Young Mooketsi rules the ping-pong roost

From a sporting background, Mooketsi developed the love for the table and racket as a Form One student at Linchwe Junior Secondary School in 2012. This was, however, after niggling injuries cut his football career short. He needed just a week in training to impress the coaches as the fairy tale began at the Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA) Games in 2013.

“I started playing football at school, then I had a leg injury, and every weekend I would have an injury. So I had to find another sport that had minimum physical contact. I tried chess but I was not that good, so indoor sports became my last hope. I first tried badminton, but the players pool was very wide, so I settled for table tennis.”