Four Botswana netball stars leave for Singapore

They will spend almost a month in Singapore before returning on February 16. The four players are BDF Cats shooter, Hilda Binang, UB Crystals shooter, Violet Oneile, Notwane mid court player, Sarona Hans and Jungle Queens defender, Letang Mogotlhwane. 

Botswana Netball Association (BONA) spokesperson, Maplanka said one of the criteria used to select the players was age. She said Hans is only 16, while Mogotlhwane is 19. “In essence, we had three players in mind, a shooter, defender and mid court player,” she explaine. UB Crystals shooter, Boikanyo Selogetso was selected to go to Singapore but failed to make the trip due to injury. Maplanka said the Singapore netball  authorities saw Botswana players in action recently during the Six Nations Cup tournament. She said the players did well and impressed the hosts though initially the Singapore authorities were skeptical because of their young age.  “But after watching them, they were impressed with their skills,” she explained.