The event will be staged at the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and will feature clubs from Botswana (seven), Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Botswana sides include defending champions BDF Cats, Flying Hawks, Pink Roses, Jungle Queens and Task.
The tournament is held in memory of the late Anthony 'Find The Ball' Masogo, a former BDF Cats' netball coach.The theme of the tournament is 'Interaction through sport regardless of gender' as Masogo is a pioneer coach of one of the first male netball teams in Botswana. He is the founder of the first BDF Cats and Tlokweng College of Education (TCE) male netball teams. "This is the only Botswana netball tournament that involves male players," said BONA publicity and marketing manager, Bakwena Oitsile. He said the annual tournament takes place in July, the month of Masogo's death. He said that BONA supports such tournaments as they improve players' level of competence. "It is always good for individual clubs to organise competitions outside the league," he said.
