ZHA holds fundraising hockey tourney

29 Sep

ZHA holds fundraising hockey tourney

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The Zambia Hockey Association (ZHA) is holding a fundraising hockey tournament at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) ahead of the 2017 Africa Cup for Club Nation to be held in Egypt.

The fundraising tournament at the OYDC started on 28th September 2017 and is scheduled to finish on Sunday 1st October 2017.

Seven teams are part of the tournament which include Genetrix (Malawi), Hippo (Zimbabwe) with Lusaka Sharks, Hotspurs, Springfield, Zambezi HC and DE Stars all from Zambia.

Meanwhile, Zambia Hockey Association Treasurer Patson Kawewe, has expressed confidence in the way hockey is improving in the country stating that there has been a significant interest in the sport since its revival in 2010.

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Noah Silomba

Noah Silomba is a Zambian-born Lusaka-based professional journalist with many years of experience in media, sport & corporate communication, digital & social media marketing and web management. Ranked 5th in Africa for the 2021 AIPS Sport Media Awards in Photography Sports Action and is a two times media awards nominee (photography sports action & best writing colour piece) categories for the years 2020 and 2021 under the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2024 Silomba was certified as the finalist for the sixth edition of the Run for Art photography contest in the category; Sport and urban environment by the Fondazione Giulio Onesti in Rome, Italy. He is also part of Cohort A for 2022 Africa Media Agency (AMA) Academy training in digital media and marketing.

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