15 World records, 119 Canadian records

Doris Jones is a true Champion, with the heart, drive and talent it takes to be the best. Now 18, Doris has been shooting since the age of 4 and feels archery is a part of who she is. With her father Tim’s help she has become a world class archer. Doris uses our FFP187’s on her outdoor arrows. Flex-Fletch is proud to have her on our shooting staff. Just look at some of her accomplishments.

Indoor Canadian records

• FITA I Open Class Cub Women compound
• Canadian Indoor Championship Cub Women compound
• FITA II Open Class Cub Women compound
• FITA II Open Class Cadet Women compound
• FITA II Open Class Junior Women compound

Outdoor Canadian records

• Canadian FITA Open Class High Score Cub compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Open Class FITA 50 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Open Class FITA 40 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Open Class FITA 30 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Open Class FITA 20 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Championship 2002 High Score Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Championship 2002 50 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Championship 2002 40 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Championship 2002 30 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Championship 2002 20 meter Cub Women compound (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Open Class Cub Women FITA 70 meter-72 (2002-27-08)
• Canadian Open Class Cadet Women FITA 70 meter-72 (2002-27-08)
• Canadian Open Class Junior Women FITA 70 meter-72 (2002-27-08)
• Canadian Open Class Senior Women FITA 70 meter-72 (2002-27-08)
• Canadian Championship FITA Field Cub Women compound 24/72 (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Open Class FITA Field Cub Women compound 24/72 (2002-08-10)
• Canadian Open Class FITA Cadet Women 50 meter (2002-09-15)
• Canadian Open Class FITA Junior Women 50 meter (2002-09-15)

Recent Outdoor Canadian Records

• Open FITA Junior Women Total (2006-04-14)
• FITA International World Record Junior Women Total (2006-04-14)
• Open FITA Senior Women Total (2006-04-14)
• Open FITA Junior Women 70 meter (2006-04-14)
• Open FITA Junior Women 60 meter (2006-04-14)
• Open FITA Senior Women 60 meter (2006-04-14)
• Open FITA Junior Women 50 meter (2006-04-14)
• Open FITA Junior Women 30 meter (2006-04-14)
• Open FITA Senior Women 30 meter (2006-04-14)
• Open Match-Play 12 Junior Women (2006-05-22)
• Open Match-Play 12 Junior Women (2006-05-28)

Doris Jones wins national Tom Longboat Award

Honoring the Tom Longboat Legacy:

Tom Longboat was one of the most celebrated and accomplished athletes in Canadian history. A member of the Onondaga Nation who resided in Six Nations of the Grand River, Tom Longboat was one of the most gifted long distance runners of his time.

In just his third competitive race, he set the world record for the marathon, smashing the previous mark by over five and half minutes. In the years prior to the First World War, Tom Longboat won most of the major distance races in North America and Europe, including the Boston Marathon and the Powderhall Marathon in Edinburgh, Scotland. At a time when indoor marathon running attracted sell-out crowds, he was the world’s professional champion. At one point or another, he held every Canadian record from one mile to the marathon.

Throughout his life, Tom Longboat spoke proudly of his First Nations heritage and held his head high in times of great adversity. He was the headline attraction wherever he raced, drawing huge crowds and a widespread following. In 1999, Maclean’s Magazine voted him the #1 Canadian sports figure of the twentieth century.

Established in 1951, the Tom Longboat Award serves as a proud national symbol for all Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Dr. Bruce Kidd

Olympian & Tom Longboat Historian

The awards

The Aboriginal Sport Circle annually recognizes the achievements of gifted Aboriginal athletes. Every year, the top male and female Aboriginal athletes from each province/territory are selected for the Tom Longboat Regional Awards. These regional recipients automatically advance as nominees for the prestigious National Award that is presented to the most outstanding male and female Aboriginal Athlete in Canada.

National recipients receive the following:

1. All expenses paid trip to receive the award
2. Commemorative Tom Longboat Award medallion
3. Custom Made Tom Longboat Award ring
4. Cash bursary of $500
5. Name engraved on the Tom Longboat Trophy on display at Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

During the Tom Longboat Award ceremonies Doris was also awarded a trophy and bursary of $1500 to a university of her choice by the Manitoba Métis Federation for all of her accomplishments in sport and community activities.

True Story
(Excerpt from The Winnipeg Sun.)

On Doris’ recent trip to Mexico where she took 1st place in the Junior Women’s Compound event at the FITA Junior/Cadet World Target Archery Championship, Doris, unbelievably did it all with a broken thumb and other injuries.

Five days before the event Doris was involved in a terrible car accident. Doris was driving home on Provincial Road 212 when her car hit some loose gravel and lost control. She hit the ditch, flipping the car two or three times before it landed on the driver’s side. In addition to the fractured right thumb, she snapped three nails on her right hand and suffered a cut on the inside of her left elbow and a big bruise on her left forearm. Jones lost the hearing in her left ear and her balance was affected. She’s lucky to be alive.

Doris became the first Canadian archer to win an individual gold medal at a world championship.

How’s that for testing a persons mettle?