Awards September 2011 Scottish Best Sports Event AWARDS The Archery World Cup Final 2010 Edinburgh won the prestigious Scottish Best Sports Event Best Sports Event award at Scottish Event Awards. This shows WORLD CUP FINAL that not only the archery family but the experts in event Istanbul 2011 management appreciate the efforts made by our team that we are Longines Prize for Precision more than a sport competition but a true event. MANAGEMENT SEMINAR Invitation The event fought off strong competition from another Edinburgh MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS contender, the World Youth Climbing Championships—both events Great Britain took place in what was dubbed Edinburgh's 'Super September of TIZOCATA in Benin Sport'. DEVELOPEMENT Calendar 2011-2012 Sport for All Conference The event also has shown that there was a strong public interest COACHING in Scotland for archery, since the event was not only a success on World Archery Seminar television but also on site. MEAC ACTIVITIES Bhutan and Tonga PARA-ARCHERY Stoke Mandeville Open Paralympic Quota Places ARCHERY FAN REPORTERS Season 2 PAST EVENTS Event Questionnaire World Cup Stage 4 Shanghai GB National Series FUTURE EVENTS World Indoor Championships Indoor World Cup PERFORMANCES World Records CONTACTS Member Associations INTERPRETATIONS Recurve Bow Sight Pin "This is fantastic for the city of Edinburgh, Event Scotland, Rare Management and World Archery since it has shown that our sport Calendar Highlights really made a difference," stated Tom DIELEN, World Archery Page 11 Secretary General. "We were delighted to work with our friends from Edinburgh and Scotland and we hope to work once more with them in the future." Partners & Associates The World Cup Grand Final is the second archery event from last Page 12 year to be honoured with an award. The Archery GB National Series Grand Final at Leamington the week before the Edinburgh event won the award for the best sports event hosted in the West Midlands in 2010. Read more on www.worldarchery.org , section World Archery > Olympic Test Event News > Archives > 2011 > 21 September 2011. 2-10 October 2011 September 2011 World Archery Newsletter Page 2 World Cup Final Istanbul 2011 The 32 best archers of the world gathered on 24-25 September 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey for the Archery World Cup Final 2011. The Kucuksu Palace, on the Asian banks of the Bosphorus Strait, was the site of the event. Pan American Games 14-30 October 2011 The defending champion Brady ELLISON (USA) won a second crown in the recurve men's category. He beat DAI Xiaoxiang (CHN) in the gold final. CHENG Ming, another Chinese, won the women's title against 17-year old Deepika KUMARI (IND). The men's bronze medal went to Dmytro HRACHOV (UKR) who defeated the young Gael PREVOST (FRA). On the women's side, Berengere SCHUH (FRA) won 3rd place against JUNG Dasomi Asian Championships and CQT (KOR). In the mixed event the Korean double OH Jin-Hyek/JUNG 18-24 October 2011 Dasomi defeated the local pair Yagiz YILMAZ/Natalia NASARIDZE. Parapan American Games 7-22 November 2011 Brady Ellison (USA) CHENG Ming (CHN) The three compound gold medals at stake were clinched by USA. Rodger WILLET Jr won the individual men's title against his fellow 10-11 December 2011 countryman Reo WILDE. Erika ANSCHUTZ was crowned on the female side, defeating another American Christie COLIN. The mixed team match against the host country also turned in favour of WILLET and COLIN. The individual bronze medals went to the Italians Sergio PAGNI and Marcella TONIOLI. Olympic Games 27 July-12 August 2012 Rodger WILLET Jr (USA) Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) Longines Prize for Precision Paralympic Games The 2011 Archery World Cup season came to an end this week- 29 August-9 September 2012 end in Istanbul. As the athletes who shot the most 10s during the season Rodger WILLETT JR (USA) and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) won World Archery the Longines Prize for Precision! International Archery Federation Maison du Sport International The Longines Prize for Precision for archery was launched in 2010. Avenue de Rhodanie 54 The two most precise archers during the World Cup season from 1007 Lausanne - Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)21 614 30 50 two categories will win the trophy, a watch and a 5,000 Swiss Fax: +41 (0)21 614 30 55 francs prize. In 2011, the compound athletes who shoot the most Email: [email protected] 10s during all individual qualifications and matches as of the 1/16 Website: www.worldarchery.org eliminations of the World Cup won the Longines Prize for Precision. September 2011 World Archery Newsletter Page 3 On the men’s side, it all came down to the last match between the Americans Rodger WILLETT Jr and Reo WILDE! WILLETT won the first three stages. However, WILDE came back very close thanks to his magnificent victory in Shanghai. In the Istanbul, both archers won their quarterfinal and semifinals to reach the gold medal match. Trailing by four 10s, WILDE still had the chance to catch WILLETT on the finish line for the World Cup title and the Longines Prize. But WILLETT won the gold final 143-141 (adding 9 more 10s out of 15 arrows for a total of 424 tens) to show he was the true champion of the season! On the women’s side, it was a close race between Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA), Laura LONGO (ITA), Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) and Christie COLIN (USA). LONGO arrived in Istanbul with the smallest lead over ANSCHUTZ (276 to 275), while LOGINOVA had 262 and COLIN 255. With her losses in quarterfinals in Istanbul LONGO and LOGINOVA stopped contending for the Prize. ANSCHUTZ and COLIN went all the way to the gold final, but the latter trailed her teammate by too many 10s. At the end ANSHCHUTZ showed that she was best compound women archer of the year with a victory 142-138. She won Stage 1 in Porec, ranked 2nd in Ogden and Shanghai, won the Final in Istanbul and the Longines Prize for Precision with 304 tens for the season! Management Seminar Invitation In line with the World Archery World Plan 2007-2012, the next stage of the plan and with the aim of empowering their Member Associations (MAs), World Archery will hold a Management Seminar on 18-20 November 2011 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This seminar is aimed at MAs' chief executives, mainly General Secretaries, CEO's and/or Presidents depending on the size and structure of the federation. The objective of the seminar is to strengthen the networking between MAs by sharing successful stories and concrete projects that can be replicated in other countries in order to increase management efficiency. This is also the start for the World Archery Plan 2012-2017 to deliver assistance to MAs and to transfer knowledge and experience between members. The complete invitation letter and registration form are available on www.worldarchery.org , section World Archery > News > Archives > 2011 > 5 September 2011. Member Associations Great Britain As the Olympic sport with the richest of history, it was appropriate that Britain's Parliament was host of an archery tournament. This event took place on the Speakers' Green on Monday, 5 September 2011. It was one of the events being staged to mark Archery GB's 150th anniversary. The Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Nicky HUNT was there to give some expert advice to several adversaries. Among the rivalries were the Culture Secretary Jeremy HUNT MP, and his Parliamentary Shadow, Ivan LEWIS MP, and other Members of Parliament who went along to have a go at one of the country's fastest growing sports. The event was organised by Huw IRRANCA-DAVIES MP, the Parliamentary sponsor for archery in the countdown to next year's London Olympic Games. An enthusiastic sportsman, Mr IRRANCA- DAVIES is no new convert to archery—he has been involved in the sport for many years, particularly since the establishment of groups in his constituency, and is now looking forward to making Parliamentary history. September 2011 World Archery Newsletter Page 4 Archery now has over 30 thousand regular participants throughout the UK, and with the sports' profile rising in the countdown to London 2012, new recruits to the sport are turning up. Only recently, archery came out on top in an AXA sponsored opinion poll of young people throughout the country when asked about the Olympic sport they would most like to take up if given the chance. Read more on www.worldarchery.org , section World Archery > News > News from Federations > 1 September 2011. TIZOCATA Tournament in Benin From 8-11 September, the 3rd edition of the "Tournoi International des Zones Centre et Ouest Afrique de Tir à l’Arc" (TIZOCATA) was held in Cotonou (Benin) under the projectors of media and honoured by several VIPs. The Opening Ceremony was chaired by the Director of the cabinet of the Sports Minister on Thursday, 8 September. The Sports Minister Mr Didier APLOGAN came to support the archers the afternoon of Friday, 9. The archers competed at the Friendship stadium in recurve bow at 70m, standard bow at 30m and bamboo bow at 25m. From each distance, the archers shot two times 36 arrows. Just like in major international tournaments, the finals were shot in an attractive venue: the Fidjrosse beach. The qualified archers shot head-to-head matches. Medal Ranking: Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze 1st BENIN 7 5 4 2nd R.D.CONGO 1 3rd TOGO 1 1 4th NIGER 1 In this third edition, there were two new participating countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger. As usual in this tournament, there was a competition between the new countries to encourage their participation.