Payton Harms is pictured wearing red. (photo submitted by Payton Harms)

By Alyssa Rudolph

Saskatchewan archery

Young archer celebrated as Saskatchewan’s junior female athlete of the year

Nov 5, 2025 | 4:42 PM

A young Saskatchewan archer received junior female athlete of the year, a certificate commemorating her archery accomplishments.

Payton Harms has been a part of the Saskatchewan Archery Association since October of 2022. Last week, the association proudly presented her with the certificate.

“Payton always brings the spirit of archery up in any room she’s in, she looks out for all her competitors and always has a smile on her face,” the Saskatchewan Archery Association posted on their Facebook page.

Harms became highly involved with the association when she first started the sport in her hometown of Osler, Saskatchewan. For the past three years, her life has revolved around both indoor and outdoor shoots.

“I think I received the award for being a positive person at these shoots and putting myself out there and achieving placements on the podium,” Harms said.

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Harms represented Team Saskatchewan in 2025, helping her to be more involved. She was able to attend multiple archery shoots in Alberta as well as the Canada Cup.

Payton Harms is pictured on the left. (photo submitted by Payton Harms)

However, Harms’ time in archery has not always been easy. She said many archers struggle with mental blocks once they reach a specific stage in their growth.

“I didn’t really prepare myself for when I would stop getting better because I got to a point where I kind of just plateaued in score and I wasn’t improving at all. I was just staying the same every single week,” she said.

Luckily, she was surrounded by people who supported her through this hard time and helped her find love for the sport again.

In January, Harms became a certified archery coach with her hometown club. This season she will coach twice a week while still shooting for herself. It has been important to her to support younger kids starting out in the sport.

“The past couple of seasons, I have been a role model in our club just from being the oldest member. I found the younger kids liked to watch when I was shooting and they looked up to me and listened to what I had to say to them,” she said.

Harms said she recommends archery to anyone because the athletes can never age out. Many of the clubs within the Saskatchewan Archery Association coach younger children all the way up to senior archers.

“It’s a fun extracurricular activity that you can do no matter how old you are. I know many sports, they kind of age out, but the competitions are all age groups and all skill levels,” she said.

Harms has applied to be a part of Team Saskatchewan heading into the 2026 season and is excited to see where the experience could take her next.

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alyssa.rudolph@pattisonmedia.com