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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana Squash Association is facing an uphill task of restoring the league after it crumbled during the indefinite shutdown of sporting activities in 2020 owing to the outbreak of COVID-19.<\/b><\/p>\n

The president of the association, Tiego Rabasha, told this week that league competitions have failed to take off since the restart of sporting activities last year and that club associates are struggling to put together the necessary resources to participate.<\/p>\n

No quorum, no AGM<\/b><\/p>\n

Rabasha emphasised that clubs ought to function in order to ensure the functionality of the organisation. \u201cIf you do not have clubs coming to the annual general meeting (AGM), you cannot have an AGM because you don\u2019t form a quorum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rabasha stated that clubs are becoming dysfunctional because volunteers now want to be paid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a serious issue now with school sports because teachers want to be paid for the time they spend in school sports,\u201d he said. \u201cWe all know the massive role played by schools in developing and feeding different sporting codes with talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

National team<\/b><\/p>\n

He noted that the inactivity of clubs has also made it difficult for the association to prepare national teams owing to the fact that clubs are now unable to produce athletes. \u201cFor me to have national team players, clubs have to produce players for us to select the cream of the crop,\u201d Rabasha pointed out.<\/p>\n

He stated that there is need to re-look whether Botswana sports still needs to be run through associations or an alternative model should be considered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you do not have clubs, you do not have an association and it is high time we look at how countries such as India have made cricket run in their country and how Australia and South Africa have made rugby to run efficiently in their own countries,\u201d said Rabasha.<\/p>\n

Lack of finances<\/b><\/p>\n

He identified lack of finance as another issue that has led to the dysfunctionality of clubs in the country is. \u201cAfter the advent of COVID-19, the government had to redirect funds to fight the disease and sports was the biggest causality,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Rabasha emphasised that sports in Botswana does not have enough capacity and that there are no coaches at the right levels. \u201cPeople coach because they have played the sport, but it should be noted that having played a certain code does not mean I am a coach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Even so, he added, despite all challenges they are looking at the issues and have already requested for a meeting with the Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to reset because a lot of things got messed up at the start of COVID-19 and some people have their own priorities, \u201c Rabasha said. \u201cWe have a lot on our plate currently because our intention is to revive the code and see more talent come in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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