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Welcome to the website of the South African National Archery Association

The South African National Archery Association (SANAA) is the national sports federation for target archery in South Africa. It is affiliated to a number of sporting bodies, including the international governing body World Archery, The Continental Archery Association and Archery South Africa. Welcome to our interactive website, inviting you to contribute to the growth of the sport. Once you have registered, you will be allowed to post comments, view league scores, post photographs to the gallery and have access to the national ranking and a host of archery information.

It's a Sport for All. Try it Today!
Archery is a sport for all seasons, indoor or outdoor, for all people, whatever the gender, age of physical ability. It's a versatile Olympic sport and can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. Simply find a club near you and explore the possibilities.
Our Provincial Archery Associations can offer you our Give-it-a-Go pathway program, designed to introduce you to the sport.

Membership of the South African National Archery Association (SANAA) is open to all archers who are members in good standing of a club affiliated to a province. You would need to be an associate member of the national body in order to follow our long-term development program.

There are many benefits to joining the Association, the greatest being that as a member you can contribute towards the growth and recognition of the sport.

Membership is also a requirement to participate in SANAA and World Archery sanctioned tournaments, including national, continental and international championships. The license to shoot in tournaments is included in your membership to SANAA.

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Eastern Cape Archery Championship

The Eastern Cape Archery Association invites you to take part in their 2012 outdoor Championship. The event takes place from the 25-26th February, at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. Any archer wishing to take part in the event can contact Robyn Martin on 082 306 3807 or by email at rhodesarchery@gmail.com

Posted by RobynHood on Friday 27 January 2012 - 12:27:35

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Carbineers Indoor Championships - PMBurg.

PMB Archery Club invites you to shoot in their first Indoor shoot for 2012, the "Carbineers Indoor Championships" on Sunday the 5th February 2012, at their venue, Natal Carbineers Drill Hall in Pietermaritzburg! This is a Double FITA Sanctioned Tournament!
Registration : 8am
1st Round at 9am
2nd Round at 12pm
Entry Fee: R160 for both rounds,
R 140 for single round
R50 extra for Non SANAA Members
To book your place on the line contact: Bernie on 072-3045319 or Email- pmbarchery@gmail.com
Debbie on 082-8707718 or Email- dj@thenet.co.za

Posted by Bern47 on Wednesday 25 January 2012 - 23:26:12

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Nationals 2012 to have TV Coverage

Archery Olympian Leanda Hendriks, who is actively involved in cycling, reports that the TV producers who cover the Rhodes Mountain Bike Race for SuperSport will also be covering the 62nd SA National Archery Championships to be held in Grahamstown in April. This is the first time that our sport will have national TV coverage at a major event. Details on the National Championships can be found on this link.

Posted by webmaster on Monday 23 January 2012 - 16:04:35

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Meulmed Rehabilitation Centre Back on Target with Para-Archery

Since being reconstituted as a sub-committee of the National Archery Association, Shaun Anderson, Chairman of Para-Archery SA, writes that they have been busy with a number of activities. Amongst them is the reintroduction of the sport as a means of physical rehabilitation at the Meulmed Rehabilitation Centre. Initiated by committee member, Dr Hans Myburg, he aims to have archery introduced at the Steve Biko Provincial Hospital in Pretoria. Other activities including preparing arrow sets for the Cape Receive School in Port Elizabeth, where they will officially take possession on 8 February of a range of new equipment, including the net, donated by Nyati Archery Club of East London. In addition, Para-Archery aims to expand in the Rustenburg area as its lacking a rehabilitation centre and archery can play an important role. More news about our Para-Archers can be found in the February edition of the SA Archer and the March edition of the SABowhunter. If you are able to assist our para-archers or require additional information, click here.

Posted by webmaster on Monday 23 January 2012 - 15:57:43

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Marks Park awards Prof Konrad van Warmelo Honorary Life Membership

At the Annual General Meeting of the Marks Park Morena Archery Club this weekend, the members of the club awarded Honorary Life Membership (Archery) to Prof Konrad van Warmelo. The award was made in recognition of the many years he has given to the sport and in particular to the club. The vote, undertaken by all members was unanimous. Prof Konrad can often be seen coaching at the club and is a Level 3 World Archery Coach and FITA Judge Emeritus.

Posted by webmaster on Monday 23 January 2012 - 15:24:02

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SANAA President Appoints Prof Konrad to Head 2016 Olympic Committee

The President of the South African National Archery Association (SANAA) has appointed Prof Konrad van Warmelo to chair the 2016 Olympic Committee, with the sole aim of having South Africa qualify at the World Championships for a place at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The appointment was made in terms of Article 12 of the SANAA Constitution. In making the announcement, SANAA President, Selwyn Moskovitz, said "We have called on his vast experience to drive this project. Prof van Warmelo has already drawn up a draft plan which starts with the talent identification with certain trigger points and culminating in a 2015 goal for qualification".
Prof Konrad van Warmelo has been involved in the sport for many years and amongst his many achievements, he is a FITA Judge Emeritus and Level III coach.
"I can think of no better person in South Africa to handle this project and to make our goal of qualifying for a place in Rio at the World Championships a reality", he added. The professor will be announcing the committee members shortly. Full details will be available in the SA Archer.

Posted by SANAA on Thursday 19 January 2012 - 14:09:11

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Nyati Archery Club Goes the Extra Mile and scores a perfect 10

It started this past weekend, when Elizabeth Barry, a physiotherapist at the Cape Recife School in Port Elizabeth mentioned that they use archery as a means of physical rehabilitation, but that they have hit a snag, as the area allocated can no longer be used because of the danger of passer-byes being in the line of fire. School regulations prohibit the purchase of second hand equipment, and in any event, the school did not have funds for the net.

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Posted by webmaster on Tuesday 17 January 2012 - 12:07:28

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Team South Africa Prepares for World Indoor Championships

Team manager, Aurelle Medalie reports. In October last year at the SANAA National Archery Championships the team to Las Vegas was announced. We have since then enjoyed a long December break and with the World Championships only three weeks away, it seemed appropriate to get back into the swing of things by hosting a training camp. This took place on the 14th January. Our thanks to SANAA for assisting archers from other provinces with their travel expenses. Thanks to the Bowshop for making their facility available to us for the day.

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Posted by SANAA on Tuesday 17 January 2012 - 10:35:41

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Deadline for Registration for the Long Term Development Program looms (23 January)

There are just a few days left to register for the South African National Archery Association (SANAA) workshop to be held in Johannesburg between 18-19 February.
On 18th November 2011, the Minister of Sport signed the declaration for the South African Coaching Framework, which is officially recognized as the official reference point and action plan for the development of the SA coaching system up to 2018. The plan, endorsed by the National Olympic Committee, of which Archery SA played a role, aims at creating a framework with three main pillars; System, Coaches and Impact. As a prelude to the Long Term Development Program (part of the coaching Framework), The South African National Archery Association (SANAA) will be hosting a weekend workshop on 18-19 February in Johannesburg. Speakers include delegates from the Sports Ministry and the National Olympic Committee, SASCOC. Each province is invited to send two delegates. SANAA will cover all costs of the delegates living outside Gauteng. Additional delegates will be accommodated at a cost of R500.00. Interested parties are requested to contact their provincial secretary for submission of the names of the delegates. The deadline for provincial secretaries to submit their delegates names is Monday 23 January 2012.

Posted by webmaster on Monday 16 January 2012 - 13:38:50

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SA Archery Olympic aspirations on SaFM

Nick of SaFm Sport interviewed Karen Hultzer & Graeme Lindner on their aspirations to secure a place for South Africa at the 2012 Olympics in London on Sunday the 15th January. Both emphasized the need for commitment and dedication and encouraged all those interested to visit their local club and “Give it a Go”. You can listen to the interview here.

Posted by tracikim on Monday 16 January 2012 - 13:00:33

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SANAA President Signs MOU with National Olympic Committee

In an attempt to have South Africa secure a place at the London 2012 Olympics, the National Association President, Selwyn Moskovitz, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the association and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee on the participation in the London 2012 Olympic Games. The purpose of the MOU is to record the defined areas of protocol applicable to the various stakeholders participation in the Games. In signing the document, the association president emphasized that should one of our high performance archers take first place in either the RM or RW category, the association would pursue the National Olympic Committee for a place on the line at the London Olympics.

Posted by SANAA on Monday 16 January 2012 - 12:35:06

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Para-Archery SA Looking for a Logo

The newly elected committee of Para-Archery South Africa is looking for a new logo that would accurately depict the sport. The aim is to create a new logo to be used for Para-Archery South Africa and which will be used in all official events and correspondence. The new logo is intended to show Archery, which is an Olympic sport, not only as a traditional sport, but also one with a new, modern and dynamic character. In addition, the new design should express and incorporate: the contemporary elements of graphic design, the concept of archery as a match play sport, the precision and elegance of archery, any or all symbolic elements of archery, i.e., bow, arrow, archer, target.

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Posted by webmaster on Monday 16 January 2012 - 12:19:29

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SANAA President exercises Article 12 Rights

In terms of Article 12 of the SANAA Constitution, "Sub-Committees, with specific assignments, may be appointed by the President. Its members may be drawn from the Council and from co-opted persons at the discretion of the President"
Today, the president of the South African National Archery Association, Selwyn Moskovitz, exercised this right to form the Para-Archery South Africa Committee, formalizing the meeting which took place between interested parties in Johannesburg this weekend. This move legitimizes Para-Archery as a formal entity, subject to the benefits of the association.

Posted by webmaster on Monday 16 January 2012 - 12:12:09

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New Committee Elected to Para Archery South Africa

The South African National Archery Association (SANAA) Para-Archery Committee has just been elected and has begun the year with a number of plans over the next few months after meeting in Johannesburg for a new dispensation to raise the profile of para-archery.
Under the auspices of Archery South Africa (ASA), all interested parties were invited to attend a meeting to decide the future of para-archery in the country. The meeting was attended by ASA President, Marietjie Kleingeld and chaired by ASA vice-president, Selwyn Moskovitz.

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Posted by webmaster on Monday 16 January 2012 - 12:05:16

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Invitation: 2012 World University Championship

We have received an invitation from the organisers of the 2012 World University Championships. The event is scheduled to take place in Spain from 4-7 July and is open to all members who are registered at recognized universities in South Africa. The competitors must be born between January 1st, 1984 and December 31st, 1994. The tournament is run under the auspices of University Sport South Africa (USSA). Full details of the tournament can be found on this link. If you are interested in participating, please contact the SANAA Secretary.

Posted by webmaster on Monday 16 January 2012 - 11:50:00

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