Les nouvelles/news le 01 December/December 01
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Greetings/Bonjour:
The High Performance Committee met last weekend in Montreal and had a very productive session. Thanks to everyone who attended at their own expense, including President Al Wills. Over the next several bulletins you will be reading about developments and decisions made by the committee. InfoExcellence will be sent out in January and Excellence 2004 will be out to our membership in the next week. Thanks to Joan McDonald who stepped in to replace Alain Gravel as chairperson until FCA elections next August. It helped keep the committee's continuity for the next 9 months. Thanks to Jeanne and Arthur for hosting this annual event.
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Le Comite du Haute Performance se sont recontre la fin de semaine passe, et ils ont fait beaucoup de choses. Merci a tous les membres de comite qui ont participe aux leurs propres frais, inclu le president M. Al Wills. Pendant les semaines suivantes je publierai les evenements et les decisions du CHP. Le bulletin InfoExcellence sssera disponible a mi-janvier et le nouveau programme Excellence 2004 sera disponible aux membres la semaine prochaine. La FCA veut remercier Mme. Joan McDonald qui a accepte le position de president du comite entre decembre et les elections en aout. Maintenant le comite peut continuer les taches sans interruption. La FCA veut remercier Jeanne et Arthur Nault qui encore ont ouvert leure maison et ont accepte ce groupe.
1. Mexico Coaching Seminar (Nov 15 to 26 2000) Report from Bruce Savage (uniquement en anglais)
2. Cec Meehan Scholarship recipient Le beneficiaire de la bourse Cec Meehan 2000
4. Schedule Update/Le calendrier des tournois
5. Team Selection d'equipe
Enfin/In Closing
1. Mexico Coaching Seminar (Nov 15 to 26 2000) Report from Bruce Savage
The Seminar was held at the Mexico Olympic Training Centre in Mexico City, and was hosted by COPANARCO. The event was attended by over 50 coaches from Central and South America. Translators were provided as needed and the travel, food and accommodation needs were taken care of by the organizing committee. Overall the event was well organized and certainly worth attending.
The speakers were Wieslaw Opalek, a coach from Poland, Matt Cleland from the USA and Pascal Colmaire now with FITA. The topics covered ranged from shooting form, strength training, mental training to yearly planning. A lot of time was spent at the practice range and in the gyms where the coaches could try the various techniques that were being presented. The informal sharing of ideas and information among the coaches was also a major benefit to attending the seminar. With the use of the usual archery hand and body movements, even a non-Spanish speaking participant (ME!) was able to communicate and establish some new friendships.
The volume of material covered at the seminar is too large to summarize for the weekly email, but if you have specific topics you are interested in, please contact me at savage@netrover.com - there may be some articles that were handed out that pertain to your area of interest - I will be glad to send copies out to you.
I believe that Canadian participation in events run COPANARCO will strengthen the sport of Archery in the Americas. Canadian coaches and archers have a lot to offer, and a lot to learn from our peers throughout the Americas.
Bruce Savage
2. Cec Meehan Scholarship recipient/
Lillian Meehan has announced the winner of the first Cec Meehan Scholarship. Ms. Kristy Johnson of Prince George, BC will receive $500 to assist her while studying nursing this. Congratulations, Kristy and good luck with your studies and your archery. The Cec Meehan Scholarship was established in memory of Mr. Meehan who was an integral member of the Canadian archery community for many years.
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Le beneficiaire de la bourse Cec Meehan 2000
Mme. Lillian Meehan a publie le beneficiaire de la premiere bourse Cec Meehan. Mlle. Kristy Johnson de Prince George, C-B recevra 500$ pour l'aider a etudier la profession d'infirmiere. Felicitations, Kristy et bonne chance! La bourse Cec Meeham a ete cree par la famille Meehan en memoire de Cec, un archer tres important dans la societe de tir a l'arc canadien.
5. Team Selection d'equipe
2001 FITA World Indoor Championships - les Championnats Mondiales en salle de la FITA - Costellanza, ITA -march 13-18 mars
Standard Team Selection process applies to all Excellence members. The indoor season runs from November to April. Selection includes one complete season. Therefore, scores shot between November 1999 and February 04, 2001 are valid. All scores must be submitted to Joan McDonald NO LATER THAN midnight February 04, 2001. Major qualifying events include: FCA, NAA and COPANARCO results; any other US State or international event utilising FITA rules; and the Quebec indoor championships.
If you are interested in qualifying for this team or the FITA World
outdoor championships please contact Joan McDonald immediately at:
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Le Processus Courant de Selection des equipes nationales a mis en practique pour tous les membres d'Excellence. La saison de tir a l'arc en salle entre novembre et avril doit comprendre une saison complete. Donc, on peut utiliser les scores entre novembre 1999 et le 04 fevrier 2001. Tous les scores doivent etre soumettre a Joan McDonald AVANT minuit le 04 fevrier 2001. Les tournois de premiere importance sont: le championnats en salle de la FCA, la federation NAA, et COPANARCO/MICA; tous les autres tournois internationaux ou championnats d'etat aux E-U qui utilisent les regles de la FITA; et aussi le championnat quebecois en salle.
Si vous avez interet de cette equipe, ou d'equipe mondiale en Chine, contactez Joan McDonald tout de suite a:
Enfin/In Closing
I just found out today that Clayton B. Shenk of the NAA past away on Sunday. He was 92. He was a prime mover in the expansion of archery across the northeastern United States and the NAA itself. For more details contact www.usarchery.org.
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M. Clayton B. Shenk, un des plus important benevole de tir a l'arc americain a decede le dimanche passe. Il a mene l'agrandissement de la tir a l'arc dans le region nord-est des Etats-Unis, et l'association nationale aussi. Pour plus amples informations contactez
See you next week/A la prochaine!
Kathleen Millar
FCA Executive Director/Directrice Executive de la FCA