2. New Canadian open records- Nouveaux records canadiens ouverts

3. Continental Qualifying Tournament Criteria (Athens) / Les Critères du Tournois de Qualifications de l'Amérique (Athènes)

4. Canadian Tournament Results (from Al Wills) / Les Résultats des Tournois Canadiens (par Al Wills)

5. Mexican Grand Prix (formerly Mexican Olympic Festival) from COPANARCO

6. Canada Winter Games 2003 / Jeux du Canada 2003

7. Reminders / Les Rappels

8. MICA  /  enfrançais

9. FCA Indoor Rules / Règlements de Tir en Salle

In Closing / Enfin

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1. Globe and Mail poll on sport funding - get out the vote NOW!

The Toronto Globe and Mail is having an on-line poll about sport funding. The question reads:

'Should your tax dollars go to support Canada's elite amateur athletes?'

As of 11:10 am Thursday February 20, there are 5374 YES votes and 3679 NO votes (59% / 41%) and the votes are coming in fast and furious. We need to get up to 70 % at least to make the result a significant positive for sport.

As strange as it may seem, politicians pay attention to this sort of thing. We would ask you that you vote and pass this Bulletin on immediately to other members of the sport community and urge them to get over to the Globe siteand cast their YES ballots! (We can't stuff the ballot box because you can only vote once per computer but let's DO it for sport!

We do not know how long this poll will be up there, but carrying the YES is important! We're in the news right now so let's take advantage of any opportunity that we have. The poll is on the top right hand side of the home page.

Manager, Athlete Services

Canadian Sport Centre Ontario

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2. New Canadian open records- Nouveaux records canadiens ouverts

Pre-cub boy recurve - Pre-cub garçon arc recourbé: Josh Fyfe, Victoria, BC in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 434. 2003-01-26

Pre-cub boy barebow - Pre-cub garçon arc nu: Sam McGrath, Victoria, BC in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 385. 2003-01-26.

Cub boy recurve - Cub garçon arc recourbé: Josh Fyfe, Victoria, BC in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 434. 2003-01-26

Cub boy barebow - Cub garçon arc nu: Sam McGrath, Victoria, BC in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 385. 2003-01-26.

Cub boy compound- Cub garçon arc à poulies: Quinn Lemke, Port Moody, BC in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 489. 2003-01-26.

Cub boy recurve - Cub garçon arc recourbé: Jean-Denis Rousseau, Laprairie, QC dans une FITA 25 mètres avec un score de 542. 2003-01-26

Master man BH unlimited - Maitre homme Chasseur illimité: David Cornish, Corman Park, SK in a FITA 25 meters with a score of 586. 2003-02-09

Master man recurve- Maitre homme arc recourbé: Gib Henderson, Delisle, SK in a FITA 25 meters with a score of 549. 2003-02-09

Senior man BH unlimited- Senior homme Chasseur illimité: David Cornish, Corman Park, SK in a FITA 25 meters with a score of 586. 2003-02-09

Pre-cub girl barebow - Pre-cub fille arc nu: Haley Sandhar, Victoria, BC, in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 216. 2003-01-26.

Cub girl barebow - Cub fille arc nu: Haley Sandhar, Victoria, BC, in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 216. 2003-01-26.

Cadet boy recurve - Cadet garçon arc recourbé: Matthew Marcinkowski, Winnipeg, MB, in a FITA 25 meters with a score of 561. 2003-02-16.

Senior woman BH unlimited - Senior femme Chasseur illimité: Linda Jones, Selkirk, MB, in a FITA 18 meters with a score of 518. 2003-01-25

Senior woman BH unlimited - Senior femme Chasseur illimité: Linda Jones, Selkirk, MB, in a FITA 25 meters with a score of 542. 2003-02-15

Congratulations to all- Félicitations à tous

Christiane Murphy
Gestionnaire des records canadiens / Canadian records co-ordinator

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3. Continental Qualifying Tournament Criteria (Athens)

This information is now available on FCA's web site at:

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 3. Les Critères du Tournois de Qualifications de l'Amérique (Athènes)

Ces informations sont disponibles sur le site web de la FCA à:

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4. Canadian Tournament Results (by Al Wills)

National indoor tournament results for 2003 are available at:

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 4. Les Résultats des Tournois Canadiens (par Al Wills)

Les résultats des tournois nationaux 2003 sont disponibles à:

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 5. Mexican Grand Prix (formerly Mexican Olympic Festival)

PLACE AND/et DATE

Mexico City - "José Almanzor" Field

May 4 to 11, 2003

PARTICIPANTS

Each Country may present registration for 4 men and 4 women in Olympic and Compound Bow for Senior, Junior and Cadet.

COMPETITION

Double FITA 1440, Single Olympic Round, and Team Olympic Round

AWARDS In this tournament we will give the awards in each category and division as follows:

1st - 3rd place for distance in FITA 1440

1st - 3rd place in Single Olympic Round

1st - 3rd place in Team Olympic Round

PRELIMINARY ENTRIES:

The registration forms with the total number of the archers and officials must be sent at least until March 30th 2003.

FINAL ENTRIES:

The final entries with the personal information for each archer, their Federation endorsement and a copy of their passports must be sent at least on April 15th, because that could give us enough time to get everything in to our Government.

TOURNAMENT FEE

$80.00 USD per archer includes welcome reception and box lunch during the tournament.

Banquet cost $40.00 USD per person it may be the last night of the tournament.

For more information, contact the FCA national office.

Pour obtenir plus d'information contactez le bureau national de la FCA.

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 6. Canada Winter Games 2003 (français suit)

Dates : February 22 - March 8, 2003

Location: Bathurst and Campbellton, New Brunswick

If members of the public call looking for information, souvenirs, etc., the Canada Games Council (CGC) has a website that provides information on the Canada Games in general, and another one for the Games of Bathurst specifically.

There are several Internet web sites of interest:

  (Canada Games Council)

http://jeuxducanada2003.ca (2003 Canada Winter Games - Bathurst)

Individual NSOs will also have information on their sites with regards to the Games.

The sports on the schedule include: Alpine skiing, Archery, Badminton, Biathlon, Boxing, Cross Country Skiing, Curling, Fencing, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Hockey, Judo, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Ringette, Shooting, Speed Skating, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis and Wheelchair Basketball. They are divided into 2 one-week long programs.

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 6. Jeux d'hiver du Canada 2003

Dates: 22 février au 8 mars 2003

Site: Bathurst et Campbellton, Nouveau-Brunswick

Si des membres du public appellent pour demander des renseignements, souvenirs, etc., le Conseil des Jeux du Canada (CGC) possPde un site web qui fournit des renseignements sur les Jeux en général, ainsi qu'un site pour les Jeux de Bathurst en particulier.

Quelques sites d'intérLt sont:

 (Conseil des Jeux du Canada)

http://jeuxducanada2003.ca (Jeux d'hiver du Canada 2003 - Bathurst)

Chacun des ONS a aussi des renseignements spécifiques B son sport dans son site web.

Voici les sports au programme des Jeux sont: ski alpin, tir à l'arc, badminton, biathlon, boxe, ski de fond, curling, escrime, patinage artistique, ski acrobatique, hockey, judo, gymnastique rythmique, ringuette, tir, patinage de vitesse, nage synchronisée, tennis de table et basketball en fauteuil roulant. Les sports sont divisés en deux programmes de durée d'une semaine chacun.

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 7. Reminders / Les Rappels

MEETINGS RÉUNIONS

Victoria Centre Juan de Fuca Centre

03-08-12 Executive Committee Meeting / Réunion du comité exécutif

03-08-13 FCA Board Meeting / Réunion du comité administratif de la FCA

03-08-14 Annual General Meeting / l'Assemblée Générale Annuelle

03-08-16 Executive Committee Meeting / Réunion du comité exécutif

 7. Les Rappels

• La liste complete du ranking de tir en salle est disponible à:

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 8. MICA

Sites holding the MICA competition along with the FCA Regionals need only download the team score card. The individual's FCA score card and spreadsheet can be used for both events.

Results for both events can be emailed directly to Greg Durward. Greg will input the results into the MICA spreadsheet and send them directly to Jacqui Jenskey.

Sites holding MICA separately from the FCA indoors should use the MICA individual and team scorecards and the MICA spreadsheet to report results. Results for the separately held MICA events should be emailed directly to Jacqui Jenskey.

Thank you

Jacqui Jenskey

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 8. MICA

Tous les clubs qui tiendront le championnat MICA en même temps du championnat de tir en salle de la FCA ont besoin de télécharger seulement la carte de pointage des équipes. La carte de pointage d'archer ainsi que la feuille de calcul doivent être utilisés pour les deux événements.

Les résultats des deux événements doivent être soumis par courriel directement à Greg Durward. Greg les ajoutera à la feuille de calcul MICA puis il les enverra directement à Jacqui Jenskey.

Tous les clubs qui tiendront le championnat MICA indépendant du championnat de tir en salle de la FCA ont besoin d'utiliser la carte de pointage individuelle et celle de l'équipe MICA ainsi que la feuille de calcul MICA pour envoyer tous les résultats.

Les résultats uniques de MICA doivent être soumis par courriel directement à Jacqui Jenskey.

Merci

Jacqui Jenskey

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 9. FCA Indoor Rules / Règlements de Tir en Salle

FCA REGIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - TEAM RULES

In keeping with the FCA's efforts to allow archers competing at the Canada Games to participate in the FCA Indoor Championships, it has been decided to lift the restriction that team members must all shoot on the same day and at the same site. (There is probably very little rationale for this rule anyway.) The following procedure will be used:

Rule 3.2.5.6 is suspended and teams may be registered whether or not team members shoot on the same day or at the same site. The team must be registered with the Site Director at the site where the first team member shoots. That Site Director should notify the Indoors Coordinator that the remainder of the team scores will be coming from another site and the Indoors Coordinator will calculate the team score based on the results of all three team members when they are available.

Please help us inform archers in your area of this decision - especially if you know of archers who will be at the Canada Games. This needs to be done as quickly as possible.

Greg Durward, Regional Indoors Coordinator

Note that effective with the current Indoor season, there are changes to the FCA target size and scoring. Some divisions using compound bows now score the OUTER TEN. In particular all Bowhunter divisions score outer ten. Also, Cubs, Pre-cubs and Peewees score outer ten. See the chart below.

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 Enfin / In Closing

The FCA national office will be open February 24-28 from 07:30 to 15:30 EST. The office will be closed March 3-11 during the Canada Winter Games.

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