Foreign runners for Phikwe marathon
Thursday, June 24, 2010
A member of the marathon's organising committee, Sean Chitsiga said during a tour of the course that athletes from South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have entered the event. South Africa has 10 runners, two of which are professionals. Zimbabwe has five while Kenya, Lesotho and Namibia have one each.
Chitsiga told journalists, the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) technical officers, Selebi-Phikwe Town Council roads engineer and traffic police representatives who toured the course that the number of entrants is very good.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...