BSA urged to close gaps

Softball action on the final day of the season PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Softball action on the final day of the season PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The BoFiNeT Softball League ended a fortnight ago with championship matches in Gaborone, but national team coach, Pako Maforaga believes there are still grey areas, which the Botswana Softball Association (BSA) should attend to.

Maforaga, who is also Rail Giants coach, said there is still room for the club administration to improve. “BSA administration needs to seriously introspect because they seem to regress. The maintenance of the National Diamond is poor,” he said.

Maforaga said there has been a high turnover of officials and there was no training of officials this season. He said the northern zone league needs an overhaul.  He pointed out that the zone will always play second fiddle to their counterparts in the south. Maforaga stated that there has not been any all round improvement from last season.

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