BCA hosts U-15 tournament

Botswana Cricket Association will host the ICC Four Nations Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Cricket Association's Oval in Gaborone.

Countries to participate are Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho.

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Cricket Association embarks on ambitious programme for kids

Sunday Standard report on the BCA's vigorous campaign to develop cricket in Botswana.

The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) has embarked on a vigorous campaign to develop the sport in Botswana. The association has started from the grassroots level where their main targets are kids. Since most kids are in lower schools, the BCA started by approaching five primary schools in and around Gaborone for their initiative............

.............“Most primary schools struggle with transport but we are fortunate enough because of the Kgatleng Council. I think this is one way in which the sport can grow in our school and at the end of the day it is the country that is benefiting. Hopefully many schools would in future emulate what we are doing,”..........

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Sir Ketumile Massire appreciates BCA

Girish Ramakrishna, BCA Development Officer in discussion with the former President of Botswana Sir Ketumile Massire.


The below given text is the extract from NEWSFLASH AFRICA - APRIL 2007 issued by Africa Cricket Association and ICC Development Program - Africa.

MULTI CHOICE has presented the BCA with cricket equipment for their Development Program. Girish Ramakrishna, the BCA Development Officer said that the equipment will be distributed to participating schools and each school was given three bats and a ball.

Girish Ramakrishna also met with former President of Botswana Sir Ketumile Masire to update him on the development programme on Botswana. Sir Ketumile Masire expressed his appreciation for the efforts taken to include as many schools as possible in the program, even schools as far as 70Km from Gaborone and welcomed the move by the BCA to increase the number of schools in the program. During the school holidays, cricket clinics to place on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, this included children from the SOS village.

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Multichoice supports cricket Development

Multichoice supports cricket development in Botswana. A newspaper clipping of DailyNews is shown below for the cricket lovers.
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Cricket in schools