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1. New Canadian open records - Nouveaux records canadiens ouverts
2. FITA   /   en français
3. Aimé Breault   /   en français
4. Joan's Story - uniquement en anglais
5. Let’s Get Moving!   /             Faut que ça bouge!
6. COC   /   en français
7. CAAWS announces    /    ACAFS annonce
8. SIRC
9. Athletes CAN's    /    en français
10. New Publication         /               Une nouvelle publication
11. People and Places      /         Les Gens et Les Nouvelles
Enfin / In Closing

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1. New Canadian open records - Nouveaux records canadiens ouverts

Cadet man recurve - Cadet homme arc à recourbure: Crispin Duenas Scarborough, ON in a CDN FITA with a score of 314-tie at 70m. 2002-07-21

Cadet man compound - Cadet homme arc démultiplié: Michael Schleppe, Calgary, AB in a field-24 (72 arrows) with a score of 351. 2002-07-21

Junior man compound - Junior homme arc démultiplié: Michael Schleppe, Calgary, AB in a field-24 (72 arrows) with a score of 351. 2002-07-21

Senior man compound - Sénior homme arc démultiplié: Ash Barr, Winnipeg, MB in a CDN FITA with a score of 352 at 50m. 2002-06-16

Senior man compound - Sénior homme arc démultiplié: Benny Parenteau, Asbestos, QC dans une FITA STAR avec un score de 360(15X) à 30m.2002-07-13

Senior man recurve - Sénior homme arc à recourbure: Hugh MacDonald, Vancouver, BC in a CDN 1200 round a score of 292-tie at 40m and a total of 1125-tie. 2002-07-07

Master man BH unlimited - Maitre homme chasseur illimité: Al Wills, Victoria, BC in a CDN 900 round wit a score of 274 at 55m, 286 at 45m, 291at 35m and a total of 851. 2002-07-28

Senior woman recurve - Senior femme arc à recourbure: Angela Cramer, Victoria, BC in a FITA STAR with a score of 333 at 70m, 332 at 60m and a total of 1321. 2002-07-06

Senior woman recurve - Senior femme arc à recourbure: Angela Cramer, Victoria, BC in a CDN 900 round with a score of 273 at 55m and a total of 830. 2002-07-28

Cub girl compound - Cub fille arc démultiplié: Doris Jones, Selkirk, MB in a CDN FITA with a score of 309 at 50m. 2002-06-29

Cub girl compound - Cub fille arc démultiplié: Doris Jones, Selkirk, MB in a CDN FITA with a score of 338 at 40m, 317 at 30m, 345 at 20m and a total of 1305. 2002-06-30

Cadet girl compound - Cadet fille arc démultiplié: Doris Jones, Selkirk, MB in a FITA 70m (72arrows) with a score of 652. 2002-07-28.

Junior woman compound - Junior femme arc démultiplié: Doris Jones, Selkirk, MB in a FITA 70m (72arrows) with a score of 652. 2002-07-28.

Senior woman compound - Sénior femme arc démultiplié: Doris Jones, Selkirk, MB in a FITA 70m (72arrows) with a score of 652. 2002-07-28

Cadet girl recurve - Cadet fille arc à recourbure: Marie-Pier Beaudet, Lévis, QC dans un match play-18 avec une score de 167 lors du US Open à Canton Michigan. 2002-08-02.

Junior woman recurve - Junior femme arc à recourbure: Marie-Pier Beaudet, Lévis, QC dans un match play-18 avec une score de 167 lors du US Open à Canton Michigan. 2002-08-02.

Senior woman recurve - Sénior femme arc à recourbure: Marie-Pier Beaudet, Lévis, QC dans un match play-18 avec une score de 167 lors du US Open à Canton Michigan. 2002-08-02.

Cadet girl recurve - Cadet fille arc à recourbure: Marie-Pier Beaudet, Lévis, QC dans une FITA STAR avec un score de 316 à 70m, 330 à 50m, 348 à 30m et un total de 1320 lors du Championnat mondial Junior et Cadet 2002 à Nymburk Rép. Tchèque. 2002-08-05

(Ed: THESE SCORES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED NOW AS WORLD RECORDS AS WELL!)

Junior woman recurve - Junior femme arc à recourbure: Marie-Pier Beaudet, Lévis, QC dans une FITA STAR avec un score de 316 à 70m, 330 à 50m, 348 à 30m et un total de 1320 lors du Championnat mondial Junior et Cadet 2002 à Nymburk République Tchèque. 2002-08-05

Senior woman recurve - Sénior femme arc à recourbure: Marie-Pier Beaudet, Lévis, QC dans une FITA STAR avec un score de 330 à 50m, lors du Championnat mondial Junior et Cadet 2002 à Nymburk République Tchèque. 2002-08-05

Cub girl compound - Cub fille arc démultiplié: Doris Jones, Selkirk, MB in a CDN FITA with a score of 335 at 50m. 342 at 40m, 344 at 30m, 353 at 20m and a total of 1374. 2002-07-27

Congratulaitons to all- Félicitations à tous

Christiane Murphy
Gestionnaire des records canadiens / Canadian records coordinator
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2. FITA

Please note that the judges' seminar to be held in conjunction with the Championships of the Americas, August 29-31, 2002 has been cancelled.

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2. FITA

Veuillez bien noter que le stage des juges qui aura lieu avec Les Championnats de l'Amérique a été annulé.

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3. Aimé Breault

Dear Mr. President,

On July 6th, our local club held its annual championship. Their committee, in collaboration with Denise Breault, organised a get-together to celebrate my 50 years in archery. It was a great surprise that I did not expect. Many souvenirs rose up back from 1965 or around that time.

I thank you very much for the participation of the FCA. Arthur Nault made a very good presentation of the Don Lovo Trophy and a FCA Gold Volunteer Recognition Pin. Those gifts made me very happy.

As Canadian, I am very proud to have shared those years with athletes in our sport of archery. Thanks from the bottom of my heart to all Canadians who made my life wonderful.

Sincerely, Aimé Breault

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3. Aimé Breault

Monsieur le Président,

Le 6 juillet dernier, notre club a tenu son championnat annuel. Le comité, en collaboration avec mon épouse Denise, a organisé des retrouvailles pour souligner mes 50 ans dans le tir à l'arc. Ce fut pour moi une heureuse surprise à laquelle je ne m'attendais pas. Beaucoup de souvenirs, particulièrement depuis 1965, sont revenus à ma mémoire.

Je veux remercier tout spécialement la FCA qui avait délégué M. Arthur Nault pour cette occasion. Arthur a fait une présentation très colorée de l'événement ainsi que celle du trophée "Don Lovo" et d'une épinglette d'or. Ces prestigieux emblèmes me rappelleront toujours ces belles années.

En tant que canadien, je suis très fier d'avoir partagé ces années avec les athlètes du tir à l'arc. Merci du fond du coeur à tous ceux qui m'ont permis de vivre ces années merveilleuses

Sincèrement, Aimé Breault

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4. Joan's Story - uniquement en anglais

Joan McDonald's view of the recent Junior/Cadet World Championships

(Joan accompanied the team as Crispin Duenas' personal coach and chaperone)

Marie-Pier Beaudet – Cadet Ladies Recurve

Crispin Duenas – Cadet Men Recurve

Kevin Tataryn – Junior Men Compound

Avril Hatherell – Junior Ladies Compound

Bob Tataryn – Team Leader

Denis Beaudet – Coach

Christianne Murphy

Julian Hatherell

Joan McDonald

It was a busy day getting ready to travel since we had driven back from the US Nationals the night before. As well, I had to prepare a letter and resumé for a sport consultant job with the Ontario Government. But, of course, we made it on time to the airport for our 9pm British Airways flight to London and then to Prague.

The flight left on time and we were delighted to find that even though we were in the cheap seats, we had our own TV in the back of the seat in front of us with 11 channels of entertainment to choose from. After a movie, we both were successful in getting several hours of sleep before arriving in London at about 9 a.m. We took our time changing terminals and window-shopping because we had 5 hours until our flight to Prague. We found an Internet terminal and sent e-mails to parents letting them know we had successfully gotten this far and then snoozed until the flight to Prague.

We were met by members of the organizing committee in Prague, and we also found several bow cases that belonged to Americans. We found out later that the American team, which had a full continent of 32 archers, received no bow cases when they arrived earlier in the day. The equipment dribbled in over the next several days, but there were certainly some anxious kids on the range for the first few days!

We arrived at the Nymburk Sport Centre at about 9pm and were rushed into the dining room to get dinner before it closed. We bought some bottled water from a vending machine which turned out to be carbonated – which was a surprise to Crispin and a little strange to brush teeth with – but it worked.

I met and enjoyed a long conversation with Terry Reilly, the new Executive Director of FITA and the person who ran the archery event at the Olympics.

When we drove into the Sport Centre we drove around quite a large pond. There were quite a few people sitting in the dark around the pond fishing – and we could see and hear fishing jumping in the pond.

We were both up early at about 7 am. Crispin went for a run and then we tackled breakfast – some very nice crispy buns, with Swiss type cheese and meat. There were some cold cereals – corn flakes and puffed wheat, no milk for drinking, but huge bowls of yogurt – which is good on the cereal.

After breakfast, I went to get us registered with the organizing committee and to pay for our accommodation. This is never an easy task and this was no exception. They could not find anything Kathy had sent for us – but when I went back to my room to get my copies, that seemed to settle things. After about an hour, Bob Tataryn arrived and between us all it was sorted out.

Bob and I drove to the town of Nymburk and picked up a case of still water. Nymburk is quite small, with a nice central town square. It was very neat and clean with the buildings in excellent repair – obviously prosperous.

There are actually 4 shooting fields at the sports centre. Numbers 3 and 4 are really two soccer fields side by side and look like one great big field - about 400m from the sport centre. Fields 1 and 2 are also soccer fields that are beside each other, but divided by a row of large trees which surrounds both of them. They are also surrounded by buildings belonging to the sport centre and are very well sheltered and only about 100 meters from the sport centre. The junior men compound and recurve will shoot their qualifying round on field 2 where they can get 90 meters. Everyone else will shoot their qualifying round on fields 3 and 4. All the fields are in immaculate condition, very flat with beautiful green grass – almost like putting greens.

In the late morning Crispin shot for a while – only about 72 arrows and did well. His backup bow is a combination of Gary’s Radian handle and Shawn’s limbs. Gary’s handle has an interesting star burst paint job in red through silver and full of sparkle. It attracted a good deal of attention with several people taking pictures of it over the week. Someone even wanted to know if it could be purchased!!

Late in the afternoon the Beaudets arrived – so now our team was complete. Crispin practiced again – but he didn’t last long and began to shake, so it was time to stop. He had his ever-present deck of cards with him and spent the rest of the afternoon doing card tricks for whomever he could capture. He has quite a large repertoire and kept lots of people guessing during the week.

The meals are not exciting – but are pretty good. Lots of pasta, rice and potatoes with usually a meat and/or chicken dish. It is always in some kind of gravy – certainly not exciting, but not bad either. There are no vegetables with the meals, but you can have tomatoes and cucumbers with every meal. Towards the end of the week there was also some lettuce, bananas and apples. At lunch there was always some cake or cookies for dessert and sometimes at dinner too.

The rooms in the sport centre are small, with a built-in bed that is VERY hard. Of course, nothing is air-conditioned and we spent the whole week with the windows wide open. There were lots of cupboards, a small fridge and a small TV. To turn the shower on, you have to push the handle in (took about 15 minutes to figure that out!) and then it only stayed on for about 20 seconds and shut off and you have to push it again. The TV has about 10 channels, all in Czech of course, but one of them was EuroSport – a wonderful channel that advertises itself as having "Olympics all year round" and also in English. We watched many great sports as well as the European track and field championships, which were held in Munich during the week.

I was up without much trouble, but waking Crispin up was really hard work. I was able to "soften" my bed a bit by taking the cushions off the chair and using them on the bed – a big improvement. Today is official practice and the compound archers have the field in the morning, with the recurves in the afternoon. This will continue for the rest of the week – so we won’t have any early, rushed mornings – how awesome is that?

The Team Captains meeting ran from 10:30 – 12:30 with all the usual stuff with questions and answers. It was well run by the organizing committee and FITA. After lunch we headed out to the big fields to get final sight settings. Again, there was activity surrounding Gary’s bow. It was a faultless day – sunny, about 27 – 28 degrees and not a breath of wind. It stayed like this for the entire week. I can’t remember when I have experienced such wonderful archery weather for an entire tournament. Judging from some of the practice we saw – competition was going to be tough.

Crispin and I were a little late getting marks for both bows at 50 and 30 meters, which made us late for the team meeting. When that was complete, the team changed into uniforms and prepared for the opening ceremony. I collected everyone’s camera and tried to get a picture of the team marching onto the field on each camera – which is a little tricky. Julian has a nice digital camera and will be sending daily comments and photos back to Al Wills for the web site.

The ceremony was traditional, with a march in of nations, raising of FITA and Czech flags, welcoming speeches and then the tournament was declared open. The ceremony was held on field 4 and with the lovely grass and surrounding trees, it looked quite excellent. The speeches were short and to the point so the archers didn’t have to stand on the field for too long. Of course, after the ceremony, lots of time was spent taking pictures of the various teams – the Mongolians were in high demand with their traditional pointed hats and everyone had to back up to get the enormous American contingent into the photograph.

We noticed that one of the Australian recurve shooters had a strip shaved up the back of his head – his "friends" had tried to shave his head while he was asleep and only partially succeeded!

After breakfast (which had some startling, brilliant orange cold cuts instead of ham – we passed) I went to field 2 to watch Kevin shoot 90 and 70 meters and Crispin went out to field 3 – 4 to keep tabs on Avril. Kevin wasn’t pleased with his 90m and finished it in 12^th place. Crispin and I left at 11:30 to have our lunch and get ready for the recurve shooting in the afternoon. Kevin finished 70m in 12^th place but wasn’t happy with his shooting or his score. Avril shot her average and was happy ending the day in 12^th place as well. At the end of the morning Avril was selected for drug testing – she said she was glad she was tested at the Spring Classic so that she knew what to expect here.

Crispin warmed up on the practice field at a short butt and then at 70 meters. At 1:30 we walked over to the big field for the 45 minutes of practice there. We are normally used to only 3 or 4 ends during this 45 minutes. But the kids went quite a bit faster and we ended up getting 6 ends of practice – which was too much. So in the last two ends we had to cut down the number of arrows that Crispin shot. The digital clocks counted the time down in seconds rather than minutes, which took a few minutes to think about as they showed 240 seconds rather than 4 minutes.

Crispin was quite tight at 70 meters and as a result shot a lot of 8’s. His score was 303 placing him 18^th which was disappointing. There were some short butts set up behind the shooting line and he shot some arrows there in the break between distances and did much better at 60 meters finishing with a 329 and moving up to 11^th place overall. His 60 meter score was 7^th.

Down at the other end of the field Marie-Pier was having a good day. She was 2^nd after both 70 and 60 meters shooting 316 at 70 and 326 at 60. This gives her a 642 half and starts everyone thinking about shooting 1300. Since only one woman in Canada has ever shot over 1300 – you can see how difficult it is.

The afternoon shooting wasn’t complete until nearly 6pm, so we just had time for dinner, a phone call to Canada to report the details and a little time watching the track and field on TV before it was time for bed.

We followed the same routine as yesterday in the morning. Kevin Tataryn had a much better day on the compound range shooting a personal best of 345 at 50m and following that up with a good 354 at 30 meters to move into 9^th place overall finishing with a 1350 which is right in his average. Out on the large field, Avril continued doing well with a 314 and 333 at 50 and 30 meters finishing with a total of 1293, also right in her average and remained in 12^th place overall – a position she was well pleased with.

In the afternoon, Crispin started 50 meters well and half way through he was 10 points up on 300, but suddenly he started shooting arrows to the left and right. From what I could see, they looked OK, but certainly something was out of whack, but we didn’t figure it out and he finished the distance with 305 – well below what he is capable of. Needless to say he was just a little ticked off. He started 30 meters very aggressively and it paid off – he shot a 345 and finished the round in 11^th place with a 1282.

Meanwhile, down on the ladies cadet line, Marie-Pier was having a wonderful day and laying waste to the world cadet records. At 50m she shot 330, a personal best for her and a new world record. And she didn’t stop there – at 30 meters she shot an awesome 348, also a personal best and a new world record for a whooping total of 1320 yet another world record. This pulled her into 1^st place overall and left the rest of us gasping. I sure can’t remember such a day for a Canadian archer in international competition.

Just to make all of you are even more amazed, here’s some other scores. The top cadet man, David Barnes from Australia shot 1369, improving his world record from 1345. His compatriot, Tim Cudihy (with the stripe shaved up the back of his head) also shot above the previous world record finishing with 1346. (Cadets all shoot a 70m FITA.)

The top junior girls recurve score was 1359 with the top 6 over 1300. Needless to say the top three were all Koreans. In the junior men recurve, (90m FITA) the top 10 were over 1300, the top score was 1345 and the Koreans placed 1^st to 4^th.

In the junior men compound category the top score was 1376 and the top 23 men were over 1300. The junior women weren’t far behind – the top score was 1373 with the top 11 above 1300. The compound cadet women who also shoot a 70m FITA had 5 girls above 1300 with a top score of 1348.

One thing for sure is that the Canadian ranking criteria for juniors and cadets will be going way up!!

This seems to be a country of spiders……really little spiders. They are all over the ceiling of the tents on the field – and drop down onto those sitting underneath the tents on their webs. There are also spiders all over the ceilings in our rooms in the centre – although those ones don’t seem to descend like the ones in the tents. Several people had some quite nasty bites that seemed to swell quite a bit, and we wondered if they were spider bites.

First day of match play is today. Again the compound archers shoot in the morning and the recurves in the afternoon. It was decided at the Team Captains meeting that rather than cutting they would allow byes which meant that everyone except 24 junior recurve men will participate in the match play. Match play will proceed up to the semi-finals today.

Kevin Tataryn had a bye in the first round, won his match in the second round and then tied his third match and lost on a shoot off 10 to 9, but since he had a good score, he finished 9^th overall. Avril also had a bye in the first round and then met a Swedish girl in the second round. She opened with a 57, which sure impressed us, but the Swede also shot a 57. Her next end was a 55, and darn it, if the Swedish girl didn’t shoot a 55 as well. So with one end to go the match was tied and Avril’s Dad Julian was ready for a nervous breakdown. In the last end they were still tied with one arrow to go with Avril shooting a 9 and the Swede an 8 to give Avril the victory 165 to 164. We were thrilled and so was Avril. The Swedish girl cried when she lost and we teased Avril about making people cry for the rest of the week. Avril lost her next match 112 to 102 and finished the tournament in 8^th place – a really excellent result.

Crispin went to the line in the first match against an archer from Luxemburg and we could see his knees shaking from the tents. His match wasn’t brilliant, but not bad either and he won the match with a 150 to 126. His second match was against Chris Madeley of Australia. Chris shot on the butt beside Crispin during the qualifying round and they chatted briefly behind the line. On the morning of match play, Chris came over while we were reading the bulletin board and started telling Crispin how he was going to beat him in match play this afternoon etc. etc. There was no doubt that he was trying to play head games. Crispin and I talked about what he was doing, but Chris made several more approaches during the morning and even during the practice in the afternoon. He had quite a repertoire of tactics, but all he really accomplished was to tick Crispin off so he was really ready for this match. It didn’t take long for Crispin to send the message that he had not been intimidated by these shenanigans – Crispin won the match 157 – 143. His third match against an archer from the Netherlands was also good and he won 156 to 143.

The way the matches were organized was a little unusual. They ran all the round of 64 matches for each equipment category, then all the round of 32 matches for all the categories etc. That meant that there was at least an hour between matches. There was also some miscommunication about this amongst the team – Crispin thought that he only had to shoot 3 matches and after the third match he relaxed and then discovered he had to shoot another match. I don’t think that he was "up" for the last match – he lost 103 to 95. He finished the tournament in 7^th place.

Marie-Pier had a bye in the first round and then met Carla Frangili – yes, that’s Michele Frangili’s sister. She won the match 161 to 146. In her third match she met and defeated a Turkish archer 149 to 135. In the quarter-finals she lost to an archer from the Ukraine 102 to 96. This was a very disappointing result for Marie-Pier. In talking with her later, she also had trouble keeping her focus during the long afternoon with the huge gaps between matches. The matches started at about 1:30pm and we weren’t off the field until nearly 7 pm. Marie-Pier finished the tournament in 6^th place.

While we were sad that no one had made it into the semi-finals, we were certainly pleased that everyone had placed in the top 10. This is definitely an exciting result for Canada.

That night Bob, Julian, Kevin, Avril, Crispin and I went into Nymburk for a pizza dinner. It’s an exciting way to order pizza when you can’t read the menu and don’t know what is going to arrive. Crispin and Kevin thought they had order pepperoni pizza’s – what they got was a cheese pizza with hot peppers……even though they removed the peppers the residual oil in the cheese kept them hopping!

The semi-finals and finals for every category were held on field 2, which looked wonderful for the event with the addition of flags and potted palms to dress the field up.

Again the compound archers shot in the morning and the recurves in the afternoon. The compound matches were excellent with very high scores.

I got a photo pass for the afternoon recurve matches and enjoyed the afternoon filming all the excellent shooting.

Pascal Colmaire had arrived yesterday, but I didn’t get a chance to talk with him, but spent some time with him during the day. He looks well and is enjoying living in a small, mountain village close to the Swiss border. He has about a 45-minute drive to FITA’s office in Lausanne. That evening we all went to Poderbrady, a small town not far from Nymburk where the Tataryn’s and Hatherell’s were staying at a lovely little hotel. The large US contingent was at the same hotel and that filled it. We went to a small restaurant that they had found and had a really delicious dinner – I had spaghetti funghi. This had Parmesan sauce that clung to the spaghetti with mushrooms that was the best I have ever had. I loved it. Afterwards we walked through the town to the central square, bought ice cream and enjoyed the perfect evening.

Julian Hatherell picked us up at 8:30 and we headed into Prague to do some sightseeing. We drove to a shopping centre – applying "circle theory" several times en route and parked the car. A short walk took us to the "metro" station. It then took the next 45 minutes to figure out how to buy our train ticket from the machine. There are unmanned ticket booths – you buy a ticket from the machine, insert it into a device that time stamps it and get on the train. It’s an honour system and you can get on the train whether you have a ticket or not. There are warnings of a fine if it is discovered that you don’t have a ticket – but we didn’t see anyone checking tickets during our trips. We made one train change and 40 minutes later we were in the old part of downtown Prague.

A short walk took us to the "Gardens below the castle". The castle is not a castle of the normal fairy tale description. It is a collection of buildings, including the old royal palace and a cathedral surrounded by a wall that were built on a hilltop starting sometime in the 1^st century. On the hill below the castle many small houses and gardens were built. This was sometimes an area of affluence – sometimes an area where thieves hung out, but by the mid to late 1800’s it was an area of small but nice homes with many gardens and vineyards growing excellent grapes that produced fine wines. Under communist rule, the whole area fell into disrepair and the vineyards were abandoned. Since 1989, the area has been restored and the gardens and vineyards replanted under the auspices of Vlaclav Havel and with money from Prince Charles of England.

We entered through a small door, paid a fee and started to climb the steps which were no more than 2 feet wide and explore the hundreds of nooks and cranny’s on the way up the hill. We came upon many terraces and looked out at a growing view of the small cream buildings and red tile roofs. The tiny gardens were immaculately kept with many sculptures and small fountains in them. Near the top was a tiny restaurant with a few tables on a patio where I could easily have stayed in the perfect sunshine looking over the gardens below and entire city beyond. This was one of the most charming places I have encountered in my travels and it's high up on my list of places to return to.

Eventually, we reached the top of the hill, went through the wall and into the "castle". It’s really like a small town with narrow cobblestone streets and well restored. It was very busy and full of tourists but exciting. There were Shakespeare plays offered here and concerts of all sorts offered there and museums scattered throughout. A short walk brought us to an open area surrounding the cathedral with its soaring flying buttresses and stained glass windows. It was started in the 1300’s but not finished until the mid-1600’s. It never fails to astonish me how such wonderful buildings were built without the aid of modern technology – and now that we’ve got the technology – we don’t build such wonderful buildings! Will anything built today still be here to marvel at 500 years from now? We spent some time in the cathedral (the stained glass was vibrant) and then went back down the hill through the cacophony of vendors and hawkers that mark a major tourist attraction.

Our next goal was a walk across a well-known bridge to the old town hall. But since we estimated the distance to be about one and a half kilometers, it was too far for me to walk, so I hopped back on the Metro and everyone else walked.

Our goal at the Old Town Hall was to see the Astronomical Clock. I found it and settled into a table at a little restaurant across from the clock, ordered a beer and a sandwich and enjoyed the clock and the swarms of people moving past. The clock is in the tower of the original town hall – a building from the 12^th century. The clock is amazingly complex and displays the relationship between the sun, moon and stars and the earth – the centre of the universe at the time it was created in the mid 1400’s. It’s also divided into a blue section (daytime) and a dark section (night). Every hour a rooster on top of it announces the hour, two doors open and the 12 apostles appear in the doorways and four smaller statues representing greed, lust, vanity and death move. The most impressive is death which is a skeleton whose bones rattle as he turns over an hour glass showing that we will all die. The clock still keeps accurate time – a task it has done for 6 centuries.

After the clock struck 2 p.m., we took a short tour around the rest of the square and then headed back to the Metro and the ride back to the Sports Centre to be ready for the closing ceremony at 5:30pm.

The closing included the medal ceremony for team rounds held during the day, a short speech from Lynn Evans, Vice President of FITA, the Czech national anthem, the lowering of the flags and the 7^th World Junior and Cadet Championship was over. This ceremony was very nice, especially for the athletes, as they were able to sit in a set of stands rather than having to stand on the field.

We went with the Tataryn’s and Hatherell’s to their hotel and had a lovely dinner on the patio. We then returned to the Sport Centre where prizes were given out to the first three places in the qualification round and to the top 8 places for the tournament. After this, there was a disco for the kids and a nice buffet and bar upstairs for the adults.

I don’t think Kevin, Crispin and Avril did much dancing – when we checked on them about 11:30 p.m. Crispin was keeping them and a crowd busy with his card tricks and they were in their rooms by midnight getting packed for the next day.

We were up at 3:30am – it took about 10 minutes of constant banging on Crispin’s door to wake him up – I was not popular with the others on the floor!!

At 4:30am we were in the lobby waiting with some others for transportation to the Prague airport. Finally at about 4:50am we asked the desk clerk what was happening and she told us we had to knock on the door of the bus in the parking lot to wake the driver up!! This we did and were on our way. Again we had no problem with our flights, other than a delay of 1 hour in London because someone drove a truck into the loading doors of the 747 and damaged them. So British Airways had to put us on a different plane. By 5 pm we were back at home again.

There were 362 archers from 41 countries. During the week there were 17 new world records set!!

The large pond at the Sport Centre was full of fish that jumped all the time and every evening there were fishermen along the banks. We tried to find out what kind of fish they were, but were not successful. During the week the pond became increasingly covered with green algae, but on Friday morning it was suddenly beautiful and clear again.

The enormous US team was extremely well organized and well behaved during the tournament. I can’t imagine organizing a team of 32 kids from 13 to 18 years old and doing such a good job.

Flower boxes are everywhere outside every window on every building and filled with lots of flowers tumbling out of the boxes.

We could not get copies of scorecards for our archers. Finally, Denis Beaudet went to the representative from FITA who told the organizing committee to give copies of the cards to the archers.

The unbelievable weather – not a breathe of wind and perfect temperatures for the entire week.

The cool Australian team – lots of fun and really good shooters. We were all able to exchange out Canadian Team shirts for Australian Team shirts – lots of fun. When I was in Australia in 1999 at the pre-Olympic tournament, I took several pictures of an impressive young archer – 12 years old. Today he is nearly 6 feet tall and holds all the cadet world records and finished this tournament in 2^nd place.

Crispin and his card tricks – he had a deck of cards with him all the time and kept lots of people amazed and puzzled. He may have a second career here!!

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5. Let’s Get Moving!

WANTED Let’s Get Moving! MEETING ORGANIZERS!

Every day in the newspaper, we read about children and youth. On some days, the stories are about the fine accomplishments of young people. On other days, we read about dangerous trends such as childhood obesity, the elimination of physical education in schools, the increase in violent crimes among youth, and the lack of affordable and accessible recreation and sport opportunities.

It’s time to work together to reverse these trends! It’s time for Let’s Get Moving!

Let’s Get Moving! is a nationwide, community-based campaign that fosters multi-sector collaboration in support of quality daily physical education in schools and opportunities for all children and youth to participate in quality recreation and sport programs in the community.

Let’s Get Moving! was conceptualized in January 2001 by the Canadian Professional Coaches Association (CPCA), the professional arm of the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC). The campaign was launched in association with key stakeholder groups on October 19 at the 2001 Sport Leadership Conference in Mississauga, Ontario.

CPCA, in consultation with leaders from the health, education, recreation, and sport sectors, has developed the following global position statement as a focal point for the Let’s Get Moving! campaign:

It is imperative for federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments to invest in the healthy development of young people by working together in partnership with leaders from the health, education, recreation, and sport sectors to ensure that all children and youth are provided with quality daily physical education in schools and opportunities to participate in quality recreation and sport programs in the community.

On its own, this statement can do nothing. What’s needed is local action. More specifically, CPCA is encouraging community leaders from every part of Canada to host local multi-sector Let’s Get Moving! meetings to discuss what can be done collectively to improve the health and well-being of young people in their communities.

To find out more about the Let’s Get Moving! campaign and how to go about hosting a community-based meeting, visit www.coach.ca.

BECOME PART OF Let’s Get Moving!

TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CANADA

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5. Faut que ça bouge!

RECHERCHER Faut que ça bouge! ORGANISATEUR DE CONFERENCE!

Nous lisons chaque jour dans les journaux des articles concernant spécialement l 'enfance et l 'adolescence. Ces articles relatent parfois leurs réussites et, à d'autres occasions, déplorent certaines tendances dangereuses, comme l'obésité chez les enfants, l'élimination des cours d'éducation physique dans nos écoles, l'augmentation du nombre de crimes avec violence chez les jeunes et le manque d'occasions abordables ou d'accessibilité à la pratique de loisirs et du sport.

Il est temps de s'unir pour renverser la vapeur! Faut que ça bouge!

Faut que ça bouge! est une campagne communautaire, à l'échelle nationale, préconisant une collaboration multisectorielle en vue d'appuyer la participation quotidienne dans les écoles à des cours d'éducation physique de qualité et l'accès pour les enfants et les jeunes à des programmes de loisirs et de sport de qualité dans leurs communautés.

La campagne Faut que ça bouge! a été créée en janvier 2001 par l'Association canadienne des entraîneurs professionnels (ACEP), la division professionnelle de l'Association canadienne des entraîneurs (ACE). La campagne a été lancée en collaboration avec des groupes d'intervenants clés le 19 octobre, lors de la conférence Leadership sportif 2001 qui a eu lieu à Mississauga, en Ontario.

L'ACEP, en consultation avec des responsables des secteurs de la santé, de l'éducation, des loisirs et du sport, vient d'élaborer la proposition suivante qui servira de point central à la campagne Faut que ça bouge!

Il est essentiel que les gouvernements fédéral, provinciaux, territoriaux et municipaux, investissent dans le sain développement de la jeunesse, en travaillant de concert avec les responsables des secteurs de la santé, de l'éducation, des loisirs et du sport, afin que chaque enfant, chaque adolescent et chaque adolescente puisse suivre, quotidiennement, des cours d'éducation physique de qualité dans son école et participer dans sa propre communauté à des programmes de loisirs et de sport de qualité.

Mais dire, ce n'est pas faire. Il faut mettre en marche une telle politique au niveau local. Bref, l'ACEP invite les responsables communautaires de partout au Canada à tenir des rencontres multi-sectorielle locale dont le thème sera Faut que ça bouge! et qui auront pour but de discuter de stratégies collectives visant l'amélioration de la santé et du bien-être physique des jeunes de leurs communautés.

L'ACEP a affiché sur le site Web www.coach.ca de l'information et des outils qui vous aideront à organiser et à tenir une rencontre Faut que ça bouge! tels des modèles d'invitation et des suggestions de procédure pour en faciliter le déroulement.

CONTRIBUER A Faut que ça bouge!

ENSENBLE, NOUS POUVONS FAIRE UNE DIFFERENCE SIGNIFICATIVE

DANS LA VIE DE MILLIERS DE JEUNE PERSONNE AU TRAVERS LE CANADA

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6. COC

Toronto, August 14, 2002 - It is with great regret that the Canadian Olympic

Committee (COC) announces the sudden passing of Jim Thompson, CEO of the

COC this morning in Vancouver where he was attending meetings with the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation. He had turned 60 years old in May. Jim's appointment with the COC commenced on March 4 2002.

More information related to Jim's career is posted on the COC website

(www.coa.ca) under Media/News and Publications/Press Release. Look for the release dated January 29 2002.

Toronto, August 22, 2002 - The Executive Committee of the Canadian Olympic

Committee (COC) has appointed Lou Ragagnin to assume the interim role of CEO

and Secretary General of the COC. Mr. Ragagnin is the Executive Director,

Operations for the COC, and had previously held the same responsibilities during the period between the passing of Carol Anne Letheren and the hiring of Jim Thompson, who died suddenly last Wednesday of a heart attack.

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6. COC

Toronto, le 13 août, 2002 - C'est avec beaucoup de tristesse que le Comité

olympique canadien (COC) annonce la mort subite de Jim Thompson, Chef de la direction du COC. Il est décédé ce matin à Vancouver alors qu'il participait à des réunions avec la Société de candidature Vancouver 2010. Il était âgé de 60. Jim avait pris les reines de l'organisation le 4 mars dernier.

Plus d'information sur la carrière de Jim Thompson est affichée sur le site du COC () sous Média/Nouvelles et publications/Communiqués de

presse. Veuillez consulter le communiqué du 29 janvier 2002.

Toronto, 22 août 2002 - Le comité exécutif du Comité olympique canadien

(COC) a nommé M. Lou Ragagnin au poste de chef de la direction par intérim

et secrétaire général du COC. M. Ragagnin est le directeur exécutif, Opérations du COC, et il a déjà occupé les fonctions de chef de la direction par intérim, au cours de la période qui s'est écoulée entre le décès de Carol Anne Letheren et l'embauche de Jim Thompson, décédé subitement mercredi dernier d'une crise cardiaque.

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7. CAAWS announces/ ACAFS annonce:

The National Conference on Women, Sport and Physical Activity is announcing its on-line registration and conference information available at

This conference will mobilize Canadians in the sport, physical activity, recreation, fitness, health, education, business and women's sectors to "Take Action Through Partnerships" and create initiatives and opportunities for girls and women to become more active in sport and physical activity throughout their lives - as participants and leaders.

Please visit our site for updates on... Keynote Speakers, Presenters, Workshops, Schedules, Seminars and Special Events. If you wish to receive a hard copy of the registration package, please forward us your name, title and mailing address and we will be happy to send it to you. Don't delay - arrange your travel, accommodation and ground transportation to ensure availability. We look forward to seeing you in Hamilton!

National Conference on Women, Sport and Physical Activity

La Conférence nationale sur les femmes, le sport et l'activité physique November 28 - December 1, 2002 / du 28 novembre au 1er décembre 2002 Hamilton, Ontario

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7. CAAWS announces/ ACAFS annonce:

La Conférence nationale sur les femmes, le sport et l'activité physique annonce l'inscription en-ligne ainsi que tout l'information pour la conférence au . Cette conférence mobilisera des Canadiennes et des Canadiens des secteurs du sport, de l'activité physique, des loisirs, du conditionnement physique, de la santé, de l'éducation, des affaires et des femmes afin de " passer à

l'action grâce à des partenariats ", de mettre sur pied des initiatives et de créer des occasions pour les filles et les femmes de jouer un rôle plus actif en matière de sport et d'activité physique leur vie durant, que ce soit à titre de participantes ou de dirigeantes.

Visitez notre site internet pour l'information à jour sur: Les conférenciers d'honneur, les présentateurs, les ateliers, les horaires, les colloques et les événements spéciaux. Si vous voulez recevoir un trouse d'inscription par courier, s'il vous plaît envoyez nous votre nom, title et addresse. Ca nous fait un plaisir de vous l'envoyer.

N'attendez pas! Faites les réservations nécessaires pour le transport, l'hébergement et le transport terrestre pour vous assurer d'avoir une place. Nous avons très hâte de vous retrouver à Hamilton!

Paty Rutenberg

Conference Coordinator/Coordinatrice de la Conférence

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Sport and Physical Activity

(CAAWS) Association canadienne pour l'avancement des femmes, du sport et  de l'activité physique (ACAFS)

N202 - 801 King Edward Ave Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5

ph. (613)562-5667 / fax: (613)562-5668 / email:

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8. SIRC

Title: Imagery perspective training and motor skill performance - abstract.

Author(s): Spittle, M. and Morris, T. International Congress on Sport Science, Sports Medicine and Physical; Sports Medicine Australia; International Council for Sports Science and Physical Education; Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Australian Society for the Study of Obesity.

Language: Eng Total Pages: 1

Conference: International Congress on Sport Science Sports Medicine and Physical

Education (2000: Brisbane, Australia)

This Book Analytic is available from AAIS and INTERNET

Title: Netting new prospects: trying to nab corporate sponsors can sometimes seem like chasing wily butterflies. Here are 10 tips for making a clean catch.

Author: Hong, J.B. Source: Athletic Management

(Ithaca, NY) 14(3) Apr/May 2002 / SIRCExpress Article No.: S-821141 (PDF format)

Title: Scootin' with Newton: teaching Newton's first law of motion.

Author: Stevens-Smith, D. et al Source: Strategies

(Reston, Va.) 15(6) July/August 2002 / SIRCExpress Article No: S-831442 (PDF format) 

Title: Conscious efforts

Author: Steinbach, P. Source: Athletic Business

(Madison, Wis.) 25(10) Oct.2001 / SIRCExpress Article No.S-793200 (PDF format)

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9. Athletes CAN's

Only 1 Month Until the 10th Annual Athletes Forum Don't delay, register today!

10th Annual Athletes Forum September 27-29, Hotel Plaza Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec

Don't miss out on the Forum of the year; designed by athletes, catering to athletes, for positive change in sport by athletes. Athletes and Sport Leaders mark your calendars and make sure you register early to ensure your place at the 10th Annual Athletes Forum.

The Forum continues to be Athletes CAN's flagship event. Hosted annually, it is the largest and most inclusive gathering of Canada's national team athlete representatives outside of competition. Over 100 delegates, including 70 Olympic and world-class amateur athlete representatives from over 35 sports participate in the weekend-long conference. Our distinguished VIP's include senior government officials; leaders of National and Multi-sport Organizations; Olympic and Paralympic medallists; media; corporate sponsors and guests.

Athletes Forum 2002 features interactive workshops, seminars, and presentations.

Some of the topics being addressed at this year's Forum will be Athlete Leadership,

Education, Athlete Representation, Media Relations, Marketing and Sponsorship,

Doping Control and Dispute Resolution. The Forum provides the opportunity to bring together Canada's high performance athletes and sport leaders to network with others, share ideas, learn about the sport system and develop leadership skills. We will also be featuring a trade show to showcase this year's Forum sponsors.

1. Athletes Forum 2002

2. Forum Online Registration Forms

3. Forum Program

4. Athletes CAN Programs & Services

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9. Athletes CAN's

10e Forum annuel des athlètes du 27 au 29 septembre à l'hôtel Plaza Québec, dans la ville de Québec.

Ne manquez pas le Forum de l'année: créé par des athlètes, pour les athlètes, et leur permettant d'avoir un impact positif sur le sport. Athlètes et chefs de file du monde du sport, marquez vos calendriers et inscrivez-vous le plus tôt possible pour réserver votre place au 10e Forum annuel des athlètes.

Le Forum continue d'être l'un des événements les plus prestigieux d'Athlètes CAN. Cette rencontre annuelle est le plus important rassemblement des représentants et représentantes des athlètes de l'équipe nationale canadienne, hors de la compétition. Plus de 100 délégués, incluant 70 représentants des athlètes olympiques et des athlètes amateurs de niveau international, de plus de 35 disciplines sportives, participent à cette conférence de deux jours. Des cadres supérieurs de l'administration publique, des dirigeants d'organisations nationales et multidisciplinaires, des médaillés olympiques et paralympiques, les médias, nos commanditaires corporatifs et nos invités

seront nos personnalités de marque. 

Des ateliers, des séminaires et des présentations interactives seront à l'horaire du Forum des athlètes 2002. Quelques-un des sujets abordés cette année sont: le leadership chez les athlètes, la formation, la représentation des athlètes, les relations avec les médias, le marketing & le parrainage, le contrôle du dopage et la résolution de différends. Le Forum rassemble les athlètes canadiens de haut niveau et les chefs de file du monde du sport afin de leurs permettent d'établir des contacts, de partager leurs opinions, de mieux connaître le système sportif et de développer des aptitudes en leadership. Nous organiserons également une foire commerciale pour présenter les commanditaires du Forum.

1. Le Forum des athlètes 2002

2. Les formulaires d'inscription en-ligne du Forum

3. Le programme du Forum

4. Les programmes & services d'Athlètes CAN

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10. New Publication

Through the combined efforts of Carol Rohringer, Al Wills and Pierre Poulin, FCA is proud to announce that the 75^th Anniversary History of the FCA is on-sale now. This work, available in English only, follows the development of the FCA from 1864 to 1974. As well, there are national championship results from 1948 to 1974. This is a great collector's item. It is available through the National office for $12.95 each plus shipping and taxes. Send a cheque for $19.03 ($20.45 in Ontario) or use your credit card. Quantities are limited!

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10. Une nouvelle publication

Grâce à Carol Rohringer, Al Wills et Pierre Poulin, la FCA a la plaisir d'annoncer que le livre le 75e anniversaire et histoire de la FCA est maintenant disponible. Ce livre, uniquement en anglais, suit le développement de la FCA de 1864 à 1974. Les résultats de tous les championnats nationaux de 1948 à 1974 sont inclus aussi. Ce livre est devenu des pièces de collection. Il est disponible au bureau national et il se coûte 12,95$ chaque plus de livraison et de taxes. Envoyez un chèque de 19,03$ (20,45$ de l'Ontario) ou utilisez votre carte de crédit. Le quantité est limité.

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11. People and Places

a) Today Canada's team to the Championship of the Americas departs for El Salvador. Team members are Lillian Meehan, Hugh MacDonald, Jean-Pascal St-Arnaud and team leader Joan McDonald. Official practice starts September 2. Good luck to everyone! You can send your best wishes directly through:

b) Today FCA's Vice-President of High Performance, Arthur Nault, is in Poland attending IPC Archery meetings. Arthur has been named Technical Delegate to the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.

c) On September 4, Greg Durward heads Down Under to Australia for a month-long archery trip. He will shoot the FITA World Field Championships in Canberra and then he and his wife, Lynne, will participate in the Masters Games in Brisbane. Good luck!

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11. Les Gens et les Nouvelles

a) Aujourd'hui, l'équipe cannadienne des championnats de l'Amérique part à El Salvador. Les membres de l'équipe sont Lillian Meehan, Hugh MacDonald, Jean-Pascal St-Arnaud et la gerante Joan McDonald. Le practice officiel commençera le 2 septembre. Bonne chance à tous! Envoyez vos meilleurs souhaits directement à:

b) Aujord'hui le vice-président du comité de la Haute Performance de la FCA, M. Arthur Nault, arrive à la Pologne et se rencontre au comité Intérnational Paralympique. Arthur a été nommé délégué technique des Jeux Paralympiques de 2004 à Athens.

c) Le 4 september, Greg Duward voyagera à l'Australie de participer aux tournois championnat mondial de tir sur campagne à Canberra ainsi que les Jeux des Maîtres à Brisbane avec sa femme Lynne. Bonne chance!

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Enfin / In Closing

The last long weekend of the summer marks the annual FTAQ provincial championships. Good luck to all competitors and organizers. The FCA Office will be closed for Labour Day and will re-open on Tuesday, September 3^rd. Office hours will be 07:30 to 15:30 EDT. Have a happy long weekend. See you next week.

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