Botswana: Debswana Sponsors Volleyball Tournament
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Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
9 October 2008
Posted to the web 10 October 2008
Mosah Mokganedi
Diamond-mining giant, Debswana has forked out a whopping P150,000 for this year's Debswana volleyball tournament.
The sponsorship was unveiled in Gaborone on Tuesday for the tournament billed to start on October 18 in Mahalapye.
It is expected that 16 men and 11 women clubs will participate in the tournament. The men's competition will be played in three categories while the women will have two inners in the men's category will wark away P15,000 richer while the women champions pocket P10,000.
The tournament will be played in a round robin system. The men's side will have bottom eight, middle four and top four categories while women's game will have bottom seven and top four. The Capital Motors results will be used to categorise clubs. The first stage of the tournament will see men and women bottom clubs fighting it out in two pools in each category. The winner of each pool advances to the next level.
Esther Kanaimba of Debswana said at the unveiling of the sponsorship that they are proud of the contribution the company has made to sport. She explained that her company has a corporate social responsibility programme meant to help the community and benefit individuals. She added that they are always prepared to support a good course and challenged other codes to emulate volleyball and make more creative proposals in order to convince Debswana to sponsor them.
Kanaimba said that a long-term partnership with volleyball is possible. She asserted that the world has changed and sport should move from asking for donations to entering into partnerships with companies. Kanaimba said they take pride in supporting sport because it has an ability to promote the country and to infuse discipline in individuals. She said the tournament will give clubs a chance to enjoy themselves and get a competitive edge. She said codes should look at ways of developing sports besides hosting tournaments.
Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) president Tsoseletso Nkala expressed worry that Botswana has not been doing well at international level. She said that is why they came up with a 10-year development plan to develop volleyball. She applauded Debswana and said through the company's support, BVF can achieve its dreams. Nkala said in their efforts to develop the sport, they face many hiccups, key among them is shortage of facilities and personnel.
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She said they try to develop their own manpower to have a strong leadership. She added that they want to develop people beyond the playing field. "We want to produce well rounded people," Nkala said. She added that they have recently engaged Botswana Welfare Association (BOFWA) to give people life skills during volleyball games.
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