World Championships qualifiers

good opportunity for us,” he said. Archien Hardware injected at least P250 000 into the coffers of BSA to deliver the Independence cup finals with the winners walking away with P20 000.

The BSA president highlighted that, hosting the games will also be an opportunity for their sponsors to sell their brands across the continent which will further demonstrate the power of softball. A few months ago the national senior men’s softball team failed to qualify for the World Baseball Softball Confederation ( WBSC) Softball World Cup 2022 but the team showed tremendous effort before succumbing to a 3- 4 loss to hosts South Africa. The BSA women team will compete in the games in February and will be banking on using home advantage and support to qualify for the world finals.

Botswana and South Africa are amongst the top ranked teams in Africa but Mosimanegape added that although they expect the local ladies team to do well in the qualifiers, they will not take anything for granted.