ARAKAN Barracks and Choma were at the weekend crowned 2011 Felix Chileshe basketball high schools champions in the boys and girls categories respectively, walking away with a set of jersey, two basketballs and a trophy.
After eliminating 2010 champions Matero Boys in the provincial qualifiers, the Lusaka envoys Arakan beat Copperbelt champions Kantanshi 39-28 in the finals played at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka [read more]
ARAKAN Barracks and Choma were at the weekend crowned 2011 Felix Chileshe basketball high schools champions in the boys and girls categories respectively, walking away with a set of jersey, two basketballs and a trophy.
After eliminating 2010 champions Matero Boys in the provincial qualifiers, the Lusaka envoys Arakan beat Copperbelt champions Kantanshi 39-28 in the finals played at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka.
St. Monica's Convent, from Eastern Province, were left in tears after failing to replicate their last year's form, suffering a narrow 28-29 defeat at the hands of Choma in the finals, after an earlier loss to the same side in the opening match of the competition.
Joseph Chilufya, from the Copperbelt representatives Kantanshi, and Miriam Mulambo, from Choma, the Southern Province envoys, were voted the most valuable players in the boys and girls category.
To secure themselves a place into the finals, the Choma girls eliminated Kantanshi through a 21-18 score-line as St Monica's beat Lusaka champions, Munali 15-7.
And in the boys category, Arakan High cruised to the finals after a tightly contested semi-final match that saw them booting out Choma from the championship after a 33-31 score-line.
Kantanshi sailed through to the boys' finals of the 2011 championships that in its fourth edition since inception had drawn 15 teams, beating Anoya Zulu 31-20.
The championship is a brainchild of the Sports-In-Action in partnership with the Zambia Basketball Association and the Zambia School Sports Associations, and is held in memory of late Zambia's basketball pioneer Felix Chileshe. Courtesy of: Times of Zambia
15 Enter Felix Chileshe Memorial Basketball Championship - Aug 9, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
ABOUT 16 teams have entered this year's K100 million-2011 Felix Chileshe Memorial Basketball high schools' championships that kicks off today at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka [read more]
ABOUT 16 teams have entered this year's K100 million-2011 Felix Chileshe Memorial Basketball high schools' championships that kicks off today at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka.
The championships, being defended by St Monica and Matero Boys in the girls and boys categories, respectively, has attracted participation from teams from eight provinces who are expected to showcase their talent ahead of team selections for the 2012 Zone Six Youth Games that Zambia would be hosting.
The championships, organised by Sport-In-Action (SIA) in partnership with the Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA) and the Zambia Schools Sports Association (ZSSA), is an annual event that draws participation from schools across the country.
Among the schools expected to assemble at the centre for the championships that ends tomorrow include The boy's teams include Choma High School, Arrakan Boys High School, Anoya Zulu Boys High School, Chindwin High School, Kasempa Boys High School, Kantashi High School, Luapula High School and St. Francis High Schools.
Choma High School, Munali Girls High School, St. Monica's Girls High School, High Ridge High School, Mukinge Girls High School, Kantanshi High School, Mable Shaw Girls High School and Kasama Girls High School.And SIA director Frank Muchindu said in Lusaka yesterday that all logistics have been finalized and teams had started arriving by press time yesterday adding that draws were supposed to be drawn last night.Muchindu said apart from basketball, about 70 youths are expected to attend a camp in various activities that include capacity buildingskills for future development programmes.
'We have met the budget and we are just inviting everybody to come and see the massive the talent for the future especially as we prepare to host next year's Zone Six youth games. Maybe one or two players can be drafted into the national teams,' he said.Muchindu, however, bemoaned the failure by teams from Western Province's in the championships attributing saying this was due to lack of proper infrastructure.
He said it was especially sad because teams from other provinces were lagging behind in the development of the sport.He said SIA had since indentified places where infrastructure was a hindrance and had formulated a plan on how best to help develop the sport and urged for partnerships with the private sector to help raise the sports standards. Courtesy of: Times of zambia
Boys Get Consolation Result - Apr 26, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
The Zambia boys' basketball team got a consolation result on Thursday evening when they defeated Angola 58-49 at the six-nation Zone Six Cup of Nations U-16 preliminaries that were scheduled to close last night at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka.
The win came after three successive defeats to Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe after having opened the tournament with an impressive 127-10 against whipping boys and girls of the tournament [read more]
The Zambia boys' basketball team got a consolation result on Thursday evening when they defeated Angola 58-49 at the six-nation Zone Six Cup of Nations U-16 preliminaries that were scheduled to close last night at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) in Lusaka.
The win came after three successive defeats to Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe after having opened the tournament with an impressive 127-10 against whipping boys and girls of the tournament.
Despite the victory, Zambia still missed a chance of representing Zone Six at the AfroBasket U-18 after shattered dream to qualify to the AfroBasket U-18 Africa Championships whose venue is yet to be decided.
The boys' team lost against Mozambique 81-54, South Africa 81-71 and Zimbabwe 55-52, but despite hammering Angola 58-49 it was not enough to secure them a ticket to the AfroBasket African Championships.
Coach for the boys' team, Noah Mabutwe who was impressed with the performance of his team during tournament advised the Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA) to maintain the team saying it had a lot of promise for the future despite not living their dream to qualify for the African championship.
He said the future of the team would depend on commitment, discipline and exposure of the players to international tournaments.
Mabutwe advised the ZBA executive to give the team ample time to prepare for important future international assignments like the just ended championship. He said ZBA should in future cast the net for selection of players wide to include all the nine provinces, unlike the current trend where only a few players are chosen from along the line of rail. Mabutwe said most players were drawn from small clubs in Lusaka without considering the involvement of players from other provinces making the squad selection process challenging.
He commended the participating countries for playing according to the rules and discipline of the game. Both the boys and girls in Zambian teams had learnt something from the tournament to help enhance basketball in Zambia.
He said Zambia was a sports destination where athletes and sportsmanship can be developed if sports administration in the country could be treated seriously.
And girls coach Joseph Chowa advised the Zambian teams not to reflect on defeats that the team had suffered during the tournament but that they should consider working hard to replicate the talent and fighting spirit of South Africa and Mozambique Courtesy of: http://allafrica.com By Abraham Sakala
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