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.

Bellavista School is an independent preparatory school for children with learning potential, who are experiencing specific or generalised learning difficulties which prevent them from achieving success in a mainstream school environment.  It is one of the schools that have identified archery as a means towards an end and has adopted the Feathers & Arrows development program.  The first young archers will receive their awards on 20th August, where the SANAA Treasurer, Aurelle Medalie will be presenting the pins to those students who have qualified.

In response to the request for a more formalised coaching structure after the recent coaching workshop hosted by the WPAA, a presentation of the Feathers and Arrows programme will be held on Saturday the 31st July at 10:30 am at the Protea Archery Club, Main Road Retreat. The Feathers and Arrows programme offers an easy to follow, step by step system for coaches and students  and has been under utilised in the recent past

The coaching workshop was very well attended and it was exciting to see a renewed interest from skilled archers as well as "newbies", wanting to become involved in coaching novices .Congratulations to Dave Morris and JJ van Rensburg, who were presented with their Novice Coach badges.

All are welcome to attend .The presentation will be followed by a discussion .For further information and to reserve your place please contact Karen Hultzer


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"Come and celebrate Women's Day at the Protea Archery club in Main Road Retreat on Monday the 9th August at 10:30am.Equipment will be available and archers will be on hand to teach you the basics.  For experienced archers there will be a 30 arrow tournament 

All ages are welcome so bring  along your daughter, sister , aunt, mother and grandmother.For further information please contact Tracey.

Charmaine Ho Reports from Johannesburg.  "On Sunday, 18 July in the spirit of Mandela Day, an event was held at Marks Park Archery Club called “67 Arrows for Mandela Day”.  Here the archers of Marks Park Archery Club and Kyudo Renmei South Africa as well as some visitors shot 67 arrows in a fun shoot and we collected donations for charity from the participants.  Monetary donations as well as donations of clothes, magazines and toys were received."   Cotlands was chosen by the Marks Park Club as the recipient of the collections, which will be handed over on Saturday, at which time the representative of the club has been invited to tour the premises and to see the work they do.  SANAA salutes Marks Park and all the other clubs who raised money and goods for various charities around the country this weekend.

The Free State Archery Association has released a list of accommodation venues available for archers for what is expected to be one of the largest indoor national championships held in the country to date.  The tournament, which caries both FITA and SANAA Sanction will determine the 2010 Indoor Archery Champion of the country.  The competition will consist of an Indoor Match Ranking Round (60 arrows at 18m), followed by eliminations.  Members can register for the tournament on line.  The Championships will run on the 9th and 10th of October in Bloemfontein

New bylaws were approved by the FITA Council regarding the number of arrows in the Team Elimination Round and shoot-offs in the Compound Match Round, with effect of 1 August 2010 and affect the new competition format of Hit/Miss Round for teams and individuals.

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SASCOC, the SA Sports and Olympic Confederation has announced that archery will be part of the SA 17 sports disciplines competing at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi between 4-10 October.  Four archers will be representing South Africa.  The compound mens team consists of Dr Nico Benade, Seppie Ciliers and Jacobus de Wet (Koos) de Wet.  Jorina Coetzee, the current world silver medalist will be shooting in the compound women category. 

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The same team will be representing South Africa at the 4th Leg of the World Cup in Shanghai, China.  In line with SASCOC's high performance policy, the national olympic committee will officially take over the preparation for Team South Africa today.  SASCOC selected Mrs Barbara Manning, the Gold Squiad Manager as the team manager.  SANAA Congratulates these athletes and the team on their achievements and selection.  Read more...