Noah Silomba, Author at OYDC Zambia

14 Dec

OYDC LAUDS ITS DOPING CONTROL OFFICER

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre is proud of one of its staffers Likemore Mahunje who serves as programmes officer for the role he has diligently played at the just ended Africa Union Sports Council Region 5 Games in Lesotho. Mahunje was one of few Africans selected to serve as Doping Control officers during the Region 5 Games in Lesotho with the aim of promoting clean sport among athletes. His calibre of work is worth appreciating and being emulated. He holds [...]

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04 Dec

OYDC & Teulings capable of producing world class Olympians – NSCZ

National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ) Chairman Patrick Mutimushi says OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre through the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge is cable of producing world-class athletes who can reign supreme at major events like the Olympic Games. In a speech read on his behalf by NSCZ Board Member Nakaonga Kakoma during the 11 edition of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge grand finale Mutimushi noted with happiness that OYDC has in the last eleven years conducted a well organized [...]

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01 Dec

OYDC impose restrictions on “Teulings Grand Finale” as Covid-19 4th wave looms

1st December 2021Media Release OYDC impose restrictions on “Teulings Grand Finale” as Covid-19 4th wave looms OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre has announced heightened measures to help reduce any possible spread of the Covid-19 during the 11th Edition of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge “grand finale” set for December 4. The grand finale which marks the closure of the youthful sporting season for athletes below the age of seventeen at the Centre will see team representatives only from the eleven sports [...]

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28 Nov

OYDC TO GET FACELIFT

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre is set to have some of it’s ‘worn out’ facilities replaced. This exercise will be done through the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOC) which has been selected among other NOCs in the region to benefit from a sponsorship agreement signed between Association of National Olympic Committees in Africa (ANOCA) and Gerflor a leading renowned flooring company in the world. The NOCs will benefit from the first phase of the pilot project and OYDC is [...]

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13 Nov

NATSAVE WINS INAUGURAL 2021 OYDC INTER COMPANY TOURNEY

It was a glamorous moment as eight teams turned up to compete for the 2021 OYDC Inter-Company Football and Netball tournament. The bankers NATSAVE bank reigned supreme by beating their competitor INVESTRUST bank 7-6 in a crucial match which ended in penalties. NATSAVE netball team also scooped the first position by beating INVESTRUST Bank. The teams walked away with trophies and assorted sports jerseys. And Lusaka Media Football team thrashed Davis & Shirtliff 2-1 to secure the third position. [...]

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13 Nov

‘2021 Sporting season a success’ says OYDC CEO Dr Chitangala

Just a few weeks before the 2021 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge grand finale OYDC Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala has described the sporting season for the year as successful. Dr Chitangala says despite the Centre suspending some activities due to the Covid-19 at some point, the centre has managed to successfully conduct all its annual sports activities. He says preparations for this year’s Teulings grand finale are progressing well, adding that it will not only be young sportspersons who will [...]

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06 Nov

All is set for 2021 Teulings grand finale as the Centre calls on media to submit for awards

The preparations for the 2021 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge grand finale at OYDC have reached an advanced stage. The date for the grand finale is 4 December where outstanding athletes, coaches, umpires, media and teams will be rewarded with trophies and medals. During Saturday games on 6 November 2021 teams in basketball, boxing, hockey, beach volleyball and teqball were competing in the semi-finals. OYDC programmes manager Mwange Kampamba, says the grand finale will be hosted under strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines [...]

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26 Oct

National netball team set to travel to Namibia

Netball Zambia President Martha Sichone has paid gratitude to the OYDC Zambia management for accommodating netballers who are set to travel to Namibia for two competitions. The team is expected to leave for Namibia on Wednesday, 27 October 2021. Sichone says the national team has been in residential comp at the OYDC stating that training was worthwhile.She adds that Netball Zambia expects the girls to win the competitions and earn more points which can see them improve their world ranking. The team [...]

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23 Oct

OlympAfrica taekwondo athlete Tembo beats opponent in five seconds

OlympAfrica taekwondo athlete Luckson Tembo on Saturday 23 October flogged his opponent Wilson Malambo from Zed Lion in five seconds during the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. Tembo could not believe that he won the fight in seconds using the “Bandae Yeop Chagi”. He disclosed that the feeling after winning was motivating adding that he looks forward to the day he will be known as the best taekwondo athlete in Zambia. The 12 year old athlete further urged other athletes to be consistent [...]

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16 Oct

ROAD TO TEULINGS GRAND FINALE COMMENCE

With only two months remaining to the 2021 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge grand finale participating teams are now eager to win medals and trophies. Outstanding teams will have to battle it out for the first and second positions and one will reign supreme. In TeQball, team OYDC and OlympAfrica are expected to compete for the top position. Teulings Teqball coordinator Richard Mulenga during Saturday’s games disclosed that athletes are doing fine and ready for the finale adding that the team OYDC [...]

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