Sevens' coach blames poor preparations
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Botswana lost all its games at the tournament and the coach, Mooketsi Ramakele, has blamed insufficient training time as the major reason for the poor play. He said the side had less than a week to prepare. Ramakele recently succeeded Andrew Paxinos as Botswana Sevens' rugby coach. His charges lost all four games against Zambia, Namibia and Mpumalanga (twice) in the CAR tournament. He stated that the team spent little time together and only trained from Monday and Thursday.
He told Mmegi Sport this week that his players had not adapted well to his training methods. The coach noted that the majority of his squad lacked international exposure.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...