seung Hoon, IM Hee Sik, PARK Ji Soo, CHUNG Jae Hun, KIM Chung Tae are some of his most famous athletes with whom he won several medals and titles at major national and Asian archery events, but also European Grand Prix and recurve men's individual and team gold medals at 2005 World Archery Championship with CHUNG Jae Hun. Chinese Taipei The Chinese Taipei Archery Association got the financial support of the Olympic Solidarity (OS) to prepare the Asian Games in Guangzhou (CHN) to be held on 12-27 November 2010. To prepare for these games the Chinese Taipei Archery Association sent a team to the 2010 World Archery Cup Stage 4 in Shanghai (CHN) to be held from 31 August to 4 September 2010. The air tickets, the registration fees and the accommodation bill will be paid with the OS funding for 12 athletes, three coaches and one official by the Olympic Solidairty programne entitled "Continental and Regional Games: Athlete Preparation".


Such "2009-2012 World Programmes" (there are several others) is available for any National Olympic Committee (NOC). This particular world programme gives the highest flexibility to the NOC regarding the choice of the sports to be assisted; therefore, the FITA Member Associations are strongly invited to apply for this programme through their NOC. If not, other National Sport Federations will benefit from it.

Archery in a Holiday Camp in Cameroon From 17 to 18 July 2010, in Ngoantet village at one hundred of kilometres from the capital of Cameroon, 75 holiday-makers have been introduced to archery. Two age groups were made. The oldest were supervised by Fernand BELIBI, the National Technical Director, and the group made of kids under 14 by Miss Carine TCHAPTCHET, student in the Institute of sports. The skills evaluation took place on 18 July 2010, allowing to assess these young people's capacities.

Mauritius Mauritius has been granted an Olympic Solidarity programme entitled "Development of the National Sport Structure". It is made of different legs, all of them under the expertise of Mr Josef PREISSER (RSA). On 17-25 July 2010, an Intense Training Camp (ITC) was organised. It aimed at three goals: firstly, to evaluate the work of those who passed the level I coach exam last year in October; secondly, to prepare them for the level II coach course which will be held next year; and thirdly, to prepare those potentially representing Mauritius at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, later this year. As guest there was the first FAA accredited level I coach from Namibia, Ms Marja WOORTMAN.

Every morning session the coaches (on an alternate basis) started to guide through warm-up exercises, followed by muscle exercises especially for the shoulder girdle. After that, the expert worked on the shooting form together with the coaches, with their beginner and slightly advanced archers. Then the expert gave examples on how to work with the local top archers to prepare them for Delhi: going through their individual bow setup, doing fine-tuning procedures, the use of an arrow speedmetre and its readings to be used for arrow selection programmes, proper equipment repair on site, showing optimum observing positions in competitions, and much more.

Two participant ladies. On the left, Ms D’UNIENVILLE Véronique who attended the 2008 Olympic Games

Another part of this ITC was to provide the participants with the material for the upcoming level II coach course and discuss and demonstrate many important items for that, such as for example more in-depth anatomy, psychology, the FITA rulebook, and so on. Although not being part of the coaching courses, special sessions with mental training were held in the afternoons. On the last day, the ITC was concluded with a fun shoot (staircase shooting) to especially demonstrate to the beginner archers that there can be a lot of fun on the shooting range while still keeping discipline and concentration up.

Pakistan Farman AHMED is a complete sport person: karate national champion for 13 years (1992-2005), he won five gold medals at South Asian Games. He is the coach of the karate national team, but also a rock climbing instructor, paragliding instructor and sports school teacher in primary branch. He has been awarded the National Medal of Honour for Sport Achievements. Now he he wants to share his love for sport and outdoor adventures to Pakistanis. He has created MAC Pakistan in February 2010, which is a sport Club that allows Pakistani people to practice outdoors activities such as camping trips, rock climbing, paragliding and archery! It is very hard to find archery coaches in Pakistan. With help of Mr SALEEM, national archery champion in 1996, AHMED has started archery coaching.


Thanks to the National Archery Association of Thailand, AHMED was allowed to participate to the Level 2 Coaching Seminar in Bangkok conducted by Mr Pascal COLMAIRE (FITA Development and Education Director). There is no way to find archery equipment in Pakistan: there is no manufacturer, no dealer, and the National Archery Federation is still a small federation. Hence AHMED and his French girl friend Soizic have decided to import few second hand bows from France in order to check the reactions for this sport. The first results were very positive.

Farman AHMED (PAK) at Level 2 coaching seminar on 11-17 May 2010

AHMED's region has not been hurt by the recent natural disaster, which is not the case for 1/5 of Pakistan, the size of UK territory. He immediately volunteered to assist his fellow citizens and has already organised four trips between Islamabad and Peshawar with a truck to carry supplies and vital goods. The donated items come from close relatives and friends as well as from paragliding and archery members. Now that the international assistance is arriving, AHMED plans are to do other round trips with teachers to offer recreational and educative days in the refugee’s camps. Archery will of course be on the proposed activities. For those who wish to assist AHMED in his efforts, please contact [email protected]. They are in need of almost everything! "Shukria" (Thank You in Urdu language)

Archery presentation in ten schools in Islamabad and Rawalpindi (March 2010)

Senegal On 10 July 2010, 85 archers attended the national archery championship at Leopold Sedar Senghor stadium in Dakar, Senegal. Women shot at 25m and men at 30m. Each archer had to shoot 36 arrows on an 80cm target. The results were:

Women 1. Anta GUEYE (133 pts) 2. Salla GUEYE (101 pts) 3. Fatou SENE (41 pts)

Men 1. Adama BADJI (218 pts) 2. Souleymane DIOP (147 pts) 3. Diadji NDIAYE (105 pts)

Arrows recuperation during the national championship

An Olympic Solidarity Scholarship was offered to Mr Bacary MANE, National Technical Director of this federation. It will allow him to attend the Coaches Course Level 1 which will be held at the Middle East Archery Centre (MEAC) in Cairo, Egypt from 26 September to 23 October 2010. FITA hopes that this help will strongly improve archery practice in Senegal.


From Judges and Coaches Committees Information to Coaches In 2009 there were many competitions where archers were either confused or just did not know the rules or regulations currently in place. The FITA Judges and Coaches Committees have started a series of small inputs that could be helpful to coaches and enhance their knowledge on rules and procedures to avoid extraordinary stress on their archers. Here information on Illegal Shooting Techniques and Archer's Equipment. 5. Illegal Shooting Techniques Over the last two years many archers have been told to change their pulling technique due to safety. Mostly it concerns compound archers, for two main reasons. Some of them have bows that are too hard for them to pull over the peak weight, so much so, that they use too much energy to be able to concentrate on the direction of the arrow. This heavy peak weight may cause them some injury. Secondly, if the release "goes off" the shot cannot be stopped and the arrow may travel a great distance and land in an area that is dangerous to other people or animals etcetera. The coaches have a responsibility to see that the bows are pulled so that, if the release activates, the arrow will not fly any higher than the top of the target. This is a technique that has to be trained from the very beginning not at a championship tournament. This may require the peak weight to be set so that is comfortable and manageable by the archer. The judges will of course look at the direction of the arrow when the full energy is in the bow, and they are not concerned about the direction of the arrow before that point. I.e. many archers lift their bow arm before pulling the bow in order to put their bow arm shoulder correctly into place. Sometimes archers/coaches may refer to other events where they have not been told to adjust their pulling angle, but that might be because the judges are considering the total possibility of danger, and that may vary due to the background of the targets. Another issue is the bows that have a built in brace on the bow hand side of the riser, some of them very close to the bow hand due to the archer’s shooting technique. One should be aware that the bow hand cannot regularly touch this brace, and thus give a kind of "stabilisation against torque". The judges will study this carefully during shooting, and will judge according to their opinion. The same goes for compound bows that are fitted with split cables, i.e. shoot through cables. These cables must not regularly touch the bow arm although fewer archers are using this type of set-up nowadays. From a coaching point of view it is essential to create a shooting technique that is safe and never needs to be adjusted, especially when it is least convenient, such as at world championship tournaments. 6. Archer’s Equipment When introducing new equipment to an archer, the coach has a certain responsibility regarding the legality of such equipment, as it could be quite disastrous for an archer if they have to correct their equipment at an event. It could also be a huge disadvantage for the archer if they need to change their technique to abide by the rules of shooting. First of all, you must be aware that equipment "for sale on the open market" is not necessarily legal in FITA archery events. What is legal is explained in the FITA rules. It is worthwhile to note some of the more common rules that seem to cause most confusion are mentioned below:

a) Equipment specified as being legal is explained in the rules; any other equipment is consequently not legal.

b) The archer is responsible for ensuring their equipment is legal.


The rules also state that if an archer is in doubt of the legality of their equipment, they should ask a judge for clarification. The judge will certainly help, but the legality question is still the responsibility of the archer (a judge making a mistake does not change the rules, etc). To be quite sure of the legality of the equipment being used, a request for interpretation, or clarification, should be sent to the FITA office in Lausanne, Switzerland by the national federation. Legality of the bows in the compound category is actually the easiest to confirm, as most "items" are legal. The limitation is basically the following: the bow can have a maximum peak weight of 60 lbs (be aware of varying tolerances on specific weigh scales, the archers cannot claim a weight more than 60.0 lbs). The "overdraw" cannot exceed 6cm, there shall be no electrics or electronics on the equipment and there cannot be more than one aiming point. It is advisable to set the peak weight of the bow a little less than the maximum permitted to avoid a need for this to be adjusted at a tournament. For recurve (and barebow, instinctive and longbow) the rules are more specific and have to be studied carefully). For field or 3D tournaments the equipment must not be modified in any way that would give any aid in estimating distances. This rule also applies to the compound bow category. If the archer uses illegal equipment, there are basically three courses of action that the officials can take:

a) The archer will be asked to adjust their equipment to make it legal, but no further action is taken because it is not considered to have given any advantage (so far).

b) The archer’s scores may be disqualified up to the point of the equipment adjustment, but they may continue to shoot and record a score from the point of the equipment correction.

c) The archer’s scores may be disqualified completely (this action may be used if the archer is considered to be knowingly cheating).

FITA MEAC Activities

Level 2 Coaching Course A level 2 course will take place from 28 November to 18 December 2010 at the FITA MEAC in Cairo (EGY) under the direction of Coach MUN Baek Won. The course is open to all FITA Member Associations (*) that well train their coaches who have already the level 1 status. No registration fee will apply!

(*) Special scholarships (including accommodation & airfare) will be offered to countries of the

Mediterranean region in the frame of the preparation to the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

All Member Associations—and especially the Mediterranean countries that wish to benefit of the scholarships—are requested to submit the applications of their candidates that must include:

� An archery/sport resume with coaching activities and achievements so far � A letter of motivation as to why the participant is applying for this course � Letter of support from the national federation, providing details on the coaching status and

conditions of the candidate � A passport copy, or at least all details � Name of the departure airport (only in case that the airline ticket of the candidate must be

booked by FITA according to a particular programme or agreement) � Details of the arrival and departure flight: Airline Company, flight numbers, dates, times

Do not hesitate to contact the FITA Development & Coaching Department for any further information you may require, and kindly submit your applications to [email protected]. Application deadlines: 29 October 2010 (nevertheless the principle of "First arrived – first served" will apply). More details on http://www.worldarchery.org


Level 2-3 Training Camp A level 2-3 training camp will take place from 31 October to 13 November 2010 at the FITA MEAC in Cairo, Egypt under the expertise of Coach MUN Baek Won. The course is open to all FITA Member Associations (*) that seek to enhance the competitive level of their athletes.

(*) Special but limited scholarships (including accommodation & airfare) will be offered to countries

of the Mediterranean region in the frame of the preparation to the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Only

archers who have never had a doping violation will be considered for such scholarship. Following

the selection, scholarship holders could be included in the FITA Registered Testing Pool (RTP) and

will be subject to out-of-competition testing during preparation of the world championships.

FITA and FIDTA will work together with the Foundation for Global Sports Development and the CESEP Programme. For more information on Foundation for Global Sports Development, see www.globalsportdevelopment.org. Do not hesitate to contact the FITA Development & Coaching Department for any further information you may require, and kindly submit your applications to [email protected]. Application deadline: 1 October 2010 (nevertheless the principle of "First arrived – first served" will apply.) More details on http://www.worldarchery.org FITA Level 3 Coachng Course A FITA level 3 coaching course was held from 20 June to 10 July 2010 at the FITA Middle East Archery Centre in Cairo, Egypt. The 24 participants were from Columbia, Ivory Cost, Algeria, Malaysia, Tunisia, Nepal, Singapore, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, India and Egypt. Coach MUN Baek Woon, the course conductor, mainly taught them the archery techniques, shooting forms, archery performances, training methods, what’s good? and what’s bad? All the steps of the shooting sequence were analysed: stance, hooking, aiming, drawing, extension. Some time was spent on Paralympics archers. The participants also analysed the shooting form from each other in order to know how to correct the shooting mistakes from an archer. The participants had a good archery coaching course at the MEAC. Three of them were attending thanks to an Olympic Scholarship for Coaches:

Rafeal RODRIGUEZ CARDONA (COL)

Kishore Kumar GURUNG (NEP)

Meshal Mutaiq ALOTAIBI (KSA)

Two participants attended with the total financial assistance from the International Foundation for Archery Development (FIDTA) as long term preparation to the Mediterranean Games:

Abdelkadder BENIA (ALG)

Borhene BOUSLAMA (TUN)


Past Events

World Cup Stage 3 – Ogden (USA)

The 2010 World Cup Stage 3 concluded on 7 August with the individual bronze and gold medal finals. The Korean men and women swept the medals in recurve, while in compound the gold medals went to Sandrine VANDIONANT (FRA) and Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA). The medal matches of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Ogden took place in the Lindquist Stadium. The recurve shot in the afternoon with a beautiful view on the Rockies Mountains, while the compound played during a wonderful night session. All information on www.archeryworldcup.org and www.ogdenwc.com. European Para-Archery Championships 2010 – Vichy (FRA)

The Para Archery European Championships 2010 were held in Vichy, France from 8 to 15 August. The level of competition proved high with two world records beaten on the first day of competition by Swiss archer Philippe HORNER and British lady Danielle BROWN. Compound Men Class Open Philippe HORNER (SUI) took the European title after defeating Alberto SIMONELLI (ITA) in the gold final. Before that, during qualifications, HORNER had broken the compound open men's world record with 701 points, becoming the first archer in a wheel-chair to shoot more than 700 points. The bronze medal in this category was taken by John Stephen STUBBS (GBR) after a victory in the bronze medal match against Maurice CHAMPAY (FRA). Compound Women Class Open Danielle BROWN (GBR) once again proved the best of her category. She first set another world record on day one in Vichy, qualifying with a score of 697 points. In the gold final, she let no chances to her teammate Philippa BRITTON (GBR). The bronze went to Zandra REPPE (SWE) who defeated Gulbin SU (TUR). All results and information on www.handisport.org and www.emau.org.

Future Events

Events still opened for bids

Among the events that are still opened for bids are:

� World Archery Youth Championships 2013, 2015 � World Archery Championships 2015 � World Archery Indoor Championship 2012, 2014

The section World Championships/General/Bid documents of our website www.worldarchery.org offers all documents for the submission of a bid. In case you need any further information or if you are interested in bidding for those events, please contact the FITA Event Director Juan Carlos HOLGADO at [email protected]. World Cup Final 2010 – Edinburgh (GBR) The World Cup Final is at the door now as it will be held 18-19 September in Edinburgh (GBR). The final will take place in the beautiful East Princes Street Gardens, below the imposing skyline of Edinburgh Castle. The last qualifying event to obtain a ticket for Edinburgh will be the World Cup Stage 4 in Shanghai (CHN) from 31 August to 4 September.

Commonwealth Games 2010 – New Delhi (IND) Archery is back on the Commonwealth Games programme for the first time since its 1982 debut in Brisbane, Australia. The Delhi Commonwealth Games archery competition will take place at the Yamuna Sports Complex from 4-10 October 2010. Most countries have now selected their archers for this tournament. More information on www.worldarchery.org and www.cwgdelhi2010.com.


Pan American Championships 2010 – Guadalajara (MEX) A record-breaking participation is anticipated at the Pan American Championships to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico on 15-21 October 2010. Eighteen countries and 243 archers have registered as of 15 August, the deadline for preliminary registration. This will be the first time so many countries and archers will compete at these traditional championships which were first held in 1972. The 2010 edition of the Pan American Championships will be the third time in which Mexico will be the host country for this event. They also organised the 1972 and 1996 championships.

This year the Pan American Championships will also be the first qualifier for the Pan American Games to be held in 2011 in the same venue. Twenty-eight recurve men and 28 recurve women will qualify for the Pan American Games in Guadalajara—the top eight teams (three archers each) plus the best four individual archers not belonging to the top teams. A second qualification tournament will be held at the beginning of 2011 to select the remaining eight archers (four men and four women) who will compete in the 2011 Games.

Asian Games 2010 – Guangzhou (CHN) From 12 to 27 November 2010, Guangzhou will host the 16th Edition of the Asian Games. This high profile event will present live TV for archery and enjoys the level of the Olympic Games. The archery competition is coordinated by the Asian Archery Federation (AAF) and you may contact Mr UM Sung-Ho AAF, Secretary General, at [email protected]. More information on www.gz2010.cn/en.

1st APC Archery Cup Championships 2011 – Bangkok (THA) The Asian Paralympics Committee (APC) has confirmed that Thailand will host the 1st APC Archery Cup Championships in Bangkok. The Thailand Archery Club for the Disabled (TACD), in the name of the National Sports Association for the Disabled under HM Royal Patronage, will organise the competition on 11-20 May 2011 in the archery ground of the Sports Authority of Thailand.

World Archery Field Championships 2012 – Val d'Isère (FRA) The FITA Event Director Juan Carlos HOLGADO made an inspection visit to Val d’Isère where the World Archery Field Championships 2012 will be held. He met with the French Archery Federation, Val d’Isère Village authorities and the Val d’Isère Club des Sports and the visit was very positive. The event will take place on 22-28 August 2012.

Performances

HORNER first one above 700 points in para-archery

On 11 August 2010 Philippe HORNER (SUI) broke a para-archery world record with 701 points and became the first archer in a wheel-chair to shoot more than 700 points. He won the Para-archery European Championships held in Vichy (FRA). More on www.emau.org and www.handisport.org.

VAN CASPEL first compound junior woman over 1400 points On 1 August 2010 the 2009 compound junior woman world champion Inge VAN CASPEL shot 1403 points in Schijndel, the Netherlands. She is the first compound junior woman ever to breach the 1400 barrier. VAN CASPEL broke many records with her 144 arrows of the FITA Round. Not only did she break the junior world record, but the 1403 points were also good for a Dutch women record in the elite (senior). She also shot a world record (and Dutch elite record) at 60 metres with 354 points. Finally she set a new European junior record with 348 points at 50 metres.

World Records

Outdoor Archery \ Recurve Juniors Women \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

70m Round (72 Arr.) KWAK Ye Ji KOR 670 666 18.08.2010 Singapore (SIN)

Outdoor Archery \ Recurve Masters Women \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

50m (122cm face) WULLUS Nelly BEL 331 321 21.08.2010 Ingelmunster (BEL) 144 Arr. FITA Round WULLUS Nelly BEL 1276 1243 21.08.2010 Ingelmunster (BEL)


Outdoor Archery \ Compound Juniors Women \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

60m VAN CASPEL Inge NED 354 353 01.08.2010 Schijndel (NED) 144 Arr. FITA Round VAN CASPEL Inge NED 1403 1399 01.08.2010 Schijndel (NED)

Outdoor Archery \ Compound Cadets Men \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

60m Round (72 Arr.) KOOLS Reginald BEL 702 701 14.08.2010 Nijlen (BEL)

Para Archery \ Compound Bow Open Men \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

70m Round (72 Arr.) HORNER Philippe SUI 701 698 11.08.2010 Vichy (FRA)

Para Archery \ Compound Bow Open Women \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

70m Round (72 Arr.) BROWN Danielle GBR 697 692 11.08.2010 Vichy (FRA)

Flight Archery \ Compound Target Bow Men \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

60 Lbs (27.2kg) OSBORN Tony GBR 873.26m 737.63m 07.08.2010 Church Fenton (GBR)

Flight Archery \ Recurve Target Bow Junior Men \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

50 Lbs (22.7kg) CRAWFORD Zac GBR 484.29m 339.06m 15.08.2010 Church Fenton (GBR)

Flight Archery \ Compound Flight Bow Junior Men \ Individual Type Archer Country Record Previous Date Place

55.1 Lbs (25kg) CRAWFORD Zac GBR 493.69m 441.28m 15.08.2010 Church Fenton (GBR)

Member Associations

Contact Updates The complete directory is available on www.worldarchery.org, in the section Organisation/Member Associations. SRB – Archery Association of Serbia The Archery Association of Serbia informed that Mr Borislav KRSTIC has replaced Mr Slobodan MATIC as President. Mr Borislav KRSTIC was elected on 19 June 2010. The email address of the federation has changed to [email protected].


Calendar Highlights

2010 31 Aug.-4 Sept. Archery World Cup Stage 4 Shanghai (CHN)

6-13 September Torneo Bicentenario Santiago de Chile (CHI) 9-12 September TIZOCATA International Tournament Cotonou (BEN) 18-19 September Archery World Cup Final Edinburgh (GBR) 23-26 September World Archery University Championships Shenzhen (CHN)

3-14 October Commonwealth Games (Archery: 4-10 October) Delhi (IND) 4-10 October European 3D Championships Alghero-Sassari (ITA) 7-13 October Ibero American Championships El Salvador (ESA) 15-21 October Pan American Championships Guadalajara (MEX) 12-27 November Asian Games (Archery: 19-24 November) Guangzhou (CHN) 5-8 December World Ranking Tournament Medellin (COL) 12-19 December Asian Para Games Guangzhou (CHN) 2011 12-17 April European Grand Prix (1st leg) Antalya (TUR) 2-7 May Archery World Cup Stage 1 Porec (CRO)

11-20 May 1st APC Archery Cup Championships Bangkok (THA)

24-29 May European Grand Prix (2nd leg) Toulouse (FRA)

6-11 June Archery World Cup Stage 2 Antalya (TUR) 1-2 July FITA Congress Torino (ITA) 3-10 July World Archery Championships Torino (ITA) 10-17 July World Archery Para Championships Torino (ITA) 1-6 August Archery World Cup Stage 3 Ogden (USA) 12-23 August Summer Universiade (Archery: 14-18 August) Shenzhen (CHN) 22-27 August World Archery Youth Championships Legnica (POL) 31 August-3 Sept. World Archery 3D Championships Donnesbach-P. (AUT) 5-10 September Archery World Cup Stage 4 Shanghai (CHN) 12-18 September European Field Championships Florence (ITA) 24-25 September Archery World Cup Final Istanbul (TUR) September Para-Archery Tournament and Paralympic Qualifier Stoke Mandeville (GBR) 3-10 October Olympic Test Event London (GBR) 14-30 October Pan American Games (Archery: 18-25 October) Guadalajara (MEX) 19-27 November Para Pan American Games Guadalajara (MEX)

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