Squash Racquets Federation of India
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| Sport | Squash |
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| Abbreviation | SRFI |
| Regional affiliation | Asian Squash Federation |
| Location | Chennai |
| President | Debendranath Sarangi |
| Secretary | K.Rajendiran |
| Coach | Cyrus Poncha |
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The Squash Rackets Federation of India or SRFI is the Indian governmental apex body for the game of squash. It conducts the National Squash Championship, and promotes the game through the different state level squash bodies, and provides training facilities and selects the squad for the Indian team. It also chooses coaches for the national team (presently Cyrus Poncha and Major S. Maniam). The rise of squash worldwide with many players in the top 100 worldwide and India's higher rankings worldwide are a testament to the hard work put in by the administrators and players over the last decade.
Among the major facilities created by the SRFI is the ICL-TNSRA squash academy, which hosted the World Team Championship in 2007.
Conflict between the SRFI and squash athletes came to a fore in 2005, when the government was conferring the Dronacharya award on SRFI affiliated squash coach Cyrus Poncha. India's number one squash player Joshna Chinappa wrote a letter to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs that she never trained under Poncha, and that he had misused her name to get the Dronacharya award. The SRFI chairman Ramachandran then produced testimonials from Joshna where she acknowledges the support of SRFI and Poncha.
In 2008, the SRFI chose a woman's squad for the Asian championships without Dipika Pallikal, who was then training in Egypt, after having recently won the under-17 British Open. The federation cited irregularities in the paperwork in informing the group about her absence due to training, but it was felt that this might have been a rivalry with the Mittal Champions Trust which had been sponsoring her training abroad.
The SRFI maintains the website indiasquash.com, which announces the national squash calendar and other details.
The SRFI Conducts Various Activities during the Year :
In 2011, Inorder to promote the sport, The SRFI conducted the 2011 JSW SDAT WSF World Cup. This tournament was staged initially at the Indian Squash Academy, before moving onto an all-glass show court erected at the Express Avenue Mall. Egypt justified their billing as top seeds in the 2011 JSW SDAT WSF World Cup by beating second seeds England
In 2012, first ever Under-21 World cup in Chennai, the event was stage once again at the Express Avenue Mall. The event climaxed in a dramatic and unexpected final between Egypt and India – the top seeds versus the fourth-seeded hosts. Spurred on by an exuberant crowd seated around the all-glass court as well as hanging over balconies stretching three floors above, outsiders India staged a remarkable fight back in the second match to force a decider before ultimately falling to the favourites - Egypt.
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