Singapore Squash Rackets Association

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Singapore Squash Rackets Association
Sport Squash
AbbreviationSSRA
Founded1970
Affiliation World Squash Federation
Regional affiliation Asian Squash Federation
Location Singapore
PresidentDr Woffles Wu
SecretaryRaymond Tan
Official website
www.sgsquash.com
Flag of Singapore.svg

Singapore Squash Rackets Association (SSRA) is the national governing body for squash in Singapore. The body was founded in 1970. [1]

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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23%. The country is known for its transition from a developing to a developed one in a single generation under the leadership of its founder Lee Kuan Yew.

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References

  1. "Singapore Squash". The Squash Life Blog. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2015.