YORKTON – A Yorkton youth brought home a gold medal from the Sask. Archery Association Target Provincial Championships in held in Prince Albert on the weekend of April 15.
Twelve-year-old Dallas Kaufman was the only Yorkton archer to medal at the two-day long under 18 provincial event.
"We had archers anywhere from seven up to 17," said Blair German, Coach and Treasurer with the Broken Arrow Archery Club, adding, "we took 13 from Yorkton and I'm estimating probably up to 400 archers [were at the event]."
"It meant a lot to me," said German of Kaufman's win, adding, "400 kids and he brings gold home to Yorkton – I was impressed."
German noted that the event had the best of the best archers in province and said that the youths from the Yorkton club who attended represented their club respectfully.
"It was a tough competition – if you want to win you have to have your a-game on," said German, adding, "I want these kids to see that people care and that their accomplishments don't go unnoticed."
German said the River Valley Archery Club from Veregin was in attendance as well as archery clubs from from Sturgis and Canora.
"Our area was well-represented," said German.
German said he hopes the win gets more youths interested in the sport.
"We're just hoping to get more members come the fall," German, added that the club is currently looking for a new building to practice archery in as they lost their building due to closure earlier this spring.
"It's way cheaper than hockey," said German with a laugh.
