Noah Silomba, Author at OYDC Zambia

20 Jul

Feel at home, ZJA President Foloko urges foreign judokas

Zambia Judo Association president Alfred Foloko, who is also National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president on Saturday 20 July, 2019 joined judokas from Malawi and Maheba Judo Refugee camp who were training at OYDC ahead of a competition on Sunday. Foloko, the certified International Judo Federation (IJF) Instructor took the time to interact with judokas and urged them to feel at home stating that he is humbled that judokas travelled long distances to come and be part of the competition [...]

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14 Jul

Teulings Youth Sports Challenge takes center stage

OYDC continues to play host of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge which on Saturday 13 July, 2019 hosted netball, taekwondo and beach volleyball. The Teulings Youth Sports Challenge has become a household name as facility users turned up in numbers to come and witness young talented athletes compete to top the log standing. Teulings beach volleyball coordinator Isaac Tembo, disclosed that OYDC was the first organization in Zambia to introduce beach volleyball under the Teuilings league games stating that some of the athletes who compete in the youthful [...]

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09 Jul

Teulings Beach volleyball on this weekend

Over Twelve athletes will on Saturday 13th July, 2019 take part in the Teulings Beach Volleyball league games. The athletes are from Makeni, Munali, Garden, Chazanga and Chawama will battle it out in style as they look forward to the grand finale which will be hosted later this year. And OYDC Programmes Officer Mellisa Majonga, has urged people from communities surrounding the OYDC to come and watch the boys and girls compete stating that the league games will start at 09:00 and finish at 12:00 hours. [...]

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30 Jun

Over 300 Teulings athletes undergo health screening

Over 300 athletes who on Saturday 29 July, 2019 came to participate in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge were screened by health personnel. The athletes underwent ear, nose and throat screening before games commenced. OYDC CEO, Dr. Fredrick Chitangala, disclosed that the screening was also extended to other athletes who had come to access the facility stating that the centre engages different health specialists to ensure that athletes are in good health as they prepare to compete in various games. OYDC, hosted the Teulings netball and hockey league games which [...]

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19 Jun

OYDC ACCEPTED AS MEMBER OF ASSOCIATION OF SPORT PERFORMANCE CENTRES

The OYDC, continues to win kudos from different sports associations both local and international for its continued contribution to the development of sport in the country. On behalf of the OYDC Board of Trustees and on my behalf I wish to announce that OYDC has been recognized as a high performance centre by the Association of Sport Performance Centres (ASPC). The Spanish based association has since accepted OYDC’s membership. Subsequently, OYDC has been invited to attend the XI ASPC International Forum on Elite Sport 2019 to take [...]

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15 Jun

Win impress hockey player

Springfield Hockey Player Cynthia Jere, is happy that her team today won two games during the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge held at OYDC. She says the OYDC remains a good facility for talent identification and youth development adding that those who live near the facility should consider visiting OYDC to enroll for different academies. 20 hockey teams today turned up to participate in the Teulings Hockey League and the team include; DE Stars, Zambezi, Hotspurs, Lusaka Sharks, and Springfield’s. Meanwhile, OYDC CEO [...]

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11 Jun

Zambia beats Zimbabwe 30-16 as handball tournament kicks off

Zambia is currently hosting the IHF Trophy Zone VI Games which started today and will come to a close on the 16th June, 2019. The games involve the U20 and U17 Handball Female teams and have been selected from ten African countries.Some of the countries that are participating include; Madagascar, Seychelles, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe Botswana, and Zambia. Meanwhile, Team Zambia U17 recorded their first win by beating Zimbabwe 30-16. The other teams that played include U20 Madagascar vs Zimbabwe [...]

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10 Jun

Teulings Beach Volleyball attracts more youths

Teulings Beach Volleyball Coordinator Isaac Tembo, has disclosed that the sport at OYDC is receiving positive response from the time it was introduced. Tembo, notes with happiness that a number of players who started from the Teulings league games have now graduated to join the national team and have participated in a number of local and international competition. He added that on Saturday the Teulings Beach Volleyball games saw six teams participating in the games.

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06 Jun

Government challenges coaches to qualify athletes to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development Director of Sport Bessie Chelemu, has challenged over 20 coaches’ currently taking part in the 2019 International Judo Federation Coaching Academy to use the knowledge they will acquire to impart on athletes who will qualify to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Speaking during the official opening of the IJF Coaching Academy yesterday currently taking place at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) Chelemu, noted with happiness that the International Judo Federation has continued to pick Zambia as host nation of such [...]

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03 Jun

Olympafrica netball team impress OYDC programmes officer

Olympafrica Netball Team over the weekend dominated the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge with the spirit of winning all the games played. OYDC Programmes Officer Mellisa Manjonga, expressed delight that athletes have continued to show the zeal for the sport of netball adding that this is keeping them busy from unlike indulging in illicit activities on communities. Over 20 netball players came to the OYDC to take part in the games which were preceded by a session of OVEP.She named Chipata, [...]

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