Bonjour/Greetings:

This weekend marks the 15th annual Ontario High School Archery Championships in Toronto.  Everyone in each province knows how difficult the government-education system situation has been over the past two years.  This tournament was definitely in jeopardy of being cancelled, but some dedicated teachers like Kathy Shillinglaw and Bruce Savage have managed to pull it off!  There will probably be over 300 archers again this year. So, for those of you who think teachers won't give up their weekends, this championship is being held on a Saturday with teacher support from all over the province.  Thank you.

Cette samedi on va tirer le 15e championnat de tir a l'arc en salle des ecoles secondaires de l'Ontario.  Malgre les problemes entre les gouvernements provinciaux et les enseignants, plusieurs enseignants ont decide de hoter encore ce championnat.  Merci, Kathy, Bruce et les autres.

Contents: (note where French is available, just click on the French part of contents below to go directly to the French text:)
                            (à noter : pour ouvrir un dossier français, pointer sur le titre français:)

1. Mermaid Grand Prix Tournament
2. Sherwood Park offers early bird incentives/  Les championnats d'ete
3. Tournament Schedule/les tournois
4. Pan Am Games/Les jeux panamericaines
5. Report from Mexico City  /  un report de Pascal Colmaire
6. Annual reports annuels
7. Athlete representative des athletes
8. Website News/les nouvelles d'Internet
enfin/finally

1. Mermaid Grand Prix Tournament
Anyone interested in shooting in Poland must deposit 60% of the total hotel costs no later than May 31.  Contact Pascal Colmaire for details./Si vous voulez tirer en Pologne cette ete, envoyez 60% d'hebergement avant que le 31 mai.

2. Sherwood Park offers early bird incentivesLes championnats d'ete
For the first ever combined Target and 3D Nationals, sign up by tomorrow to qualify for early-bird draws.  See www.sparchery.freeservers.com to register.
Les championnats d'ete
Le club Sherwood Park offert les prix pour les inscriptions qu'on recevra avant que le 15 mai.  Composez www.sparchery.freeservers.com pour tous les details.

4. Pan Am Games/Les jeux panamericaines
      May 7, 1999
                         Get your Pan Am tickets here
     Tickets to the hottest event this summer will soon be on sale at
Select-A-Seat locations across Winnipeg. As of May 8, tickets to the 1999 Pan Am Games are available at any of the following Select-A-Seat locations:  Winnipeg Arena; Winnipeg Convention Centre; The Bay Downtown; Eaton Place Info. Booth; Pharmasave (Northdale Shopping Centre, Lakewood Plaza, Westwood Village Mall, Pembina Hwy., and in The Bay Downtown); Health Sciences Centre; IGA (Courts of St. James, Main and Jefferson); University Centre's Answers Booth at University of Manitoba; Regent
Park Pharmacy on Regent Avenue West; and Pharma Plus at Marion and Tache. Please call 780-SEAT or 1-888-780-7328 to confirm hours of operation.

                        Ballet plié's with Pan Am flare
     The Royal Winnipeg Ballet will entertain ballet-goers with their Pan Am themed dance entitled, 'Fiesta! Where the Americas come to plié,' May 12-16. Part of the Pan Am  Arts and Cultural Initiatives Program, this salute to the dance of the Americas stars a dynamic dancer from Cuba and prima ballerina Evelyn Hart. Another performance highlight will be the Latin rhythms of the Ballet Folklorico de Chile. Other events endorsed by the Arts and Cultural Initiatives Program include the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's 'A Fiesta South of the Border' with Pops Maestro Erich Kunzel, who returns to the WSO with a dynamite program of spicy Latin flavour favourites May 7-9. For more Arts and Cultural Initiatives event information please call (204)984-0981.

Subject: Transit News Release
                                                                         MMay 5, 1999
                   One Ticket And You're There . . . And Back
The Pan Am Games Society and City of Winnipeg have finalized an agreement that will allow Pan Am ticket holders, Games volunteers and athletes to travel to and from events on the Winnipeg Transit System at no cost.

'The agreement between the Pan Am Games Society and the City of Winnipeg will ease traffic and parking demands at all sports venues in the city and provide an enhanced level of transportation service,' said Bob McMahon, Chief Operating Officer of the Pan Am Games Society. Under the financial arrangements negotiated the extra services are being paid for by the Pan American Games Society. Games event tickets, accreditation badges and volunteer uniforms will serve as a daily bus pass, allowing ticket holders, volunteers and Games participants to ride regular city routes to and from sports venues.

The agreement also establishes 17 extra routes that will provide special service to many sports venues including those that are not on regular transit routes, such as the equestrian events at Bird's Hill Park and the softball tournaments at John Blumberg Park.  Dedicated bus service for accredited media covering the Games and for athletes' transportation within Winnipeg are also covered in the agreement.

'The Winnipeg Transit deal adds the icing to our 'One Ticket and You're There!' promotional campaign,' said McMahon.  McMahon said the transit arrangement will allow the more than 7,000 athletes and team officials participating in the Games 'a great opportunity to travel around
the city, see the sights and meet the people of Winnipeg.'  City Director of Transit Rick Borland estimated that between 15,000 and 17,000
extra people will ride the transit system each day during the Games.

'We normally have about 150,000 transit users on a typical summer day,' said Borland. During peak transit service demand, up to 200 extra buses could be added to regular route service.

5. Report from Mexico City
The IOC held an international coaches seminar in Mexico City this month and FCA was represented by Pascal Colmaire and Saion Mann of Manitoba.  Apparently, the conference was terrific, but so was the street noise.  In fact, the IOC hotel was at one of the busiest intersections in the now very, very polluted city.
un report de Pascal Colmaire
Pascal Colmaire et Saion Mann du Manitoba ont participe, avec les autres entraineurs, en Mexique.  Il y avait beaucoup d'information, beaucoup de la pollution, et beaucoup, beaucoup de bruits!

6. Annual reports annuels
Thanks to Al Wills and Karen Reinhart who have sent in all their reports for the AGM already.  Great job!!!  Please keep them coming in.  Particularly, the Executive Committee reports need to be translated and this takes our resident translator par excellence, Alain Gravel, quite a bit of time.

Reports annuels
Merci Al et Karen.  J'ai deja recu vos reports annuels!!!  Je voudrais recevoir les autres, tout de suite.  Merci.

7. Athlete representative des athletes
Marthe Cusson has made some small changes to the athlete rep. position advertisement.  If you would like a copy please contact her directly at: 
Representative des athletes
Marthe a fait quelques revisions de l'announce de representative des athletes.  Pour les details, composez:  
 

Speaking of your weekly news, We've started linking the English and French versions from your contents, so if a francophone wants to read the French version of something, he/she just has to click on the French words in the contents and their linked directly to the French text. (Et, voila.  Corrigez mes fautes!!!!!!!!!!!!)

enfin/finally
Notre bureau d'Ottawa sera ouvert le 17, 19, 20 et 21 mai/8h30-1600 HDL
The Ottawa office will be open next week every day except Tuesday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm EDT.

See you next week/a la prochaine  :)

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