Noah Silomba, Author at OYDC Zambia

20 Mar

MUZALA SAMUKONGA WINS SILVER MEDAL AT AFRICAN GAMES

2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games 400m gold medalist Muzala Samukonga has minted silver medal in the men’s 400m final race at the African Games. Samukonga clocked 45.37s to secure silver for Zambia. Nigeria’s Okezie Anthony won gold with the time of 45.06s while Diouf Tidiane of Senegal got bronze after clocking 45.49s. Meanwhile, the two Zambian female sprinters Rhoda NJOBVU and Quincy MALEKANI have missed out on banging medals in the women’s 400m final race at the ongoing 2023 African Games in [...]

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18 Mar

TEULINGS NETBALL LEAGUE IMPRESSIVE COORDINATOR

As Teulings netball teams thronged the OYDC Zambia for their league games on Saturday the coordinator has shown happiness with the zeal from all players. Felistus Chilinda the Teulings Netball coordinator at the OYDC Zambia says there is so much talent from teams who again are part of this year’s league games. She says clubs from communities are happy that the OYDC Zambia continues to have well-organised games at the weekend which attracts more girls to be playing. She says teams like [...]

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13 Mar

ZAMBIA GETS 14TH RANKING AT 2023 AFRICAN GAMES MEDAL TABLE

Zambia is currently ranked 14th on the medal table at the 2023 African Games taking place in Accra Ghana as of 13th March. Team Zambia only has one Gold medal minted yesterday through judoka Steven Mung’andu one bronze won by another judoka Simon Zulu and a bronze in swimming through Mia Phiri bringing a total number of medals to three. According to the medal table released by the African Games, Egypt is topping the table with (53) Gold, (21) Silver and [...]

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12 Mar

YOUTHS CELEBRATE YOUTH DAY IN A QUIZ AND FOOTBALL STYLE AT OYDC

YOUTHS CELEBRATE YOUTH DAY IN A QUIZ AND FOOTBALL STYLE AT OYDC It was a blissful youth day celebration at the OYDC Zambia as youths from eleven schools thronged the multisports facility to take part in the 2024 Youth Day Quiz and Sports Tournament. The over 200 pupils were ecstatic scratching their heads as they battled for supremacy when the quiz and football tournament was officially opened. Teachers who escorted pupils were eager to see that their boys and girls were on [...]

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09 Mar

“WE CONTINUE BENEFITING FROM THE TEULINGS YOUTH SPORTS CHALLENGE” – BANDA

“WE CONTINUE BENEFITING FROM THE TEULINGS YOUTH SPORTS CHALLENGE” – BANDA Handball Association of Zambia (HAZ) president Victor Banda has expressed joy that his association continues to benefit from the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge organised by OYDC Zambia every weekend. Banda says the OYDC Zambia through the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge supported by Coen Teulings Chairman of Merifin Capital in Belgium is helping many associations in the country to identify talented players at the grassroots level who in the future turn [...]

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04 Mar

2024 TEULINGS LEAGUE GAMES TAKING SHAPE

The 2024 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge on Saturday entered its second league game with four sports disciplines being played. The disciplines taekwondo, judo, football and netball saw several athletes competing for supreme. Over 200 athletes were at the centre representing different teams and clubs. OYDC Zambia programmes officer Likemore Mahunje disclosed that the games went well adding that athletes are all happy with the way the 2024 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge is progressing. He added that all athletes before the games underwent the [...]

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25 Feb

“OUR DUTY REMAINS TO MAKE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS,” SAYS OYDC CEO DR CHITANGALA

OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala is happy with the turnout of athletes coming to compete in the 2024 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge at the sports facility. Dr Chitangala says a week after the games for the year 2024 commenced the number of teams, athletes and clubs coming for games is motivating stating that management has always been determined to work with sports associations who continue sending athletes to compete in these games. Dr Chitangala says despite the centre [...]

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18 Feb

OYDC ZAMBIA LAUNCHES 2024 TEULINGS YOUTH SPORTS CHALLENGE

……as OYDC/NOCZ Board Member Jere urges athletes to show their skills during the sporting season. The OYDC Zambia Saturday 17 February 2024 launched the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge which has seen an addition of Baseball5 as the new sports code added to the youth league. The launch was graced by National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) Board Member Dickson Jere who is also a Member of the OYDC Zambia Board. Jere in his remarks hinted at how much the Teulings Youth Sports [...]

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07 Feb

MEDIA RELEASE: OYDC ZAMBIA ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF 2024 SPORTING SEASON

7th February 2024 MEDIA RELEASE OYDC ZAMBIA ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF 2024 SPORTING SEASON The OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre wishes to announce that the 2024 Sporting Season for the youths at the Centre which includes the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge will commence on Saturday 17th February. OYDC Zambia Programmes Manager Mwange Kampamba has disclosed that athletes, teams, clubs and coaches can now start utilizing the sports facilities for training in their respective sports disciplines beginning Monday 12th February. She urges all those who [...]

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05 Feb

OYDC ZAMBIA RECEIVES STATE-OF-THE-ART ‘MULTIPURPOSE HALL’ FLOOR MAT

OYDC Zambia has received the much-anticipated state-of-the-art multipurpose hall floor mat from France which was donated by the Association of National Olympic Committees in Africa (ANOCA) to the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ). The OYDC Zambia in 2021 announced that it was set to have some of its “worn out” facilities facelifted. This exercise is being done through the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) which was selected among other NOCs in the region to benefit from a sponsorship [...]

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