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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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19 Jun

Youths commemorate day of an African child

Hundreds of youths who thronged the OYDC today were jubilant as they commemorated the National Day of the African Child. The theme for the commemoration was ” Leave No Child Behind for Zambia’s Development”. The celebrations were characterised with sport, music, culture, poetry, modeling and fun & movement games. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development Joe Kapembwa, who represented the minister Moses Mawere, graced the event and expressed happiness at the number of youths who [...]

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13 Jun

OYDC hosts Defence force day celebrations

The Ministry of Defence is celebrating the 42nd “Defence Force Day” being conducted at the Olympic Youth Development Centre. The theme for this year’s sports celebrations is “Promoting National Peace and Unity through Friendship in Sports”. The celebrations have seen Defence officers from Zambia Army, Zambia Air force and Zambia National Service compete in football, netball, tug of war, basketball and volleyball. Ministry of Defence permanent secretary Steady Mwale, was at the OYDC to grace the occasion and urged all the officers [...]

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09 Jun

Basketball players impress coach

Teulings Basketball coordinator Nicolas Phiri, is happy with the skills the boys and girls are acquiring out of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge staged at the Olympic Youth Development Centre. Phiri, disclosed that today’s 3 v 3 basketball games saw Mapoloto, Breathe of Heaven, Warriors, Matero Magic and Leopards taking part. The Teulings Youth Sports Challenge is an ongoing league where athletes from communities surrounding the OYDC compete in basketball, tennis, beach volleyball and hockey.

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08 Jun

Sports minister launches IJF “judo coaching practicals”

The minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development Moses Mawere, was at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) on the 8th June, 2018 to officially open the International Judo Federation “Judo coaching course” organized by the Zambia Judo Association. The minister said he was elated to officially open the course which he says will help participants acquire the knowledge to improve the standards of judo in the country. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bessy Chelemu, Director of Sport, in the Ministry [...]

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04 Jun

OYDC set to host IJF “judo coaching practicals”

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) will from 6th to 12th June, 2018 host the International Judo Federation (IJF) “Judo coaching practicals” level 1 and 2 which has attracted over 70 participants. The coaching course has been hosted at the OYDC since 2016 and engages participants from English speaking African countries who will be instructed by six International Judo Federation experts. Some of the countries which will be represented include; Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Gabon and Zambia the host nation. Zambia Judo Association [...]

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02 Jun

OYDC hosts Teulings hockey

10 hockey teams this morning took part in the Teulings Hockey league games. The games attracted teams like Arch, Evergreen and City in the under 12 age category. The Teulings Youth Sports Challenge is usually conducted at the #OYDC and runs up to October when the grand finale is hosted.

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24 May

OYDC hosts high performance football cup

43 Football players on Wednesday were at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) for the high performance “football cup” Games. The teams which train from the Centre impressed OYDC programmes officer Lyson Zulu. Zulu says the numbers and consistence of the performance football unit is encouraging and has urged other aspiring football players from communities surrounding OYDC to come and utilise the multi-sports facility.

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