Her love for volleyball developed at a young age whilst she was a Standard Four pupil at Our Lady of the Desert Primary School in Francistown. Ntelecha is now part of a dominant Police VI at the ongoing Botswana Volleyball League. “I used to watch other pupils play the sport, and I decided to give it a try, only for me to fit like a glove in hand. I have played other sports such as netball. I was also in the school athletics team and at junior school, I was a javelin thrower. That is how it all started for me and the rest is history,” she said. Ntelecha said back in the day when she was playing for BDF VI during a trip to Zimbabwe, she learnt that Police VI was interested in forming a women’s team. She did not think twice as she jumped at the opportunity in April 2018. That was after completing her mission with BDF at the Africa Club Championships hosted in Egypt.
She said volleyball requires a suitable physique but to her that is not enough. What keeps her going is the love for the sport, the team work, enthusiasm, and the rush she gets during matches. The 32-year-old said her first competition was during her primary school days when she competed in the Barloworld Cup in Masunga. “I was very young and I have forgotten how the match ended. But at a competitive stage, I played my first league games in 2011. By then, I was playing for Diphatsa, we lost many matches. I am a setter; I have always been good in this game and I always worked more on my skills so that I keep improving,” she said. Ntelecha, a police officer stationed at the Tlokweng Police Station, was recruited to serve in April 2019. Despite her swift step on the court, Ntelecha has never been selected for the national team. “I have never been called up to the national team and I do not know why. But I have always been in the Botswana Tertiary Student Sports Association (BOTESSA) teams. Well, I could say the highlight of my career is when I played in South Africa under the Vaal University of Technology. That is where I reached my full potential and gained much experience and I was awarded the best setter award every year between 2014 and 2016,” she said. Ntelecha said although Police VI wins most of the time, there is no pressure playing for the side because they play as a team and they motivate each other to do better.
