To improve communication to archers we are distributing this issue of the ‘SHAFT’ newsletter electronically, thanks largely to the efforts of Madeleine Ferris. The newsletter will be emailed to Clubs with a request that they on-forward it to all their members. Print copies will be mailed to those clubs which have not supplied an email club contact address and these clubs are asked to print copies for their members or post it on their Club Notice Board so that every club member can read it. The newsletter will also be posted on the SQAS website – www.archerysqas.org.au.

As you will see, we have an action packed archery calendar for the remainder of this year, one which has something for everyone. Major events include:

• SQAS/National Indoor Championships in Toowoomba
• Inaugural Short Range Event to be hosted by GCTA
• Percy Davidson Memorial at Hervey Bay
• FITA Star event at MPB
• Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast

In July, the SQAS Indoor Championships will again be hosted by TCA at the Toowoomba Showgrounds. This event is held in conjunction with the National Indoor Championships, which will be run in each State around Australia on the same weekend. This year we hope to have a live projection of the results from the AA website. It doesn’t matter if you come to this shoot for the serious competition or just for the social atmosphere, either way this is an event not to be missed. Reminder: Entries will close on 7 July and we cannot accept any late entries.

In August, GCTA will host a Short Range event at their club grounds in Emerson Park. This is the first time the Society has held this event and it is aimed to fill the gap for those who are not normally interested in tournaments yet would like to enjoy competing in a social interclub event. The rounds will be Canberra, Short Canberra, Junior Canberra and Mini Canberra. We are looking for a large roll up for this one, and a flyer will go out very soon to your club and the website.

In September, HBA will host the Percy Davidson Memorial at Hervey Bay. The rounds will be a Canberra on Saturday and a FITA on Sunday. Why not plan for the weekend away? Again, this is great weekend away with the friendly folk at Hervey Bay.

In October, rather than a Double FITA, the Society has decided to offer a different format for archers, with a FITA 70 metre round (12 ends at 70 metres) on the Saturday morning and a Half FITA (3 ends at each distance) in the afternoon. A normal FITA will be held on Sunday. Each event has been separately registered with FITA for archers to be able to claim achievement awards. And you can enter either just one event or all three but there will be a discount for participating in all three. The choice is completely yours, though.

The Target Archery component of the Pan Pacific Masters Games (for the 30+ archers) will be held on 8-9 November at the Gold Coast Archery Club.
Again the round at this event will be a Canberra on both days. See your Club Secretary for a brochure and entry form or visit www.mastersgames.com.au.

On top of this are ranking events in Target, Field and Indoor (a good opportunity to work on improving your FITA scores) and the ‘Silver Arrow’ postal inter-club competition to help your club be named Club of the Year in one of the various categories.

In the next edition, I’ll tell you a little about the planning that is underway for the 2010 National Championships, which will be held in Brisbane.

In the meantime, if you have any suggestion on any archery matter, please don’t hesitate to contact me at hagaman@techsus.com.au.

Good Shooting
Brian Hagaman
SQAS President

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From Toowoomba Company of Archers

Two of our club members competed in the Target event at the Junior Nationals this year with the following results:

• Ashton Boully (Junior Men Compound) shot a PB to finish in 5th place; and
• Ingrid Brookshaw (Intermediate Girl Recurve) won the gold medal in her Division.

Ashton went on to achieve his 1300 FITA Star badge for the FITA Round at the recent SQAS Target Championships. Jeff Farrell won the Master Men Compound division at the SQAS Target Championships, and then backed it up with the gold medal at the Field Championships in June. Congratulations to Ashton, Ingrid and Jeff!

In other news, our club is still actively pursuing funding for a move to a permanent archery range and we’ll let you know when we have progressed this further.

By the way, TCA Life Member, Tim Cuddihy, recently celebrated his 21st birthday! For those of you who don’t know, Tim is currently coaching at the Sydney Olympic Park Archery Centre.

That’s all from us at TCA for now, and we look forward to welcoming everyone to Toowoomba at the Indoor Championships in July.

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From Centenary Archers

Our Club is still growing strongly and we are actively improving our grounds, clubhouse and moveable target butts. We should have toilet facilities installed in the clubhouse ready for the next Target ranking event on the 6th July. We also have future plans for a short field course.

All our beginner courses are already booked out for the year and we could run even more, but we need more instructors. Our come-n-try days are also very popular.

Next year will be the club’s 25th Anniversary and we hope to hold a special event to mark the occasion. More on that later on, though.

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From Grange Company of Target Archers

Our club membership peaked at 150 members in 2007/08.

Elizabeth Churchward (Intermediate Girl Compound) attended the Junior Nationals in April and came third in both the Target and Field events.

The monthly club shoots, which determine our club champions, are still the most popular event on the club archery calendar. Participants score points against how well they shoot against the classification tables, so everyone has a fair basis to compete on.

The club is still working to relocate to Samford and we have secured a long-term lease at the new Samford Parklands (old CSIRO site). The new Moreton Bay Regional Council is considering the Development Approval application for the whole Samford Parkland site as this edition of SHAFT goes to press. Hopefully there will be a positive outcome and in the next edition we will be able to report that we are proceeding to build an indoor facility and prepare the target archery field.

[Note: The achievements of the juniors who attended the Junior Nationals have been mentioned in the Club reports, and it should also be noted that Ryan Tyack who is a member of MPB and trains at the Australian Institute of Sport, also made a clean sweep in the Junior Recurve division, winning the Target, Field and Clout events. Well done, Ryan.]

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Congratulations to the following archers who have gained award badges so far this year.

FITA Stars
1000 Carolyn Collins Ladies Compound
1100 Tim Cole Men Compound
1100 Jessica Coling Ladies Recurve
1200/1100 Garry Graham Men Compound
1200 Steve Wood Men Compound
1200 Richard Toye Men Compound
1300 Ashton Boully Junior Boy Compound
1300 Ryan Tyack Men Recurve
1350/1300 Justin Olexienko Men Compound

Cadet FITA Star
1100 Alexander Kelly Cadet Boy Compound

Australian Stars
1000 Craig Glasby Master Men Recurve
1000 Malcolm Felt Veteran Men Compound
1000 Jaiden Graham Cub Boy Compound
1100 Keith Manssen Master Men Compound
1100 Brian Hagaman Master Men Compound
1200 Ed Hollingworth Master Men Compound
1200 Geoff Collins Master Men Compound
1300 Elizabeth Churchward Intermediate Girl Compound
1350 Greg Jans Master Men Compound

Arrowheads
Green Len Verrall Men Recurve Barebow
(Field) Brown Brian Kelly Veteran Men Compound
Grey Marie Mills Ladies Compound
Black/Grey Garry Graham Men Compound
Black Jeff Farrell Veteran Men Compound

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The records just continue to tumble and it is pleasing to see that in just the first six months of this year a total of 30 records were set by Compound archers and 19 by Recurve archers – both Minor and Tournament. Check out the SQAS website to see a complete list of current SQAS Records.

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Would you like to see how far you can go in Archery?
Would you like to represent your State or Australia?
Are you prepared to work toward this goal through training and competition?

The purpose of the Recurve High Performance Pathway Program is to identify and promote talent in archers who show potential to achieve an elite level of performance at national and international level.

The entry level is the Bronze Level and the minimum score ratings required on a 144 arrow round are: Men - 1085, Ladies - 1093, Junior Boys - 876, Junior Girls & Cadet Boys - 962, and Cadet Girls - 988. This score needs to be achieved or exceeded at least three times during each quarter.

Once accepted into the program, archers will have access to the following benefits:

• Access and assessment by regional and national coaches
• Invitation to training camps, both regional and at the AIS
• 25% funding to attend national team selection trials
• Consideration for AIS archery scholarship
• Uniform/badge identifying the archers as being a Bronze Level pathway archer

There are two further levels in the Pathway Program - the Silver Level and the Gold Level. Each level offers increased benefits to the archer as their skills improve.

If you’d like further information on the program, or some assistance on how you can work towards achieving the entry level score, please contact the SQAS Coordinator for the Program, Mr Graeme Jeffrey, PO Box 4006, Raceview, Ipswich 4305 (Tel: 07 3288 9735 or 0411 647 035) or email Graeme at archer@gil.com.au.

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As you may know, Target Archery has been chosen as one of the sports in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India and will include both the Recurve and Compound bow disciplines. This will be the first time that archery has been included since the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, and it is the first time that Compound will be included.

Archery Australia has set up a High Performance Compound Program with the aim of improving the standard of our compound archers to maximise our chances to medal at these Games. Details can be found on the AA website. If you have aspirations of representing your country in Archery – start training now and working towards your goals.

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Do you have any issues or suggestions you’d like to put to the Club Delegates at their half-yearly meeting of the Society on Saturday, 30 August 2008? If so, your Club can forward items at any time to the SQAS Secretary for inclusion on the Agenda for the meeting.

Alternatively, the SQAS Management Committee may be able to make a decision without needing to refer it to the delegates meeting, depending on the nature of the matter.

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Not normally interested in tournaments?

Well, how would you like to meet and chat with archers from other clubs in a relaxed day of shooting?

You do? Well we have just the event for you, because the Grange Company of Target Archers will be hosting a Short Range social inter-club event on Saturday, 16th August at their club in Emerson Park, Grange. As mentioned in the President’s message, the rounds will be Canberra, Short Canberra, Junior Canberra and Mini Canberra, so there will be a round to suit all ages and standards.

There should be some nice prizes on offer at this event, too, so why not organise your members, arrange your transport, and come along for a great day out.

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Did you know that SQAS launched a new look website recently? New information is being added all the time, so check it regularly at: www.archerysqas.org.au

If you have any comments or suggestions for the website, please contact Grahame Amy at amymedia@optushome.com.au.

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1. The current SQAS records are now on the website and will be updated every quarter. The next update will be to the 30th June 2008.

2. By way of explanation, Tournament Records are for registered FITA Star/Arrowhead events, Championships, registered Ranking Events (QREs) or other events listed on the SQAS calendar. Archers from more then one club must shoot for a Tournament record to be valid.

Minor Records are those shot on a normal Club day. However, the SQAS Recorder must have a copy of the Club’s annual shoot calendar to confirm that the archer shot the listed round. Reminder: Has your Club provided a copy of your annual club calendar to Lois?

3. How do I go about claiming a record?

The SQAS Recorder checks all scores for tournament records from FITA Star/Arrowhead events, Ranking Events and Championships conducted by the Society, and will make a claim for you provided the scoresheet has been completed correctly (see below).

If you think you may have shot a record, you need to double check that your scoresheet is filled in and signed correctly (i.e. the archer, witness (usually one of the scorers) and either a Judge, the DOS or Club official (for Minor records). Please remember that if you don’t complete your scoresheet correctly your claim may be rejected.

If your club is conducting an event that is listed on the SQAS calendar but which is not one of the above, then the SQAS Recorder may not be given a copy. So, for your personal record, print out a copy of the Tournament and Minor records for your Division and keep it handy. If you think you may have shot a record, ask your Club Recorder to send a copy of your scoresheet (correctly filled out, of course) and I will check it for you.

Lois Foster, SQAS REcorder

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Congratulations to two South Queensland archers, Ryan Tyack (Junior Men Recurve) and Elizabeth Churchward (Cadet Girl Compound), who will be representing Australia at the World Youth Target Championships to be held in Turkey from 6 - 12 October 2008. SQAS has approved a small amount of funding for Elizabeth to assist with her costs.

Congratulations also to Alison Hagaman from the Grange Company of Target Archers, who has been selected as Team Manager for the team.

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Two of our archers, Robert Timms and Madeleine Ferris, who are members of the AA High Performance Compound Program, have also represented SQAS and Australia at international competition this year. Robert has competed in all four events of the 2008 World Cup and Madeleine competed in the 2nd World Cup in Croatia.

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If you would like to try and qualify for the 2008 SQAS Indoor Team then your Club will need to submit to the SQAS Recorder the scoresheet of your best 18 metre FITA Indoor round (60 arrows – Inner 10 for ALL compound archers) that you have shot between 21 June and 20 July. You can shoot as many rounds as you like during this period provided the round is shot at an official Club shoot, details of which should have already been provided to Lois. If your last club indoor shoot is on the 20th July then your Club needs to email or phone your score to Lois that day and mail the actual scoresheet on the Monday. Please remember to fill in your scoresheet correctly otherwise it will not be accepted.

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South Queensland Archery Society www.archerysqas.org.au
Archery Australia www.archery.org.au
F.I.T.A. www.archery.org
Olympic Games, Beijing www.nbcolympics.com/archery

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS JULY – DECEMBER 2008

August
Sat 2nd Target Ranking Event Grange
Sat 9th Target Ranking Event Hervey Bay
Sat 16th Short Range Club Invitational Grange
Sun 24 Silver Arrow Clout Shot at Home Clubs
Sun 31st Target Ranking Event MPB

September
Any time Silver Arrow Indoor Shot at Home Clubs
Sat 6th Indoor Ranking Event MPB
13-14th Percy Davidson Memorial Shoot Hervey Bay
Wed 17th Indoor Ranking Event Toowoomba
Sun 21st Target Ranking Event Lismore
Sun 28th Silver Arrow Target Shot at Home Clubs

October
Sat 18th FITA 720* plus Half FITA** MPB
Sun 19th FITA Star*** MPB
Sat 25th Target Ranking Event Hervey Bay

November
Any time Silver Arrow Indoor Shot at Home Clubs
8-9th Pan Pacific Masters Games Gold Coast
Sun 16th Silver Arrow Clout Shot at Home Clubs
Wed 12th Indoor Ranking Event Toowoomba
Sat 22nd Indoor Ranking Event MPB
Sun 23rd Target Ranking Event MPB
Sat 25th Target Ranking Event Hervey Bay

December
Sun 7th Silver Arrow Field/Ranking Event Home Club/QRE at MPB
Sun 14th Target Ranking Event Grange
Sat 20th Target Ranking Event Grange

* ‘FITA 720’ is 12 ends at 70 metres - This round will be a FITA registered event
** ‘Half FITA’ is 3 ends at each of the normal FITA distances – This round will be a FITA registered event
*** The full FITA will also be a FITA registered event (FITA Star)

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President: Brian Hagaman
Vice President: Philip Bangerter
Secretary/Tournament Secretary: Terry Donovan
Treasurer: Alison Hagaman
Recorder/Membership: Lois Foster
Regional Officials Director: Gavin Bicknell
Member Protection Officer: Bevan McConnell
Regional Coach: Martin Wynn-Hughes
Regional Coaching Coordinator: Annika McGinley
HP Coaching Coordinator: Graeme Jeffrey
Junior Coordinator: Jason McKee

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If everyone is happy to receive the newsletter electronically we should be able to get one out to you every quarter in future.

Please give us your feedback. SHAFT is your newsletter and is more effective if we include information that is relevant and important to you.

Please email your suggestions/feedback, special requests and stories to: madeleineferris@gobushmail.com.au or post to PO Box 37, Highfields Qld 4352.

Don’t forget to let us all know what your club has been up to
for the ‘Club Scene’ section.

Next Edition: Early October

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