Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants hosts Northern Football Tournament

The Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) celebrated the Workers day, 1st May 2009 by hosting a football tournament in Francistown. The main objective of the tournament was to bring the accounting fraternity together at a social level and to publicize the institution as a way of reinforcing the growth of the accounting profession in the country.

Addressing the participants the BICA member, Jonathan Msiska from CHARTACC, an audit firm in Francistown highlighted that the event marked a milestone in the existence of BICA in the Northern Region especially that BICA recently opened its new offices in Francistown.

He pointed out that the tournament which involved four teams, Gaborone Institute of Professional Studies, NIIT, BAC (Botswana Accountancy College) and NIIT lecturers which teamed up with accounting firms would not have been possible without BICA playing an active role.

“It cannot go without saying that the recent decision by BICA to open an office in the North has made the organizing of such a tournament possible,” he added.

He urged the participants at the event to take such tournaments seriously particularly the members of the Institute, the student members of the Institute and further implored them to work hand in hand in supporting the efforts of the Institute. Msiska also reminded the participants that the tournament also highlighted the fact that accountants also have social lives and further implored the members to come forward with ideas on how the Institute can further improve the social network of its members and the public.

The football tournament was highlighted with remarkable skills of football especially BAC (Botswana Accountancy College) which thrashed GIPS 5 – 1 in the preliminary match. NIIT also thwarted accounting firms and NIIT Lecturers in the other preliminary match. A professional referee John Palalani was later called in to officiate the finals which involved BAC and NIIT.

NIIT College won the trophy by thwarting BAC 3 to 1. Third prize went to NIIT lecturers and accounting firms and GIPS went away with the last prize. The event was the first of its kind in the Northern Region.

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