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04 Jun

BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYER BEAUTY CHISHIMBA OUTSHINES OPPONENTS FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS

Beach Volleyball player Beauty Chishimba has outshined her opponents in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge for the fourth time in a roll. Chishimba as of Saturdays Teulings games bagged six points and attributed her winning style to constant training and dedication when it comes to competition day. “I am always training here and I make sure to remain focused whenever we have Teulings games at OYDC” she said. She added “I hope to continue with the same spirit so that my friend [...]

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29 May

Garden Youth Academy dominates Teulings football league

Garden Youth Academy for both girls and boys football team has dominated the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge following games played at the weekend. The girls team currently have 6 points while the boys team have 12 points. The second teams dominating in the boys category are OYDC and Olympiafrica with 9points each while in the girls Chipata Overspill has 3points. Teulings football coordinator Alex Sikanyika has since identified Precious Banda from OYDC football academy as a player who has potential to be [...]

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29 May

Olympiafrica emerge, overall winners of the inaugural Teqball national tournament

Olympiafrica Teqball Club emerged overall winners of the 2022 Teqball tournament after winning three categories from five. The team won the mixed doubles, girls’ singles and girls’ doubles to emerge victorious. OYDC teqball club came out second after winning two categories in boys’ singles and boys’ doubles. Nine clubs comprising of Zambezi, FOGS Community Foundation, Monze, Kabwe, Mansa, Samfya, Alfred Foloko Foundation, Olympiafriica and OYDC the host took part in the two days national tournament. All winners walked away with prize money, medals [...]

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27 May

National TeQball tournament launched

TeQball Federation of Zambia has successfully launched the first-ever national Championship which has seen six provinces participating. Federation president Dickson Jere expressed hope that once the championship comes to a conclusion a national team will be formed and see athletes start competing with other countries. He added that the turnout of teams taking part is motivating adding that more of these competitions will be conducted regularly. And Jere disclosed that his federation has continued to receive positive feedback from other people who [...]

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21 May

Six-year-old taekwondo player remains undisputed

Wanipa Mwanza, the youngest player in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge at OYDC has remained undisputed after winning three fights in her age category. Mwanza, from the time she started training and competing at OYDC she has proven and shown her taekwondo skills which have since left her coach and spectators amused. From the time the 2022 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge commenced Mwanza played three fights winning all of them. Her coach Patson Ngoma says the young girl is destined for greatness [...]

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09 May

14 year old Teulings hockey player Monde narrates her Ghana games experience

A young and vibrant hockey player Monde Mwananyambe has narrated her experience when she was picked as the youngest athlete to play for team Zambia at the Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana earlier this year. Mwananyambe, who plays for Scimitar Hockey Club which is part of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge at OYDC says the experience was worthwhile being the only young person in the team. “It was such an honour to be selected to be part of the [...]

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04 May

Sports minister launches 2022 National Youth Sports Festival

OYDC Zambia is hosting over 1000 youths in seven sports disciplines taking part in the 2022 National Youth Sports Festival which has been launched by Youth, Sport and Arts Minister Job. Elvis Nkandu MP. During the launch the minister challenged sports associations in Zambia to take advantage of the sports festival to identify talented athletes they can start sending to competitive games such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. And the Minster disclosed that the launched sports festival will be hosted [...]

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04 May

Taekwondo gears up for regional Championship set for Botswana

Taekwondo Federation of Zambia president Likando Nagode says his federation is currently preparing athletes for the Regional Championship to be hosted by Botswana in June. Nagode says the federation is eyeing players who participate in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge to go and represent Zambia at the competitive tournament. He adds that several competitions are lined up and the federation is hopeful that athletes who will perform better in Botswana might be considered to represent Zambia in December during the [...]

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01 May

COEN TEULINGS EXTENDS FUNDING TO OYDC TILL 2024

The Teulings Foundation in Belgium has extended financial support to OYDC Zambia to continue running youthful league games for the sports disciplines it sponsors. Making the announcement Teulings Foundation representative Hans Bertels representing Coen Teulings Chairman of Merifin Capital disclosed that funds for the year 2022 have been secured adding that OYDC and Teulings Foundation are working on a plan on how the sponsorship will be for the next two years to lead to Paris 2024 Olympic Games. ’For Teulings, the [...]

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28 Apr

Sports federations’ success stories cheer Coen Teulings representative Hans Bertels

Hans Bertels representative of Coen Teulings, Chairman of Merifin Capital in Belgium has been amused with some of the success stories local federations have recorded in the past years through the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge well organized by OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre. Bertels met with presidents of the Handball Association of Zambia Victor Banda and Zambia Volleyball Association Nakaonga Kakoma on 28 April 2022. During the meeting, Bertels expressed delight to note that the two heads of sports federations [...]

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