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08 Apr

ZASU to host CANA Championship at OYDC

Zambia Swimming Union (ZASU) is set to host the CANA Zone IV Championship slated for 14 to 18 April 2022 to be staged at OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre . ZASU on 7 April, 2022 released a list of 35 swimmers which will represent Zambia at the prestigious event. Some of the swimmers on the list include; Olympian Tilka Paljk, Jade Phiri, Joshua Mulenga, Ralph Goveia, Shaquille Moosa, Sibongile Muti among others. Countries expected to be part of the [...]

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04 Apr

Young athletes screened

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre on Saturday 2 April 2022 conducted health screening on athletes who came to participate in the Teulings/OYDC Youth Sports Challenge. The athletes were being screened for nose, throat and ear with those with urgent medical attention being referred to nearby health facilities. OYDC Zambia programmes officer Likemore Mahunje, says about 200 athletes from different community teams and schools were screened before competition. He adds that the Centre during the Teulings/OYDC league games invites health specialists to [...]

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01 Apr

OYDC Rugby coach Muwele boasts contributing players to national teams

OYDC Rugby coach Clement Muwele is pleased that several young athletes who started from the multisports facility are now playing for the national teams and different local clubs. Muwele says about 20 young talented athletes were nurtured from OYDC since 2014 adding that he is proud to state that among those some are playing for the national teams and local clubs such as Leopards in Mufulira and Red Arrows in Lusaka. He adds that it is through youthful leagues such as [...]

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30 Mar

OYDC launches Sport + Triple E

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre on Tuesday 29 March 2022 launched the Sport for Early Environment Education (Sport + Triple E) supported by WWF Zambia and aimed at raising awareness of environmental education using sport among adolescents. During the launch, about 50 people including adolescent athletes, school pupils, coaches, and sports champions underwent training on how to care for the environment. Addressing trainees, OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala implored everyone to use the knowledge acquired to contribute [...]

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26 Mar

OYDC salutes local sports federations

In its quest to continue nurturing and producing sports heroes OYDC Zambia has paid gratitude to local sports federations who have continued to show immense support to the facility. OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala says management cannot improve facilities without the support from national sports federations hence the need to make them have access and see to it that they contribute to the development of sport at grassroots level using OYDC. Speaking on Friday 25 March during [...]

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25 Mar

NOCZ president Alfred Foloko cheers students

National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko has urged students aspiring to be sports heroes to remain focused and determined. Speaking when he met students found at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre on Friday 25 March, Foloko expressed happiness that students from various universities are taking the sport very serious adding that his committee remains resolute through sports federations to identify talented athletes to represent Zambia at major competitions. Foloko was accompanied by different representatives of local [...]

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23 Mar

OYDC to host ‘Three Nations’ boxing Championship

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre will host a three nations boxing Championship from 26 to 27 March 2022. The Championship will see athletes from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia the host participating. Charges to watch the Championship has been pegged at K20 and is organised by Zambia Boxing Federation in conjunction with Zambia National Service. OYDC previously hosted a similar Championship in 2018 where Malawian and Zambian boxers battled it out. During the Championship Zambia’s representative at the 2016 Rio Olympics Games, Benny [...]

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22 Mar

Two OYDC nurtured beach volleyball players to travel to Ghana

Two beach volleyball players Grace Manyere and Brenda Mulenga are set to travel to Ghana for the Commonwealth Beach Volleyball qualifiers. The duo started their beach volleyball career at OYDC and have been taking part in all OYDC/Teulings Youth Sports Challenge league games. Zambia Volleyball Association (ZAVA) Beach Volleyball national Coach Isaac Tembo has confirmed this development. Tembo thanks OYDC for providing training facilities to athletes and says the games will be held from 25 to 29 March 2022. This morning the [...]

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19 Mar

OYDC Zambia sports season enters week two

OYDC Zambia sports season enters week two OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre sporting season for the year 2022 entered the second week on 19 March after the season was launched few weeks ago. Two sports disciplines Teqball and Handball were played and attracted a total number of 150 athletes. The teams for both sports codes were drawn from community clubs, and schools. OYDC programmes manager Mwange Kampamba disclosed that the league games are going on well adding that the eleven sports disciplines [...]

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12 Mar

OYDC MOURNS FORMER ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT RUPIAH BANDA

12th March 2022 MEDIA STATEMENT OYDC MOURNS FORMER ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT RUPIAH BANDA OYDC Zambia Board of Trustees, Management and staff have received the news of the death of former president Mr Rupiah B. Banda with great sorrow. OYDC will remember president Banda as a true statesman who had a passion for sport and youth development as this was evident when he launched Zambia’s biggest multi-sports facility OYDC on 11 May 2010. OYDC Zambia Board of Trustees Chairperson Simangolwa Shakalima says “Zambia mourns again. We [...]

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