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Botswana Tennis Association

Sport	Tennis
Abbreviation	(BoTA)
Affiliation	International Tennis Federation
Regional affiliation	Confederation of African Tennis
Location	Gaborone, Botswana
President	Mr Amanze
Coach	Mthandazo Sibanda
Official website
bnsc.co.bw

The Botswana Tennis Association (BoTA) is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in Botswana. Botswana is ranked in the top 15 nations in African tennis. The BoTA is affiliated to both International Tennis Federation and Confederation of African Tennis.

History

Botswana competed in its first Fed Cup in 1995. Their best result was fourth place in its Group II pool in 2002 and 2003. Tapiwa Marobela has recorded the highest number of wins for the Botswana Fed Cup team, six wins from 13 singles matches and two wins from 11 doubles matches between 2001 and 2004, before she attended Florida State University from 2004 to 2008. Botswana competed in its first Davis Cup in 1996. Botswana Tennis Association also participated in 2014 African Youth Games held in Gaborone, Botswana.

There are thirteen tennis clubs affiliated to the association. The association collaborates with such institutions as Botswana Integrated Sports Association (Body for Secondary Schools’ sports), Botswana Premier League Sports Association (body for tertiary institutions’ sports, primary schools), etc.

Davis Cup

Botswana Davis Cup team qualified in February 2005 for Group III after being relegated in 2002 from Group III where they had been for two years.

Human resources

• Coaches
  Fifteen (15) ITF Level I coaches have been trained through the cooperation between the ITF and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
• Officials
  The association has one ITF Level II (White Badge) umpire and over forty Level I umpires.
• Other volunteers include sports physicians who are called occasionally to assist at selected events, particularly international competitions.

See also

• Sport in Botswana
• Botswana National Sports Council

References

1. ^ "CAT". www.cattennis.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
2. "BOTSWANA TENNIS ASSOCIATION - Sports Bodies Botswana - Yellow Pages".
3. "BOPA Daily News Archive". 2009-01-14. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
4. "Fed Cup - Team - Botswana (BOT)". www.fedcup.com. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
5. "Tapiwa Marobela - Profile". College Network - Seminoles. CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
6. "Support Gaborone 2014 games'". www.dailynews.gov.bw. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
7. "Gaborone 2014 - 2nd African Youth Games .:: Venues ::". www.gaborone2014.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
8. ^ "Welcome to BNSC .:: Tennis ::". www.bnsc.co.bw. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

External links

• Official website

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Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
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v t e National members of the International Tennis Federation
Africa (CAT)	North Africa ALG EGY LBA MTN MAR TUN West Africa BEN BUR CPV CIV COM DJI GAM GHA GBS GUI LBR MLI NIG NGR SEN SLE TOG Central Africa CMR CAF CGO CHA COD GAB GEQ East Africa BDI COM ERI ETH KEN RWA SEY SOM SUD TAN UGA South Africa ANG BOT LES MAD MAW MRI MOZ NAM RSA SWZ ZAM ZIM
Asia (ATF)	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SGP SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe (TE)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GEO GBR GER GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX LIE MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU SMR SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR
Central America (COTECC)	AIA ANT ARU BAH BAR BIZ BER BES CAY CRC CUB CUW DOM DMA ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX NCA PAN PUR LCA VIN SUR TTO ISV IVB SKN TKS
South America (COSAT)	ARG BOL BRA COL CHI ECU PAR PER URU VEN
Oceania (OTF)	AUS NZL POC ASA COK FIJ GUM KIR MHL FSM NRU NFK NMI PLW PNG SAM SOL TAH TGA TUV VAN
North America	CAN USA
Former members	Yugoslav (YUG) Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Russian Empire (RU1) / Soviet Union (URS)
Major events: Olympics Davis Cup Billie Jean King Cup

• National members of the Confederation of African Tennis
• Sports governing bodies in Botswana
• Tennis in Botswana