BNOC abandons beach Volleyball
“Beach volleyball was not part of the Tokyo 2020 long list. As such they are not supported to attend any Olympic qualifiers events, the BNOC works with sports that have a realistic chance to qualify for the games, “said BNOC acting Chief Executive Officer, Wedu Motswetla in a brief interview. With one slot up for grabs at the qualifiers and with availability of powerhouses such as Kenya, Egypt and Tunisia, there is pessimism over Botswana’s chance of qualifying. In addition, with the qualifiers coming in a matter of four weeks, the team has not been preparing. Since communication from CAVB to BVF came on Friday and the suspension of sports locally means Botswana’s chances are very slim as players have been dormant. From the look of things, BNOC is currently focusing on helping athletics, swimming, and judo to qualify for the Olympic Games before the qualification period elapses on June 29th. Last year, when the competition started, Botswana nearly missed the 2020 Beach Volleyball Zone VI first round qualifiers in Mozambique due to unavailability of sponsorship from the side of Botswana National Sports Commission(BNSC). However, Confederation of Africa Volleyball (CAVB) came to the rescue of Botswana and decided to pay for the teams’ accommodation and participation fees, and that prompted BNSC to come on board and took care of transport costs and players’ allowances. Despite that, Botswana men’s beach volleyball team has performed well and finished third to book spot in the last round of qualifiers, which they have to compete in next month. For his part, BVF president Daniel Molaodi says they are engaging the national Olympic body to seek financial help. “CAVB, Asian and South American Confederations
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the matter, we have finalized the budget for preparations and competition
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(Tuesday),”he said. If BNOC and BVF
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fail to find a common ground, it will be a heavy blow for the latter since they currently don’t have any grant money to use to fund the team as their grant balance was taken up by BNSC.