18 August 2010 - Major archery tournament in Northern region held in Jarvakandi, Estonia

Major archery tournament in Northern region held in Jarvakandi, Estonia Tartu (EST) – 18 August 2010  The Estonian Archery Club Ilves organises on 20-22 August 2010 a competition which brings all best archers from the Baltic States (EST, LAT, LTU) and other North Europe countries (FIN, SWE, etc) together. This competition is called "Jarvakandi Open" is held already for the 41st time. For the second year it is also called "Toomas Kivilo Memorial Competition" to honour a man who was founder of this club. The competition is well known for its good organisational level where club archers have a possibility to shoot together with national team members.   Recurve There will be national team members from five countries competing in recurve division. There will be over 50 recurve men shooting, which is a remarkable number in the Northern region. The 2010 European team bronze medallists from Finland will definitely take the lead (Matti HATAVA, Antti TEKONIEMI, Antti MANSUKOSKI). Numerous Finnish archers will have to face Lithuanian men headed by Arvydas CEPULIONIS who just set a new Baltic record in the FITA Round, Latvian men including young talent Janis AMATNIEKS and Estonian men such as Jaan LOTT, Jaanus GROSS, and Paulo SANTOS. In women the strongest competitors are Anna TORSELD (SWE), Inga KIZELIAUSKAITE (LTU), last year's winner Liga ZOMMERE (LAT), Laura KOURULA (FIN), Anneli PREIMANN, Reena PARNAT and Siret LUIK (EST).  Compound Vladas SIGAUSKAS (LTU) is the favourite in compound men, as he recently won the European Grand Prix in Moscow and the bronze medal at the Antalya World Cup. He will compete with Finnish national team including Marko JARVENPAA and Timo KIVIMAA. Also Evert RESSAR (EST) will be strong contender. The favourite ones in compound women are Jelena BABININA (LTU), Erja JARVENPAA (FIN), Susanna MAKKONEN (FIN), and Maarika JAATMA (EST).   This tournament brings club level archers on the same shooting line with high level archers. All rules and field requirements are followed as in World Cup event or any other FITA major competition. It is named as their "favourite tournament" by many archers mainly because of the good atmosphere during the competition. It includes FITA Round for qualification and also individual, team and mixed team elimination rounds.   The organisers are very grateful to Win&Win for putting out two sets of bows as prizes, and also to other sponsors such as Easton and Falco for their contribution.   Organising Committee 41st Jarvakandi Open / 2nd Toomas Kivilo Memorial Competition www.archery.ee Edited World Archery Communication