Modutlwa runs solo as Lekang disqualified
Calistus Kolantsho | Wednesday February 11, 2026 10:41
Her challenger, Ookeditse Lekang was barred from contesting following a constitutional issue. Modutlwa said before going to the elections, she had all sorts of scenarios in her mind but what transpired on Saturday was not part of them.
She explained that other National Sport Associations (NSAs) have been re-registering at the Registrar of Societies, but Bowling re-registered using an old constitution, which was updated over the years.
“Since 2014 we have been using the same document and the expectation was that we were going to use it for the elections. However, a day or two days before the elections, one of the delegates, being Gaborone Bowls club chairperson, indicated that it will be illegal to use a constitution that has not been ratified at Registrar of Societies. But we believed that it was ratified, the challenge was the filing was a challenge.
“We looked at the legality of it, when the AGM started, the former president, Kitso Robert presented the matter to the general assembly, to the effect that one of the delegates had a concern. The matter was put to vote, it was decided that we should use the 1976 constitution.
“It transpired that when you read it in totality, some delegates were eligible to be part of the elections including the delegate who raised the concern,” she said.
Modutlwa added that the first thing in her road map is to review the BBA strategic plan and align it to the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC).
Equally, she will make meaningful progress across the strategic priorities, including, but not limited to collaborating with World Bowls to promote short mat bowls in Botswana, a new and shorter format of indoor bowls.
She said BBA is currently in tier two of the BNSC funding model and the idea is to push for tier one inclusion.
“I will focus on inclusive participation, this includes capacity building and up skilling of the BBA Women’s Commission (women coaches, technical officials, administrators). I will also focus on safeguarding, creating safe spaces for girls and young athletes to participate safely in sports. I will introduce disability bowls in Botswana,” Modutlwa promised.
“There is need to strengthen our grassroots and youth development programmes across all bowling clubs in Botswana. There is a need for inclusion of bowls in school sports and the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 Games. A key one is benefiting of our youth bowlers from the Elite Scholarship Program and Zebra Athlete Fund.”