BNSC chair admits lack of netball world cup hype
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The tag line for the world cup is “Feel the hype, it’s almost time” as Botswana counts down to a historic first ever world netball event on African soil. But Reikeletseng admits the hype has been missing and wants to see a turn around in the next 20 or so days.
“In terms of the technical aspect of organisation, we have done a good job behind the scenes to ensure that the nation is not embarrassed. What we are behind in, is creating the hype. The event should be on everybody’s lip, like we have done before (when hosting other sporting events),” Reikeletseng said.
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