Basketball Ref Dorothy Okatch Riding High

Dorothy
Dorothy

Botswana’s basketball referee, Dorothy Okatch’s has effortlessly etched her name in the echelons of international refereeing. Dot, as she is affectionately known, became only the 12th woman in Africa to be handed a licence to officiate any basketball match at the international level.

Her star continues to rise ever higher after attaining the FIBA license in Madagascar last month, hardly 12 months after becoming a zonal referee.

And while all odds were against her with the world basketball governing body, FIBA’s requisite being that she waits for a year after attaining the zonal qualification to try out the international test, the assertive official still went ahead with the help of Botswana Basketball Association (BBA).

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