Francistown hosts Under-12 tennis tournament

While other sports codes have been crippled by the Covid -19 pandemic with little to no activity, the Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) has been involved in constant activity across the country, hosting tournaments and coaching courses.

sociation will host the Under-12 tournament in Francistown.

Donga Tennis Club will be hosting the Under 12 and Under 10 tennis tournament in Francistown this weekend. The club will

also host a senior Open tournament which will be played during the Independence Holidays.

In an interview BTA President, Oaitse Thipe emphasized the importance of hosting this tournament at a time when many other codes are crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic. “It’s important for us to host this tournament as we want to develop young talent and the development of players requires us to give players enough competition,” he told BG Sport.

He said the Association is engrossed to produce young talent as it is part of their strategy. “It’s part of our strategy and we have a long term athlete development plan, so this tournament is a

menting this strategy.”

It’s not easy to control kids and ensure they observe the Covid -19 regulations, nonethewill less, Thipe believes that be the least of their troubles as they have tournament guidelines for Covid-19. “ere will be a SHE o cer

ish play they go home, they are not going to sit around or play around,” he assured. e BTA recently conducted the grassroots development coaching course which was aimed at equipping coaches with skills and capacitating them to coach at grassroots level and develop many young talents across

end tournament will be played at Francistown Tennis Courts. e categories will include the Red ball boys and girls category, Orange ball boys and girls, Orange ball doubles and the Under 12 Singles for both boys and girls among other categories.