Cricket squad win in South Africa

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Junior cricket league starts 16 September, 2008

Junior cricket league starts 16 September, 2008
GABORONE - The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) junior league for Under-13 boys starts today with 12 teams from government primary schools battling it out for the championship.
BCA development officer, Mr Girish Ramakrishna said the 12 schools are Rasesa, Tlhaakgame, Oodi, Ikageng, Mojadife, Mogobane, Itumeleng, Bophirima, Phillip Moshotle, Ben Thema, Solomon Dihutso and Botsalano.
The contest starts with games between Rasesa and Tlhaakgame and between Oodi and Ikageng. Kick-off is 13:30.
Tomorrow, Mojadife will battle against Mogobane while Itumeleng takes on Bophirima.
On Thursday, Philip Moshotle plays against Ben Thema and Solomon Dihutso faces Botsalano.
The second round will be played in the week of September 23 and the finals will be on October 16 "From the stage of popularising the game we are also trying to put the kids in a competitive environment," Mr Ramakrishna said.
There will be prizes for man of the match in all rounds until the semi-finals, after which there will be prizes for best batsman, best fielder and the best bowler.
There will also be prizes for the player of the tournament apart from the runners up and the winners of the tournament.
Meanwhile, BCA held two activities during the International Cricket Week as announced by the International Cricket Council.
The first activity was a friendly competition between schools on September 9 and 10 involving students from Oodi, Rasesa, Itumeleng, Ben Thema, Philip Moshotle and Ikageng Primary Schools.
On September 11, BCA held a one day workshop conducted by Mr Gowrishankar, an accredited cricket coach from Australia for government primary school teachers.
The objective of the workshop was to share experience, teaching methodology and the finer aspects of the game.
Teachers who participated in the workshop came from Rasesa, Oodi and Mmusi Primary Schools. BOPA

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Sunday Standard reports Under 13s' cricket

Under 13s’ international performance impresses Cricket Association of SA
by KAGISO MADIBANA13.07.2008 10:34:37 A

The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) is impressed and awed by the performance portrayed by the Botswana Under 13 boys’ squad against much stronger opponents this past week in South Africa. Last week, the BCA sponsored a squad made up of students from government-aided schools to compete in the Eastern Junior Club Cricket Festival held in Benoni, South Africa, from the 30th of June to the 5th of July. Girish Ramakrishna who is treasurer of the association feigns happiness and a glamorous future ahead of the boys.“It’s only the beginning but the boys’ improvement has been tremendous, especially this past week. Their spirits are high and they have gained confidence.” The festival, which was sponsored by a number of well-known and established companies, was attended by 6 Under-13 teams, 12 Under-15 teams and 4 Under-17 teams. The Botswana squad, led by Kitso Motlogelwa as captain, played against 6 teams and although they lost some of the games, they won the last one, which really motivated them to practice hard at the sport they have come to love so that they do better next time. The Botswana development team played their first game against Ekhurhuleni Under 12 to a result of 44 for 10 wickets for a loss against 45 for 0 wickets. Their second game was against Swaziland Under 13 in which a near win was apparent when Botswana scored an 83 for 2 wickets with Swaziland scoring a minor win of 87 for 2 wickets.


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EJCCA Cricket Festival 2008

Mark Kingham, Chairman of Eastern Junior Cricket Club Association (EJCCA) presenting a memento to Ramakrishna Girish, BCA Development Manager during the EJCCA Cricket Festival 2008 held at Johannesburg, South Africa (4 July 2008)

Under 13s go international

Under 13s go international

by Kagiso Madibana

The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) will sponsor the nation's Under 13s trip to South Africa for a friendly match against one of its schools as part of its continuous junior development programme today (Sunday). The 13-member boys' team consists mainly of government sponsored primary schools representatives from Gaborone and surrounding areas. The dominant schools are Philip Moshotle, Rasesa, Itumeleng, Oodi and Botsalano. Strict supervision and close monitoring is attended to by their coach, Obert Musiyamhawje. ..................Click link to get the complete http://sundaystandard.info/news/news_item.php?NewsID=3369&GroupID=6

Future of women's cricket promising

29th June 2008, Sunday Standard has two reports on CRICKET under sportsnews.

1. Future of women's cricket promising
2. Under 13s go international (see the next posting)

Future of women's cricket promising
by Kagiso Madibana

In a historical tournament hosted by the Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) at
Gaborone's only cricket club, Rasesa Primary School beat Oodi in the cricket finals
to attain a trophy for their school. The all girls tournament recently ended after weeks
of intense competition between the few government schools that have signed cricket
as an official sport in their curriculum. Surprisingly both teams involved in the finals
were from Kgatleng district. ..................Click link to get the complete report..

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BCA news in Sunday Standard

Popularity of traditional sports codes on the wane
............... Botswana Cricket Association development manager,
Girish Ramakrishna, hailed the cordial relationship within...

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