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Serenity Last Hits the Mark with National
Success and World Championship Selection
swept gold in both categories at
By Molly Kett
Canada Cup East. Most recently,
she competed at the 2025
t just seventeen years old, Ontario Target Championships
ASerenity Last is already in Peterborough, Ontario, where
making a name for herself on her results continued to impress.
both provincial and national
stages in Canadian archery. Her During Saturday’s Double 720
Round—two sets of 72 arrows—
journey began nearly a decade Serenity earned the bronze medal
ago.
in the Female U18 Olympic
“I started with beginner archery Recurve category. The next
classes at South Nation Archery day’s Match Play Eliminations
Supply in Winchester, Ontario, combined U18 and 50+ divisions,
when I was eight years old,” said with separation only by gender
Last. and equipment.
Now, with years of dedication “Serenity won all of her
and training under her belt, matches to take Gold,” said her Photo Submitted
Serenity is preparing for two of father, Garnett Last, who also
the biggest events in her young competed and took gold in the
career. “My next big tournament Male 50+ Olympic Recurve
is the Canadian Outdoor Archery category. “My daughter and I
Championships in Lac la Biche, had a very successful weekend
Alberta. I was also just selected in Peterborough for the Ontario
to the Canadian Team going Target Championships.”
to the World Archery Youth
Championships being held in Both archers train under
coach, Kathleen Millar, at
Winnipeg, Manitoba, this year.”
South Nation Archery Supply
That momentum follows a in Winchester and live near
string of strong performances Avonmore, Ontario. Despite her
throughout the 2025 outdoor growing list of accomplishments
season. Serenity struck gold and the national spotlight now
in qualifications and bronze shining her way, Serenity keeps
in elimination matches at the her motivation simple, “To keep
Photo Submitted
Ontario Junior Challenge, then having fun.”