OUR guiding light Salma Bi is featured in both the Birmingham Mail and The Asian Today this week.
The newspapers have published the story of Salma's success in becoming the first ever winner of the Sport category at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in London.
The glittering ceremony took place on May 16 at the plush Hilton Hotel in Park Lane and featured a star-studded guest list which included awards patron Cherie Blair QC, Eastenders actress Preeya Kalidas, newsreader Mary Nightingale and rising star, pop singer Avina Shah.
The 13th AWA awards included a Sport section for the very first time and Salma was named the inaugural winner ahead of former British No1 tennis player Anne Keothavong, England hockey talent Ashpal Kaur Bhogai, Urvasi Naidoo, CEO of the International Federation of Netball Associations, and amateur boxer and coach Saira Tabasum.
See below for the links to these articles....
http://www.theasiantoday.com/online-edition/issue-163/the-asian-today.html
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2012/06/07/muslim-female-cricket-coach-gets-award-97319-31128843/
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