Abbreviation | SFA |
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Formation | 1992 |
Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
Region served | Africa |
Membership | 19 member associations |
President | Lucky Mlilo |
Vice-president | Olufemi Ajagbe Adrian Wehrli |
General Secretary | Liz Addison |
Parent organization | World Squash Federation |
Website | www.squashafrica.org |
The Squash Federation of Africa (SFA) was set up in 1992 regulates squash throughout Africa and the Indian Ocean islands.
It is based in Johannesburg, Gauteng in South Africa. As of 2012 it has 19 member federations. [1]
Nation | Federation | President |
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Algeria | Algerian Tennis Federation | Mohamed Bouabdallah |
Botswana | Botswana Squash Rackets Association | Tiego Rabasha |
Democratic Republic of Congo | FECODESQ | Simon Yoka |
Egypt | Egyptian Squash Association | Assem Khalifa |
Ghana | Ghana Squash Association | Mr Richmond Quarcoo |
Kenya | Kenya Squash Rackets Association | David Ngunjiri |
Lesotho | Lesotho National Squash Association | Boniface Kholoang Mokalanyane |
Malawi | Squash Malawi | Chikumbutso Mkutumula |
Mauritius | Mauritius Squash Rackets Association | Adrien Wehrli |
Morocco | Moroccan Squash Association | Berryane M. El-Ouazzani |
Namibia | Namibian Squash Association | Adri Lambert |
Nigeria | Nigeria Squash Federation | Boye Oyerinde |
Somalia | Somali Squash Federation | Hussein Ali Nor |
South Africa | Squash South Africa | Liz Addison |
Sudan | Sudan Squash Federation | Mohammed Mergni Hassn Mohammed |
Tanzania | Tanzania Squash Rackets Association | Ameen Kashmiri |
Uganda | Uganda Squash Rackets Association | Martin Fowler |
Zambia | Zambia Squash Association | Davis Chibuye |
Zimbabwe | Squash Association of Zimbabwe | Paul Bowen |
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