Opening the Asian youth squash battle, “Chalitrat” plans to build a training ground for the national team at SAT.
Mr. Chalitrat Chanrubeksa, President of the Squash Association of Thailand presided over the opening ceremony of the youth squash competition The 29th Asian Championship features squash players from 14 countries, as well as their management, officials and sponsors. together with Ambassador City Hotel, Jomtien, Chonburi Province on June 15
Mr. Chalitrat said It is a good sign that squash has returned to compete for the first time. Since going through the COVID-19 crisis which had to take a break for many years The squash athletes have a competitive arena once more. This Thai event has been trusted by the Asian Squash Federation. to host the competition With more than 400 athletes competing, this would be a good thing besides promoting the sport of squash. It is also a good result in tourism economy. Especially the hotel will come back to be bustling. After many years of the coronavirus crisis
In addition, the president of the Thai Squash Association said that At present, squash is not widely popular in Thailand. due to many factors Also, many squash courts have been demolished and shut down due to the economic turmoil. Since 1997, squash arenas have dwindled. Affecting Thai national squash athletes because it makes it difficult to keep training There is no field to practice for Thai national team athletes to practice. In particular, there is no doubles court at all.
“Recently, the Squash Association has made a request for assistance for the construction of a training ground for the Thai national team. to the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), which has now been approved. But the association still has to find money to continue building. Which is expected to want the sport of squash to become widely known in Thailand once more. In the past, Thai squash athletes were among the top. of South East Asia before.”
for Thailand Trusted by the Asian Squash Federation to host a youth squash competition The 29th Asian Championship between 15-19 June at Ambassador City Hotel, Jomtien, Chonburi Province, divided into 8 categories, consisting of young men and young women, aged not over 13 years, 15 years, 17 years and 19 years
There were athletes from 14 countries participating in the competition, led by Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand, including more than 400 hosts, with more than 400 Thai squash athletes. A total of 19 people participated in the competition, led by Akaradej Akkarahiranya, Raviphan Limphaiboon, Nichanan Bunmak and Ratchaniporn Charoensuk, the Thai national team, fighting the 2022 Asian Games.
