11 Mar 2013

Botswana Brigades Sports Association (BOBSA) intends to take its athletics competitions to another level.

The association plans to negotiate with neighbouring countries to have brigade athletics competitions.

BOBSA's public relations officer, Onneile Charles said in an interview that having athletic competitions with other countries would afford local athletes an opportunity to gain experience from their counterparts.

Charles said, last year, they had competitions with some technical colleges from South Africa and the move worked for them. Meanwhile, the national athletics finals, which were divided into four regions of North Central, North North, South Central and South South saw the North Central region scooping first position with 29 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronze medals. The brigades under North Central region are Mahalapye, Zwenshambe and Nkange.

The second position went to North North region with 18 gold, 21 silver and 16 bronze medals and the region included brigades from Maun, Chobe and Shakawe.

South Central region settled for position three with 10 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals and the region included brigades from Lobatse, Gaborone and Tlokweng. The fourth position, which went to South South region with brigades from Ghanzi, Kang and Pitsane, won five gold, nine silver and 21 bronze medals.

The competition included field events such as shot put, high jump and long jump, discus and javelin. ENDS