This tournament is a Provincial Youth Championship and an important bridge from school or club shooting into the tournament stream. Unlike the Ontario Summer Games, no trials are required to qualify. Open to all archers until the year they turn 20, the Junior Challenge provides young archers an opportunity to enhance their competition skills and develop strategies for future successes. It is an excellent training tool for the Ontario Summer Games.

2019 Junior Challenge

Date: June 8th & 9th
Club Website: www.peterborougharchers.ca   

Location: Peterborough Archers
Peterborough Fish & Game Club
608 Division Rd.,
Peterborough, ON K9J 6Y1

Format

• Friday: Practice - 6pm
• Saturday: Double 720 - 9am
• Sunday: Round Robin - 9am
• Equipment check on site

Equipment and Age

• Compound - archers are welcome to shoot fingers or release, pins or scopes
• Recurve - which may or may not have sights
• Cub (15 and under)
• Cadet (17 and under)
• Junior (20 and under).

Registration

www.peterborougharchers.ca 

• Registration will close June 5th
• All Prices include HST

OAA membership is required to win championship medals and may be paid at the door. Guests are welcome however there are no awards and their scores will not be published.

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At first glance, target archery and field archery might look the same. Archers in both disciplines draw a bow, take aim, and shoot arrows at a round target marked with circles. What’s the difference? Target and field archery have different rules, scoring systems and course settings. 

Field archers shoot on a walking course – sometimes called a “roving course” – that’s usually wooded. Target distances vary from less than 10 yards to 80 yards, and target faces differ based on the round being shot. Archers may shoot field, hunter or animal rounds. In the field round, targets are black and white with a black centre; in the hunter division, targets are all black with thin white rings and a white centre; and in the animal division, paper targets feature colourful images of animals. If the animal division sounds fun, and you want to take it a step further, try 3D archery!

Notables about outdoor field archery:

• Targets are placed at varying distances in realistic outdoor settings.
• The sport emulates hunting situations.
• Competitions are divided into rounds of two sets with 14 targets each.
• Competitions often feature rough terrain.
• Rounds take different forms, such as the “hunter,” “field” or “animals (not shot in Ontario) style, each with specific rules.
• Archers tend to shoot in groups as they navigate the course.

2019 Field Championships

Location: Algoma Rod & Gun Club
Date: August 17th - 18th, 2018
Start Times: Saturday 10:00am | Sunday 9:00am
Club Website: https://argc.ca/?page_id=752 

Format: WA Field 

Below are the major differences between WA and IFAA field rounds

Registration

https://www.oaa-archery.on.ca/component/enrolistration/events/registration 

• Registration will close August 14th
• All Prices include HST

OAA membership is required to win championship medals and may be paid at the door. Guests are welcome however there are no awards and their scores will not be published. 

JOIN NOW!

Target archers shoot indoors or across a field, with everyone in each equipment category and/or age group shooting the same distance. Targets are a five-colour bull’s-eye measuring 80 centimetres or 122 centimetres, which are based on age and equipment style. Modern recurve bows – the type used in the Olympic Games – and compound bows are the most popular equipment options in target archery. The Ontario Target Championships is registered with both Archery Canada and World Archery allowing for National and International Records to be attained. Scores from this events also count towards National Ranking.

Notables about target archery:

• It’s the only form of archery in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Archery Canada is the National Governing Body for Canada and follows the rules of the World Archery Federation
• Archers alternate shooting six arrow “ends” outdoors; each “end” is four minutes.

2019 Target Championships

• Day 1: Double 720 - Saturday 9am
• Day 2: Single Elimination - Sunday 9am
  **THOSE ELIMINATED MAY ENTER AN OPTIONAL ROUND ROBIN FOR EXPERIENCE
• Equipment Inspection is available Friday 6pm or Saturday 8am

Date: July 20th & 21st

Location:
Wilderness Bowhunters & Archers In Muskoka 
Location to be determined

Local Accommodation: TBD

Registration

https://www.oaa-archery.on.ca/component/enrolistration/events/registration 

• Registration will close July 17th
• All Prices include HST

OAA membership is required to win championship medals and may be paid at the door.

JOIN NOW!

Check back for more information about this year's Target Championship.

Preliminary result for the 2019 Ontario IFAA Indoor Championship are now available on the Records and Results page. Congratulations to the 158 archers who participated.

To all coaches

Archery Canada is looking for coaches interested in High Performance Recurve Archery, to participate at the National Team’s Winter Training Camp taking place in Gainesville, Florida from February 17th- 23rd. The camp will focus on preparing athletes for the upcoming season, including technical refinement and strategic exposure to:

• Outdoor Conditions
• Tokyo 2020 Heat Protocols Testing (stage 1)
• High Volume Training
• Team Round Protocols and Simulations
• Set Play Simulations.
• Registered 720 rounds

Coaches will be provided with the opportunity to collaborate alongside National Team Athletes and Coaching Staff. Coach development opportunities will include:

• Participation in the training environment – Including planning and programming
• Introduction to and practical implementation of the Archery Canada Gold Medal Profile.
• Analytics, including Archery Canada dashboards and Artemis Android Software
• Exposure to high performance recurve archery technique.
• Learnings from Heat Protocol Testing with Dr. Jason Vescovi.

How to apply:

Interested coaches should complete the online application form by January 25,2019. The National Team Coach and High Performance Advisor will review the applications and contact those who have been accepted by February 1st or earlier.

Funding:

Archery Canada is committed to the development of high performance coaches across Canada. For this camp, Archery Canada will cover a portion of the on-site expenses for accomodations depending on the number of coaches accepted. Coaches will be responsible for travel and meals. Complete travel logistics will be provided upon selection.

Coach Profile:

This opportunity is best suited for Archery Canada registered coaches who are currently working with athletes towards a high performance focus.All interested coaches are welcome to submit their profile. The ideal candidate would be a coach who is interested in pursuing or learning about High Performance coaching. They may currently be working towards more advanced certifications, such as Comp-Dev, or have intentions to pursue this route of certification in their future. This camp will provide Professional Development Points recognized by the Coaching Association of Canada.

For more information or to apply please visit the Archery Canada website here.

Have you signed up for the 2019 Ontario Grand Championship yet? Here's how...

1. This is new... At the AGM, the membership adopted a motion to include the K50 category in 3D for the Grand Championship
2. Did you know... Since its inception in 1999, the Grand Championship has ALWAYS been that what ever category you shoot, for/at your FIRST event of the year, then, it is the category that you shoot for the Grand Championship. This REMAINS THE SAME for the Compound and Compound Unlimited categories this year.
3. K50 Grand Championship Stream... any equipment categories can be shot (see chart below for the new K50 Stream)
4. What is important and different... the fact that you need to register (at no cost) for the Grand Championship this year and state your intent to participate via email, as well as declare the category you will shoot at the first tournament you shoot. You can do this by email to Kevin Stroud at the OAA office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) no later than January 31st, 2019. This is the Athlete's responsibility and not the club sending in the scores.

Please note... In an effor to fulfill its mandate to align the provincial sports organization with the national sports organization, at the AGM the OAA also adopted a motion to run Archery Canada equipment categories. They can be found on the AC website at http://www.archerycanada.ca/en/rules/archery-canada-rule-book 

For additional information, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the board of directors. Thank you.