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Aug 15, 2022

Francistown Regional Football Association (FRAFA) and Jacaranda Women’s Football League Francistown this past weekend (13 August 2022) held an awards ceremony at Francistown Civic Centre hall.

The awards were held on Saturday afternoon to honor all 12 Jacaranda Women’s Football League 2021/2022 season teams namely; Francistown United, Heritage Academy, Tutume Soccer Angels, Flying Girls Makungulupeswa, Strong Boys and Ladies, Shashemooke United, Coloured Stars, Diamond Girls, Tutume Young Fighters, Mandunyane FC, Ladies Focus FC, and Reteng Banyana FC.

Francistown United has been crowned the 2021/2022 season champions of the Jacaranda Women’s Football League and they walked away with a Trophy, Gold medals and P5, 500.00 cash prize. Heritage Academy is the runners-Up and they took home silver medals and P5,000.00 Cash prize while in third place is Tutume Soccer Angels who pocketed P4,000.00 cash prize and Bronze medals.

Flying Girls Makungulupeswa wrapped the league in position 4 and walked away with P3, 500.00 in Cash.

All teams finished from position 5 to position 8 walked away with a sum of P2, 000.00 cash prize each. The last bottom 4 teams paid the dirt with the sum of P1, 000.00 each.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Lobito Ncube also a National Executive Committee (NEC) member, called for the business community and public at large to chip in women’s football as that will attract more Viewership which normally determines the magnitude of sponsorship and endorsement deals.

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The Mares Drawn In Group B for WAFCON 2024

Botswana’s senior women’s football team, The Mares, will face stiff competition in Group B of the 15th edition of the CAF TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The official draw, held on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Salé, Morocco, set the stage for the tournament, which is scheduled to run from July 5 to 26, 2025.

The Mares find themselves in a challenging group alongside African football giants Nigeria, who boast an impressive 11 WAFCON titles and are gunning for their 12th. Completing the group are Tunisia and Algeria, both formidable teams in their own right, promising intense competition.

The draw was part of a ceremony celebrating the growth and vibrancy of African women’s football, with officials emphasizing the tournament’s significance in showcasing the continent’s talent and passion for the sport.