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OYDC Zambia set to host the 9th Teulings Youth Sports Challenge Grand Finale

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre will on Saturday, 2nd November, 2019 host the 9th edition of the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. The Teulings Youth Sports Challenge which engages athletes below the age of seventeen involves competition in five sports disciplines which include hockey, beach volleyball, taekwondo, swimming and netball and is supported by Coen Teulings, Chairman of the Merifin Capital in Belgium. OYDC Zambia Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Fredrick Chitangala, has announced that the Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Hon. Emmanuel Mulenga, will grace [...]

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Zambia Army reign supreme

Zambia Army Women’s judo team are the champions of the 2019 “National Women’s Judo Cup” which was hosted at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre on 26th October, 2019. Zambia Police came out second while Judo for Fred Livingstone came out third in a tightly contested tournament. The top three teams walked away with trophies that were presented by invited guests and president of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ). Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development Acting [...]

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OYDC CEO Dr. Chitangala launches “OYDC PEPFAR Small Grants Project”

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Fredrick Chitangala, has today officially launched the OYDC PEPFAR Small Grants HIV Prevention project and the Community Mobilization training which has attracted over forty youths. The launch was done at the start of the two days’ workshop from 25 to 26 October, 2019 to train coaches, young leaders, role models, athletes, and champions on HIV Prevention through sport. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) small grants program on HIV prevention supported by the [...]

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OYDC ZAMBIA INTRODUCES MEDIA AWARDS

OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Fredrick Chitangala, has announced the introduction of the first ever OYDC Zambia Media Awards. Dr. Chitangala says the inaugural awards will be done on 2nd November, 2019 during the 2019 Teulings Youth Sports Challenge Grand Finale at which deserving media personnel who have covered stories on OYDC Zambia will be awarded. “It is with great pleasure, that I announce the introduction of the first ever OYDC Zambia Media Awards which will be presented to deserving media personnel on [...]

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Sports Minister Mulenga meets youngest Teulings umpire

Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development Emmanuel Mulenga, met the youngest Teulings netball umpire Chanda Chishimba, at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre on Saturday 5th October, 2019. The minister who was taken around the facilities of the OYDC Zambia, appreciated efforts being done in advancing sports development in the country through the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge which the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre has continued to organize and engage young talented people. As a way of appreciating Chishimba, the Chief Executive Officer of the OYDC Zambia, [...]

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Zambia Hockey Association to host “ZHA Club International” at OYDC Zambia

Zambia Hockey Association (ZHA) will from 24 to 27 October, 2019 host “ZHA Club International” hockey tournament which will be held at OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre. ZHA Vice President Thomas Mumba, says the tournament is an annual event and will see teams from Malawi and Zimbabwe coming to compete with Zambia. He has named Lusaka Sharks, Zambezi, Hotspurs, Braves, GX, Hippo and Nyala as some of the teams that have confirmed their participation in the tournament. Mumba, has also appealed to the corporate world [...]

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Teulings Swim Challenge enters 4th week league

About sixty swimmers from three clubs on Saturday 28 September, 2019 took part in the Teulings Swim Challenge which entered the 4th week league games. The swimmers are from Italian School, OYDC Zambia and Kalene. The competition which mainly involve children below the age of 17 became exciting when Unilever Zambia presented various products such as Dove and Shield to athletes and facility users who came to watch young talented swimmers compete for supremacy. Swimmers competed in different swim events which [...]

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Hockey team upbeat for Teulings grand finale

Springfield Hockey Team coach Kelvin Mbulo, has disclosed that the team is geared for this year’s Teulings Youth Sports Challenge grand finale which will be held in November at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre. Mbulo, says the team has been participating in the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge since 2011 and is happy that part of the players who are in the national team are a product of Springfield. He disclosed this after the team participated in the Teulings Hockey [...]

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Italian School of Zambia makes its debut in the Teulings Swim Challenge

The Italian School of Lusaka on Saturday, 14 September, 2019 made its debut in the Teulings Swim Challenge which the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre organized. The school entered over 30 swimmers who took part in different swimming events which include breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and relays. Italian School of Lusaka, Head of Department Physical Education, Victoria Kumwenda, expressed happiness that the OYDC Zambia, extended an invitation to have swimmers from her school compete with other young talented athletes a move which she says will help [...]

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Zambezi hockey club dominate Teulings Youth Sports Challenge

Teulings hockey coach Floyd Chomba, has disclosed that Zambezi hockey club has continued to dominate the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge hosted at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre. Chomba, says OYDC Zambia, through the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge, has helped many young athletes to realize their potential and there by contribute positively to the growth of sport in the country. And Zambezi hockey player Cynthia Jere, says she is happy that her club has continued to dominate the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge. Jere, says she is hopeful that her [...]

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