From: FCA <fca@cyberus

Last info for '98/les dernieres nouvelles

message from our new chief. Notre chef veut communiquer les meilleurs voeux a tous

2. 3D rules/regles

3. FITA a year in review/les resultats de 1998

4. A Christmas Funny /Que pensez-vous

5. Politics/les politiques

6. Website usage les numero de participants electronique

7. Athletes

Holiday Hours/les heures du bureau national

Greetings to everyone/Bonjour tout le monde:

This is my last Friday e-mail message for 1998. Joyeux Noel et Meilleurs

Voeux. Merry Christmas to all and have a safe and happy holiday.

First we have a message from our new chief. Notre chef veut communiquer les meilleurs voeux a tous.

As another year closes, The executive and staff of FCA would like to wish you and yours a great holiday and many successes in 1998. As we look back over 1998, we have to hope that we have weathered the worst, however there are no easy time ahead. We all must continue to work together for archery in Canada. In particular I ask you NOT to just work for Target archery, 3D archery, Judging or Coaching or any other particular discipline, but to work for ARCHERY. We all shoot the bow and arrow and if we can all work together on that simple premise, things will be easier for us all.

The FCA is an association of archer members from each Province, our link to you is your Provincial President and Director. I ask you to keep in touch with them and us and give us feedback on all issues. Our web site (www.FCA.ca) has information on all FCA programs and volunteers, please make sure all the archers you know are aware of it. As I have said many times before, if you consider were doing a good job, tell others, if not tell us!

Merry Christmas

>>>>>----------> Al Wills

2. 3D rules/regles

Tom Paukovic faxed this to me just before the office move and I did not have time to retype it so it was legible. I apologize for the delay. For those of you who are interested in 3D, and there are quite a few, please review Tom's work please and comment directly to him at: paukovic@minet.gov.mb.ca

FORMAT CHANGES FOR CANADIAN 3D NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

As submitted by Tom Paukovic 98/11/17

At the meeting held during the 1997 3D Nationals, representatives from 6 provinces voted 4-2 to adopt the IBO rules and regulations for future 3D championships. In addition to adopting the IBO format a committee was struck to determine age and equipment classifications that would be appropriate for our championships.

The following is a copy of the IBO rules and category changes that will be in effect for the 1999 3D nationals in Alymer, Quebec.

Optional Senior Classes for archers aged 50 and over.

Male Seniors release/fingers/any sight MSR

Female Seniors release/fingers/any sight FSR

Adult Categories for archers aged 18-49

Male Bowhunter aided fingers/fixed pins MBA

Female Bowhunter aided fingers/fixed pins FBA

Male compound unaided fingers/no sight MCU

Male Bowhunter Release release/fixed pins MBR

Female Bowhunter Release release/fixed pins FBR

Male Bowhunter Open release/any sight MBO

Female Bowhunter Open release/any sight FBO

Recurve unaided fingers/no sight RU

Male Traditional longbow/wood arrows MTRD

Female Traditional longbow/wood arrows FTRD

Youth Categories for archers 13-17 years of age

Youth Male Release release/any sight YMR

Youth Female Release release/any sight YFR

Youth Male Fingers fingers/any sight YMF

Youth Female Fingers fingers/any sight YFF

Cub Category for archers 9-12 years of age

Cub Male fingers or release/any sight

Cub Female fingers or release/any sight

Cub Recurve fingers/recurve or longbow/no sight

PeeWee class for archers aged 8 and under all in one class, any equipment.

Target maximum distances and shooting stakes

Orange and Green stakes maximum 50 years or 45.72 meters

White stakes maximum 30 yards or 27.43 meters

Coloured stakes for each division

ORANGE MBO, MBR, MBA, MSR

GREEN FBO, FBR, FBF, FSR, YMR, YMF YF

WHITE

3. FITA a year in review/les resultats de 1998

The following is an edited press release I received today.

Press Release/Communiqué de Presse

Calendar 1999 / Calendrier 1999

7-12 March V World Indoor Championships Havana (Cuba)

7-12 mars V Championnats du Monde en Salle La Havane (Cuba)

19-21 March II World Ski-Archery Championships Bessans (France)

19-21 mars II Championnats du Monde de Ski-Arc Bessans (France

26-31 May The Balov Memorial International Tournament Moscow (Russia)

26-31 mai Le Tournoi International Balov Memorial Moscou (Russie)

22-29 July XXXX World Target Championships Riom (France)

* * * OLYMPIC QUALIFIER * * *

22-29 juillet XXXX Championnats du Monde de Tir sur Cible Riom (France)

* * * COMPTE POUR LA QUALIFICATION DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES * * *

4-8 August Pan American Games Winnipeg (Canada)

4-8 août Jeux Panaméricains Winnipeg (Canada)

1-5 September Continental Qualification Tournament Beijing (China)

1-5 septembre Tournoi de Qualification Continental Beijing (Chine)

19-26 September The Sydney International Golden Arrow Sydney (Australia)

* * * OLYMPIC TEST TOURNAMENT * * *

19-26 septembre Sydney International Golden Arrow Sydney (Australie)

* * * TOURNOI DE TEST OLYMPIQUE * * *

25 Sept.-3 Oct. 7th Australian Masters Games Adelaide (Australia)

25 sept-3 oct. 7èmes Jeux Australiens Masters Adélaïde (Australie)

19-24 October Continental Qualification Tournament Mexico DF (Mexico)

19-24 octobre Tournoi de Qualification Continental Mexico DF (Mexique)

To be fixed Continental Qualification Tournament Johannesburg (South Africa)

A déterminer Tournoi de Qualification Continental Johannesburg (Afrique du Sud)

We will issue the list of World Ranking Tournaments 1999 early February after our Council ratify them.

Nous publierons la liste des Tournois de Classement Mondial 1999 début février après que notre Conseil ait ratifié la liste qui lui sera proposée.

World Ranking List / Liste de Classement Mondial

The final World Ranking List for 1998 includes the results of the Asian Games. The full list is available on FITA's web site : www.archery.org You will also find on our site a tentative Compound Archers World Ranking List. La dernière Liste de Classement Mondial de l'année 1998 comporte les résultats des Jeux Asiatiques. La liste complète est disponible sur le site de la FITA : www.archery.org De plus, vous y trouverez également une liste tentative de Classement Mondial des Archers Arc Compound.

MEN HOMMES Top 3

RANK[PARA]RANG [PARA]ARCHER COUNTRY PAYS POINTS PREVIOUS RANKING[PARA]RANG

PRECEDENT Position[PARA]1 Jan. 98

1 Torres, Lionel FRA 192.000 1 10

2 Frangilli, Michele ITA 168.000 2 4

3 Parkhomenko, Igor UKR 160.000 3 30

4 Johnson, Richard USA 155.000 4

5 Peignois, Christophe BEL 132.000 5

6 Kim Kyung Ho KOR 124.200 14

7 Lipponen, Jari FIN 122.000 6

8 Tsyrempilov, Balzinima RUS 120.000 7

9 Froese, Alexander GER 114.000 8

10 Huish, Justin USA 113.000 9

11 Flute, Sebastien FRA 107.000 10

12 DiBuo, Ilario ITA 104.000 11

13 Oh Kyo Moon KOR 103.000 12

14 Nesteng, Baard NOR 102.000 13

15 Badenov, Bair RUS 94.250 15

16 Jang Yong Ho KOR 81.500 16

16 Petersson, Magnus SWE 81.500 16

18 Ponikowski, Arkadiusz POL 79.000 18

19 Wunderle, Victor USA 78.950 19

20 Kim Chung Tae KOR 78.125 20

WOMEN DAMES Top 3

RANK[PARA]RANG [PARA]ARCHER COUNTRY PAYS POINTS PREVIOUS RANKING[PARA]RANG

PRECEDENT Position[PARA]1 Jan. 98

1 Pavchuk, Lina UKR 171.500 1 102

2 Nasaridze, Natalia TUR 164.500 2 31

3 Valeeva, Natalia ITA 155.400 3 6

4 Pfohl, Cornelia GER 148.400 4

5 Altinkaynak, Elif TUR 148.000 5

6 Mensing, Barbara GER 136.000 6

7 Kim Jo Sun KOR 124.750 14

8 Lin Sang CHN 116.600 9

9 Sadovnycha, Elena UKR 111.000 7

10 Kim Du Ri KOR 110.000 8

11 He Ying CHN 105.100 10

12 Gunay, Deniz TUR 104.375 11

13 Yakousheva, Olga BLR 104.000 12

14 Sachse, Sandra GER 99.200 13

15 Lee Mi Jeong KOR 96.750 25

16 Dostai, Elena RUS 85.525 15

17 Priestman, Vladlena GBR 83.200 16

18 Buehren, Britta GER 80.825 17

19 Rowe, Ruth USA 80.250 18

20 Nowicka, Joanna POL 76.250 19

1998 in Review / 1998 en Revue

1st Ski/Archery World Championships, Cogne, Italy, 30 January - 1 February 1998

1ers Championnats du Monde de Ski/Arc, Cogne, Italie, 30 janvier - 1 février 1998

Men Individual Women Individual Men Team Women Team

Hommes Ind. Dames Ind. Hommes Equipes Dames Equipes

Gold/Or Peracino Alberto, ITA Peyrot Nadia, ITA ITA ITA

Silver/Argent Conte Daniele, ITA D'Andrea Stefania, ITA FRA FRA

Bronze Salvadori Fabrizio, ITA Leclerc Carol, FRA SLO USA

Vth Junior World Outdoor Target ARchery Championships, Sunne, Sweden, 22-26 July 1998

Vèmes Championnats Juniors de Tir à l'Arc sur Cibles à l'Extérieur, Sunne, Sweden, 22-26 juillet 1998

Recurve (Classic) Men Ind. / Hommes Ind. Women Ind. / Dames Ind. Men Team

/ Hommes Equipe Women Team / Dames Equipe

Gold/Or Oh Jin-Hyuk, KOR Kim Nam-Soon, KOR KOR CHN

Silver/Argent Jeon Byung-Young, KOR Heo Yo-Jeong, KOR ITA KOR

Bronze Park Ji-Soo, KOR Zhang Xiaoxing, CHN UKR TPE

Compound Men Ind. / Hommes Ind. Women Ind. / Dames Ind. Men Team / Hommes

Equipe Women Team / Dames Equipe

Gold/Or Wheatcroft Adam, USA Kamuf Ashley, USA USA FRA

Silver/Argent Emerstc Grega, SLO Marcen Maja, SLO SWE USA

Bronze Ruchniewski Walter, USA Zorn Mary, USA CAN SLO

16th World Field Archery Championships, Gurgl, Austria, 4-9 August 1998

16èmes Championnats du Monde de Tir en Campagne, Gurgl, Autriche, 4-9 août 1998

Recurve (Classic) Men Ind. / Hommes Ind. Women Ind. / Dames Ind.

Gold/Or Shales Jonathan, GBR Mayrhofer Sabine, AUT

Silver/Argent Frangilli Michele, ITA Franchini Irene, ITA

Bronze Van Berkel Geert, NED Ferriou Carole, FRA

Compound Men Ind. / Hommes Ind. Women Ind. / Dames Ind.

Gold/Or Andersson Peter, SWE Pellen Catherine, FRA

Silver/Argent Cousins Dave, USA Ragsdale Michelle, USA

Bronze Baldur Niels, DEN Pearson Becky, USA

Barebow Men Ind. / Hommes Ind. Women Ind. / Dames Ind.

Gold/Or Jonsson Erik, SWE Lovell Patricia, GBR

Silver/Argent Larsson Mattias, SWE Boussiere Odile, FRA

Bronze Podrzaj Marjan, SLO Schneider Jutta, GER

Team /Equipes Men / Hommes Women / Dames

Gold/Or GBR ITA

Silver/Argent SWE FRA

Bronze FRA GER

4. A Christmas Funny /Que pensez-vous

Subject: To understand Santa

For the need to understand in all of us....

There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18)in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the population reference bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming there is at least one good child in each. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 111,000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stocking, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get onto the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound.

For purposes of comparison, the fastest man made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. Flying 11 reindeer can pull 10 times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them- -Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 600,000 tons travelling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would adsorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,000 g's. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim)would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a mass of quivering ganglions. Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now.

Merry Christmas.

5. Politics/les politiques

From: mediarelations@sirc.ca

To: fca@cyberus.ca

Subject: Sport in Canada - Everybody's business / Le Sport au Canada c'est l'affaire de tous et de toutes

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:07:15 -0500

It has been a long time since we have had significant public and media attention on the funding of amateur sport in Canada. The release of the Sub-committee report gives us a tremendous opportunity to influence public support and government funding of amateur sport. The report is the culmination of a year long study on the economic impact of sport in Canada. While much of the media attention prior to and since the release of the report has focused on the professional realm of sport, the most significant analysis in the report deals with the amateur side of sport. We must not allow the "baby to be thrown out with the bath water". The amateur sport sector needs to have its voice heard if it believes that the Mills report is worth supporting. To sit idly by and not comment would be missing a unique opportunity to advance sport development in Canada and increase funding for sport.

In order to properly position the amateur sport community, here's how your organization can assist:

1. sign-on to the attached letter of support. This special e-mail letter (bilingual) will be sent directly to all Members of Parliament (including the federal cabinet).

2.encourage all of your members to sign-on and support the report through this e-mail letter.

The form is at http://www.canadiansport.com/mills.html

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Il y a bien longtemps que l'attention du grand public et des médias sur le financement du sport amateur au Canada ne se fait plus remarquée. La publication du rapport du Sous-comité sur l'Étude du sport au Canada nous fournit une belle occasion d'encourager le soutien du public ainsi que le financement du gouvernement pour le sport amateur. Le rapport est le point culminant d'une étude, qui a duré toute une année, de l'impact économique du sport au Canada. Même si de nombreux reportages avant et depuis le dépôt du rapport ont examiné le côté professionnel du sport, les plus importantes analyses présentées dans le rapport traitent du sport amateur. Il faut que nous évitions de "pécher par excès de zèle." Il est important que le secteur du sport amateur ait voix à ce chapitre s'il croit que le rapport Mills mérite d'être appuyé. Si nous restions là à nous croiser les bras, sans faire de commentaires, nous laisserions vraiment passer une occasion exceptionnelle de faire avancer le développement du sport au Canada et d'accroître le financement du sport.

Afin de bien positionner le sport amateur au pays, voici ce que votre organisation peut faire:

1.inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'appui ci-jointe (bilingue). Nous la ferons parvenir par courrier électronique directement à tou(te)s les député(e)s parlementaires (incluant les membres du Cabinet fédéral);

2.encouragez tous vos membres à s'inscrire et à appuyer le rapport par voie de cette lettre électronique.

La lettre se trouve à: http://www.canadiansport.com/millsf.html

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6. People use our Web site/les numero de participants electronique Thought you all might be interested in the latest stats on the web page (www.FCA.ca):

>From mid Aug (inception) to Mid Sep 109 hits

mid Sep - Mid Oct 500 hits

mid Oct - Mid Nov 762 hits

mid Nov - Mid Dec 902 hits

7. Athletes

Si vous avez interet de tirer les championnats du monde en salle, exterieur or SkiArc, appellez Pascal Colmaire: fcanac@total.net.

FCA has received formal invitations to most of the upcoming world championships: indoors, outdoors and SkiArc. If you are interested in attending any of these events, and qualify under the Excellence 2000 system, please contact Pascal Colmaire at: fcanac@total.net.

8. Finally/finalement

I would like to thank the volunteers who help me with this job all year long. It is very much appreciated. And to all of you who send me the smiles: Jeannot & Ginette, Al Moore, Carl Jones, Louise, Dianne Dalman, Al Wills and the rest, thank you. Many days, it's just what I need.

Hours/les heures du bureau national

The office will be closed from December 24 to January 4, 1999 at 8:30 am.

Le bureau sera ferme le 24 decembre jusqu'au 4 janvier 1999.

The first week in January, it will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Then I am off to the AMO Show (if we don't have another PLEASANT ice storm). Le bureau sera overt le 4, 5 et 6 janvier. Je voyagera a Columbus Ohio pour le spectacle industriel de tir a l'arc.

PS: Can someone out there please tell me how to get my French accents back on this new IBM. It looks stupid without them!!!!!