BRU partners with Welsh University
Calistus Kolantsho | Friday August 1, 2014 12:04
BRU development manager, Zee Khumalo said under the programme, they will send players to Wales during the off-season to learn from a nation that is advanced in the sport. He said they enjoy a fruitful partnership with the university, which recently donated the kit used by the Botswana national team, the Vultures during the Africa 1C Six Nations tournament held in Gaborone in June. A Cardiff-based club, The Pyramid Group facilitated the kit sponsorship.
“Pyramid Group director, Jeff Heasman has been a coach here. He initially made contacts with us when he coached disadvantaged children at Tlamelo Centre in Old Naledi. He had also been involved in coaching Botho Ryders who were promoted to A Division at the beginning of the season,” said Khumalo.
The Pyramid Group, which has offices in Cardiff and across the world is an official representative of Swansea University in Botswana. Through its work, the group seeks to establish links between Wales and Botswana. It is currently working with Swansea-based sushi restaurant, Nishimura to donate a percentage of its profits to Tlamelo, a project that supports underprivileged children in Botswana.
(Additional reporting by www.walesworldwide.org)