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Getting ready: Table tennis will have a busy December PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Getting ready: Table tennis will have a busy December PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Regional heavyweights will descend on Gaborone as the Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) lines up a series of international tournaments.

In December, the BTTA will host four high-profile international tournaments to be hosted at the Botho University Multi-Purpose Hall. The four tournaments will feature different age groups as the BTTA opens up the festive season action. The annual Phoenix Assurance Botswana International tournament returns and will be held on December 14-15.

The Phoenix Assurance Botswana International tournament carries the biggest prize of the four, with a premium winner's prize set at P3,000. Prior, the BTTA will host an inaugural tournament in their calendar with the Commonwealth Under-13 tournament on December 12 while the Under-15 Regional tournament will follow on December 13 and the Phoenix Assurance Botswana Under-13 International tournament will run concurrently with the seniors' international tournament on December 14-15. The BTTA said Region 5 countries have shown interest in competing in the four internationals with over 100 participants expected in the capital city.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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