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Les nouvelles/news le 20 octobre/October 20, 2000

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Greetings/Bonjour:
News from Sydney!!! Les nouvelles des jeux paralympiques!!!!!

De/From: Paralympic coach Arthur Nault, entraineur des Jeux paralympiens

(English follows)

Bonjour Kathy
Voici quelques nouvelles de la competition:
Norbert termine le classement en 23 position avec un total de 555 Pour Alec se fut mieux il termine 8e avec un total de 602 avec un record Canadien de 315 pour la 2e ronde de qualification se qui lui donne le 1e position de cette ronde

le 1e LEE Ouk-Soo de la Kor termine avec 635 WR
2e Lee Ouk-Soo de la Kor 617
3e Gabelli Guiseppe ITA 613

Les ronde debuterons apres demain pour Alec et Norbert
Bye
Arthur
(ED: N'oubliez pas que les archers fauteuils roulants (W2) tirent les memes rondes de classement et d'elimination que les olympiens! Les resultats ci-dessus ont ete tire a 70m!)

Ecrivez aujourd'hui a: . Envoyez vos messages d'appui!

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Alec Denys is off to a great start at the Paralympic Games, finishing 8th in the ranking round with a new Canadian record score on his second round of 315! Congratulations, Alec. His total was 602. Norbert finished 23rd with 555 points. A new world record was set by Korean Lee Ouk-Soo.

(ed: Note that the W2 Paralympians shoot the exact same format as able-bodied archers. These scores were set at 70m.)

Results:

1st LEE Hong-Gu KOR 635 WR
2nd Lee Ouk-Soo KOR 617
3rd Gabelli Guiseppe ITA 613

GOOD LUCK TO NORBERT AND ALEC ON SUNDAY.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEND E-MAILS TO:

CONTENTS

1. E-mail address changes/les changements d'adresse du courriel
2. Bids for 2002 national championships/Une demande d'hoter les championnats de 2002
3. Epinglettes de la FITA Star pins
4. New national judge/une nouvelle juge nationale
5. New Canadian Open Record- Nouveau record canadien ouvert
6. Olympic Epilogue des Jeux Olympiques
7. News Release - Communiqué
8. Survey/Sonnage
9. Site nouveau/New Site
In closing/Enfin

1. E-mail address changes/les changements d'adresse du courriel
Please note the following changes/Veuillez noter bien les changements:
Gary Gilles Pascal Colmaire

2. Bids for 2002 national championships/Une demande d'hoter les championnats de 2002

On behalf of the Board of Directors, the FCA Executive Committee is seeking hosting bids for the following national championships. / Au nom du comite des directeurs provinciaux, le comite executif de la FCA recherche des candidats pour la tenue des championnats suivantes:

2002 national target & field championships/les championnats sur cible fixe/sur compagne de 2002
2002 3D championships/championnats sur cible animaliere de 2002

Please send submissions, with provincial association approval to / Envoyez les soumissions avec l'approbation de votre federation provinciale a:

FCA
c/o President Al Wills 678 Princess Louise Drive, Ottawa, ON K4A 2B1 e-mail at

3. Epinglettes de la FITA Star pins

Marthe Cusson has created a historical record of all the FITA Star pins ever awarded to Canadians since 1980. Check it out on the FCA website under "Results" section. Contact Marthe if there are errors or omissions.

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Marthe Cusson a cree un site d'information historique de tous les Canadien(ne)s qui ont gagne les epinglettes etoiles de la FITA . On se trouve la liste sur notre site du web, l'adresse "resultats". S'il y a des erreurs ou elle manque quelques details, contactez Marthe directement SVP.

Thanks for the work, Marthe! Merci Marthe pour tous tes efforts.

4. New national judge/une nouvelle juge nationale

Le president du comite des juges, M. Ghislain Arseneault est fier d'announcer que Mme. Diane Dalman de l'Aberta a devenu une juge de niveau national apres le championnat canadien de Boucherville. Felicitations, Diane!
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Ghislain Arseneault, chairperson of the FCA judges committee, is proud to annouce that Ms. Diane Dalman of Alberta has become the latest national level judge after completing her training at the national champions in Boucherville. Congratulations, Diane!

5. New Canadian Open Record- Nouveau record canadien ouvert

Master man barebow-maître homme arc nu: Terry McMillen, Caesarea, ON. in a FITA 1440 round with a score of 285 at 30m. 2000-09-10.

Senior man barebow-Homme sénior arc nu: James Bonar, Abbotsford, BC. in a Canadian 1200 round with a score of 220 at 70m. 1992-09-05. In a Canadian 900 round with a score of 252 at 45m.2000-07-28. In a Canadian 900 round with a score of 272 at 35m and a total of 747, 2000-07-29. In a FITA-Field 24/72 with a score of 245.2000-09-01.

Félicitations - Congratulations
Christiane Murphy Gestionnaire des records canadiens/Canadian Records Coordinator e-mail : Fax : (418) 622-7611

6. Olympic Epilogue des Jeux Olympiques (uniquement en anglais)

From: Joan McDonald

We have been asked by many people, did you have a great time? When we say yes, they ask what made it so great? It's a bit tricky to answer. The village was a real village. We all lived in houses and spent time with people from our team and other teams on the streets and in our yards, the way people mix in a normal town. The transportation was terrific. In the beginning some buses got

lost, but within 24 hours, buses had an extra person on board whose job was to navigate and the problems stopped.

The ability to problem solve on the spot was everywhere. All the volunteers wouldn't stop until they had the answer to your question or until they had worked out a solution for you. It was easy to get out into the city. Just hop a bus in the transportation mall at the village, transfer to a train and wherever you wanted. The train stations all had helpers in them identified with fluorescent clothing whose sole job was to help you get where you were going. They were terrific and always had a smile. The train system in Sydney was a huge plus and it ran flawlessly. The City was clean, bright, safe and prepared. There was none of the tacky commercialism that was everywhere in Atlanta.

At the beginning Sydneysiders (what people who live in Sydney call themselves) were anxious, not really believing that they could pull this off. We were asked over and over, how's it going, are you

having a good time etc. By the end of the second week they began to see they could do it and took an obvious joy and pride in their accomplishment. The planning and ability to manage huge crowds of people was superb. They moved 400,000 people in and out of the Olympic Park every day without a hitch.

The Olympic Park was wonderful with so many events in one place. It gave a focus to the Games and made everyone feel part of the whole event, rather than just an individual event stuck somewhere. The village which was right beside the Olympic Park was wonderful. We could see the flame every day, we could hear the roar of the crowds and hear the medal presentations. We were surrounded by the games - there was no doubt where we were at any time.

Everyone had taken it on as their job to help. If you stopped and looked at a map, someone asked "How can I help?", in fact, all you had to do was to stand and look around and someone would help and they all enjoyed helping.

Australians just love sports and it shows. The whole country is committed to sport and they have a wonderful system for training athletes from the grass roots to the best Olympian. They are

knowledgeable about all sports, not just a few professional sports and they are out there playing all kinds of sports, not just watching on TV.

But overall, it's an attitude, an ambience that exists that gives an impression For us, it was a wonderful experience. Certainly, we are sorry that Rob didn't place better. But looking back, with our circumstances and what we had, we could not have prepared any differently or any better. we did the best we could do.

No Olympic Games would be complete without some statistics to remind us of the enormous undertaking of this event.

28 sports were played, at 37 different venues and 300 events
10,200 athletes (6,200 men and 4,000 women); 5,100 officials; 15,000 journalists and technicians
3.5 billion TV spectators; 3,200 hours of coverage; $1.5 billion paid in TV coverage rights
9 million tickets sold
46,000 volunteers
1.6 million extra tourists; 30 trains that carried 50,000 people per hour
A $2.35 billion budget

The Canadian team of 311 athletes had 4 more women than men. The main dining hall served 50,000 meals a day, prepared by 2,000 staff according to 600 international recipes.

The talk of the Games was about Athens in 2004. I am sure you have all read in the press that the IOC has given them several deadlines and is very worried about their lack of preparation. The IOC has even threatened to take the games away from Athens, which would be a public relations horror story. We heard that Korea has volunteered to take it on if that happened and at the end of the Games we heard that China had agreed as well. The people at archery's international federation think Athens is a nightmare. We heard the same thing from people in other sports. Who knows what will happen, but it will be interesting to watch.

For Canada, the number of medals was lower than expected. Although I'm not sure why people would expect more medals when the sport infrastructure and funding in Canada has been decimated. Certainly the sport system is a shambles. Maybe the results in Sydney will be the catalyst that will cause some change. It will be up to us to push for that change.

From all of you, thanks for your support in this adventure. No one gets to an Olympic Games by themselves - it takes hundreds of people helping in hundreds of different ways to reach such a pinnacle. I hope that you all felt part of the pride and the fun that we had getting there.

Thank you all so much.

7. News Release

$10 POSSESSION-ONLY LICENCE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 31, 2000/

PROLONGATION JUSQU'AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2000 DU DROIT DE 10 $ EXIGIBLE POUR LE PERMIS DE POSSESSION SEULEMENT

OTTAWA, October 12, 2000 - The Honourable Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Canada, today announced that the fee for a firearms possession-only licence (POL) will remain$10 until December 31, 2000.

"The combination of the reduction in fees, simplified forms and our outreach program has been very successful in encouraging Canadians to obtain gun licences. There are now more than 1.3

million Canadians in compliance with the licensing provision and applications are being submitted in record numbers. In fact, more than 126,000 applications came in last week. With the deadline

only 10 weeks away we want to make it as easy as possible for Canadians to comply and this is why we are keeping the fee at $10 until the end of the year," said Minister McLellan.

The fee for the POL was reduced from $45 to $10 last June and was scheduled to rise to $60 on October 15, 2000. At a recent forum of provincial police associations representing both rank and file and chiefs of police, it was strongly recommended that the government extend the reduced fee for the POL until the end of the year. The government has responded to this request by announcing

that the fee will remain $10 until December 31, 2000. As previously announced, those who paid $45 are receiving an automatic refund.

Firearm owners who plan to get the POL should apply immediately because as of January 1, 2001, POLs will not be available to new applicants. New applicants will only have the option of obtaining

a possession and acquisition licence after that date. However, anyone who has a POL by the end of this year will be able to renew it every five years.

"Without a licence, an individual will not be in legal possession of firearms and will not be able to purchase ammunition. We do not wish to see anyone inconvenienced and thus we are encouraging

people to take action immediately," said Minister McLellan.

Firearm owners will be able to get assistance in filling out the form from licence assistance teams until the end of November in a number of locations. About 100 teams are in place across Canada

to assist with the application and take the applicant's photo for their licence. Times and locations are available at www.cfc.gc.ca or by calling 1 800 731-4000.

Statistics and examples show that the firearms program is already paying dividends in terms of public safety by keeping firearms out of the hands of people who should not have them. More than 2,000 licences have been revoked or refused since December 1, 1998 by public safety authorities.

Ref.: Farah Mohamed
Director of Communications, Minister McLellan's Office (613) 992-4621
David Austin
Communications & Public Affairs, Canadian Firearms Centre (613) 941-5371
Chantale Breton
Media Information Officer, Canadian Firearms Centre (613) 946-3116
Internet:

Communiqué
PROLONGATION JUSQU'AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2000 DU DROIT DE 10 $ EXIGIBLE POUR LE PERMIS DE POSSESSION SEULEMENT

OTTAWA, le 12 octobre 2000 - La ministre de la Justice et procureure générale du Canada, l'honorable Anne McLellan, a annoncé aujourd'hui que le droit payable pour un permis de

possession seulement (PPS) d'armes à feu demeurera à 10 $ jusqu'au 31 décembre 2000.

"Ensemble, la réduction des droits payables, la simplification des formulaires et l'aide aux demandeurs de permis ont grandement encouragé les Canadiens à obtenir leurs permis. Il y a maintenant près de 1,3 million de Canadiens qui se sont conformés à la loi en se procurant un permis d'armes à feu et les demandes soumises affluent. D'ailleurs, au courant de la semaine dernière seulement, plus de 126 000 Canadiens ont présenté leur demande. Il ne reste

maintenant plus que 10 semaines avant la date d'échéance et nous voulons encourager ceux qui n'ont pas encore fait leur demande de le faire. Voilà pourquoi nous gardons le droit exigible pour l'

obtention d'un PPS à 10 $ jusqu'à la fin de l'année ", a expliqué la Ministre.

Le droit exigible pour un PPS a été réduit de 45 $ à 10 $ en juin dernier et devait passer à 60 $ le 15 octobre 2000. Récemment, des représentants provinciaux des associations policières et des chefs de police ont fortement recommandé au gouvernement de maintenir la réduction du droit payable pour le permis de possession jusqu'à la fin de l'année. Le gouvernement a répondu à cette recommandation en annonçant que les droits payables de $10 pour le permis de possession seulement seront prolongés jusqu'au 31 décembre 2000. Comme il a été annoncé en juin, ceux qui ont déjà payé 45 $ pour ce permis ont obtenu ou obtiendront un remboursement.

Les propriétaires d'armes à feu qui veulent un PPS devraient présenter leur demande dès maintenant, étant donné qu'à compter du 1er janvier 2001, les nouveaux requérants ne pourront plus se procurer un tel permis. Ils ne pourront alors obtenir qu'un permis de possession et d'acquisition. Toutefois, les personnes titulaires d'un PPS à la fin de l'année pourront renouveler ce permis tous les cinq ans.

"Sans permis, un particulier sera en possession illégale d'armes à feu et ne pourra acheter de munitions. Nous voulons éviter tout embarras aux propriétaires d'armes à feu; c'est pourquoi nous les invitons à prendre des mesures sur-le-champ ", a ajouté la ministre McLellan.

Jusqu'à la fin novembre, dans un certain nombre d'endroits, une aide est offerte aux propriétaires d'armes à feu pour remplir leur formulaire de demande. Environ 100 équipes sont à l'oeuvre dans

des bureaux partout au Canada pour les aider à remplir leur demande et prendre la photo requise pour le permis. On peut se renseigner sur les heures et les endroits où ces services sont

offerts en consultant le site Web à l'adresse www.cfc.gc.ca ou en téléphonant au 1 800 731-4000.

Des statistiques et des exemples démontrent clairement que le programme de contrôle des armes à feu donne déjà de bons résultats en matière de sécurité en empêchant les personnes qui posent une

menace à la sécurité publique de posséder des armes à feu. Depuis le 1er décembre 1998, plus de 2 000 permis d'armes à feu ont été révoqués ou refusés par les forces de l'ordre.

Rens. : Farah Mohamed
Directrice des communications Cabinet de la ministre McLellan (613) 992-4621 Internet:

8. Survey/Sonnage
Should FCA encourage advertising on its Website? FCA has an opportunity to attract a non-archery sponsor. Please answer the following, with reasons if you wish to
I do not object to advertising on FCA's website. AGREE DISAGREE
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Je n'ai aucun probleme avec la proposition d'avoir les publicites sur notre site du web.
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9. Site nouveau/New Site

Hi everyone, Francais suit.....
A while back I forwarded to you a new Site: Or you may find it at the following address:

Our president Mr. Al Wills has worked up an agreement with them. We now have a link on the FCA Web page. I urge you to visit the FCA Site and make the link. You may join ChampionsCanada at no cost and the advantage is that you get support from it. I know I sent this information before but a the time there was no FCA link. I was impressed then. I think you should take advantage of it. It does not cost anything! I also would like to remind you if you change e-mail please advise me. Thanks and, Bye for now,
Marthe (Marty) Cusson

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Bonjour a tous,
Il y a quelque temps je vous faisais l'adresse d'un niouveau Site Internet:

Ou une autre adresse qui est la suivante:

Notre President M. Al Wills a eu une entente avec eux. Presentement nous avons un lien "link" a la page Web de la FCA. Je vous demanderais de visiter le Site de la FCA et de faire le lien "link". Vous pouvez vous inscrire et il n'en vous coute rien et l'avantage est que vous obtenir un support. Je sais que je vous ai fait parvenir cette information aupavant mais a ce moment il n'y avait de "link" avec la FCA, et deplus j'etais impressionne. Vous devriez profiter de cet aoportunite, et vous inscrire, il ne vous en coute rien de toute facon.
NOTE: le Site est uniquement en anglais.
J'aimerais vous rappeler de bien vouloir m'aviser de vos changements d'adresse e-mail
Merci. Bonjour
Marthe (Marty) Cusson Athlete's rep./rep. des Athletes, 5154 de Subercase, Quebec, P.Q. G2E 2E1


In closing/Enfin

For those of you who knew Jonathan Ohayon in Ontario, I have recently found out that he has moved to Texas and has started shooting and training again. If you would like to get in touch with him, here is the contact information you need.

Jonathan Ohayon 2250 Holly Hall, Unit 126; Houston, Texas 77054 USA

The FCA office will be open next week:
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 08:00 - 16:00
Tuesday and Friday 07:30 - 11:30 EDT.
I'm off to Windsor on Friday to teach a coaching level 1 clinic.
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Le bureau national de la FCA sera ouvert la semaine prochaine:
le lundi, mecredi & jeudi, du 08h00 a 16h00
le mardi & vendredi, du 07h30 a 11h30
Le vendredi prochain je vais enseigner un stage d'entraineur(e) de niveau 1.
See you next week! A la prochaine!
Kathy Millar
FCA Executive Director/Directrice Executive de la FCA
760 chemin Belfast Road, Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5 Back to top Back to 2000