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South African Archery Championships
Grahamstown (RSA) – 7 April 2011
Under the new rules, the South African National Archery Association (SANAA) held their championships in Grahamstown (RSA) between 3-7 April 2011. SANAA was particularly pleased with the success of the inclusion of Para-Archery in the championships, having completed the integration in 2010.
The event was well supported by the Namibian Archery Association who provided 15 archers in the compound men, compound women and compound cadet men categories.
The championships was used by SANAA to launch their 'Give-it-a-Go' programme, designed to be a pathway for their development programme and as a prelude to the FITA Feathers and Arrows programme.
According to Dr Selwyn MOSKOVITZ, the SANAA President, "We have found that the retention of budding archers is challenging, and that taking them directly into the Feathers and Arrows programme does not yield long term results leading to growth in archery. By developing a very basic pathway programme, which can take anywhere from two hours to two weeks to follow, we find that potential archers are more comfortable with the formal development program which sees the archer through the first two years up to tournament level."
Despite windy weather, the standard of the tournament, which was also the selection tournament for the World Archery and Para-Archery Championships, was high and well attended.
Info and results at http://www.sanaa.org.za/
Source: SANAA
Edited by World Archery Communication
Under the new rules, the South African National Archery Association (SANAA) held their championships in Grahamstown (RSA) between 3-7 April 2011. SANAA was particularly pleased with the success of the inclusion of Para-Archery in the championships, having completed the integration in 2010.
The event was well supported by the Namibian Archery Association who provided 15 archers in the compound men, compound women and compound cadet men categories.
The championships was used by SANAA to launch their 'Give-it-a-Go' programme, designed to be a pathway for their development programme and as a prelude to the FITA Feathers and Arrows programme.
According to Dr Selwyn MOSKOVITZ, the SANAA President, "We have found that the retention of budding archers is challenging, and that taking them directly into the Feathers and Arrows programme does not yield long term results leading to growth in archery. By developing a very basic pathway programme, which can take anywhere from two hours to two weeks to follow, we find that potential archers are more comfortable with the formal development program which sees the archer through the first two years up to tournament level."
Despite windy weather, the standard of the tournament, which was also the selection tournament for the World Archery and Para-Archery Championships, was high and well attended.
Info and results at http://www.sanaa.org.za/
Source: SANAA
Edited by World Archery Communication
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