Send players for tourneys, BTTA urged

Visiting South African table tennis junior national team stars, Terrence Mathole and Vivian Jackson are convinced Botswana's game will not change unless the country starts sending players for international tournaments.

The two, who recently came from the Africa Youth Championships in Tunisia, said they noted with disappointment that their Botswana counterparts were absent at the tournament last month.

Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) has always failed to send players to regional and international tournament. In fact, the association has no consistent junior national team and was not part of the competition held in Tunisia recently.

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