Cyrus Poncha
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
coach. Born in 1976 in Bombay, he is based in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, and coaches at the ICL-TNSRA Academy
ICL-TNSRA Academy
Indian squash academy is a 2006 squash training facility run by the Squash Racquets Federation of India in Chennai, India. The India Cements Limited was one of the sponsors , along with the Tamil Nadu Squash Racquets Association.The Academy consists of two complexes; one with 3 glass back rainbow...
. Today, India is among the emerging countries in squash especially on the world junior circuit. Poncha was a national level player during his junior days.
He won the Dronacharya Award
Dronacharya Award
Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs.500,000...
from the Government of India in 2005 for nurturing squash talent in the country.
Adjudged Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year - 2003-4.
Some of his highlights as National Coach are
- Gold Medal Asian Junior Men's Team in Sri Lanka 2011
- Bronze Medal Asian Junior Women's Team in Sri Lanka 2011
- Bronze Medal Asian Junior Men's Team in Hong Kong 2007
- Bronze Medal Asian Games Sourav Ghosal, New Delhi 2010
- Silver Medal Men's Team at the SAF Games, 2006, Sri Lanka
- World Junior Men's Team in New Zealand, Aug 2006 - 6th Position
- World Team Event, Pakistan, 2005 - 11th Position
- Bronze Medal Asian Junior Women's Team in India 2005,
- Silver Medal Men’s Doubles Team at the World Doubles Championships, 2004 in India,
- Bronze Medal Men's Team at the Asian Championships, 2004 in Malaysia,
- World Junior Men's Team in Pakistan, Aug 2004 - Retained best performance of 5th Position,
- Gold Medal Women's Team at the SAF Games, 2004 in Pakistan
- Silver Medal Men's Team at the SAF Games, 2004 in Pakistan
- World Junior Women's Team in Cairo, Aug 2003 - Best performance 4th Position
- Gold Medal Asian Junior Women's Team in Pakistan 2003
- Silver Medal Asian Junior Men's Team in Pakistan 2003
- World Junior Men's Team in Chennai, Dec 2002 - Best performance 5th Position