ROSNEY JOHNS JUNIORS

previously know as

ROSNEY JOHNS MEMORIAL FIELD TOURNAMENT

The Rosney Johns Memorial Field Tournament was a very special SVAC tournament in honour of one of the founding members of our club, Rosney Johns. Rosney was pivotal in the formation and running of Southern Vales Archery Club.

During her years with SVAC, Rosney mentored champion archers such as Simon Fairweather and Pat Coghlan and inspired many, many others. Simon, who was the national Head Coach for Archery Australia, and Pat, who represents Australia in World Cup Archery Tournaments speak highly of Rosney and her efforts to encourage young archers to achieve their very best.

Rosney’s dedication, her deep love of archery and her inspiration will continue to echo throughout time.

After the very sudden and sad death of Rosney, and to honour her years of invaluable efforts for Archery in South Australia, the IDEC Horseshoe was renamed the Rosney Johns Memorial Field Tournament.

SVAC proudly hosted the Rosney Johns Memorial shoot on the last Sunday of October every year. ​Any gender was permitted to participate in this tournament but only a female was eligible to win it. New archers were always encouraged to participate and an experienced archer was always on hand to guide them through the tournament on the day.

In 2019, we re-evaluated this memorial shoot for Rosney, and took into consideration her dedication towards developing Juniors.

And we have created a new memorial called: The Rosney Johns Juniors

This tournament will be open for all juniors across the state and juniors will shoot the same rounds that they shoot in state and national tournaments. This will be a registered shoot so juniors can improve their state/national ranking.

It will be held in early December each year, early enough not to interfere with Christmas preparations or holidays.

Special medallions have been designed to make this a very special award to win