Lim Seok Hui distinguished herself in 1984 by winning not only the Sportsgirl of the Year Award but also clinching the Sportswoman of the Year Award.

Seok Hui started learning squash just before her 11th birthday through the encouragement of her avid squash enthusiast parents. At 11, Seok Hui played her first competitive squash game - coming in runner-up in the singles Under-16 Age Group at the Sustagen Junior Squash Tournament.

She was only 13 years old when she represented Singapore at the East Asian Women's Squash Championship in Hong Kong - making her amongst the youngest competitors in the history of squash in Singapore and East Asia.

ISeok Hui experienced her first "taste" of international competition in 1981 -- then just 14, she came in runner-up to Sue Paton at the East Asian Squash Championship in the ladies' individual event.

She reached the quarter-finals of the 1982 Japan Open Women's Squash Championships, coming in third the following year. In 1982 and 1983, she competed at the British Junior under-19 Open and the Scottish Junior Open - coming in third in both and placed runner-up in 1983. That same year, the 16 year-old became the youngest champion in the history of Singapore squash when she won the Singapore Open title.

The following year, Seok Hui became the youngest ever female player to win the East Asia Squash Championship Ladies Squash Singles title, overcoming Hong Kong's 35 year-old Julie Hawkes for the 9th East Asian Squash Championships crown.

Earlier ('84) she had won the New Zealand Under-19 and Japan Open Women's Squash Championships titles as well as the national (Singapore) crown and the East Asian individual crown while coming in second in the Scottish Under-19's Junior Open and (also) making it to the semi-finals of the English Under-19 Junior Open tournament. At the Malaysian Open Seok Hui overcame the competition to win the Ladies Singles Championship.

Not only does Seok Hui excel in squash but also in the field of academia - in 1984 Seok Hui won the Prime Minister's Book Prize for outstanding academic work after scoring seven distinctions at her GCE 'O' Level Examinations. She is also a grade-eight pianist. Indeed, Seok Hui is one of the rare few athletes that have successfully combined studies with sports.