Rain washes away sporting action

The heavy rainfall that started on Friday afternoon onto Saturday in the Southern region spoiled what was to be an action packed sporting weekend. With the Botswana Premier League (BPL) now on its final stretch, the focus on Saturday was on the relegation battle. However, three encounters were postponed with the other two due to the fact that the venues were waterlogged. The VTM Arena pitch was deemed waterlogged and could not host a clash between Masitoka and Notwane. Reigning champions, Jwaneng Galaxy and Prisons XI clash was called off as the pitch was unplayable.

In a rather embarrassing manner, the match between Gilport Lions and Morupule Wanderers, which was to be held at the National Stadium at 3.30pm was postponed because of an alleged administrative blunder. According to information reaching Sport Monitor, the league authorities did not book the venue and instead the Botswana Athletics Association had got the ‘lease’ for the afternoon.

The First Division South league football was hit by unfavorable weather conditions as well, forcing the authorities to postpone all the matches. “Due to the bad, unconducive weather conditions, DFDSL committee has resolved to call off today’s league games. We would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused,” the committee said on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the Botswana Motor Sport (BMS) was also forced to call off the Kopong200 race.

The event was the round two of the BMS national off-road championship but had to be called off due to an unfavorable terrain caused by the rain.*