We are very delighted to inform you that we have received 18 nominations from 7 countries for 7 categories of the ASF Performance Awards 2022 and 11 nominations from 4 countries for 4 categories of the ASF Coaches Awards this year in total. Thank you very much for the support of the participating member nations. Below are the list of awards recipients this year proposed by the Selection Panel and endorsed by ManCom: -
ASF Performance Awards 2022
1) Dato Alex Lee Award – Outstanding Performance of the Year (Senior) 
 a) Men: Mr Saurav Ghosal (India)
 b) Women: Ms Joshna Chinappa (India)
2) Hassan Musa Award – Outstanding Performance of the Year (Junior)
  a) Boy: Mr Noor Zaman (Pakistan)
  b) Girl: Ms. Aira Azman (Malaysia)
3) ASF Award – Outstanding Team of the Year
  a) Men's Team: Indian Men's Team for Asian Team Championships 2022
  b) Women's Team: Malaysia World Women's Team 2022
4) ASF Development Award – The Most Improved Team of the Year
   Pakistan Junior Squash Team

ASF Coaches Awards 2022
1) Coach of the Year
 Ms Rebecca Chiu (Hong Kong, China) & Mr Baskar Balamurugan (India)
2) Junior Coach of the Year
  Mr Andrew Cross (Malaysia)
3) Development Coach of the Year
  Mr Roger Ngan (Hong Kong, China)
4) Coaches Certificate of Recognition
- Mr. Mohd Faisal Ali (Malaysia)
- Mr. Ryan Pasqual (Malaysia)
- Mr Sanjay Singh Chal (Malaysia)

Congratulations to all the award winners and special thanks to the Selection Panel. The awards will be presented at the forthcoming Asian Individual Championships 2023 held 6 - 10 June at Hong Kong, China

The 21st Asian Junior Team Championships were successfully concluded yesterday in Chennai, India. Pakistan beat India to claim the Junior Men's Team Champion while Malaysia defeated Hong Kong, China and won the Junior Women's Team Champion.

The Championships, which were held 8 - 12 February 2023, have attracted 10 Junior Men's Teams and 8 Junior Women's Team to participate. Mr. David Mui, MH JP, ASF President thanked Squash Rackets Federation of India of hosting a wonderful event, "We are glad to hear that the feedback of the participating teams and officials is great. I would like to thank Mr. Debendranath Sarangi, Chairman of the Organising Committee, for his leadership; and Mr. Cyrus Poncha, Championship Director, and his team for their dedication."

Mr. Mui continues, "My congratulations would go to Pakistan and Malaysia, who won the 21st Asian Junior Men's and Junior Women's Team Championship respectively. I would also like to thank the support of all the participating teams and officials. Last but not the least, my appreciation would also go to Major Maniam, Technial Delegate of the Championships, the 3 ASF's Appointed Referees: Srikanth Seshadri (India), Asif Khan (Pakistan) and Abdullah Arrffan (Singapore),"

Final Team Position:

Junior Men's Team - 1. Pakistan; 2. India; Co-3rd. Korea/Malaysia; 5. Japan; 6. Hong Kong, China; 7. Sri Lanka; 8. Singapore; 9. Kuwait; 10. Chinese Taipei

Junior Women's Team - 1. Malaysia; 2. Hong Kong, China; Co-3rd. India/Japan; 5. Korea; 6. Singapore; 7. Sri Lanka; 8. Chinese Taipei

To honour the effort and achievement of the squash elites in the region for 2022, ASF will present the Coaches Awards and the Performance Awards to well-recognised coaches and players respectively.

"I'm happy that ASF Coaches & Performance Awards can resume after its suspension for 2 years due to the pandemic, to award the elites in the region for the year 2022," said Mr. David Mui MH JP, ASF's President.

A Selection Panel, comprised of the Chairman: ASF Coaching Director Mr. Tony Choi (HKG)  three panel members including Maj  (R)  S.  Maniam  (MAS),  Mr.  Koo Ryun-Hoe (KOR) and Mr. Cyrus Poncha (IND), has been formed for selecting all awards' recipients for the final endorsement of the ASF Management Committee.

All ASF member nations are invited to put up nominations. The closing date for nominations is 17 February 2023. Details please refer to the ASF Awards page.