Africa-Press – Botswana. The new Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) competition, the Super League will kick-off tomorrow (Thursday) evening, with the organisers outlining strict rules for the players.
The Super League will mark the start of the 2022 table tennis season. The Super League will run until April. The league games will be played Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays over the three months until the competition, which is only open to players in the top eight of each of the men and women’s BTTA rankings, ends. To ensure the smooth running of the competition the Super League committee introduced penalties. Players will be fined P200 for failing to honour games, or the player can be expelled from the league if they fail to pay the fine.
There is also a P20 late arrival fine for players, umpires and referees. The fines are to be paid within seven days and failure to pay will result in expulsion from the league. The Super League has received a P27,000 sponsorship from Phoenix Assurance Botswana. The winners of the league in each category will get P5,000 while second place is guaranteed P3,000. Players who finish third will take home P1,500 each. There is also remuneration for the referees and umpires, which the BTTA did not disclose.
Meanwhile, the opening round of fixtures will be played tomorrow at the BNYC Hall. The country’s former number ones, Tshenolo Mooketsi and Thobo Matlhatsi, headline week one of the fixtures in what would be a battle of the BDF Table Tennis Club players.
The pair will face off at a 7pm tie. In other ties, Tirelo Tshipinare will face his teammate and country’s top-ranked junior player, Sean Dekop in an earlier 6pm fixture. The country’s top-ranked woman, Tshepiso Rebatenne takes on Emmah Lelatisitswe while the Kebodiwang sisters, Game and Tshephang will conclude tomorrow’s fixtures at 7.30pm.
Full Week One Fixture
Thursday 10 February 2022
Tirelo Tshipinare (Nhabe) vs Sean Dekop (Nhabe) 6pm
Tshepiso Rebatenne (Nhabe) vs Emmah Lelatisitswe (Nhabe) 6.30pm
Tshenolo Mooketsi (BDF) vs Thobo Matlhatsi (BDF) @7pm
Game Kebodiwang (BDF) vs Tshephang Kebodiwang (BDF) 7.30pm
Saturday 12 February 2022
Constance Kuswani (BDF) vs Emmah Lelatisitswe (Nhabe) 8.30am
Boago Malobela (Smash Maniacs) vs Masa Lesole (Smash Maniacs) 9am
Olorato Gamagapu (Smash Maniacs) vs Tsholofelo Gaokgalemelwe (Smash Maniacs) 9am
Bakang Maloka (Moshupa Spinners) vs Tshenolo Mooketsi (BDF) 10am
Game Kebodiwang (BDF) vs Salome Matlhatsi (BDF) 10.30am
Boago Malobela (Smash Maniacs) vs Tiro Lesomo ( Smash Maniacs) 11am
Constance Kuswani (BDF) vs Tshephang Kebodiwang (BDF) 11.30am
Thobo Matlhatsi (BDF) vs Masa Lesole (Smash Maniacs) 12pm
Tshepiso Rebatenne (Nhabe) vs Tsholofelo Gaokgalemelwe (Smash Maniacs) 12.30pm
Bakang Maloka (Moshupa Spinners) vs Tirelo Tshipinare (Nhabe) 1pm
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