Message from the Judge Committee on the loss of Honorary Chairman Don Lovo

Message from the Judge Committee on the loss of Honorary Chairman Don Lovo

31 May 2006

Dear fellow judges,

It is with deep sorrow and sadness that we announce the death of the forefather of modern judging in FITA. Don Lovo has passed away. We do not know how it happened. We just had a message from one of his beloved granddaughters announcing the tragic news. It is difficult to believe that someone like Don has died. He was always so energetic and so much in love with life. Eleven years ago, when he turned 65, he confessed to me that he was very excited to know what the second half of his life would be like.

Don was the instructor in the seminars most of us took along more than 20 years while he was chairman of the Judge Committee. I personally enjoyed his company and friendship the many times we were together in different parts of the world, including several judge seminars in the Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas, in which I was privileged to translate for him. That was a school for me and for all the judges who attended his lectures. Don did not only teach archery judging, his talks were full of wisdom and conveyed his philosophy of life.

I am sure many people in international archery are sad today, but I am also positive that it is us, the judges he trained and looked after, who feel the saddest of all.

Don is no longer around physically, but his heart is still will us, every time we call an arrow value or raise a yellow card.

Our heart-felt condolences go to his inseparable wife Lois, the most wonderful hostess the judges of FITA have had in Canada.

Respectfully,

For the Judge Committee

Sergio Font