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Tswapong Women’s League to Kick Off

Nov 9, 2017

Tswapong Regional Football Association will be launching women s football league on the Saturday 11th November 2017 in Palapye. The launch will be held on the two grounds adjacent ground Palapye United Ground & FC Palapye Ground. The day’s festivities are set to start from 08:00Hrs.

Participating Teams; BIUST from Palapye, Eyes on the Ball from Palapye, Sea bird from Palapye, Letswapo Stars from Lerala, Majwaneng Girls from Majwaneng, Seven Stars from Sefhare, Ground Kings from Lesenepole and Shining Girls from Lecheng.

The Association would like to congratulate the TSWAPONG regional football Association in being the first to kick off the woman’s league. For any enquires the Association refers communication to Mr Brown Kgobe TRFA Chairperson 71606098 / 73909098.

Speaking to the Botswana Football Association website Mr kgobe higlited that the start of the league was important to the region as this was way of making sure that football is accessible to more woman and also giving his region a chance to produce national stars, he appealed to the public to come and support the ladies and insure their game can also grow. Kgobe has challenged other regions to start their leagues to enable the country to conform to league structures as done by the rest of the world in order to benefit from FIFA and CAF founding in future.

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