Botswana Fails To Qualify For Africa Tennis Championship

Monday, January 15, 2018

FELL SHORT: Local Tennis players failed to qualify for African Championship PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Botswana has failed to qualify for the 2018 Africa Junior Championship (AJC) slated for March. The local players started well during the ongoing AJC Southern Region championship at Notwane courts.

Botswana coach, Kagiso Kelebeile told Sport Monitor that with the ongoing Championships, they had wanted five players to qualify for the continental showpiece.

“The draw did not favour us. We won the first matches nicely, but the next matches we met strong players,” he said. Kelebeile said the challenge is that the championship was held at the wrong time when players are just coming from the festive break and had not been training.

Already have an active account? Log in here.

Or Sign up and get unlimited access to premium articles.

For the people: Stanbic Bank representatives in Letlhakane during an event. The bank has doubled down on its customer-focus and digital platforms PIC: FACEBOOK

Stanbic pretax profits up 11%

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 h ago

The audacity to be a unicorn

Mbongeni Mguni | 19 Apr 2024

Faulty gadgets top complaints to BOCRA

Mbongeni Mguni | 1d ago

Civil Society fights 'flawed' constitutional amendment

Innocent Selatlhwa | 22 Apr 2024

Civil Society calls for Constitution review governing Act

Innocent Selatlhwa | 22 Apr 2024

IEC rejects 2,513 registrations

Innocent Selatlhwa | 22 Apr 2024

Motshegwa prevails against detractors

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 22 Apr 2024

Serowe woman ingests acid, attempts suicide

Pini Bothoko | 22 Apr 2024

Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

The Monitor Editor | 23 April 2024

About us

Mmegi is the leading independent source of breaking news, latest news, current
affairs, Politics, Business, Sport, debates, analysis, and entertainment news in Botswana.

Explore

More

Botswana Fails To Qualify For Africa Tennis Championship

Botswana has failed to qualify for the 2018 Africa Junior Championship (AJC) slated for March. The local players started well during the ongoing AJC Southern Region championship at Notwane courts.

Stanbic pretax profits up 11%

The audacity to be a unicorn

Faulty gadgets top complaints to BOCRA

Civil Society fights 'flawed' constitutional amendment

Civil Society calls for Constitution review governing Act

IEC rejects 2,513 registrations

Motshegwa prevails against detractors

Serowe woman ingests acid, attempts suicide

Inspect the voters' roll!