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09 Jul

OYDC Teqball Club thrashes opponents

OYDC Teqball Club Saturday 8 July 2023 shocked opponents during the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge by winning all games played. The three players who represented Zambia at the 2023 African Beach Games in Tunisia Natasha Nanyangwe, Mutale Chishimba and Patrick Sikazwe were among those who ensured that OYDC Teqball Club reigns supreme at the end of the day. The player Chishimba Mutale said, “We are not the best, but you can see how we have been winning this Teulings league in [...]

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03 Jul

HOCKEY TEAMS INTENSIFY TRAINING FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS GAMES

HOCKEY TEAMS INTENSIFY TRAINING FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS GAMES Lusaka, Zambia 3 July 2023: The men’s and women’s hockey national teams have intensified training ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifiers Games to be hosted in South Africa. Qualifiers games will be held in Johannesburg from 29 October to 5 November 2023 and Zambia is expected to take on countries like Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and the hosts South Africa. The top teams in each gender category will earn a [...]

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29 Jun

OYDC TEQBALL PLAYER DESCRIBES TUNISIA OUTING ‘’TOUGH’’

Teqball player from OYDC Teqball club Natasha Nanyangwe has described the recent participation at the 2023 African Beach Games in Tunisia as tough. Nanyangwe who is among other two teqball players from the OYDC Teqball Club who were called to the national team to represent Zambia at the prestigious 2nd edition of the beach games says she and others tried their level best to secure a medal but could not. She says despite Zambia being the first time to participate [...]

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19 Jun

TEULINGS GAMES TAKE CENTRE STAGE

TEULINGS GAMES TAKE CENTRE STAGEThe weekend was busy at the OYDC Zambia as over 520 athletes thronged the sports facility to compete in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge.Athletes were competing in boxing, hockey, teqball, rugby and handball.OYDC Zambia programmes officer Likemore Mahunje has disclosed that the centre will next month host the mid-year Teulings Youth Sports Challenge.He says the zeal being exhibited by most athletes from several sports disciplines as part of the Teulings League games is not only [...]

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12 Jun

“WE ARE PROUD OF YOU,” BASEBALL5 TEAM TOLD

OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer Dr Fredrick Chitangala has told the U18 baseball5 team that management is proud of the team for minting a bronze medal after a recent competition in Ghana. The team minted bronze to emerge third at the Youth Baseball5 African Championship held from May 16 to 21 2023 in Cape Coast. South Africa, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Benin, Tanzania, and Ghana are some of the nations which took part. The team based at OYDC Zambia has since presented [...]

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11 Jun

TAEKWONDO COACH AIMS FOR TOP SLOT

TAEKWONDO COACH AIMS FOR TOP SLOT OYDC Zambia taekwondo coach Patson Ngoma says his athletes are working hard to make sure that they remain the toughest to beat in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. Ngoma says despite his U14 players having a few challenges to fight opponents he will ensure that they learn new techniques to intimidate and subsequently win all fights against their opponents. He says the OYDC Zambia taekwondo club is currently dominating the U12 boys, U12 girls, and U17 [...]

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05 Jun

WEIGHTLIFTER PRESENTS SILVER MEDALS TO OYDC ZAMBIA CEO

Isaac Sinka a weightlifting athlete based at the OYDC Zambia has presented three silver medals he recently won in Tunisia during the African Senior Championship.Sinka won his first silver medal in snatch, second one in clean and jerk and third one in overall performance. The three silver medals he won made him become the first Zambian weightlifter to win three silver medals at such a high-level competition in the 55 bodyweight category at the first attempt.The championship had attracted [...]

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04 Jun

JUDOKAS IMPRESS FIRST JUDO PRESIDENT

Charles David Cumings the first president of the Judo Association of Zambia has been amused to see several judokas participating in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge at OYDC Zambia. Cumings who on Saturday 3 June 2023 was with the current Judo Association of Zambia president Alfred Foloko watching several judokas compete in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge applauded the association for having grown and producing top judokas who have represented Zambia at competitive competitions both local and international. Cumings says as [...]

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30 May

OYDC ZAMBIA HOSTS PARALYMPIC ATHLETES

OYDC Zambia at the weekend welcomed several Paralympic athletes who were attending trials. The National Paralympic Committee of Zambia has embarked on conducting trials to select athletes who can form a team to represent Zambia at the Paralympic Games in Ghana. The games slated for September 2023 will see athletes compete both in track and field events. National Paralympic Committee of Zambia General Secretary Moses Chishimba says that trials will be done from OYDC Zambia stating at the weekend several athletes were [...]

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27 May

OYDC ZAMBIA SPONSOR COEN TEULINGS HEADS BACK HOME

OYDC Zambia Sponsor Coen Teulings, Chairman of Merifin Capital in Belgium has concluded his tour of duty in the country and returned home. Teulings who has been sponsoring a youthful league game at OYDC Zambia dubbed Teulings Youth Sports Challenge since 2011 has left Zambia as a happy man knowing that what he saw during his tour of duty is exactly the original concept he signed 12 years ago. He arrived in Zambia on 14 May 2023 in the company of [...]

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