Table Tennis finish second at AUSC games
Friday, December 13, 2019

Table Tennis national team PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Botswana sent an 11-member team including a Para side to the mountainous Kingdom of Lesotho in a tournament held from December 9-11.
The Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) broke a four-year international hiatus from international competition as local ping pong players brought home 12 medals, finishing second behind champions South Africa while the host finished third.
We are told of massive spin-offs for hosting countries, which we assume was the catalyst behind putting in the bid.We are not too sure if it is a one-size fits all, where any hosting nation reaps the benefits or it’s on a case-by-case basis.There are arguments from both ends, with hosting a sure way to accelerate infrastructure development and a guaranteed cash flow during the 30-days of the tournament.There is a bump in employment creation...