
Botswana Softball Association (BSA) has heightened its drive for development of players who will represent the country at international levels in the future. In the light of this, BSA will send a team of young softball players to the 2016 International Softball Federation (ISF) junior men’s World Softball Championship in Michigan, USA. The U-19 men’s softball team is leaving today (Sunday) to take part in the tournament that starts on July 21, 2016. It has been revealed that the players who made the team were chosen from 2015 Botswana Games. A group of 50 players were selected and put in training in preparation for the coming world meet. Through the hard work of both players and coaches a final squad of 18 players was selected to represent the country at the world championships. Speaking at the team’s sending off ceremony, the Head of Delegation Renny Molete thanked all the stakeholders involved in the nurturing of the talent that Botswana has. Since the players are U-19s, Molete directed special thanks to the teachers who have worked with the players to this point. “If it was not for the teachers we would not be here today as there would be no players,…