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Fencing struggle to ‘en-garde’

Tough outing: The fencing team is in London for the Commonwealth Championships
Tough outing: The fencing team is in London for the Commonwealth Championships

The national fencing team is having a hard time on the piste at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Fencing Championship held in London in the UK.

The Botswana Amateur Fencing Society (BAFS) sent a four-member team to the competition, having trimmed the number from an initial 12.

The BAFS cited a lack of funds for the decision to reduce the team, which saw the number of local elite fencers including women’s top-ranked, Aobakwe Modise and men’s number one, Koketso Masena miss out.

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