Africa-Press – Lesotho. Lesotho Darts Association (LDA) elected a new National Executive Committee at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Makoanyane barracks on Sunday.
The committee election, which saw Lebohang Khojane retain his presidency post, headlined the AGM, with annual reports and constitution amendment also forming part of the agenda.
To accommodate youth and women, two new posts were introduced to the constitution – youth representative and women representative, which are occupied by ‘Makuena Lesiea
and ‘Malefa Lithebe. Khojane expressed delight over his re-election and indicated that he is, “pleased to have been voted for again, that could mean that I’ve been doing my duties well or my colleagues trust me
to lead this association further,” Khojane said. Following the amendment of the constitution, the incoming committee’s term in office will be extended to five
years instead of the previous norm of two-year terms. Khojane says during his new term in office, he is willing to see the sport grow further, especially
among kids throughout the country since that can be a great foundation. “It’s our responsibility as the new committee to ensure that we accommodate kids in
this sport,” he added. “This sport is very refreshing in terms of how one’s mind works, so it’s good for the kids’ education, especially when it comes to Mathematics – they come across calculations that they need to
solve during darts matches. We want to reach more primary schools as another way of making the sport accessible to many at grassroots level throughout the
country. “We will however, need sponsorship for that since we are looking into educating and training primary schools teachers to become coaches at their respective schools.
The schools would then be pitted against each other in a competition, and that would make it easier for us to approach Lesotho Sport and Recreation Commission (LSRC) for subvention,” he
noted. Khojane said that his association is currently carrying out its activities without the national league due to financial constraints, insisting that they are ready to welcome any form of
sponsorship at this moment. “With the subvention we used to receive from LSRC, we were having the national league; but without it now, we have to look for the
league’s sponsors,” he said. “We organize the league and other tournaments only when we have financial backing or sponsorship. At the moment, Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has been our main sponsor for the association to
keep running, and we’re thankful for that. We currently have 16 teams registered under the association country-wide. ” In the new set-up, only Khojane and Treasurer Kuena Molefi retain their positions as new faces emerge. The LDA National Executive Committee is as follows:
