Orapa Fails To Field Full Swimming Squad

Swimmers take off during the Nationals PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Swimmers take off during the Nationals PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Orapa Swimming Club failed to enter a full field of swimmers at the Botswana Swimming Sports Association (BSSA) nationals, held in Gaborone over the weekend. The club was forced to omit some of the events such as butterfly, owing to inadequate number of swimmers.

The club’s spokesperson, Lesego Mabote said they had 11 swimmers, something made it difficult for them to compete in other strokes.

“In order for us to accumulate more points we needed more swimmers. We brought a lesser number because we did not have enough time to prepare for the nationals. People have been on leave due to the festive break and they just reported back for duty,” he said.

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