Disang vows to carry on Top 8 momentum
Boitumelo Khutsafalo | Saturday June 18, 2022 06:00
Double Action were crowned champions after a thrilling 4-2 victory over Mexican Girls in the final played on Sunday. The action-packed tournament, which consisted of the best eight teams from each region started on Friday with the group stages. Although it was the first of its kind in the country, the tournament pulled a massive crowd throughout the whole weekend.
The icing on the cake was when the Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB), delivered a pleasant surprise on Sunday, announcing a huge increase to the prize money for the winners, runners-up, and bronze medallists. “I think what we need to do from here is to look back and see where we can improve. We need to strengthen our structures in regions so that we are in a position to run our football very well. We also need to start planning early so that we do not leave some aspects out,” Disang said.
She added they would also look into issues involving the media much better as well as the marketing aspects of the tournament. “But we are very happy with the crowd. We are really excited about what DTCB has done for us. At first, we all thought the prize money for the winners would be P25,000 but they shocked us and gave us a lot that we were not expecting.
It is a very good day for women’s football,” she said. She said this would go a long way in motivating other teams to put more effort. She also said they expect even more tough competition in the next edition.
The Botswana Football Association and DTCB signed a three-year sponsorship deal and Disang said they would continue to strive to host a good show so that the relationship can blossom. “Yes, we were not expecting that it would go to that much, but the conversation that we had with them (DTCB) was that if we can give them a good tournament, they would also make us happy.
And this is what they have done. We want to thank them again,” she said. DTCB managing director, Sedireng Serumola said when they looked at the journey taken by those in charge of women’s football, they realised that the initial prize money was not enough. “If it were for an individual, then it would have been fine, P25,000 or P15,000, but for teams, it was not enough. When we went back to our leaders they understood and gave us much more and hopefully P250,000 for the winners will make a difference,” he said.