For the first time in the history of archery in South Africa, the country will be hosting the Continental Youth Olympic Qualifier, which will run concurrently with the Continental Games and National Championships.  Granted World Ranking Status, the event is expected to be the showcase of archery on the continent, backed with the support of the national government, Department of Sport and Recreation, The National Lottery and Archery South Africa.
The world standard event runs between 24-27 April in the countries capital, Pretoria and the organising committee extends an invitation to archers from all over the world to participate. Consisting of a FITA ranking round, and followed by the set-system of eliminations, this premiere event will be run at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria, which offers world class facilities for the athletes and officials.
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[html] 9 March 2010.  It was indeed an exciting day when three South African Archers took to the line at the Federation of African Archery Continental Games in Ain El Sokhna (Egypt).  Competing in the Compound Women category is Jorina Coetzee, Karen Hulzer in Recurve Women and Riaan Crowther in Compound Men. In the ranking round, of the six categories, Egypt took top place in four and South Africa two.  Riaan’s (CM 1^st) score was confirmed as 340-349 (689), Jorina (CW 1^st) 343-337 (680) and Karen (RW 7^th) 271-274 (545).  Jorina was leading by 53 points which placed her against Sara Nabil of Egypt in the gold medal match.  Riaan with a two point lead to shoot in the quarter finals against Mohamed Farhi  (MAR) and Karen trailing by 49 points from the number one seeded archer to shoot against Shehzana Anwar of Kenya in the 1/8 match.  The eliminations start today 9 March.
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11h30.  In wind that (according to Jorina) would put Cape Town to shame, she shot a 97 to beat Egypt in the semi-final and tomorrow will compete in the gold medal match.  Riaan progressed against Morocco in a 103:97 12-arrow match to qualify for the semi-finals which will still take place today.  Karen is scheduled to complete with the recurve women later this afternoon.

12h00 With Namibia commenting about extreme wind, Riaan progressed to the gold medal match, beating Pieter vd Merwe (NAM) 104:98. 
Ain El Sokhna (Egypt).  On the first day of the 8^th FAA Championships, over 70 archers from 10 African countries took to the practice line today in 36 degree weather in preparation for the ranking round to take place tomorrow.  In an impressive opening ceremony, where the national band in traditional uniform entertained the crowds, President of the FAA (Andrew Omala) , Secretary General of FITA (Tom Dielen) and President of the Egyptian Archery Federation (Dr Aladin Gabr)  noted the growth in Africa and representation throughout the continent.  The top archers from Africa will be competing for 12 medals in all categories.

Annetjie Van Wynegaard of Grocotts Mail reports that the annual Eastern Province archery championships took place on the Rhodes University Great Field on  Sunday.
The competition was hosted by the Rhodes Archery Club and took the form of a Fita 720 round. The Federation Internationale de Tir a l’Arc /International Archery Federation (Fita) governs the sport.
The archers shot 72 arrows each; with six arrows a turn after which elimination rounds took place according to ranking.  The competitors with the highest and the lowest score competed first in the bronze medal match. The winners of the bronze match went on to the gold medal match and the winners of the gold medal match received a gold medal with the runner-up receiving a silver medal.  This was the first Fita 720 form of the competition in a long time, said Mike Wish, Rhodes archery club captain and competitor.
The reason for this is that 720 rounds are a requirement at certain international events this year. This year is a  Commonwealth Games year so 720-rounds are held to prepare South African archers to represent South Africa internationally.

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10 African nations will be competing in the 8th Federation African Archery Championship next week in Egypt.  They are South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Mauritius, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Benin, Libya, Morocco and the host nation Egypt.  The championships, which consists of a 720 round and eliminations is sanctioned by World Archery and runs between 7-11 March at Ain Sokhna.  Representing South Africa will be Riaan Crowther (CM), Karen Hultzer and Jorina Coetzee (CW).

The South African Masters Sports Association (SAMSA) have announced that Port Elizabeth has won the bid to host the 7th SA Masters Games.  Nelson Mandela Bay will be the host for the games which takes place between 27 April - May 1 2011 and archery will be included in the disciplines.  Further information will appear on our website as an when they become available.

South Africa will be competing in the 8th Federation of African Archery Championships  to be held at Ain Sokhna (Egypt) between 6-12 March.   Meeting the team selection were archers Riaan Crowther (CM), Karen Hultzer and Jorina Coetzee (CW) who will be shooting against the continents top archers in the 720 and elimination.  The team leaves for Egypt on Friday 5 March and carries with them the good wishes of SANAA and the expectation of returning back home with Continental medals.