BRU moves to resuscitate B Division

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The Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) Annual General Meeting on Saturday dissolved the B division committee after it unanimously agreed that it was not functional. Four new committee members were voted led by Matthews Porogo.

Pule Motlhatlhedi is the secretary general, while Simon Kanaimba and Shawn Basupi are additional members.
The development came after BRU president Bob Lekan announced that the running of the B division league remained among the union's challenges due to a host of factors.Lekan mentioned shifting games and failure to attend games as the most common challenges. The committee is expected to bring change to the suffering B Division.

On other issues, Lekan told delegates that the year 2012 gave BRU a chance to redeem itself from the mishaps of 2011."We saw the successful hosting of the six nations tournament in Gaborone which was used as 2015 Rugby World Cup preliminary qualifiers which our team, The Vultures, subsequently won," Lekan said.Among other achievements, the BRU saw the smooth running of the A division league and the return to action by students from both junior and senior secondary schools.

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