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LES NOUVELLES/NEWS le 29 octobre/October 29, 1999
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Greetings/Bonjour:
My brain is pretty fried after spending 5 hours in COA meetings today, but not
fried enough to tell you that FCA is happy to announce archers will be in
Aujourd'hui j'ai presque survecu deux reunions, de cinq heures, de
l'AOC! Je suis heureuse de vous informer que il y aura trois archers
canadiens sur le ligne de tir a
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. Relay 2000 Relais
2. Le Journal d'Entraineur des Fauteuils Roulants/Wheelchair
coach's diary
3. Coach's Diary/le Journal
d'entraineur en Mexique (English only)
4. Cec Meehan Memorial Scholarship Fund/bourse de Columbie
Britannique
5. Meetings / les reunions
In closing / Enfin
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1. Relay 2000 Relais
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2. Le Journal d'Entraineur des Fauteuils
Roulants/Wheelchair coach's diary
Arthur Nault sent us this update on our brave wheelchair guys.
Apparently, they shot facing into SLEET! Spring time Down Under, eh?
Bonjour Kathy
Pour mon idée sur le voyage et la compétition :
Le tous c'est très bien déroulé même avec une température terrible et un
décalage horaire très dur. Je crois que les gars on fait une bonne
performance dans le conteste. Alec et Norbert se sont quand même
qualifier pour les olympique de Sydney en prenant la 23e place pour Alec et 27e
place pour Norbert.
Norbert un record personnel avec un 1165 et record Canadiens a 50 mètre avec 307 je crois que cela mérite des félicitations car se n'était facile.
Je suis certain que les deux seront très représenté le
Norbert reported that everything went well despite the terrible weather
conditions and a very strenuous schedule. He felt that the guys did very
well in the competition. Alec, who finished 23rd, and Norbert, who
finished 27th, are now qualified for
Norbert shot a personal best with 1165 and set a new Canadian Open record at
50 metres, 307. He feels that both Alec and Norbert will represent
Merci Norbert, Alec et Arthur!!!!
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3. Coach's
Diary/le Journal d'entraineur en Mexique (English only)
See last weeks info email for pictures of Mexico (or click
De/from Joan McDonald Day 7 jour
The morning was bright and sunny - a little bit cool - but not like the
previous two days. Traffic was very bad this morning and the ride to
the range was longer than usual. However, the air was much cleaner
than normal and we were able to see the mountains that surround
Warm up for the match play went well. All the ladies and men olympic shot their 8th finals first. Everyone was very nervious - hearts rates were high.
The match between Angela and Rachael was tough for both ladies, but Rachael
took the lead early and held it to the end to win the match. In the
second round, she went up against Marisol Breton, the first place finisher in
the FITA. In the second match (4 ends of 3 arrows), she tied Marisol on
the first end, but then Marisol took over and Rachael lost the
match.
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Sorry, but I don't have the scores from the first series of men's 18 arrow matches,
but Rob won his match with a substantial lead. Dave also took a lead
early and was able to hold it during the match. Hugh was on a tear and
shot a great match finishing with a 164 giving him his first Olympic
Association Qualifier. Shawn was shooting against Anchondo of Mexico - a
difficult match. Shawn took a one point lead on the first end. On
the second end, Anchondo shot a 58 - even though Shawn shot well, he was behind
by 4 points and wasn't able to make it up on the last end, so he was eliminated
from the competition.
In the quarter finals, 12 arrows are shot in ends of 3. Rob was
shooting against David Weber from
had the task of shooting against Anchondo of Mexico. Anchonda has become
Canaddian men's nemsis - our archers have met him in match play many, many
times, and he has always come out the winner. In the first end Dave shot
a 24 and Anchondo shot a 27, giving the Mexican a 3 point lead. In the
second end, they both shot 26's. On the third end, Dave shot a 27 and
Anchondo a 23, turning the match in Dave's favour by 1 point. On the last
end, they both shot 25's giving David the win by 1 point. Hugh also had a
tough match. He opened with a 26 and his opponent shot a 29 taking a 3
point lead. Hugh's second end was 23 while his competitor shot a 26,
taking a 6 point lead - pretty difficult to come back from in the 6 remaining
arrows. In the third end, Hugh shot a 27 to his opponent's 23, cutting
his lead to 3 points. In the last end, Hugh shot a 28, his opponent a 26,
so Hugh lost by 1 point. We were really proud of his comeback in the
match.
So that means that
So tomorrow Rob and Dave will have tough matches. Rob will shoot
against the person who was first in the FITA round and Dave will shoot against
Juan Carlos Stevens of
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Day 8 jour
It was very cold this morning - but bright an sunny - actually, the coldest
morning yet. At the archery range, the tables were covered frost, so the
team showed the south americans how to make a snowball (frost ball???) and
throw it. They thought that was quite funny. However, it warmed up
fast and by the time the matches started we were in
shirt sleeves.
Rob was quite calm this morning - quite a change from the rest of the
week. Dave was quiet (very usual for Dave) and obviously anxious.
Dave's match was first. He was clearly up tight and just not
shooting with the usual flow we are used to seeing. He didn't shoot
badly - he finished with a score of 108, just one point below the Canadian
Olympic Association's qualifying standard, but Juan Carlos Stevens of
since only 3 places are given out for the Olympics, Canada can only have 1
place. Too bad.
The good news is that Hugh's score in his final match yesterday was good enough to place him 5th, so Canadian men placed 3rd, 4th and 5th which is more people placed higher than we have had at this level of competition before. There is a chance, although small, that the Mexican Olympic Association will not send the Mexican to the Olympics - if that were the case, then Dave would get the spot. Shawn's score in the match play yesterday moved him up from 14th place in the FITA to 10th overall.
The ladies competition was won by Denise van Lamoen of
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We leave tomorrow night at 1:15 am and arrive in
Day 9 jour
This morning was very cold (the term is relative.......cold for
The match against
weren't. It took several matches for them to get the hang of it. In
the third end, the wind shifted around 180 degrees and the first arrows
were to the right. We shouted advice to move sights, but it was
slow to get
the arrows back in the middle, so
The Mexicans who defeated the Cubans in the second match, so that put
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On the first end of the match against the Mexicans,
While everyone was waiting for the medals to be given out, girls from other
teams kept coming up to have their picture taken with Hugh. It got quite
comical - the red on Hugh's face certainly wasn't from the sun. The best
was when the Cuban girls asked him to take off his sun glasses for the picture
and they disolved into fits of giggles when he did it!!
Meanwhile, Dave and Shawn are trying their best to figure out what Hugh
has that they don't!! They are signing up for lessons!!!!
I re-read the message I sent last night and I noticed that I didn't
tell you who won the bronze metal match between Rob and Dave. It
wasn't a particularly good match for either of them, since they were both
bummed out because
Impressions of
Many beggers on the street including lots of little children. Beetlemania -
gazillions of them. Loved the competitors - had so much fun with the people we
shoot with. We are looking forward to the Championships of the
in 2000.
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4. Cec Meehan Memorial Scholarship Fund/bourse de
Columbie Britannique
Effective immediately:
The Cec Meehan Memorial Scholarship Fund is an $500.00 annual bursary intended
for junior archers who are members of the BC Junior Olympic Program to further
their studies and archery careers. The endowment will be awarded in November of
each year to the best candidate judged by a committee struck by the FCA
President and forwarded for approval to Lillian Meehan.
Guidelines:
1. Qualification period is from Labour Day to Labour day yearly.
2. Applicants must be members of the BC Junior Olympic Program (JOP) and be 16 years of age or younger at the time of application.
3. Applicants shall apply by letter to the President of FCA c/o the National Office. Applicants must provide their scores from both the JOP Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Results from other tournaments competed and a record of scholastic achievement during the past school year must also be provided. Letters of reference from the club and school are encouraged.
4. The winner will be announced yearly at the Spruce Capital 300 in
November.
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5. The FCA office will accept applications anytime during the year,
applications received after September 15 will accepted as in the next year.
Immediately after the 15th of September, the FCA President will form a
committee of him/herself and 2 others to scrutinize the applicants. The committee
will make a merit listing of all of the applicants based on:
* Participation in JOP program events;
* Dedication to personal archery excellence;
* other volunteer activities;
* promise and improvement in archery performance;
* sportsmanship; and
* academic excellence.
The complete list will be forwarded to Lillian Meehan who will make the final decision as to who shall receive the award.
Letter of application:
The letter of application should include a synopsis of the archery career of
the applicant including:
- archery goals (short and long term);
- career and educational goals;
- academic information including grades and plans;
- description of other archery involvement and volunteer activities;
- description of non-archery volunteer activities; and
- any other information that may be of interest to the selection panel.
5. Meetings/les reunions
High Performance Committee possible dates Nov 27-28
3D teleconferencing possible date Nov 21
Executive meeting cancelled for January 7-8, 2000
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In closing
I really got bogged down with finances this week. Hopefully, I'll get
caught up with the workload in November. The President comes for a visit
to the office. He's going to be here on military business and put in a
real day's work at the FCA office. :)
Remember, our office hours are:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8h30 - 16h00 Eastern Std Time
Enfin
Ugh, des affaires fiscals! J'en ai trop! Peut-etre en novembre je
completerai mes taches administratives. Notre President me visitera ici
en
N'oubliez pas notre horaire de bureau:
Lundi, mecredi, jeudi et vendredi 8h30 - 16hoo Heure de l'Est
See you next week/A la prochaine
Kathy Millar, FCA General Manager/gerante generale de la FCA
(613) 260-2113 fax: 260-2114