The tournament starts on Monday and runs for three days and winners book a ticket to the World Junior Championships in Japan at the end of the year. The Botswana team consists of the newly crowned Botswana Amateur Open champion Steward Smith, Russell Withey, Treeman Granger and 11-year-old Lee Roy Peerman - the winner of the Botswana Open B division last weekend.
Team manager and acting executive secretary of Botswana Golf Union (BGU) Joseph Marudu is convinced that the juniors will do well in Swaziland. He said Botswana finished second last in the 10-nation tournament last year but this time round, there is hope for improvements. He did not want to promise the nation wonders but simply said the players will do better. "I would be a happy man if we could get at least position five," he said. He expressed confidence in the players saying they have gone through vigorous training with South African expert Michael Balderstone.
