Archery Tournament Marked Opening of Archery Range at YMCA
by KT Leong
An archery tournament was held yesterday at Young Man’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Ipoh in partnership with V Club Archery.
The tournament marked the inauguration of the YMCA Archery Range, which is now open to the public, with operating hours from 7 am to 11 am, and 4 pm to 7 pm daily.
They offer an extremely competitive price of only RM15 per hour, with unlimited arrows. Unlike some other archery ranges which charge by the arrow, this means that archers can practice their archery to their heart’s content, allowing them to improve quickly and significantly through a meaningful number of repetitions. Recurve bows will be available for renting at just RM5.00 per session with compound bows costing just RM10.00 to rent per session.
Joseph Tan Huang Kew, managing director of Check Hup, famed for their coffee, inaugurated the event with a speech, the planting of a tree and officially letting loose the first arrow at the range.
With that the competition began in earnest, lasting until nearly 6 pm.
The tournament featured the Under-12 (Male/Female) and Under-18 (Male/Female) Recurve categories, with 72 archers in total
The prize pool, worth over RM26,000.00 in total value, included RM2,400.00 in cash prizes and equipment vouchers to help athletes upgrade their gear.
Winners for each category:
Recurve Under 12 Boy
Gold – Muhamad Bilal Haseeb Bin Mohd Izuan from Laguna Archery Club
Silver – Muhammad Mishary Addeen Bin Romizal Amir from Crcherry
Bronze – Khairul Abbas Ziqry Bin Khairul Zafir from SK Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantan
Recurve Under 12 Girl
Gold – Nur Zahirah Afifah Bt Abdurrahim from Transkrian Archery Club
Silver – Hasya Safiyya Bt Mohd Hanafi from Transkrian Archery Club
Bronze – Azra Najla’ Binti Mohamad Rozeli from Bagan Datuk Archery
Recurve Under 18 Boy
Gold – Muhammad Nazrul Nasr Bin Masrul from SMK Dato Hj Mohd Taib
Silver – Muhammad Qayyim Muaz Bin Sharul Nizam from Highlanders Archery Team
Brzone – Mohamed Imran Ikmal Mohamed Faiyaz from Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Recurve Under 18 Girl
Gold – Nur Naazneen Sofea Binti Norman from SMK Jati
Silver – Hayatul Zara Eryna Binti Khairul Zafir from SMK Tarcisian Convent
Bronze – Iris Nur Islam Bt Mohamad Taufik from SMK Sg Kruit
The winners brought home the following:
Gold: RM300.00 + vouchers worth RM3,000.00
Silver: RM200.00 + vouchers worth RM2,000.00
Bronze: RM100.00 + vouchers worth RM1,000.00
