We could have done better - Mamelodi
Boitumelo Khutsafalo | Wednesday April 30, 2014 12:17
“All in all, we managed to pull through although there is still room for improvement. We hardly had games postponed this season and we tried to fixture the matches at the same time,” he stated. He said their target of finishing the season by the end of April was achieved despite the challenges.
He cited the BMC case as one of the challenges that could have delayed the league.
The fight over the ownership of BMC resulted in a suspension that sidelined the club from playing in the league, leading to a backlog of matches.
BPL will now focus on talks with be MOBILE for an extension of the sponsorship contract.
The current contract is in its last season and Mamelodi said that they are yet to start negotiations.
He said Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has agreed to a meeting to start negotiations. He expressed hope that by the time the Botswana Football Association (BFA) general assembly takes place in July, they would have sealed the negotiations.
He said all the league sponsorships have to be endorsed at the general assembly and therefore, it is a must that negotiations are concluded before the meeting.
Meanwhile the list of nominees for the Player of the Season award has been cut to three.
BDF XI’s Otlantshekela Mooketsi, Mwampule Masule (Township Rollers) and Patrick Kaunda (FC Satmos) will compete for the prestigious award. The date for the ceremony has not been set. The Premier League season came to an exciting end last weekend when the title race was decided on the last day. Rollers beat BDF XI, Gaborone United (GU) and Mochudi Centre Chiefs to the crown,0 while Miscellaneous, Uniao Flamengo Santos and TAFIC relegated to the First Division.