The Weyburn Wildlife Federation will be hosting the 2016 Saskatchewan provincial National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) on Saturday, April 30 at the Tom Zandee Sports Arena.
There will be 562 school students in Weyburn for this one-day tournament. They range from ages Grade 4 to 12.
This is the first time ever that Weyburn has hosted the provincial NASP tournament, and organizers expect a good turnout.
They are looking for volunteers to help out with the provincial NASP tournament. They will need about a dozen volunteers for set up on Thursday, April 28 from 7 to 9 p.m.
During the day of the tournament, Saturday, April 30, they will need people to help with registration. This would be confirming registration and handing out registrating packages to students. Registration starts at 8 a.m.
They also need volunteers to help with scoring. This is entering score sheets into a card reader to upload the student scores to an electronic scoring system. The NASP tournament runs from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., so they will need several scorers.
The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®) was developed to serve these specific educational and conservation purposes. NASP was co-created by the Kentucky Departments of Fish and Wildlife Resources and Department of Education and Mathews Archery.
Wildlife Conservation agencies are concerned too many young people are forgoing learning outdoor skills that will inspire them to spend more time with wild things in wild places.
The Weyburn NASP program is organized by the Weyburn Wildlife Federation. They have an indoor archery range located in Goodwater. Anyone who is interested in volunteering can contact Morley Forsgren with the Weyburn Wildlife Federation.
