Masire Extends Cycling Rule

Masire told Sport Monitor that he was motivated to seek re-election due to a number of reasons. “When I was first given the responsibility to lead cycling in Botswana, there were Batswana participating in the youth and junior ranks. We started from zero by talent identification and starting to build a pool. We set ourselves 10 years to have a pool of experienced riders that we can use to select Botswana teams that can compete for medals.

The 10 years are not up; I want to leave cycling with a very strong pool. We already have some good riders that have come up over the last five to eight years so we are not far from what we aimed to achieve,” he said. Masire explained that he wants to also finalise the sub-structure committees that support the executives committee and drive cycling issues.