The Voice (Botswana)

Bots to host women’s softball World Cup qualifiers

- BY PORTIA MLILO

Botswana softball hit a huge home run on Tuesday, winning the rights to host next year’s African Women’s World Cup qualifiers in a victory predicted to have farreachin­g consequenc­es for the sport locally.

Beating off stiff competitio­n from Uganda, Team BW’S bid impressed the World Baseball Softball Confederat­ion (WBSC) enough to be granted hosting honours for the first time in the country’s history.

Seven African nations will descend on Gaborone between 6th - 10th February for the tournament, with games to be played at the National Diamond and University of Botswana (UB) grounds.

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