1. Mystery Baby / Bébé Mystérieux

2. Notice to Coaches/Volunteers / Avis aux entraîneur(e)s et bénévoles

3. Sport Canada Funding / Les subventions du Sport Canada

4. Junior World Target Championship Information / Les informations conçernant les championnats mondial junior/cadet en cible fixe

5. Job Opportunities / Occasion d'emploi

6. Call For Volunteer Editors - English

7. Bowhunters Invited To Celebrate100th Anniversary of the Birth of Fred Bear (English)

8. 3M Coaching Canada Award / Les Prix 3M aux entraîneurs canadiens de 2002

9. COA / l'AOC

10. Tournament Schedule / Calendrier des tournois

Enfin / In Closing

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1. Mystery baby

Somewhere on the FCA web site you will find a baby picture of a long-time member of the FCA. If you think you know who it is, send in your answer to the FCA national office. If you are the first correct respondent, FCA will send a free FCA 75^th anniversary pin to you. Send your guesses to:

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1. Bébé Mystérieux

On peut trouver dans quelque part de notre site web, un photo d'un membre depuis longtemps de la FCA. Si vous connaissez ce bébé, envoyez votre réponse au bureau de la FCA. Si vous êtes le premier sondé correct, la FCA vous enverrez gratuit une épinglette d'anniversaire 75e de la FCA.

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2. Notice to Coaches/Volunteers

FCA is needs a coach or team leader for the following events:

• Junior/Cadet FITA World Target Championships, Nymburk, CZE

• Championship of the Americas (Pan Am Games Qualifier), San Salvador, ESA

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2. Avis aux entraîneur(e)s et bénévoles

La FCA a besoin d'un entraîneur(e) ou chef d'équipe pour les évènements suivants:

• Championnats mondiaux junior/cadet de tir à l'Arc sur cible fixe, Nymburk, CZE

• Les Championnats des Amérqiues (qualification des Jeux panaméricains) San Salvador, ESA

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3. Sport Canada Funding

The recent Sport Canada announcement of minimum funding levels for sport will bring a basic level of funding to FCA. The final totals are not known yet, however I am pleased to announce that we anticipate something in the order of $50K.

Most of this funding will be used by your Board of Directors to increase FCA's level of organisation, programme participation and effectiveness of existing FCA committees.

FCA's Quadrennial plan shall continue to be the basis of how we administrate archery in Canada.

Al Wills

FCA President

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3. Les subventions du Sport Canada

L'annonce récente de Sport Canada concernant les subventions minimums au sport amènera un financement de base à la FCA. Le montant final n'est pas connu, mais j'ai le plaisir d'annoncer que nous anticipons un montant de l'ordre de 50,000$.

La majeure partie de cette subvention sera été utilisée par votre comité administratif afin d'augmenter le niveau organisation de la FCA, à la participation aux différents programmes et à l'efficacité des comités existants de la FCA.

Le plan quadriennal de la FCA continuera d'être le guide administratif du tir à l'arc au Canada.

Al Wills

Président de la FCA

(traduit par Laurier Cusson - merci)

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4. Junior/Cadet World Target Championship Information

The FCA is pleased to announce receipt of the formal invitation to send young Canadian archers to compete at the 7^th World Junior Target Championship in Nymburk, CZE. The event will be held August 4-11, 2002. If you are interested in representing Canada as a junior or cadet, and are a member of Excellence 2004, contact Joan McDonald immediately at: Joan McDonald

Note: All Canadians travelling on this team will need a valid passport with at least 6 months left before the expiration date. Allow at least 2 months for passport applications.

All Canadians will need a valid tourist visa, which the FCA national office will obtain for you. Allow at least 3 weeks. The cost to each person is approximately $60.00.

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4. Les informations conçernant les championnats mondial junior/cadet à la cible en plein air

La FCA avoir le plaisir d'annoncer que le bureau a reçu l'invitation officielle du comité organisateur du 7e championnat mondial aux jeunes archers canadien(ne)s. Ce championnat junior/cadet aura lieu à Nymburk, CZE du 4 au 11 août, 2002. Si vous êtes interessé(e) à faire partie d'équipe, et vous êtes membre du programme Excellence 2004, contactez directement Mme. Joan McDonald le plus tôt possible à: Joan McDonald 

Note: Tous les Canadiens voyagant à Nymburk doivent un passport valide du 6 mois après le fin du tournoi. Gardez un minimum de 2 mois si vous avez besoin d'un nouveau passport.

Tous les Canadiens doit avoir un visa valide pour la République Tchèque, que le bureau aide vous obtenir. Gardez un minimum de 3 semaines. Le frais est plus ou moin 60,00 $ par personne.

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5. Job Opportunities / Occasion d'emploi

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport - Technical Support/Technical Communications Specialist -

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Centre canadien pour l'éthique dans le sport - Spécialiste du soutien et des communications

National Sport Centre Manitoba - General Manager -

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Centre national du sport - Manitoba - Directeur(trice) général(e)

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6. Call For Volunteer Editors - English

Carol Rohringer and Al Wills have been working together to compile the "History of the FCA" in honour of FCA's 75^th anniversary in 2002. Right now they need a volunteer editor - English. If anyone is interested in undertaking this project, please contact President Al Wills directly at: alwills@shaw.ca

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7. Bowhunters Invited To Celebrate100th Anniversary of the Birth of Fred Bear (English)

Gainesville, FL -- During a blizzard on March 5th 1902, Fred Bear was born in a farmhouse in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania in the heart of the fertile Cumberland Valley. Now, a century later, on the 100^th anniversary of Fred's birth, The North American Archery Group, LLC will celebrate that quiet, but momentous event.

Fred was not born an archery legend. He left home a few days after his 21st birthday and headed for Detroit where he found work as a pattern-maker for the Packard Motor Car Company and attended night school at the Detroit Institute of Technology. Five years later, he saw Art Young's film "Alaskan Adventures" and that outing changed his life, and ours.

In 1929, Fred went bowhunting for the first time, but like many of us even today, it took him six years to harvest his first deer by bow. Nevertheless, in 1933, he and a partner founded Bear Products Company to produce silk-screened advertising materials. "Off in a corner of the small building," Charles Kroll and Dick Lattimer wrote in Fred Bear: The Biography of an Outdoorsman, "Fred made archery equipment." That hobby soon became Fred's full-time business.

Fred Bear was an energetic archery pioneer and inventor. This self-made man registered archery patents as early as 1937. He experimented with and found practical applications for materials like fiberglass and machined aluminum that have become the building blocks of modern archery.

With a deeply engaging personality, Fred promoted his business and the sport of archery around the world. Part of his success was due to his ability to surround himself with lifelong, supportive friends and bowhunters like Dick Mauch and Bob Munger.

A major part of Fred's success however was entirely due to his own promotional genius. He produced the first of many archery and adventure films in 1942 and later published feature articles in major national magazines such as Life and True. He took his bows to state and national archery tournaments winning several. Fred taught himself to write and published a widely acclaimed book, Fred Bear's Field Notes. In the '50s and '60s, he appeared frequently on television and became a widely sought-after speaker. National sports personalities such as Curt Gowdy sought out the Lincolnesque Pennsylvania farm boy to cut records and tapes. Fred and his company hosted international events and he led parties of intrepid bowhunters on one adventure after another around the world with equipment that he designed and built in his Michigan manufacturing facility: Africa, India, South America, British Columbia and Alaska. For a man of small beginnings, his list of accomplishments is nothing short of phenomenal.

Fred Bear positively influenced national conservation policy and the way we do business today by supporting and promoting the extension of the Federal Excise Tax to certain types of archery equipment. His efforts are a part of his broad conservation legacy and they will benefit many generations of hunters beyond our own. In 1968, Fred sold his company, Bear Archery, to Victor Comptometer. The world had changed around the entrepreneur. Bigger was now better and deep pockets were required to fund research and development and archery sales on a worldwide basis.

The sale gave Fred ten more years to serve as president. So, he founded the Fred Bear Sports Club and passionately promoted his company and all of archery. His philosophy was that if he could turn a dozen people on to archery, they may not all purchase Bear equipment, but he would get a share. It was that spirit, perhaps even more than his hunting exploits, his movies or his patents, that has made Fred an honored legend among outdoorsmen everywhere.

Fred Bear passed away in April 1988. Arlyne Rhode of The U.S. Archer Magazine imagined his life like the long flight of an arrow that had at last come to rest. The image is memorable and we believe that Fred would have liked it.

The great brands of The North American Archery Group, LLC --Bear, Fred Bear, Jennings, Golden Eagle, Satellite, Chuck Adams, Brave and Buckmasters® --celebrate the century and invite sportsmen and outdoorsmen everywhere to celebrate with us.

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8. Coaching Association of Canada

3M Coaching Canada Award nominations are now being accepted for 2002

Do you know a 3M National Coaching Certification Program certified coach (Level 2 minimum) who has made a significant contribution to athletes and sport development? This is your opportunity to recognize that contribution by nominating the individual for a 3M Coaching Canada Award.

Each year, 3M Canada, in collaboration with the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), honours a male and female coach in both high performance and developmental sport for outstanding contribution to coaching and athlete development. The four winners each receive a $1000 coach education bursary and the runners-up in each category receive a $500 bursary. The winners will be presented with their awards at the Sport Leadership 2002 conference in Montreal, Quebec on November 2, 2002.

To nominate a coach or to obtain additional information, visit the Coaching Association of Canada Web site:  . The online nomination form is located on the CAC Web site:

Nominations must be received no later than April 30, 2002.

For more information, please contact:

Julie Long Coaching Association of Canada (613) 235-5000 ext. 2378 

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8. Les Prix 3M aux entraîneurs canadiens de 2002

Nous acceptons maintenant les mises en candidature pour les Prix 3M aux entraîneurs canadiens de 2002

Connaissez-vous un entraîneur ou une entraîneure qui détiennent une certification (au moins de Niveau 2) du Programme national de certification des entraîneurs 3M et qui ont contribué de façon exceptionnelle au perfectionnement des athlètes et à l'essor du sport? Voici l'occasion de faire valoir leur contribution en mettant ces personnes en candidature en vue de l'attribution d'un des Prix 3M aux entraîneurs canadiens.

Chaque année, la Compagnie 3M Canada, en collaboration avec l'Association canadienne des entraîneurs (ACE), rend hommage à un entraîneur et à une entraîneure de haut niveau et à un entraîneur et à une entraîneure de relève qui ont prêté une contribution remarquable au développement de l'entraînement et au perfectionnement des athlètes. Les deux lauréats et les deux lauréates reçoivent une bourse de formation en entraînement de 1 000 dollars; les personnes qui finissent en deuxième place dans chaque catégorie obtiennent une bourse de 500 dollars. Les prix seront remis aux lauréats et aux lauréates le 2 novembre 2002 à la conférence Leadership sportif 2002, à Montréal (Québec).

Pour mettre en candidature un entraîneur ou une entraîneure ou pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements, veuillez visiter le site Web de l'Association canadienne des entraîneurs à www.coach.ca. Le formulaire de mise en candidature en direct est présenté au site Web de                                                                                          

Les mises en candidature doivent parvenir au plus tard le 30 avril 2002.

Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec :

Julie Long Association canadienne des entraîneurs (613) 235-5000, poste 2378 

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9. COA

The Canadian Olympic Association (OAC) is pleased to provide information regarding the 2002 Olympic Academy of Canada to be held July 22- August 2 at McMaster University.

The OAC is a week-long annual residential workshop on the prospects and problems of the Olympic Movement. The Academy brings together athletes, coaches, professional and volunteer sport administrators, teachers, the media, university students, and other individuals who have an interest in taking a leadership role in the Olympic Movement.

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9. L'AOC

L'Association olympique canadienne est heureuse de vous faire parvenir les renseignements suivants au sujet de l'Académie olympique du Canada 2002 qui aura lieu du 22 juillet au 2 août, à l'Université McMaster.

L'Académie réunit des athlètes, des entraîneurs, des professionnels et des administrateurs de sports bénévoles, de même que des enseignants, des représentants des médias, des étudiants de niveau universitaire et d'autres personnes intéressées à jouer un rôle de chef de file au sein du Mouvement olympique. L'Académie olympique est un atelier annuel d'une semaine, avec hébergement sur place, au cours duquel les participants examinent les perspectives d'avenir et les nombreux défis qui s'offrent au Mouvement olympique.

Si vous désirez obtenir de plus amples informations ou vous procurer des dépliants et des formulaires, n'hésitez pas à consulter notre site Web au                                       os bureaux de Toronto au (416) 324-4125. L'Académie olympique du Canada 2002 promet d'être une expérience enrichissante, stimulante et, bien sûr, mémorable.

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10. Tournament Schedule / Calendrier des tournois

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Enfin / In Closing

The FCA office will be open February 25-March 1 from 07:30-15:30 daily. The FCA president, Mr. Al Wills, will not be available for the next week. You can reach him after the National Indoor Championships.

See you next week!

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Le bureau national de la FCA sera ouvert du 25 février au 1 mars de 07h30 à 15h30. Notre président, M. Al Wills, ne sera pas disponible la semaine prochaine. Il retournera après le championnat canadien en salle.

A la prochaine!