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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The newly-elected Lesotho Basketball Association (LBA) Committee has set itself a mammoth task \u2013 to have made Lesotho the standard bearers of basketball in the southern Africa region when it leaves office.
\nThrowing the gauntlet down at his executive committee this week, new LBA president Faku Masupha said the committee would take basketball back to the zenith and rekindle the faltering bond with fans.<\/p>\n

Masupha told Public Eye this would be achieved through implementation of a web of strategic plans and concerted efforts by all stakeholders in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way to achieve our mandatory goals is through strategic plans that LBA members are going to execute and correlated efforts by executive members.<\/p>\n

\u201cA development pipeline for coaches, players, referees and women is already on the drawing board to ensure recruitment, sustainability and excellence.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerformance-based execution will be our top priority as the new LBA commission,\u201d Masupha said on Monday this week.<\/p>\n

He said the general assembly of the LBA will be galvanised so it can, in turn, inject energy into sub-committees to ensure accountability and involvement of all interested parties in the basketball fraternity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe promise as the newly-elected LBA committee to work hard to upgrade basketball in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a solid youth and experienced team with the intellectual ability to elevate the level of basketball in the country. Our vision is to set a benchmark for basketball at the end of our term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As new LBA boss his first priority was to develop and raise performance in targeted spheres of basketball namely; coaching, administration, players\u2019 welfare and refereeing.<\/p>\n

He said Lesotho has to produce quality players, especially with the 2020 AUSC REGION 5 games and 2022 3\u00d73 Youth games Lesotho is going to host on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is through united mechanisms that the LBA will get to it\u2019s heyday, as a president I promise nothing but good leadership,\u201d said the basketball head honcho. Berea native Masupha is hoping to make a name for himself not only in basketball but in other spheres of life locally and internationally.<\/p>\n

Masupha \u2013 founder, owner, coach of Bokamoso South and National University of Lesotho (NUL Rovers) coach \u2013 recently guided the 3\u00d73 Lesotho basketball team against Botswana as technical director.<\/p>\n

Outgoing LBA president, Francis Koma, expressed satisfaction with the newly -elected leadership, saying as the \u201ctoppled committee\u201d they would fully support the newly-elected LBA leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will support them all the way where they need assistance. We do not have issues with them.
\nPersonally, I am going to be behind them 100 percent in order to upgrade the standard of basketball in Lesotho,\u201d Koma told Public Eye on Monday. He said losing an election is part of democracy.
\n\u201cFor me, in \u2018Democracy\u2019 you have to accept the results of elections when you have lost. That is how democracy works. \u201cThe basketball community has spoken and they have made their decision. I have to respect their decision.
\nWhat is only left is to focus on the future of basketball and let the baggage rest in peace for the benefit of the growth of basketball in Lesotho,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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