By BAKANG MOKOTO
Glory days for Sporting Wednesday are coming back and thanks to North West Education and Sport department, MEC Sello Lehari. The department will be launching the Wednesday School Sport League in football for under 17 learners (boys & girls) at Batlhaping Secondary School in Taung on Wednesday.
Lehari said the primary objective of the Wednesday School Sport League is to revive school sport as it happened in the past. He further said abundance of talent was identified at schools back then.
“We intend to expose talent from the youth and keep them active. The intention is to reduce obesity among the young people who do not participate in sports. The department believes that sport to young people has an educational value as it imparts informal education to them too. Sports impart the important lesson of team spirit and give them the experience of working with different kinds of people in different situations.
“We launched Villages, Township and Small Dorpies (VTSD) Games which aimed at exposing the raw talent from the broader community. Now the department has prioritised learners who are still at school. The launch will be at 1pm,” he said.
Lehari also highlighted that sport help in character building if is infused at an early age to children. He said sport permeates a sporting spirit within children and takes the monotony out of their daily life.
“Sport is played according to the rules per sporting code and by obeying the rules; children will automatically develop a sense of discipline. In the Wednesday School Sport League, schools will compete from their respective classes per school, among different schools, ward, villages, municipalities, district and one team will emerge for the province in both boys and girls.
“The provincial teams of boys and girls will play against the Professional Soccer League Reserve Side during the Maize Cup Tournament,” Lehari said.
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