SANAA as the National Federation is now responsible for all archery in South Africa. What role does it have to play, and what role do other national archery associations have to contribute?

These, and many more questions need to be asked, debated and solutions found.

To this end, the president of the National Federation, Selwyn Moskovitz, invites you to attend the 2013 National Archery Indaba, which will be held at the Marks Park Club on Saturday 1 June at 10h00.

All interested parties are welcome to have their say in an open, unrestricted forum.

In order to cater for facilities, please confirm your attendance on this link.

The course is presented each quarter as soon after the new school term starts as possible. There is no advertising other than word of mouth and the first session of the July course is almost fully booked already. But the most important fact is that from each course a number of the participants join the club an get involved in the sport, which, after all, is what it's all about isn't it?

It also marks the second consecutive weekend that Yankton hosts a prestigious event — the complex hosted two last weekend.

“This tournament is not a huge numbers one, but I’d rather have three smaller tournaments than one large one with 500 people,” said Bruce Cull, the National Field Archery Association (NFAA) president.

The 3-day tournament will feature two lines each day, in which archers shoot 60 arrows per day. A perfect round would be 300 and a perfect weekend would be 900 — not exactly a rare feat, Smit said.

Yankton, which previously hosted the World Bowhunter Championships in 2009, was given the site of this year’s tournament as the North American representative.

A new bylaw prevents the World Indoor Championships from being held jointly with the NFAA Nationals, like it was last year in Las Vegas, Cull said. Now, the World Indoors rotates by continent.

“This is better in the long run,” Cull said. “It doesn’t put emphasis on one over the other.”

The differences in tournaments between the World Indoors and anything else can also mean a “unique” group, he added.

“The people here are really the best,” Cull said. “These are the archers with deep roots in the sport. They don’t fight for big money.”

True to form, there is no big trophy lurking around the complex or giant checks to hand out at an awards ceremony.

Instead, champions will receive a patch that says “World Family of Archers.”

With no prerequisite or necessary score to enter, the World Indoors is truly a come-one-come-all format, Smit said.

“Unlike the Olympics or any of the other national shoots, this is open to anyone,” he said. “There is no pre-qualifying; it’s absolutely an open event.”

The United States will boast the highest number of archers, but South Africa will rank a close second with between 25-30 competitors, Smit estimated.

With travel costs ranging as high as $2,500, yes, the action can be competitive.

“They come here to win, not to play around,” Smit said.

With the tournament being held in the United States, those archers from other countries who wouldn’t normally see each other relish the chance to interact, he said.

“When we have indoor championships in Europe, you see more countries because they’re closer together and the travel isn’t a problem,” Smit said. “They all know each other. Here, it’s a whole new crowd.”

SASCOC is South Africa’s national multi-coded sporting body responsible for the preparation, presentation and performance of teams to all multi-coded events, namely the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Games, All Africa Games, Olympic Youth Games, Commonwealth Youth Games and Zone VI Games.

The organisation is responsible for the awarding for National Protea Colours to athletes or officials who have met the criteria to represent South Africa in different sporting codes and arenas and also endorse the applications for bidding and hosting of international events.

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