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18 Aug

It’s a wrap! 2018 Africa Netball Championship

Zambia successfully hosted the 2018 Africa Netball Championship from 13 to 18 August at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC). The tournament was organised by the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development, International Netball Federation and the Netball Association of Zambia. The tournament was supported by different partners among them Zamtel, Trade Kings, Cavmont Bank, ZESCO, ZNBC, NSCZ, HIGER, Zambian Breweries, and many others. The tourney attracted seven countries Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Zambia the host. The closing [...]

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10 Aug

OYDC hosts African Netball Championship

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) will from 13th to 18th August, 2018 host the Africa Netball Championship. Seven countries namely Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Zambia the host will be competing in the games being used as world cup qualifiers. 20 netball players from the Zambia netball national team have been camped at the OYDC in preparation of the prestigious games. The championship has been organised by the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development, International Netball Federation (INF) [...]

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26 Jul

U18 Hockey Team Qualifies For 2018 Youth Olympic Games

Zambia beat Kenya 4-1 in a hockey semi-final match played on 25th July, 2018 at the Youth African Games in Algeria. The win did not only grant the team a final berth against South Africa at the African Youth Games but also qualified it to the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games to be staged in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6th to 18th October, 2018. In today’s final match between Zambia and South Africa the match ended 1-1 on full time and [...]

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25 Jul

OYDC Launches 2018-2022 Strategic Plan

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) on Tuesday 23rd July, 2018 launched the 2018-2022 “Strategic Plan” which will be used as a catalyst to uplift the centre’s outlook and operation. Launching the strategic plan, Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development Moses Mawere MP, in a speech read on his behalf by Director of Sport in the ministry Mrs. Bessy Chelemu, commended the OYDC “Sport Development Trust” with guidance from the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) for under [...]

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18 Jul

U18 Zambia hockey team leaves for Algeria

The U18 Zambia male hockey team which was camped at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) through the support of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) has left for Algiers, Algeria ahead of the African Youth Games slated for 18th to 28th July, 2018. The team of nine players who have been in camp for three weeks is accompanied by one Coach Samuel Tagwireyi and team manager Floyd Chomba. The games will be used as qualifiers for the 2018 [...]

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07 Jul

OYDC donates “crutches”

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) donated crutches to Danny Simangolwa of Chililabombwe Municipal Council. The crutches were received by her worship the mayor of Chililabombwe Municipal Council Mrs. Christabel Mulala. OYDC Director Dr. Fredrick Chitangala, presented the crutches to the mayor when she visited the multisport facility during the Zambia Local Authorities Sports Association (ZALASA) recently hosted at the Olympic Youth Development Centre. The mayor applauded the centre director for the donation and urged management to continue serving facility users [...]

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04 Jul

Netballers camped at OYDC

20 Netball players are currently camped at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) ahead of the Africa Netball Championships to be held from 13 to 19 August, 2018. The championship will be hosted at the Olympic Youth Development Centre and will be used as World Cup qualifier.

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27 Jun

Gosiewski an inspirational to many judokas in Zambia

Judokas from communities surrounding the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) and those based at the sports facility were left amused when Jan Gosiewski, from the Great Britain, Bath University tutored them during his “judo” volunteer work at the OYDC. OYDC in its effort to contribute to developing to high performance sport has continued to maximizing on the partnership with the Wallace Group of students by engaging qualified personnel (staff and students) from the UK Universities. Gosiewski, is one of the recent [...]

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25 Jun

Hockey team goes in camp

The U18 male hockey team is camped at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in preparation for the qualifiers Youth Africa Games in Algeria. Team Coach Elvis Bwalya, says the camping at OYDC will make the boys prepare adequately for the games stating that he is hopeful that players will meet his expectations.

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23 Jun

Olympic movement in Zambia commemorate “Olympic Day”

The Olympic movement in Zambia today joined the rest of the world in commemorating the 70th anniversary of “Olympic Day”. It was a thrilling moment as over 500 children representing different schools and sport organisations jubilated and participated in football, health walk/running, fun & movement games, hockey, aerobics, and taekwondo. The activities were led by National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) General Secretary Boniface Kambikambi, and retired track and field athlete Samuel Matete, who was 1996 Olympic Games 400m hurdles silver [...]

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