Young Turks rise up to the coaching challenge
Friday, April 12, 2019
The conveyor belt churning out coaches has rather been slow at the Botswana Football Association (BFA), only gathering pace in recent years. With only three coaches holding the CAF A licence, and none with a Pro Licence, it has been rather a subdued period at Lekidi Centre.
However, the arrival of BFA technical director, Letsoaka Serame has seen the association pick pace, with a number of coaches in line to be upskilled.But even before the upskilling process reaches a crescendo, there has been a refreshing shift, with young coaches raising a firm hand to replace the ‘aging fleet’. Botswana now has a proud record of the youngest coach to handle an international assignment after Alex Malete, at just 29 years, five weeks and 35 days, sat on the bench when Botswana played Namibia in an Olympic Games qualifier last weekend.
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...