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CONGRESS MINUTES August 2007

Errata This Month's Headlines The exact number of FITA Member Associations after the CONGRESS MINUTES Leipzig Congress in July 2007 is 137 and not 139 as shown Errata by mistake on page 2 of the Congress minutes document, in JUDGES Item 6 – Affiliations. The requested amendment to these Mr Harold R. Kremer (USA) minutes will be formally submitted to the approval of the Mr René Lin (MON) FITA Congress in 2009. Seminar in Canada WEB TV World Cup and Test Event JUDGES DEVELOPMENT Benin applies for Membership Mr Harold R. Kremer (USA) MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Recently FITA was informed that the retired FITA Judge Mr Updates Harold R. Kremer passed away on 6 February 2007. The ANTI-DOPING cause of his death was congestive heart failure due to Registered Testing Pool complications related to Myasthenia Gravis. EVENTS 2007 Olympic Test Event Harold Kremer was born on 29 May 1921. was a South Pacific Games passion of his that started in the late sixties and lasted until FUTURE EVENTS he died. He continued to shoot until 2005 when his failing World Cup 2008 strength would no longer allow him to do so. Harold was a Indoor Worlds 2009 US, International and Olympic Judge. He was the USA Asian Games 2010 Archery Team manager for the 1980 Olympics. FITA WEB TV www.archery.tv Mr René Lin (MON) It is with great sadness that the Archery Association of Monaco announced the passing of Mr René Lin, one of its CALENDAR most important members, on 20 August 2007. Mr Lin was a well appreciated FITA International Judge and was a great HIGHLIGHTS contributor to Archery in Monaco. See page 5

FITA expresses our heartfelt condolences to both Mr Partners Kremer’s and Mr Lin’s families and friends. & Associates Seminar in Canada See page 6 Three COPARCO Continental Judges passed their exams to become International Judge Candidates in the seminar held International Archery Federation in Toronto, Canada, on 810 August. The new candidates are Maison du Sport International Linda Cockrell (USA), Michael Camacho (PUR) and Cesar Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Araujo (MEX). Phone: +41 (0)21 614 30 50 Fax: +41 (0)21 614 30 55 The seminar was very well organized by the Canadian Email: [email protected] Federation of Archers and also served to train new Continental Judges for COPARCO: Canada (7) and USA (2).

The seminar was conducted by FITA Judge Committee Member Sergio Font, who was accompanied in the examining board by FITA Target Archery Committee Member Gloria Rosa. They were both very impressed by the level of all the participants. South Pacific Games

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WEB TV

World Cup Stage 4 and Test Event The last qualifying stage of the Meteksan in Dover was a great success. All final matches as well as 26min highlights are now available on www.archery.tv . Furthermore, archery fans can watch matches from the recent World Championships in Leipzig and very soon Asian Championships images of the Olympic Test Event in (end of August). FITA’s TV features World Cup matches since its beginnings in 2006 as well as magnificent images of the World Championships since 1959.

DEVELOPMENT

Benin applies to the FITA membership This country has submitted a membership application file AAF Grand Prix 2007 conformed to our rule 1.4.2.

According to our rule 1.4.3 the current FITA Member Associations and the members of the FITA Council, have 60 days for rising in writing to the FITA office any objection to this request of membership.

Without any serious objection within these 60 days (November 1, 2008), a temporary FITA membership will be World University Championships granted to the “Fédération Béninoise de Tir à l’Arc” until our 2009 Congress. During this FITA Congress the final membership of this National Archery Association will be submitted to a vote.

MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

Olympic Games Updates

 KAZ / The Archery Federation has changed their address to:

Abaya Avenue 48 Central stadium Almaty Republic of Kazakhstan Phone/Fax +7 (727) 2924847 Email: [email protected] Field Worlds 2008  NEP / At its General Assembly on 12 August 2007 the Nepal Archery Association has elected a new President and Secretary General:

Mr SHRESTHA Laxman Kumar President Mr GURUNG Dipak Raj Secretary General

These elections were conducted by Chief Election Officer Mr Om Prasad Thapaliya and supervised by a representative of the Nepal Olympic Committee Mr. Indoor Worlds 2009 Sunil Raj Karnikar.

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 PHI / At the General Council Meeting on 11 August 2007, the National Archery Association of the Philippines (NAAP) has elected seven new Board Members:

Ms Ma. Teresa R. Lim President & Member, Board of Trustees Mrs Virginia Sering Vice President & Member, 2010 Board of Trustees

Ms Ligaya P. Manalang Secretary General, Treasurer & Member, Board of Trustees Councilor Renato R. Bartolome Auditor & Member, Board of Trustees Atty. Ruperto T. Sampoleo Member, Board of Trustees Arch. Rosendo Sombrio Member, Board of Trustees Dr Juan Ma. Pablo R. Nañagas Member, Board of Trustees

 USA / Ms Jane Johnson is the interim President of the National Archery Association of the United States until their new elections in November.

ANTI-DOPING

FITA Registered Testing Pool The FITA Registered Testing Pool of those athletes who are required to provide whereabouts information to FITA has been updated in order to take into account the results of the World Outdoor Target Archery Championships 2007, the Beijing Qualification process, and the latest updates in the World Rankings.

32 Men and 34 Women from 29 countries have then been added. They are:

David BARNES, HaNeul KIM (AUS) Gladys WILLEMS (BEL) Daniel PAVLOV (BUL) Jay LYON, Hugh MAC DONALD, Dietmar TRILLUS (CAN) Lin JIANG, Feng Bo WU, Ling CHEN, Dan GUO, Ling ZHAO (CHN) Ana Maria RENDON, Sigrid ROMERO (COL) Niels DALL, Martin DAMSBO, Louise LAURSEN (DEN) Thomas AUBERT, Amandine BOUILLOT, Sophie DODEMONT (FRA) Simon TERRY, Alan WILLS, Charlotte BURGESS, Naomi FOLKARD (GBR) Kristina ESEBUA, Khatuna NARIMANIDZE (GEO) Jens PIEPER, Vernika HAIDN TSCHALOVA (GER) Elpida ROMANTZI (GRE) L. Bombayla DEVI, Chekrovolu SWURO (IND) Vaezi HOJJATOLAH, Akram SHABANI (IRI) Mauro NESPOLI, Natalia VALEEVA (ITA) Takaharu FURUKAWA, Sayoko KITABATAKE (JPN) Anastassiya BANNOVA (KAZ) Yeon Chul KIM, Chang Hwan LEE, Eun Young CHOI, Hye Yeon LEE (KOR) Chu Sian CHENG, Muhammad Marbawi SULEIMAN (MAS) Luis Eduardo VELEZ SANCHEZ (MEX) Femke BOONEN, Coby HURKMANS (NED) Rafal DOBROWOLSKI, Jacek PROC, Malgorzata CWIENCZEK, Iwona MARCINKIEWICZ (POL) Un Sil KWON, Kkoch Sun RI (PRK) Alexandru BODNAR (ROU) Bair BADENOV, Natalia ERDYNIYEVA, Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) MingHuang LIU, Cheng Pang WANG, Hsiao Chun SHEN (TPE) Goktug ERGIN (TUR) Pavlo BEKKER, Tetyana BEREZHNA, Viktoriya KOVAL (UKR) Brady ELLISON, Richard JOHNSON (USA)

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The updated Registered Testing Pool is valid as of 1 October 2007. It can be downloaded from the FITA website www.archery.org in the AntiDoping / Registered Testing Pool section.

Please note that there is no change with athletes being in the Pool since January 2007 who remain there at least until the end of the year 2007.

EVENTS 2007

Olympic Test Event Find all news and results from the “Good Luck Beijing” Olympic Test Event for archery that took place in Beijing, China on 2026 August on:  www.archery.org > section OLYMPICS / Test Event 2007  www.archery2007.org.cn

South Pacific Games The Archery competition of the South Pacific Games was held from 27 August to 1 September in Apia, Samoa. News and results can be found at www.oceaniasport.com in the section “Archery”. Direct link: www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=3547&pID=2

FUTURE EVENTS

Archery World Cup 2008 15 April: World Cup Stage 1 Santo Domingo (DOM) 1519 April: World Cup Stage 2 Porec (CRO) 2731 May: World Cup Stage 3 Antalya (TUR) 2329 June: World Cup Stage 4 Boé (FRA) October World Cup Final New Delhi (IND)

Indoor World Championships 2009  2224 February 2008: Test tournament – Rzeszów, Poland  48 March 2009: Archery World Indoor Target Championships – Rzeszów, Poland

Contact of the Organizing Committee: Komitet Organizacyjny Halowych Luczniczych Mistrzostw Świata Rzeszów 2009 ul.Wyspiańskiego 22 35111 Rzeszów Poland Phone: +48 (017) 8637197 +48 (017) 8530171 www.lucznictwo.ires.pl

Asian Games 2010 The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has informed FITA that archery has been included in the programme of the 16th Asian Games that will be held in Guangzhou, China on 1227 November 2010.

Contact for archery: Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC) Ms. Wang Fei, External Relations Department Phone: +86 20 3800 3227 Fax: +86 20 3800 3219 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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View our Web TV! The highlights from the World Cup, World Championships and Olympic Test Event in Beijing are now available . www.archery.tv

Calendar Highlights

2007 25 Aug8 Sep South Pacific Games (Archery: 2731 Aug) Apia (SAM) 1421 September 15th Asian Archery Championships & CQT Xi’an (CHN) 30 Sep9 Oct World IPC Archery Championships Cheongju City (KOR) 913 October Festival Olímpico de Tiro con Arco & CQT San Salvador (ESA) 2026 October 3rd Asian Grand Prix Isfahan (IRI) 24 November Archery World Cup Final Dubai (UAE) 39 December Torneo de Ranking Mundial Colombia Medellín (COL)

2008 37 January New Zealand Archery Championships & CQT Porirua City (NZL) 710 February African Championships & CQT Cairo (EGY) 2224 February World Indoor Target Club Teams Cup (Test Event Indoor 2009) Rzeszow (POL) 48 March European Indoor Archery Championships Torino (ITA) 15 April Archery World Cup Stage 1 Santo Domingo (DOM) 1519 April Archery World Cup Stage 2 / EMAU GP Porec (CRO) 1219 May European Outdoor Archery Championships & CQT Vittel (FRA) 2731 May Archery World Cup Stage 3 / EMAU GP Antalya (TUR) 2329 June Archery World Cup Stage 4 / EMAU GP Boé (FRA) (final Qualification Tournament for the Olympic Games) 710 July 7th World University Archery Championships Tainan (TPE) 824 August 29th Olympic Games (Archery: 8-16 Aug) Beijing (CHN) 2830 August European Masters Games (Archery included) Malmo (SWE) 16 September 21st World Championships Llwynnpia, & 6th World Junior Field Archery Championships Wales (GBR) 617 September Paralympic Games (Archery dates TBC) Beijing (CHN) October 3D Archery European Championships Place TBC (week 1 or 2) 1319 October 10th World Junior Outdoor Archery Championships New Delhi (IND) & 4th World Cadet Outdoor Archery Championships Date TBC Archery World Cup Final New Delhi (IND)

2009 28 March 10th World Indoor Archery Championships Rzeszow (POL) 112 July 25th Summer Universiade (Archery: 2-6 July) Belgrade (SCG) 1326 July 8th (Archery: 2326 July) Kaohsiung (TPE) 110 September 45th World Outdoor Archery Championships Ulsan (KOR) October World Masters Games (Archery included) (AUS)

2010 1227 November 16 th Asian Games (Archery included) Guangzhou (CHN)

In bold: World Ranking Tournaments CQT = Continental Qualification Tournament TBC = To Be Confirmed

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Development Fund Partners

Danage of Scandinavia Denmark

Easton Technical Products Inc. USA Hoyt USA

Ragim

Rosa Inc. Japan

Samick Sports Co. Ltd Korea

Wadi Degla Sporting Club Egypt

Win & Win Archery Co. Korea

Associate Members

Archery Life Co. J.V.D. Distribution* Korea Netherlands Arizona Archery Enterprises Ishii Archery Co. Ltd. USA Japan Arrowhead* Krueger Targets* Great Britain Asahi Archery Inc. LAS Distribution

Japan France Bagar & Pilar Maple Leaf Press Inc.* Sweden USA

Bjorn Bengtson Sweden AB* Soma Archery Product* Sweden Korea

Geologic* Werner Beiter Techn. Kunsts. France Germany

*These are the Licensed Manufacturers of FITA Target Faces and only these can be used at FITA Events.

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