2026 Singapore Archery Youth Championship Recurve Under-18 Finals & National Records · 2–5 July 2026

Golden Mixed, Silver Storm — Malaysia's Under-18 Archers Rewrite the Record Book in Singapore

An all-Malaysian mixed team gold final, four silver medals, and a clean sweep of the national Under-17 recurve records — led by Ikmal Dzariff and Emmi Humaira — cap a breakout Singapore campaign for the young national squad.

Sports Desk · Singapore · 5 July 2026 · Source: Ianseo Official Results

Mixed Team — Gold and Silver, in an All-Malaysian Final

The centrepiece of the meet was the Recurve Under-18 mixed team gold medal final — and both teams on the line were Malaysian. The pairing of Nur Qaireen Umairah and Muhammad Taufiq Assyifa' edged teammates Emmi Humaira and Ikmal Dzariff 6–2 to take gold, guaranteeing Malaysia the top two places in the event.

Nur Qaireen and Taufiq had qualified only fifth among the mixed teams, then charged through the bracket — beating the Philippines' top pair 6–2 in the semifinal — to reach the final. Emmi and Ikmal, the second seeds, came through their own semifinal 6–2 over the Philippines to set up the all-Malaysian showdown.

Recurve Women — Nur Qaireen's Run to Silver

Nur Qaireen Umairah produced the standout individual campaign of the week. Seeded sixth after qualification, she strung together four straight wins to reach the gold medal match: past Thailand's Phanwarot Songsiri (6–2) in the round of 16, then a tense all-Malaysian quarterfinal over teammate Emmi Humaira (6–4), before upsetting the second seed, the Philippines' Giuliana Vernice Garcia, 6–2 in the semifinal. Only top seed and eventual champion Leila Jell Cano proved a step too far in the final.

Behind her, Malaysia packed the standings: Emmi Humaira finished 5th, Amirah 7th and Khiritigaa Mahadevan 8th — four Malaysians inside the top eight of the women's field.

Team Silvers — Both Teams Reach the Final

Malaysia's depth carried both recurve teams all the way to their gold medal matches, where the Philippines proved the final hurdle. The men's team came agonisingly close — level at 4–4 before losing the shoot-off by four points.

The women's team of Amirah, Nur Qaireen Umairah and Emmi Humaira also reached the final, having brushed aside Thailand's MNAT club 6–0 in the semifinal, before the Philippines proved too strong in the gold match.

Recurve Men — Ikmal One Match From the Podium

In the men's individual, Ikmal Dzariff carried Malaysia's medal hopes the deepest, finishing 4th. He cruised through his opening rounds (6–0, 6–0) before an all-Malaysian quarterfinal against Syeikh Nazarudeen Kasyfi that could not have been tighter — Ikmal edging it 6–5 on a shoot-off, landing a 10 to Nazarudeen's 9. A 2–6 semifinal loss to the Philippines' Chass Mhaiven Colas and a 2–6 bronze medal match against Singapore-based Chen Yuming left him just off the podium.

Nazarudeen took 5th, with Muhammad Taufiq Assyifa' 7th and Ahmad Mujahid 10th — four Malaysians inside the top ten.

Rewriting the Record Book

Before a single elimination arrow was loosed, the Malaysians had already made history on the qualification field, resetting every national Under-17 recurve record on offer — and adding a senior mark for good measure.

Two names dominate. Ikmal Dzariff topped the Malaysian men with 666 (337 + 329) to break both individual U17 records and then anchored the record-setting men's team. Emmi Humaira was the pick of the women, her 661 (336 + 325) resetting both individual U17 marks while also driving the new women's team and mixed team records.

Emmi's Comeback — From a Dip in Form to the Record Board

What makes Emmi Humaira's Singapore haul so striking is where she was coming from. In the weeks before this championship, her form had dipped — her results at the Kejohanan Memanah Kebangsaan Siri 2/2026 and the Kejohanan Memanah MSSM 2026 falling short of the high standard she sets for herself. For a shooter of her promise, a run of scores below expectation is often the hardest test of all: more mental than physical, and one that quietly separates the talented from the truly determined.

Emmi refused to let the slump define her. Rather than dwell on two disappointing outings, she went back to the fundamentals — steady, unglamorous work on the shooting line, session after session, driven by the kind of dedication that never shows up on a results sheet until, all at once, it does. In Singapore it did, emphatically. She reset both individual Under-17 national records (661 over 72 arrows, 336 over the opening 36), had a hand in the new women's team and mixed team records, edged the senior 36-arrow national record by a single point, and walked away with silver in both the women's team and mixed team events. It was a comeback measured not in excuses, but in arrows.

Tournament Reflection

Malaysia leaves Singapore with a gold, four silvers, and a national record book that looks very different than it did a week ago. The all-Malaysian mixed team final, the two team silvers, Nur Qaireen Umairah's charge to individual silver, and Ikmal Dzariff's shoot-off heroics all point to a cohort with genuine depth across both the men's and women's ranks. On this evidence, the ceiling for this group is high.

Complete Malaysia Results — Recurve U18