The launch was scheduled to take place over the Independence holidays in Gaborone. Speaking to MmegiSport, BSA president, Tirelo Mukokomani, said the launch will not take place as initially planned because they are still sorting out some logistics. He said a new date for the launch will be announced in due course but they are eyeing the first week of October. “We are waiting the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) approval. They wanted us to make some adjustments, and we delayed in all honesty. Our budget was just different from what they had planned for,” Mukokomani said. Softball is one of the National Sport Associations (NSA) that were identified by the BNSC to receive assistance in order to kick start their activities. Other codes that will receive similar assistance are volleyball and boxing. Initially, Mukokomani had revealed that they had received a grant of P936, 000 from BNSC. Meanwhile, the BSA transfer window has come to an end without much movement due to a lack of league activity. BDF IX coach, Tebogo Makacana, said there was no activity going on, but he has a lot of young players in the team that need to be groomed.
“So, I figured there is no need to bring in new faces. (I would) rather work with the pool of players I have for now and see what I get from them first before I can look for any additions. There is an upcoming tournament over the weekend at the National Diamond. It will allow me to try a few things here and there to see what would work for us. This includes line-ups and player positioning, both defensively and offensively and also the style of play,” he said. Makacana said they have been working on a lot of different things and now is the perfect time to implement and see what will work for the team going forward.
