KARACHI: Dato Low Beng Choo was elected unopposed as the president Softball Asia for the next four-year term at the 24th Congress Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pan Chuan has been elected for the newly created chairman’s post. Taeko Utsugi has been elected as first vice president.Secretaries of the member countries also presented their last year’s reports in the Congress. On the suggestion of SFP Secretary Asif Azeem, Asian Softball Confederation’s (ASC) name has been changed to Softball Asia (SA). The congress has also approved change of logo for Softball Asia.

Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) President Lt. Gen (R) Syed Arif Hasan and Chairperson Softball Federation of Pakistan (SFP) Tehmina Asif congratulated the newly elected (SA) President Sally Lim and Chang Chia have been elected as joint secretaries.

Singapore has been given the hosting rights of Men’s U-18 Asia Cup and it has also been decided that Taiwan will host the inaugural edition of U-19 Asia Cup in November next year. Meanwhile, umpire’s course will be held in July next year in Thailand. Meanwhile, Hiromi Tokuda (Advisor), Haruhi Goto (Chief Umpire), See Kok Wooi (Technical Commission), Taeko Utsugi (Chairman Development Commission) and Yutake Miyake (Chairman Coaching Committee) have also been elected for the important posts.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2018