Poor turn-out mar softball qualifiers

Friday, January 11, 2019

South Africa and Botswana are the only countries participating in the women's qualifiers PIC: CALISTUS KOLANTSHO

PRETORIA: South Africa proved too powerful for the Botswana Under-19 girls in the Africa World Softball Cup qualifiers being held in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, which were marred by a poor turn-out.

South Africa won 7-0 but the result was meaningless as Botswana is also through to the Under-19 Women’s World Softball Championship to be held in the United States later this year.

Only Botswana and South Africa are taking part in the qualifiers after a number of countries pulled out.

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Poor turn-out mar softball qualifiers

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