It will be the first time Police have failed to qualify for the competition. In 2023, the team did not travel to Selebi-Phikwe after missing out on the registration deadline. In the league, Police finished in position three, and qualified for the championship, where they lost to BDF during the final. Wells tore the Police ticket to Selebi-Phikwe during the elimination battle. Failing to qualify for the tournament also spelt doom for newly appointed coach Molekane Bokhutlo, who joined the maroon outfit in May. He equated the team's performance to a cellphone battery dying at a critical point. “We had focussed more on offence because we had long been doing well defensively. But then our pitching department was our weaker link. Although I cannot take anything from my players, they worked, whilst they were fatigued.
Remember they played all games without substitutions, fatigue kicked in,” Bokhutlo said. He added that they thought the transfer of Karabo Motsholathebe from Gatalamotho was going to be finalised before the knock out stage, in order to compliment the pitching department. The coach explained the delay was due to contractual issues and that affected planning and they had to work with what they had, being to use one pitcher the entire matches, which was risky. “We trained with Motsholathebe and Kunyalala Samuel hoping that they will be available during the eliminations.
