THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.

7^th State Archery Championships

5^th October, 2014
6 AM to 6 PM at Dr. MGR Janaki College, Adyar, Chennai.

The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT) announces the registration open for the 7^th State Archery Championships on 5^th October, 2014 at Dr. MGR Janaki College, Adyar, Chennai from 6.00 AM onwards. Kindly read through the following instructions before sending the registrations.

1. A district can only send 4 male + 4 female Archers in any respective category (Intuitive, Indian, Recurve and Compound).

2. An Archer who is willing to participate must be a member of an Archery club which is affiliated to the district association which is affiliated or recognized by TAAT.
   
   Only the district association can send an entry after conducting the district meet / selection trials (in districts where the association is not yet affiliated / is in the formative stages / does not exist, Archers can directly contact the Tournament Commitee Chairman for arranging a district selections and coaching camp.
   Please contact:
   Mr. Kuldeep Kumar
   Chairman
   Tournaments Committee
   Ph: 9791042173
   Email: tournaments@tamilnaduarchery.com)

3. A registration fee of Rs. 750/- per archer / per category will be charged.

4. TAAT will provide food, tea and snacks at the event day.

5. All the registrations must reach TAAT thru the General Secretary of the affiliated district association, over email on or before 16th September 2014, 17.00 hours. Registrations must be sent via email to tournaments@tamilnaduarchery.com.

6. All the Archers who are selected by the district associates must undergo the district coaching camps happening in their respective districts from 5^th September to 18^th September 2014.

7. Archers should submit their proof of age and proof of residence along with a passport size photograph during their registration countersigned by the District General Secretary.

8. TAAT reserves the right not to admit Archers who do not abide by the rules of the Tournament Committee without any notification.

9. TAAT will not entertain any other sort of communication apart from email. Hence, all communications including enquires should be via email to info@tamilnaduarchery.com.

Please keep reading this page for further updates.

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Mr. Kuldeep Kumar
Chairman
Tournaments Committee
The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT)
Ph: 9791042173
Email: tournaments@tamilnaduarchery.com

THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.
Ph: 98416 18386

TAAT/03/CIR/135/2014-2015

13^th May, 2014

Circular

The following candidates have been selected as JUDGES for the State Archery competitions as per evaluation test conducted on 27/04/2014.

1. Mr. Achuthaan B
2. Mr. Arivarasu B
3. Mrs. Dhanabhahiyam M.D
4. Mr. Guruprakash R
5. Mrs. Jaya Bharathi K
6. Mr. Krishna P
7. Mr. Nithyanandan V
8. Mr. Noor Mohammad A
9. Mr. Rajagopalan K
10. Mr. Raj Kapoor B
11. Mr. Rajesh D
12. Mr. Senthil Kumar R
13. Mr. Solaialagu B
14. Mrs. Thenmozhi Raj M
15. Mr. Yazar Arafath K.M

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C.S. Manian
The Archery Association Of Tamilnadu (TAAT)
Member Judges Commission

THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.
Ph: 98416 18386

TAAT/03/CIR/129/2014-2015

21^st April 2014

Circular

The Office Bearers of The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu (TAAT)
The Presidents and Secretaries of affiliated District Associations/Units.

The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu (TAAT) is going to conduct Assessment Trials for Recurve and Compound Para Archers in Chennai to select Tamil Nadu State Archers, to participate in Final Trials to be held in New Delhi on 11th May 2014, to identify probable Archers for International Para Competitions and Para Asian Games - 2014.

Medical Form for Para Archers is attached (click here to download), which needs to be filled up and sent along with the entry for Assessment Trials with all details, to reach The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu (TAAT) latest by 28th April, 2014.

Any entries received after 28th April shall not be entertained.

The schedule will be intimated after receipt of entries.

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Shihan Hussaini
General Secretary
The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT)
Ph: 98416-18386

THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.

Archery Judges Training Programme - Level 1

Director - Shihan Hussaini (Level II Coach - World Archery)

27^th APRIL 2014
TAAT Headquarters, T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090

GEN/TAAT/CIR/203/TRG/2013-2014

16^th April 2014

Circular

1^st Tamil Nadu Archery Judges Training Programme

Open invitation to all Registered Archers / Archery Clubs / Parents of Archers / Persons Interested in Archery to take part in the 1st State Level Tamil Nadu Archery Judges Training Programme, organized by The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu (TAAT) on 27^th April 2014, TAAT Headquarters, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.

The two day training programme with a test and certification will enable those qualified to Judge & represent the State in all STATE LEVEL ARCHERY TOURNAMENTS.

Eligibility:

1. 18+ years of age with valid School Certificate / ID Proof.

2. Should be registered with the respective District Association.

3. Should be willing to participate in the future training.

4. Should be able to communicate in English.

Registration: Rs. 3000/- (Lunch & Stationary inclusive) / Programme fee waived for TAAT members

Limited seats / Registration closes on 25^th April 2014 @ 5.00 PM on first come basis

For any further details please contact: 9841026454 / 9791042173 / 9150627135

Asst. Trainers: Kuldeep Kumar, Nishanthi, C.S. Manian, Dinesh

Rights Of Admission Reserved

Programme Schedule

27^th April 2014

08.00 AM - Inauguration and Introduction
09.00 AM - Session I
10.00 AM - Session II
11.00 AM - Break
11.30 AM - Session III
12.30 PM - Lunch
01.30 PM - Session IV
02.30 PM - Break / Prepare for Test
03.30 PM - Test
04.30 PM - Conclusion
05.00 PM - Results & Certificate Distribution

Dear Archers from Tamil Nadu,

The selection trials for the 21st Senior Indian Round Nationals to be held at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh from 9th to 13th November, 2013 will be held on 31st October, 2013 at The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu office, T-16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besent Nagar, Chennai. Selection of the players for the nationals will be decided after the trials by the Selection Committee. Please contact Mr. Kuldeep at 9791042173 for any further information.

Details of the competition can be seen here http://www.indianarchery.info/upload/Senior%20Indian%20Rd%20National%20Champ-Jabalpur.pdf.

Only archers registered with The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu will be eligible for the selection trails.

To register with The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu, you are requested to pay a lifetime membership fee of Rs. 6000/-. The fee includes the following package:

1. A one time training session on shooting techniques and practices to be followed in Archery.

2. Archer Membership identity in The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu which makes you eligible to compete in state meet and perform in the selection trials of the nationals.

3. Archery registration along with equipment registration.

4. One year annual membership fee for TAAT.

5. You'll receive regular updates from TAAT about the upcoming competitions and information on events to be held.

BAN!

Maharishi Trophy

Conducted by so called Field Archery Association of Chennai District, an inter CBSE school meet for Indoor Field Archery Championship 2014.

Information and Warning!

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Parents of all participants of the above mentioned competition are herby informed that the above competition is not authorised and all students participating in this tournament will be banned from participating in any mainstream archery competitions conducted in the district, state, country and world.

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The World Archery is the only body in the world to authorise and conduct any archery tournament in the world which includes Target Archery, Field Archery, Clout, Indoor Archery, World Championships, World Cups, Asian Grand Prix, Asian Games Archery, Common Wealth Games Archery and all tournaments leading to, and the Olympics.

World Archery has affiliated and authorised only Archery Association of India (AAI) under the able leadership of Prof. VK Malhotra as President and Shri. Anil Kameneni as Secretary General to conduct all archery activities in the country. The AAI has 45 state member units in the country which are affiliated and recognised and authorised to conduct events in archery.

In Tamilnadu state, The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT) is the only body which is authorised by AAI to promote, control archery and conduct competitions for any and all forms of archery in any part of the state.

To teach, coach archery anywhere in the country, the coach needs to be properly trained and certified by Sports Authority of India (SAI) or must be trained by World Archery and needs to be a level 1, level 2 or level 3 certified coach.

Any one and everyone cannot become a coach by reading books or watching YouTube.

Students trained by such people run the risk of unscientific training - totally ruining their shooting form, archery technique and destroying their future in archery.

Any organization conducting an archery tournament needs to have World Archery or AAI Certified National Judges and Trained Scorers to supervise safety arrangements and fairness to international rules and regulations.

Any tom, dick and harry can't be a Director of Shooting (DOS), Judge or Scorer.

Any competition conducted without such trained personnel can be dangerous to the person and life of participants as one arrow shot recklessly can cause serious or fatal injury.

By conducting an unauthorised competition, the organiser puts the life and well being of several humans to risk and becomes directly responsible for the accident.

As such it is a potential law and order problem with groups of untrained and unauthorised people wielding potentially dangerous equipment if handled improperly.

Vill Archery Academy is not a recognised archery club as the trainer Mr. Vasu is not a qualified archery coach. He has neither been trained by SAI or has a certification by World Archery, by AAI or by TAAT.

Field Archery is an unrecognised body and is not part of the Olympic Games. AAI had issued a warning that any body participating in competitions conducted by them will be banned from all mainstream archery.

The principal of Maharishi Vidya Mandir School had been misguided by Mr. Vasu and has been made president of field archery who in his unrecognised new avatar is promoting and organizing this unrecognised tournament and in turn is misguiding innocent students and parents.

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TAAT hereby announces that all participants of this event will be video graphed and their names and schools are being noted. These students will be banned from mainstream archery events.

Parents of participants are warned of the grave risk of ban they are putting their children to.

YOU are requested to withdraw your participation from this event immediately.

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Shihan Hussaini
General Secretary
The Archery Association of Tamilnadu (TAAT)
Ph: 98416-18386

THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.

Team for 35th Senior Archery Nationals - New Delhi, 11th to 20th October 2014.

Indian Round - Boys

• Krishna
• Ram Ratnakumar
• Bala Subramaniam
• Sultan

Indian Round - Girls

• Mathu
• Srinithi
• Theendthamizh
• Jayasree

Compound Round - Boys

• C.S. Manian
• Kuldeep Kumar
• Sreevarsh
• Bharth Gowtham

Compound Round - Girls

• Nirmala Devi
• Thejasha
• Smruti
• Praveena

Recurve Round - Boys

• Selva Ganapathy
• Solai Alagu
• Arivarasu
• Acchuthan

Recurve Round - Girls

• Jasmine

THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.

Date: 18-10-2014

TAAT Gen Sec in Archery Asiad Organizing Committee!

HU, the Chief State Coach and General Secretary of TAAT has been selected by the Hon' President of Archery Association of India (AAI) to be on the Organizing Committee of the Archery Asiad to be conducted at New Delhi from 10th to 18th January, 2015. TAAT is honoured.

THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.

Date: 18-10-2014

Junior & Mini Sub-Junior National Dates Confirmed!

The Mini Sub-Junior and the Junior (India, Compound and Recurve) Nationals will be hosted by Andhra Pradesh Archery Association in association with Lenin Archery as confirmed by the State Secretary (in waiting) Shri. Satyanarayananji.

Both the Championships will be held in Vijayawada from 10th December to 18th December, 2014.

All districts are requested to select their teams and send the list before 30th October, 2014. All selected candidates will have to undergo a State Continuous Assessment and Training Camp for 15 days (starting 28th November) at Chennai, conducted by TAAT under the direct training of the Chief State Coach HU.

Only the candidate who attend the camp will be considered for selections. Only email entries will be considered sent by Affiliated Units.

Unaffiliated Archers must register immediately and start proper training at Chennai to be eligible.

THE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (TAAT)
T 16/2, Coastal Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600090.

Date: 21-10-2014

AAI TO START ALL FORMS OF ARCHERY!

Field Archery, Indoor Archery, Para Archery, 3D Archery divisions will be started by AAI soon in all states and AAI will regulate, control and promote them in an organised way.

This was unofficially informed by AAI Gen Secretary Shri. Anil Kameneni at the Senior Nationals at New Delhi recently.

TAAT will be starting all forms of Archery in Tamilnadu soon to save innocent public from joining dubious, fake associations.

PUBLIC WARNING!

THE URGENT NEED TO BAN ILLEGAL ARCHERY SCHOOLS AND COACHES!

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).
98416-18386