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Week 4 scores for the Flatlanders @Home Challenge are now in!

3Spot Challenge:

The competition in this Week’s 3-Spot Challenge was pretty fierce with 6 archers scoring ‘150’.  It took a count of “x’s” to separate the pack of awesome archers.

1) Bailey Mathers – 150 15x

2) Dan (I made my own bow) Hudson -150 15x

3) Kelly Taylor -150 13 x

Challenge Target (“Lucky Charms”)

Again, the Challenge Target was excessively difficult this week.  Chris Waterman (score ’32’) edged out Bailey Mathers (score ’30’) for third place.  Kelly Taylor came in second with a very respectable score of ’60’!  And Dave Cupples (First Place) took a couple of days off work and must have spent his hard earned vacation shooting lucky charms… I think he may still be going.  Let’s just say that he scored more than the rest of us combined!  Honourable mention this week goes out to recurver Sarah May who scored ‘8’ while the rest of the non-compounders barely emptied our quivers (other than Greg Rubel with ’24’)!

1) Dave Cupples
2) Kelly Taylor
3) Chris Waterman

A ticket for each of the top 3 from each challenge will be entered into the draws (one draw for each Challenge).  Draws will occur at the end of the @Home Challenge.

Feel free to submit a barebow entry (in addition to compound) if you aren’t doing so already.

The Week 5 Challenge Target (“Progression”) requires 21 shots.  Week 4 scores will be accepted until 7pm Wednesday, March 31.

We have 2 weeks to go.  Feel free to invite others to take part, if even only for one week.

The 2021 3D Event Host guidelines are now available for clubs interested in hosting affiliated outdoor events in 2021. Archery Manitoba is proud to announce a partnership between Archery Canada and the Archery Shooter’s Association (ASA) this season offering a 20 Piece ASA Target set available for rent to partner clubs for registered shoots, as well as use at standalone Archery Manitoba 3D Shoots. Registration for 3D events opens on April 1st, 2021.

To access key documents for 3D clubs and events this season, please see the links below for more information or to register:

3D Event Documents & Links 

• Archery Manitoba 3D Event Host Guidelines – CLICK HERE
• 3D Event Registration Page – CLICK HERE

2021 Club Affiliation- (Now Online) 

https://2mev.com/#!/CL/permit/archery-manitoba-club-affiliation

Top 3 in each of this weeks challenges are as follows:

3-Spot

    Kelly Taylor        150 15x

    Dave Cupples      150 13x

    Chyler Sanders    150 13x

    Bryanne Lameg    150 13x

Don’t Break My Heart (Challenge)

    Dave Cupples     108

    Bailey Mathers   60

    Kelly Taylor        42

There will be a prize draw for the 3-Spot and Challenge events at the end of the 6-week challenge.

We are always looking for more participants and you don’t have to shoot every week in order to take part, or to win a prize.

@Home Challenge Target faces are available for download on the Archery Manitoba Website:

https://archerymanitoba.ca/flatlanders-home-challenge/

Scores for Week 2 will be accepted until 7:00pm Wednesday March 10th.

Archery Manitoba is proud to promote The Flatlanders Archery Club 2021 @Home Challenge. Partner club, the Flatlanders Archery Club is hosting a fantastic at home event for Manitoba archers to participate in over the next month and half. We would like to thank club Secretary James Platt for his effort in making this event a possibility. For more information on the event, see the official summary below:

Welcome to the Flatlanders Archery Club 2021 @Home Challenge. The purpose of the challenge
is to have fun and get ready for the spring. The Challenge requires you to shoot two target faces per
week for six weeks. The target faces have been sized to challenge you at ~5m. However, as an
unsanctioned event, you can shoot at whatever distance you feel comfortable and is deemed safe.

Target faces have been sized to be printed on 8 ½ x 11 pages. (standard printer paper)

The first target you shoot will be a ‘Mini 3-Spot’ (You will need to print six of these targets; one for
each of the six weeks). Because these targets are tiny, and your arrows are regular size, these
targets may be in tatters by the 8th end. Therefore, you will score only five ends using these targets;
so… 15 arrows. Don’t forget to count your X’s (inner 10 ring) in case of a tie.

Next you will shoot the Flatlanders Challenge Target for the given week. Instructions are provided in the table shown below (also linked in the files below) , as well as on the targets themselves.

Once you have scored both the Mini 3-Spot and the Challenge Target, send me your results (send to
jamesplatt@mts.net). The top the scores from the Mini 3-Spot and challenge target face will be
entered into a small (but respectable) prize draw at the end of the six-week challenge. Only the top
the scores for both the 3Spot and the Challenge Target will be posted (likely on Facebook).

But wait, there’s more! An additional prize will be awarded to the person who can generate the
most Instagram and Facebook likes for a single post related to the 2021 Flatlanders @Home
Challenge tagged with #Flatlanders_archery and #HeightsOutdoors. If you are interested in taking
part in this portion of the challenge, please send me your Instagram and/or Facebook profile name
(send to jamesplatt@mts.net).

You will note that the first week of the Challenge runs for 14 days. This is not an error. More time
has been allocated for the first week to ensure that everyone gets their @Home Challenge Package
before the end of the first week.

Challenge Target Files available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KxxN87UZeqz9Hx_lex6B8B1ZEQ8la2fA?usp=sharing

Feel free to e-mail James Platt, Secretary of Flatlanders Archery Club with any questions.

The February 2021 Archery Manitoba Newsletter is now available at the link below:

 https://mailchi.mp/50d6952a1874/archery-manitoba-events-2020-indoor-provincial-championships-13347755?e=8f9a8d12db

Click The Link Below to Subscribe

https://mailchi.mp/archerymanitoba.ca/newsletter

Archery Manitoba is pleased to announce the names of the 23 athletes, male and female, who have been selected to represent Team Manitoba as part of the 2021 Target Development and Elite Squads.

The mandate of our Provincial Team Programs is to develop nationally competitive compound and recurve athletes, through coaching, training resources and competition support funding, in alignment with our Long Term Athlete Development pathway. Athletes in the program participate in weekly fitness training, technical practices, high performance camps and have the opportunity to be funded to major national and international events (please note: programming is adjusted for compliance with current Public Health orders).

Archery Manitoba is proud to congratulate the following archers on their selection to the 2021 Target Program:

Archery Manitoba is now accepting 2021 Memberships. Join the provincial body for archery and help support local programs, clubs and archers. Not only does your annual fee come with many great benefits to you, it goes a long way in supporting youth, recreational and competitive archers in our province.

Understanding that 2021 is off to a slow start due to COVID-19 restrictions, Archery Manitoba remains optimistic for a return to archery events and programming this year. Join us in the that optimism by showing your support for the Manitoba and Canadian Archery Communities by joining or renewing membership today!

Archery Canada and Archery Manitoba are excited to announce the launch of the new national membership database and registration system in partnership with 2M. The new system offers a variety of benefits for members, including online payment, membership profile management and member ID card retrieval.  See the link below for more details or to register:

Benefits of membership include:

• Liability & Accident Insurance coverage while involved in any partner archery event
• Access to all Archery Manitoba Programs such as Archery Development, Tournaments and Provincial Teams
• Eligible for Awards in Target and 3D tournaments
• You receive Archery Manitoba Newsletters & News bulletins with important info in the Archery World and news of whats going on in Archery in Manitoba
• Reduced entry fees at all Archery Manitoba registered 3D & Target Events.
• Archery Canada Membership & Archery Canada Registered Events (Local Sites & Out of Province)
• A voice in the archery community at the Archery Manitoba Annual General Meeting
• Eligibility for the 2022 Manitoba Winter Games  & 2023 Canada Winter Games

Archery Manitoba is seeking member a member to fill a volunteer position on it’s Provincial 3D Committee.

Archery Manitoba and it’s current 3D Committee Members would like to thank Adam Lukin for serving the committee the past three years. Adam has brought valuable insight and leadership to our 3D community during his tenure.

If you or someone you know may be interested in serving on the 3D Committee, please see the position information and a link to a brief online application form below.

The committee is made up of eight members, five voting and three non-voting (VP 3D Archery, Provincial Team Leader, and Executive Director).  The Archery Manitoba 3D Committee will hold a minimum six (6) face-to-face meetings or video/telephone conference calls, throughout the year as necessary, to perform its functions.

The current vacancy we are seeking to fill expires May 2022

To apply to serve on the Archery Manitoba 3D Committee, please apply at: https://forms.gle/X755HiNZTpaFcpPh9

The application deadline is Monday February 8th

For more information on the committee structure and Team Leader position description, please see below:

“The official results for the 2020 Multi-Sites Indoor Championships of the Americas (MICA) were published on January 13, 2021.

More than 3400 archers from across the continent participated in the online competition which ran for the full year for the first time, starting on January 1 and ending on December 31, 2020. The extension from the normal six-month duration was due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Women competed in 15 different categories and men in 14. Cadet, junior, senior, master and para categories were all featured, as well as team rounds.” (Excerpt from World Archery Americas)

Congratulations to the numerous Manitoba Archers that ranked top 10 or medalled in the team round. Those archers are as follows:

Team Round

• 1^st Place – Junior Men Compound – Terron Baker/Robbie Comberbach/Brady Klassen
• 2^nd Place – Junior Men Compound – Sam Reutcky/Tryston Scrivener/Brady Holm
• 1^st Place – Junior Women Compound – Taylor Klimchuk/Chyler Sanders/Nattasha Shpak
• 2^nd Place – Junior Women Compound – Waasayah Munro-Soldier/Kara Richards/Bryanne Lameg
• 3^rd Place – Senior Women Recurve – Janna Hawash/Cleo Wermann-Thorn/Ann Lalonde

Individual – Archers making Top 10 in their respective category

• Cadet Women Barebow – Amy Platt – 8^th
• Cadet Women Recurve – Janna Hawash – 10^th
• Senior Women Recurve Open (Para) – Carolyn Lindner – 4^th
• Senior Men Compound Open (Para) – Rob Cox 4^th

Full individual and team results can be found at the links below:

Individual Results

Team Results

Despite the many challenges faced in 2020, our archery community was provided the opportunity to have a limited indoor and outdoor season this past year.  During this time, there were notable performances in the Canadian Indoor Regional Championship, great local events, and well attended learn to shoot and development programs. This year Archery Manitoba has been forced to cancel our Annual Awards Banquet, and will provide online recognition to athletes, volunteers and coaches. Archery Manitoba will be awarding the Rising Star (Male & Female), Coach of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year Awards. In light of the limitation to compete in major out of province competitions in 2020, the 3D & Target Archer of the Year Awards will not be presented.

We ask that our members and partner clubs help us recognize deserving athletes, coaches and volunteers by online nomination by December 16, 2020.

Online Nomination: https://forms.gle/xcM9ph5RLaVwzUjRA

Annual Awards  

The following awards are currently open for nomination:

Rising Star Award (Male and Female): In recognition of the Manitoba Youth Archers (Cadet & under) with the most outstanding achievement(s) in provincial, national or international archery in the past year.

Glenn Lewer Memorial Coach of the Year Award: Awarded to the Coach who has contributed the most to developing archery in the province of Manitoba during the previous year.

Roger Garrod Memorial Volunteer of the Year: Awarded to the volunteer who has contributed the most to developing archery with in the province of Manitoba during the previous year.