Cricket takes off in Phikwe and Mmadinare

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SELEBI-PHIKWE: Government primary schools in Selebi-Phikwe and Mmadinare have welcomed the introduction of cricket with open arms.

Speaking to Monitor Sport, Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) Coordinator for Selebi-Phikwe and Mmadinare, Taurai Chakanesa, says the programme is meant to introduce the sport to pupils going to government primary schools.

That will give them a chance to play the sport that most people think is for the elite members of the society."BCA held a workshop with government primary school teachers for both Mmadinare and Selebi-Phikwe. Twenty-seven schools were represented at the workshop that was held in June here. In July the programme started," he says.

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