Membership is open to all archers who are members in good standing of a club affiliated to a province. All club members, in turn, are associate members. Associate members are permitted to participate in the development programme. 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. Members are required to renew their membership each year.

Membership is a requirement to participate in SANAA and FITA sanctioned tournaments, including the national championships. Existing members are sent their membership renewal automatically. To join the SA National Archery Association, download the membership form and fax them through to The Treasurer on the numbers indicated on the form.

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In order to view the league scores, Gold Squad Weighted Averages and download the SA Archer, then you need to register on the web site.  Simply click on the Signup link and complete the requested information.  A few seconds later you will receive a verification email to verify your address.  Use the login name and password you selected to log into the web site and you can participate in the forums, e-shop and host of facilities the web site offers. If you are a member in good standing of a SANAA recognised club, click here to join SANAA.

Archery is a sport for all seasons, indoor or outdoor, for all people, whatever the gender, age of physical ability.  It's a versatile sport and can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be.  So, try it and find your nearest club.Log your details on our signup pages and you will have full access to hints, tips and a host of information to help you along.
Our Provincial Associations have been kitted with a full development programme for aspiring archers, called the Feathers and Arrows Program.  It starts you with the basics and systematically grows your skill to as high a level as you desire.

Saturday the 4th September heralded the 60th Madame Skorupska Tournament held at the Protea Archery Club in Retreat in Cape Town. Madame Skorupska was a gold medal winner in the Archery World Championships in 1938 where she participated as a  member of the Polish team.She emigrated to South Africa after the Second World War and brought her love of archery with her. Her archery talents and her dedication to disabled archers are commemorated on the  first Saturday of September when archers in the Cape take to the line dressed in red. This year there were 39 competitors.

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The final edit of the promotional archery v i d e o  which was shot at the Protea  Archery Club is available  on You Tube.An example of fine shooting all round

The 4th Leg of the Archery World Cup, which ended in Shanghai, China this weekend was the pre-preparation tournament for the South African Team selected by the South African Sport and Olympic Committee to participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held in India in a few weeks.  In analyzing the performance, South Africa ranked highly amongst the Commonwealth countries, with the expectations of returning home with medals from  India.  The team returns home tomorrow, after winning the CM silver medal.  View the photographs in our gallery.

For the first time Olifantsfontein Club in Middelburg was hosting the Mpumalanga SANAA Indoor Championships and as the procedure was new to them, I was honoured to be invited to ensure the smooth running of the event and teach them the ropes.  Kobie du Preez, a Provincial judge, was there to officiate, so once the range had been checked and a few rules explained by her, we were off to a good start.  Being new in the area, the entry was not a big one, but all who were there put their best arrows forward and completed their ranking event of 60 arrows without a hitch.  Congratulations to those of you who broke records in your respective styles – a great achievement indeed!

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Aurelle Medalie repoprts that Bellavista School has been running the Feather and Arrow Beginners Programme quite successfully for some time now and as each young archer achieves a certain level, they have been awarded their Feather or Arrow pins.  I was honoured to be invited to their assembly on the 20th August to hand out these awards to the kids who had qualified.  First up were the Red Feathers and, as the principal called their names, they were very excited to come up and be presented with their pin. There were at least 15 Red Feathers awarded.  Next up were those who had qualified for their Gold as well as Red Feathers.

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The Editor has released the September 2010 edition of the SA Archer.  Registered members can download the web version (1.5Mb) from the Main Menu, SA Archer Link.

This final featured the no. 13 against the no. 19 from qualifications! The 21-year-old TEASDALE has competed on the World Cup circuit since 2008. He placed 9th in Antalya and 8th in Ogden this year. Koos DE WET competes in his very first World Cup event here in Shanghai. He is new on the FITA circuit and his major achievement so far is a 2nd place at the African Continental Championships in April Pretoria.   Shaun TEASDALE won the first set 10-10-x10 to x10-8-9. He was perfect again in the second set, but the margin was closer this time (30-29). DE WET shot 29 points again in the third set to tie his opponent. The score moved to 5-1 for the archer from New Zealand. The match concluded with another set at 29 points from both archers. TEASDALE reached 6 set points to win the gold medal.  SANAA Congratulates Koos on this achievement.