Cyrus Poncha

Who is Cyrus Poncha?

Cyrus Poncha is currently the Indian squash coach. Born in 1976 in Bombay, he is based in Chennai, and coaches at the ICL-TNSRA Academy. 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 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,