Pilikwe tourney to keep Miscellaneous on toes
Bonte Seepi | Friday January 27, 2017 15:13
Division One teams in the Tswapong region organised the tournament to feature Miscellaneous, Morupule United, Pilikwe United and Serowe-based Tsabothe. Chaba said the tournament will assist his side as he does not want his boys to break on any weekend.
“We do not have a fixture this weekend so we are grateful to play the one-day tournament. We played Morupule Wanderers ahead of Nico game and it really helped because even though we won it is not like everything is okay in the team,” Chaba said.
Chaba said since they parted ways with key players Kelepile Terata, Dikaelo Poulo and Bokani Moeto after last year’s player strike the team is struggling.
“We are still patching. We are lacking in central defence and attacking midfield. However, we managed to sign a left back from Black Peril, Kealeboga Koko and a striker from Notwane, Moshe Tlhaolang to try to improve our depth,” he added.
Tse Nala didn’t play well in the BTC Premiership first round of the season as they suffered five losses and six draws from 14 matches, which left them 12th on the log.
Meanwhile, the founder of Division Two side, Pilikwe United, Fobby Radipotsane said they organised the tournament in preparation for the second round of the league, which starts on February 5. He said they invited Tsabothe, which was relegated to Division One last year and led the log in order to improve competition. Radipotsane said they are excited to host the teams as they are in the process of building a sports centre in Pilikwe with 60% of the work done. He said the Sports Centre comprises a football pitch, volleyball and netball courts as well as camp sites.
“We are left with only 40% of the work and we are hopeful that after it is finished it shall be able to host First Division games,” he said.
Furthermore, Radipotsane said they want to bring back the spark that saw Pilikwe produce national team players.