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Archery England Selection

Please note the below information from Archery England (English Archery Federation) –

The English archery Federation (EAF) holds events and selects teams on behalf of English Archery.
Archers who are affiliated to any of the 5 English regions are eligible to shoot for team England in the Home Nations tournaments againt Scotland, N. Ireland and Wales as well as other Commonwealth Countries in the Commonweath/ Euronations tournaments.There are senior tournaments and junior tournaments.
In oder to beome a member of Team England archers (Juniors and Seniors) have to submit 3 scores on line to the selection team. Events we need teams for are the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships and the Commonwealth/Euronations Games. Any one who has shot for AGB,however, is not eligible to shoot for the Indoor and Outdoor championships
Information about what rounds you can submit scores for , deadline dates and any age criteria can be found on the English Archery Federation website http://www.englisharcheryfederation.org/

Many thanks

EAF Team selection committee.

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*** BE AWARE *** – Fraud attempt

GWAS has been made aware of at least two attempts to fraudulently obtain monies from clubs / counties by using publicly available names and email addresses of treasurer and chairmen. With the bogus “chairman” supposedly instructing the actual treasurer to settle some fictitious account.

Members are urged to be vigilant.

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GWAS Club Affiliations – Change of Process 2018/19

As ArcheryGB are moving to an entirely electronic based system (Sport80) for affiliations starting from the 2018/19 affiliation year, GWAS has decided to change its’ affiliation process.
So for 2018/19 affiliations and onwards clubs will now send their GWAS club affiliations directly to the regional affiliations secretary (Paul Callaway)
A process letter can be found here
GWAS Affiliations Club Submission spreadsheet here
The documents can also be found under GWAS website > Council > Documents.

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

General Data Protection (GDPR) becomes effective on 25th May 2018 and to this end Grand Western Archery Society (GWAS) has produced two new documents:
Privacy Policy – click here
Data Protection Policy – click here
These documents can also be found under Council > Documents.

ArcheryGB have issued some advice for clubs with reference to GDPR, click here

ArcheryGB have also issued advice for tournament organisers –
If you organise an event, to comply with GDPR, Tournament Organisers should include the following wording on tournament entry forms:

“When you enter competitions the following information may be collected and shared with tournament organisers, scoring systems and other competitors for example target lists and results may be published: First Name, Surname, Gender, Bow style, Date of Birth / Age category, Email, Address, Phone number, Club (and ID), County (and ID), Region (and ID), Round (unless defined by age), Disabled (Y/N), Disability info.”

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**UPDATED** GWAS AGM + Draft Minutes

Following the postponement of the GWAS AGM due to bad weather we are pleased to announce the new date.
GWAS AGM Sunday 15th April, West Buckland Village Hall @ 13:00.
The calling notice can be found here
The 2017 draft AGM minutes can be found here
The calling notice/nomination form and 2017 AGM draft minutes can also be found via menu path “Council > Documents”
We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

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GWAS Coaching AGM POSTPONED

Dear all,

Just to avoid any confusion, the Coaching AGM which was due to take place tomorrow (18/3/18), has also been postponed due to the imminent weather forecast. The event will be reschedules alongside the main GWAS AGM.

Thank you to all of those who attended the GWAS Coaching Conference today, a write up for the website will be up shortly.

Lizzy Rees

GWAS RCO

 

 

 

 

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GWAS Direct Members 2020/21

Dear Members,

Please be aware if you are an ArcheryGB direct member and wish to join GWAS then you need to fill in the form available here, then either send the form with payment to the GWAS affiliations secretary or preferably email the form and pay by direct bank transfer, information to support this is on the form.

Also if you wish to join GWAS directly you must also complete the form available here.

So simply put if you wish to join GWAS directly then you must complete and send in the direct member form.

Regards,

Paul

Paul Callaway GWAS Affiliations Secretary.