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The Dinefwr Winter Shoot will take place on February 26th 2012 and will feature an International round. The club have advised that there will be the usual hot and cold food and drinks available throughout the day. There is ample parking and good toilet facilities on site.
The entry list will be posted shortly
The Red Kite Winter Shoot took place at the Broad Oak course, near Llandeilo on 29th January 2012 and featured a Marked Animal round.
With snow forecast and bitterly cold conditions a small band of dedicated field archers made the trip out west. Not surprisingly, every archer had finished the course by 2.30pm and found themselves back at the clubhouse for hot drinks!
The WFAA would like to thanks Cyril for putting on the shoot and a special thanks to Jean for doing the hot food and drinks that kept us all going.
The Welsh National Coach Ray Howells returned from the United States on 15th November where he has spent the past two weeks being trained to Level 3 of the new IFAA International Coaching System.
We are happy to report that Ray was successful in both the level 1 to 3 coaching course and the Masters Course. We have received word that Ray has been authorised by the IFAA Coaching Director Lynne Fairhall to develop and certify coaches up to Level 3 in due course.
With his successful completion of the course, Ray will now become the WFAA Director of Coaching in line with IFAA protocols and assumes responsibility for all aspects of coaching within Wales henceforward.
trained with Ray at the Easton Centre in November
The rollout of the system will commence in early 2012 when Ray will begin the task of training all WFAA coaches to Level 1 and 2 standard. Prior to this, we will be running an introductory session to brief the coaches on what to expect from the new coaching qualifications.
The WFAA General Committee congratulates Ray on becoming Wales' first IFAA qualified coach. We wish Ray well with the rollout of the WFAA coaching system and ask our members to give him your full support.
Details of the newly established IFAA International Coaching System can be found by following the Coaching Structure link on the left hand navigation bar.
The first stage of our roll out of the system will be a course to train coaches to Level 1 and 2. This will involve 4 weekends of training and assessment which we are aiming to hold beginning in April.
The cost of the course is expected to be around £100 per applicant and this will be confirmed shortly. We will also be inviting applicants for the course in the next few weeks.
Additional information on the coaching courses was provided by Ray Howells on 15th January.
Members are advised that the IFAA has confirmed that the World Field Archery Championships will go ahead in Argentina on the originally advertised dates of 28th October to 3rd November 2012. However, the venue has now been moved from Tandil to Miramar. The change of venue was due to volcanic activity in the Tandil area which might have affected the safety of competitors.
Miramar is a popular resort town on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, approximately 3 hours drive south of the capital city, Buenos Aires. Registration for Welsh archers wishing to take part will be done through the IFAA Representative, Mat Symmonds. If you are interested in taking part in this tournament, please contact Mat Symmonds for more details and advice on travel arrangements.
For full details, please visit the WFAC 2012 website
Welsh and Open Indoor Championships 2012
Sponsored by Wales Archery Specialist
The Welsh & Open Indoor Championships 2012 was held at Pentref Bowmen's Clubhouse at Ton Pentre, Rhondda on Sunday 15th January. This year was a particularly memorable occasion because we had the largest attendance ever. This included not only archers from within Wales but a good number who travelled from England and Scotland to compete for the
Welsh Open titles.
The WFAA General Committee wishes to thank our sponsors, Wales Archery Specialist and our Lord Paramount, Steve Kendrick, Vice President of the IFAA. We would also like to thank Pentref Bowmen for providing the venue and everyone who attended for making it an outstanding tournament.
2012 Welsh National Squad Announced
The WFAA General Committee offers its congratulations to the following archers who have been selected for the Welsh National Field Archery (Ddraig) Squad:
Geraint Thomas GBM, AMFU/PMFU (Blandy Jenkins AC)
Alex Bridgman, AMFU/PMFU (Pentref Bowmen)
Dave Home GBM, AMFU/PMFU (Blandy Jenkins AC)
Colin Ketley, AMFU (Llantwit Major Archers)
Jak Kent, AMFU (Llantwit Major Archers)
Claire Hamilton Jones, AFFU (Tudor Rose Archers)
Anna Ritchie, JFFU (Tudor Rose Archers)
Neil Bowdler GBM, AMFSR (Dinefwr Archers)
Mathew Symmonds GBM, AMFSR (Blandy Jenkins AC)
Chris Gray SBM, JMFSR (Llantwit Major Archers)
Peter Hatherley, AMFSR (Llantwit Major Archers)
Nathan Trew, AMFSR (Llantwit Major Archers)
Kevin Bridgman, AMFSC (Pentref Bowmen)
Paul Watson, AMBBR (Llantwit Major Archers)
Nigel Kent GBM, AMBU (Llantwit Major Archers)
Gary Hart GBM, AMBHC (Hawk Archers)
Mike Mattingley, AMLB (Llantwit Major Archers)
Sandra Russell, AFLB (Margam Archers)
Graham Anderson, AMLB (Margam Archers)
Good luck to all members of the Squad and its coaches for
your training during 2012.
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February 26th
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