Gérard Boutteville, France was unamimously re-elected as President of the IAU for a second term by the delegates of 17 nations present at the IAU General Assembly on September 1. The meeting took place at Le Maison de la Vallee in Avon France. Thanking the delgates for their confidence in his leadership, Gérard Boutteville delared his aim to recruit new nations for the IAU crossbow-family, with the target being the IAU becoming a member of the GAISF within the next four years. Following his re-election, the IAU President declared that Charles Méchin (France) would continue as the IAU Secretary General to continue with his excellent work since 2008.

The IAU is growing; representatives of 4 new national federations were the invited guests of the IAU at the 15th World Crossbow Championships in Avon France. Pictured (left to right) Mr. Chandpasha Ahemadhusen Tamboli, President of the Crossbow Shooting Federation of India, Miss Saadia Zeggane Technical Director of the Algerian Sport Shooting Federation, Rev. Doctor Ferdnand Belibi Edza Technical Director of the Cameroonian Shooting Federation, Mr. Charles Méchin Secretary General IAU, Mr. Secretary General of the Archery Darts and Crossbow Federation of Kazakhstan Republic.

Match 30m WCH Open Class Combined+Final: 1. Simon Beyeler SUI 673 (576+97), 2. Silvia Guignard-Schnyder SUI 667 (573+94), 3. Sergey Kamenskiy RUS 665 (575+90+10), 4. Monica Zahnd SUI 665 (570+95+9), 5. Beat Muller SUI 665 (576+89+9), 6. Oliver Maier GER 662 (570+92), 7, Thomas Lampl AUT 660 (571+89), 8. Stanislav Kuznetsov RUS 655 (568+86). (25 competitors)

Match 30m WCH Open Class Standing: 1. Sergy Kamenskiy RUS 288, 2. Peter Sidi HUN 286, 3. Silvia Guignard-Schnyder SUI 286. (25 competitors)

Match 30m WCH Open Class Kneeling: 1. Simon Beyeler SUI 292, 2. Beat Muller SUI 291, 3. Oliver Maier GER 290. (25 competitors)

Match 30m WCH Open Class Teams: 1. Switzerland (Beyeler/Muller/Beyeler) 1694, 2. Austria (Peer/Bichler/Lampl) 1693, 3. Germany (Aumann/Plotz/Maier) 1671. (6 teams)

Match 30m WCH Under 21 Combined+Final: 1. Claude-Alain Delley SUI 663 (570+90), 2. Stephan Reichhuber GER 660 (565+95), 3. Adrian Fuchs SUI 650 (556+64), 4. Aleksandr Dryagin RUS 645 (553+92), 5. Andreas Schneider SUI 645 (555+90), 6. Petra Knuebuhl SUI 645 (557+88), 7. Manuel Wittmann GER 642 (548+94), 8. Joel Bruschweiler SUI 639 (549+90). (13 competitors)

Match 30m WCH Under 21 Standing: 1. Stephan Reichhuber GER 287, 2. Manuel Wittmann GER 283, 3. Claude-Alain Delley SUI 279. (13 competitors)

Match 30m WCH Under 21 Kneeling: 1. Claude-Alain Delley SUI 291, 2. Andreas Schneider SUI 288, 3. Adrian Fuchs SUI 284. (13 competitors)

Match Crossbow 30m Under 21 Team: 1. Switzerland (Delley/Fuchs/Kneubuhl) 1683, 2. Germany (Reichhuber/Wittmann/Waldinger) 1654. (2 teams)