Selection Notice

27 Nov 07

Dear archers, coaches and club officials,

I am pleased to inform you that the Archery Association of Singapore, in close collaboration with the Singapore Sports Council and with the support of her sponsors and well wishers, has designed a holistic High Performance Operational Plan for the period 2008-2010 to prepare our elite archers for the designated target competitions in this period and beyond.

The year 2010 has been carefully chosen as the breakthrough year for Archery Singapore for the unique confluence of three important competitions in that year, namely the Youth Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. It also affords a three-year period for a comprehensive program to be tried out and results built upon till we reach the target competitions in late 2010.

We will kick start the program by having a rigorous selection process starting in January 08 for the juniors and from March 08 for the elite category. The details are as follows:

Selection Trials for World Junior Championships Team/National Junior Team

Dates	Trial 1: 12 Jan and 13 Jan 2008 Trial 2: 2 Feb and 3 Feb 2008
Venue	Zhenghua National Archery Range
Format	Two trials will be conducted. A Single FITA for each trial Cadet FITA (16 yrs and below) 144 arrows at: Men 70m(122cm) Men 60m(122 cm) Men 50m(80cm) Men 30m(80cm) Women 60m(122cm) Women 50m(122cm) Women 40m(80cm) Women 30m(80cm) Junior FITA (18 years and below) 144 arrows at: Men 90m(122cm) Men 70m(122cm) Men 50m(80cm) Men 30m(80cm) Women 70m(122cm) Women 60m(122cm) Women 50m(80cm) Women 30m(80cm)
Selection Criteria	Top 3 by combined scores in both trials. One optional wildcard selection in each category by Head Coach. AAS will reserve the right to reject any participant if his/her overall score is below 2000 points.
Conditions of Selection	Successful participants will have to sign a contractual agreement with AAS. This contract will include details on training, competition and disciplinary obligations.
Briefing	A briefing on the selection process, program details and any other related matter will be held on 29th Dec 2007 at Zhenghua CC for all archers who intend to sign up for these trials.
Closing Date for Trials	4th Jan 2008

Selection Process for Elite Team

The selection process for the elite team members will be on an annual basis and will start with participation in the National Open Championships in March. Successful participants in each category will be invited to compete in a series of three round robin trials after which members for the various elite teams will be chosen for that year.

National Open Championships 2008

Dates	21st March to 24th March 2008
Venue	Zhenghua National Archery Range
Format	Single FITA/Olympic Round Men (Recurve and Compound) 90m(122cm) Men (Recurve and Compound) 70m(122cm) Men (Recurve and Compound) 50m(80cm) Men (Recurve and Compound) 30(80cm) Women (Recurve and Compound) 70m(122cm) Women (Recurve and Compound) 60m(122cm) Women (Recurve and Compound) 50m(80cm) Women (Recurve and Compound) 30m(80cm)
Closing dates for entries	10th March 2007
Selection Criteria and Conditions	Top eight participants in each category (by FITA score; AAS will reserve the right to reject any participant whose FITA score is 1000 points and below) will be invited to compete in the round robin trials (Olympic round format). The dates for these trials are: 29th, 30th March and 6th April. A final selection of maximum of 6 elite archers per category will be named for the calendar year. These archers will also sign a contractual agreement with AAS that will spell out the training, competition and disciplinary conditions for this program. The tenure for the national teams(junior and senior) will be for one year and ends the day before the national championships/selection trials.
Briefing	A briefing to clarify any queries will be held on 8th March 2008 at Zhenghua CC.

We hope that every archer who harbors the hope and desire to represent Singapore in the future will embrace this process and prepare for the selection trials as we have described above.

Introduction of Development Squads for 2008

AAS would like to introduce the concept of development centers that will serve as the nurturing grounds for the future national archers. We are seeking the cooperation of at least three major archery clubs to set up these centers. The selection of potential development squad archers will be based tentatively on the annual National Inter School competition. Interested clubs are requested to initiate contact with the president for discussions.

National Inter-Schools Championships 2008

We would also like to serve notice that the National Inter-School Archery Championships 2008 will be held in April 2008.

18th to 20th April 2008

Zhenghua National Archery Range

Standard Bow Event:

Primary School: 72 arrows at 12m
"C", "B", "A" Divisions : 72 arrows at 20m (122cm)

Recurve Bow Event:

"C", "B", "A" Divisions: 36 arrows at 30m (80cm) and 36 arrows at 50m (122cm)

Team events will be competed at the longer distance for each respective category.

Further details on registration and closing dates will be announced in March 08.

National Archery Inter-Club League 2008

An inaugural National Inter-Club Archery League will be initiated in May 2008 to help ignite friendly inter-club competition. A series of four competitions incorporating indoor, outdoor, junior and open formats will be announced early next year. Clubs interested in hosting these events are requested to contact the president for future discussions.

AAS have worked hard to try to bridge the gap between our competitors and us. We believe that by rigorous selection, systematic and committed training, both technical and using sports medicine and sciences approaches coupled with proper competition exposure, Archery Singapore has the potential to do well in our target competitions.

We now seek your participation and cooperation.

Kind Regards,
Dr Wong Loong Tat
Ag. President, AAS