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PUBLIC WARNING!

THE URGENT NEED TO BAN ILLEGAL ARCHERY SCHOOLS AND COACHES!

Two TN Archers held for stealing

Archery is an amazin art but a double edged sword. While a properly trained archer can use his archery to refine his mind, body and soul; a person trained from an illegal school, an imposter of a coach can turn out to be a menace to society and a criminal bringing disgrace to the entire archery community.

A legal school is defined as a school run by a coach who has been trained and certified by World Archery, AAI or the official state body. A legal school needs to be recognised and affiliated to the official state body ( TAAT in the case of Tamilnadu ) and an official state body is one which is affiliated to the official national body ( AAI - in the case of India ). Anyone can check this out in the internet with official websites.

A legal coach is one who has been properly trained by either the official state body, the official national body or the official international body - 'World Archery'.

In Tamilnadu, I have been leading an high intensity campaign to ban all illegal archery associations, illegal archery schools and illegal archery coaches.

My demand was that every person who joins archery needs to be screened for his criminal antecedents and monitored continuously for criminal activities. Every archer needs to be licensed and his equipment needs to be registered in a registry in the line of fire arms. ( please check our webpage www.tamilnaduarchery.com - equipment registry )

There was stiff opposition to this and in fact cases were filed against me by the illegal schools that I was doing something that was not practised anywhere else in the country.

I warned everyone that some big incident is bound to happen and then everyone will wake up to it.

The incident has now happened.

In a shocking incident two archers who were trained by an illegal school by an illegal coach have brought shame to the entire archery fraternity by using their Archey skills to smash car windows with metal balls propelled by slings and steal the valuables inside.

It's seems there were involved in over 100 cases and have apartments in Delhi with the illgotten money.

The two so called archers were never trained by me or any legal coach or legal school in Tamilnadu and they were never part of any proposed national team ever.

We are trying to find out who they learnt Archery from.

The registration and screening procedures in TAAT are comprehensive and we would never have trained anyone if there were even slight shades of delinquency in them.

It is very unfortunate that fake archery coaches and fake archery schools claiming are sprouting in many places in Tamilnadu. Leading this bunch of fake schools is "Vill Archery", "Eagle Archery" and imposters like Vasu and Udaykumar of Chennai, one Ravichandran of Mayiladuthurai and one Ramesh from Salem with units claiming affiliation to a fake field archery association.

TAAT is redoubling its efforts to bring them to the notice of law enforcement authorities.

We warn the public to be careful of fake archery schools and fake archery coaches to prevent a more serious incident from happening!

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- Shihan hussaini (HU)

Level 3 Archery Coach
Chief State Coach.
Founder and General Secretary - The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT).
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THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMIL NADU

"The official state body of Tamil Nadu Archery!"

Only State Archery body recognized by and affiliated to:

Tamil Nadu Olympic Association (TNOA) and Archery Association of India (AAI)
(TNOA is the only body recognized by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and
AAI is the only body recognized by World Archery (WA))

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16TH TAMILNADU STATE ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SUB JUNIOR, MINI SUB JUNIOR AND UNDER 9

The 16th Tamilnadu State Archery Championships for Sub Junior, Mini Sub Junior and Under 9 will be conducted
betwen 6th and 10th December, 2023,
at SIT Play Ground, Sri Sairam Engineering College, West Tambaram (Sirukalathur), Chennai.

Organized by The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT) which is Recognized by and affiliated to Tamilnadu State Olympic Association (TNOA), Archery Association of India (AAI) and WORLD ARCHERY (WA).

IMPORTANT NOTICE

DATE for ENTRY DEADLINE

Deadline for submitting entries for the 16th Tamilnadu State Archery Championships for Sub Junior, Mini Sub Junior and Under 9:
sharp by 5pm on Monday 20th November, 2023.

***No entry will be accepted after 5pm on Monday 20th November, 2023.***

Official Tournament

This is the only official annual State Archery Championships conducted by the recognised state unit of Archery and medals and certificates won in this event only will be recognised by state and central govt for any credit in educational quota or employment quota under the sports category. Tamilnadu state govt recognises only this competition in Archery for the sports quota for employment.

ANY ARCHER CAN PARTICIPATE!

1. Any registered archer from any part of Tamilnadu can participate in this State Championship.

2. The Archer must have registered in TAAT by paying the annual membership subscription for the year 2023/24 ( valid till March 31st 2024 )

3. Archers who have participated in any championship not approved by AAI ( Archery Association of India ) or TAAT ( The Archery Association of Tamilnadu ) in the last one year need not apply.

4. All entries close exactly at 5pm on 20th November, 2023.

5. No entry will be accepted after 5pm on 20th November, 2023.

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PLEASE GO THROUGH THE DETAILS MENTIONED HERE BELOW AND THEN REGISTER FOR THE STATE MEET. LINK IS PROVDED AT THE END OF THIS PAGE.

Those who complete registration by 5pm, 10th November, 2023 need not register again. Even if you register, it will not be accepted.

All participants should have registered in TAAT to be able to participate in the state meet.

NON REGISTERED ARCHERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE MEET.

ARCHERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ANY UNRECOGNIZED TOURNAMENTS/COMPETITIONS IN THE STATE OR ANYWHERE ELSE BETWEEN LAST YEAR STATE MEET (13th State Meet, 2022) AND THIS YEAR STATE MEET (16th State Meet, 2023), WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE MEET.

IF ANY ARCHER HAS ALREADY PARTICIPATED IN ANY UNRECOGNIZED TOURNAMENTS/COMPETITIONS UNKNOWINGLY, THEN WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT A CONDONATION STATEMENT BEFORE THE COMPETITION BEGINS AND GIVE ASSURANCE THAT THEY WILL NOT REPEAT IT AGAIN HENCEFORTH. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY, TAAT, THE ARCHER MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 16th STATE MEET, 2023.

IF ANY ARCHER DID NOT DECLARE OR PROVIDE CONDONATION STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OTHER TOURNAMENTS BEFORE THE COMPETITION:

• THAT ARCHER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S STATE MEET.

• THAT ARCHER WILL BE BANNED FOR 1 YEAR FROM ATTENDING ANY COMPETITIONS, TRIALS, SELECTIONS, CONDUCTED BY TAAT FOR STATE, NATIONALS, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS.

• IF WE FIND ANY ARCHER FROM OUR DATABASE, SOCIAL MEDIA, etc., PARTICIPATING IN ANY SUCH UNRECOGNIZED COMPETITIONS, IN THE LAST ONE YEAR OR TILL THE NEXT STATE MEET, THEN THE MEDALS/CERTIFICATES THAT ARCHER WON, WILL BE CANCELLED/VOID. AND THAT ARCHER'S NAME WILL BE SENT TO SDAT AND AAI, MENTIONING THAT THE MEDALS THEY HAVE WON AND CERTIFICATES RECEIVED WILL BE CANCELLED AND VOID.

• IF THE ARCHER REPEATS THE SAME AGAIN BY COMPETING IN OTHER SUCH UNRECOGNIZED COMPETITIONS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM TAAT, THEN THAT ARCHER WILL BE BANNED FOR 3 YEARS FROM PARTICIPATING IN ANY OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS, TRIALS, SELECTION PROCESS THAT TAAT CONDUCTS.

* The various categories under which the competitions will be conducted are as follows:

1. AAI CATEGORIES

- Tiny Tots - Recurve/Compound/Indian
- Mini Sub Junior - Recurve/Compound/Indian
- Sub Junior - Recurve/Compound/Indian

NOTE: Participation certificates will be given only to Archers scoring the minimum percentage of 60% prescribed by TAAT.

2. TAAT CATEGORIES

- Intuitive (Bare Bow) - upto 18lbs (<14)
- Indoor (18m) - Indian/Recurve/Compound (<14)
- Tiny Tots - Indian/Recurve/Compound - Kids (8 - 9)
- Tiny Tots - Indian/Recurve/Compound - Kids (5 - 7)
- Tiny Tots - Indian/Recurve/Compound - Kids (< 5)

NOTE: Only medals will be awarded to TAAT categories.

3. AGE CUT OFF

- Tiny Tots - Kids (8 - 9) - born between 1st Jan 2014 and 31st Dec 2015
- Tiny Tots - Kids (5 - 7) - born between 1st Jan 2016 and 31st Dec 2018
- Tiny Tots - Kids (< 5) - born on or after 1st Jan 2019
- Mini Sub Junior - (Under 14) - born on or after 1st Jan 2009
- Sub Junior - (Under 17) - born on or after 1st Jan 2006

4. Shooting Distance

5. Location of the State Meet: View in Map

An Archer can participate in any number of categories. Archers must register separately for each category.

Please check the schedule sheet before paying your fees. You can't participate in multiple categories which are scheduled at the same time.

Fees paid are non refundable under any circumstance.

Archers who are participating in the Tiny Tots and Mini Sub Junior categories have to produce ID, Age and Address proof documents. Senior Archers should provide ID and Address proof documents.

* Boarding and lodging will not be provided. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRAVEL, FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION.

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For State Meet Entries:

Archers Portal Login (Please check the video English Version or Tamil Version on how to use the Portal)

* Rights of Admission Reserved.

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Please contact Mr. Dinesh (WhatsApp ONLY: 9150627135) for further clarifications.

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NOTE: Please follow TAAT website www.tamilnaduarchery.com for further updates on the schedule and other important details.

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Shihan Hussaini
General Secretary
The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT)
Follow website: www.tamilnaduarchery.com
Shihan hussaini ( HU ) / Facebook.com for updates

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