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Junior tennis teams prepare for ITF, CAT championships

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Ready to rumble: Tennis juniors are finalising training for the Windhoek tournament

The local junior team is gearing up to compete in the International Tennis Federation (ITF)/ Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) Southern African junior individual and teams championships for 14 and 16 year olds.

The championships will be hosted in Windhoek, Namibia from January 6 until 14.

Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) president, Oaitse Thipe told MmegiOnline that the team attended the first training camp between December 9 and 13 in Gaborone. He said training will continue in Francistown and Gaborone this week, followed by the final camp set for January 3 to 5 in Gaborone.

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Junior tennis teams prepare for ITF, CAT championships

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