Greetings....did you miss me? After a snowy trip to beautiful (?) downtown Columbus, Ohio, now I'm back in beautiful (?) snowy downtown Ottawa. The AMO show was well-attended considering the weather across the mid-western United States. Il neige depuis 9 jours autour des etats-unis centrales. Quand je suis retourne a Ottawa, toujours il neige. Ce n'est pas ma faute!
Normally, it takes me about 35 minutes to commute from the sticks to Ottawa. (No comments from Bob Sheppard in Nova Scotia or anyone else who wants to mention how much slower it takes normal people to drive that same distance.) This week, it has been an hour but that's Canada.
Contents:
1. Smiles/souris
2. Politics/les politiques
3. RCMP/GRC & Coaching/Entrainement
4. 3D RULES CLARIFICATION
5. World Target/Les championnats de cible fixe
6. FCA Indoor Championships/les championnats nationales en salle
7. Manitoba
8. Outdoor FCA Nationals/les championnats cible fixe et parcours '99 Information:
9. International News/les nouvelles internationales
10. Finally,
This came over the internet this morning from Kevin Ducharme from Pan Am Games.
Subject: A bit of history
Historic origins: Giving The Finger
In the current film, Titanic, the character Rose is shown giving the finger to Jack (another character). Many people who have seen the film, question whether "giving the finger" was done around the time of the Titanic disaster, or was it a more recent gesture invented by some defiant seventh-grader. According to research, here's the true story . .
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory overthe English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw. The renowned English longbow and therefore be incapable of fighting in the future.
This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew"). Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"
Over the years some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother plucker", which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird".
And yew all thought yew knew everything!
For those of you wishing to read the Mills recommendations on sport before you agree to e-mail in your response, you can read the full document at/avante que vous auriez communique votre support au document de M. Mills et sa comite du sport, on peut le lire a: www.canadiansport.com/mills.html OR http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/SINS/Studies/Reports/sinsrp05-e.htm
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3. RCMP/GRC & Coaching/Entrainement
The RCMP has teamed up with 3M and the CAC to support coach training. The support will come in the form of advertising family and community strength and action against abuse.
New IBO rules correction from Fred Walker
Adult categories are 18 and over since senior classes for archers aged 50 and over is optional.
Les categories "adultes" sont toujours de 18 ans et plus. Les seniors ne doivent tirer dans les categories de 50 plus.
Note: The FCA 3D Nationals will be held directly after the FCA Target/field nationals at Sherwood Park, Alberta 1999. The 2000 3D nationals will be held in Aylmer, QC.
5. World Target/Les championnats de cible fixe
The French Federation has established a website. Si vous avez l'interet a ce tournoi ecrivez a:
6. FCA Indoor Championships/les championnats nationales en salle
The following sites have been sent hosting packages. If your club THINKS it is hosting the indoors on March 6-7 and it is not listed below, contact Greg Durward IMMEDIATELY.
les clubs qui veut hoter les championnats en salle 1999
Site 1 Victoria Bowmen March 7
Site 2 Arrowsmith Archers March 7
Site 3 Archers of Caledon March 7
Site 4 Model Farm Archery Club March 7
Site 5 Sheet Harbour March 7
Site 6 RA Centre March 7
Site 7 Val Cartier March 7
Site 8 Thunderhead Archers March 6 & 7
Site 9 Antler River Archers March 7
Site 10 Sherwood Park Archery C. March 7
Site 11 ABAM - Winnipeg March 7
Site 12 Avalon Archery Club March 7
If you are interested in shooting in Manitoba this summer, send me your fax number and I will send out the complete listing. Or, better yet, contact ABAM for their magazine. It's great information on all sorts of topics. ABAM, #312 - 200 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 4M2
Si vous voulez tirer en Manitoba cet annee, ecrivez-vous a cet addresse pour recevoir leur bulletin.
8. Outdoor FCA Nationals/les championnats cible fixe et parcours '99 Information:
3D Pat Morphy (403) 449-6072
Target Larry Robins (403) 435-3563 or Phoebe Sigurdson 467-4780
9. International News/les nouvelles internationales
-Mermaid Grand Prix Tournament
The Polish Federation is inviting archers to participate June 17-20,1999 as a warm-up to Worlds in Riom. I am forwarding all the information to Pascal Colmaire. So please contact him if you are interested.
Si vous voulez tirer en Europe avante les championnats mondiales de cible fixe en Riom, telephonez a Pascal pour toutes les detailes.
-Judging/Officielles
FITA has released the complete list of international judges and the Canadians who have earned this distinction are:
Ghislain Arsenault (FJ)
Manuel Espiritu (FJ)
Don Lovo (FJ)
Dennis Mrokwia (JC)
Bob Sheppard (FJC)
Si vous desirez de devenir un juge international, communique avec Sheila Sheppard: robert.s@ns.sympatico.ca
-121 Members in FITA
The newest members approved are: Egypt, Panama & Tonga. Les membres nouvelles sont: l'Egypte, Panama et Tonga.
-Target Butts/les paillisons
FITA's technical committee will make a motion in Riom, France Congress that target butts will no longer be at 15 degrees, but 9 degrees since this rule originates from the dates of loopy, wooden arrows. (Seems like a no-brainer--I'm sure it will pass.)
-Elimination rounds - Outdoor Olympic Round at Target Championships There is a proposal for Riom also to reduce the ranking round from a full FITA to 1 FITA 70 meter round. The proposal states also that the Olympic Round Elimination Round be changed from 64 to 8 to 60 to 16 with 5 matches in Groups of 6 over 2x6 arrows. The Finals Round starting with 16 competitiors would be changed to 2x6 for 1/8 and 1/4 finals and the medal rounds would be 4x3x1:40 seconds each.
If you wish more information on this, contact Pascal Colmaire. If FCA does not want this change to go through, Al Wills, our FITA delegate, would need some direction from the membership.
SO IF THIS AFFECTS YOU----LET PEOPLE KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.
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-New World Records
Compound Junior Men/hommes
C. Goodman GBR 25m indoors 546
C. White GBR 18m indoors 592
Compound Junior Women/dames
E. Johnson GBR 25m indoors 436 (that's what is printed but I'm sure they must mean 536)?
A. Dawson USA 18m indoors 583
More next Week
"Canadian Made" is a thirteen part series on Canad's young athletes. Coming soon to television (je pense seulement en anglais presentement), a series of shows taking a look at athletes. The target audience is youth ages 9-25 and a web-site will be available soon. I will pass along more information as it becomes available.
Schedule----yes, I know I keep promising it. But, tomorrow, yes on a Saturday, I might be able to use Quark software on my IBM and then I'll be able to transfer it over from my MAC. In the meantime, I will finish updating the Schedule and if all else fails you will receive an updated version separately on Monday or Wednesday next week off the Mac's Eudora. So, stay tuned.
See ya next week. A bientot. :)
