The Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) has sent a total of ten players from the junior national team to represent the nation at the South Africa National Championships.
The competition started on the 4th October is expected to end on the 12th October 2025 in Durban, South Africa.
The team consists of both girls and boys players. The boys include Reneilwe Lekorwe (U13), Agobakwe Sebetlela (U11), Kgotla Thebeyame, (U19) and Tebogo Kotopo (U19). The girls’ team is made up of Sethunya Buisananyang (U11), Masa Mothabani (U13), Gabriella Tsiaka (U15), Brianna Mogaladi (U15), Stephney Batsholeng (U11) and Carol David (U13).
The team is led by Coach Boitshwarelo Butale, while Development Coordinator and Team Manager Godirileone Bagwasi will ensure smooth coordination and player welfare.
As part of its preparations for the competition the team conducted its final training session on Friday at Babusi Hall, fine-tuning preparation for the international showdown. The championships will feature players in the U11, U13, U16, and U19 categories, competing in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events.
In an interview, Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) Public Relations Officer Tshegofatso Malepa said that the international competition is a platform for local players to gain exposure. She stated that the competition will give them an opportunity to gauge their performance against South Africa team which always give them a tough competition.
Malepa is hopefully that the team will bring home more medals that surpass the number of medals they won in the previous competition. She noted that last year they brought home a total of five medals from the competition, two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal.
In order to ensure that the players balance their academic work with sports, Malepa said that from the team that is representing Botswana at the SA National Championships they have chosen students from the non-completing classes to represent the country.
