Muwowo bows
out of Uganda badminton meet
By Kalumiana
Kalumiana The Post Online Zambia
01/03/2010
JUMA Muwowo bowed out of the
Roofings Uganda International
Badminton championships after
losing to Ernesto Velazquez of
Spain in the quarterfinals on
Saturday in Kampala.
According to results posted on
the Badminton Uganda website,
Muwowo lost in straight sets
against Velazquez to bow out
2-0.
Velazquez beat Muwowo 21-8,
21-11 in their last eight match
played at the Sharing Youth
Centre.
Muwowo was the only Zambian
player to reach the
quarterfinals after three of his
compatriots all bowed out in the
preliminary stage played on
February 26.
On his way to the quarterfinals,
Muwowo beat Kevin Ghyslain of
the Seychelles in the 21-8,
21-14 in round-one.
Muwowo later defeated Ali Ahmed
El Kahteed of Egypt 14-21,
21-15, 21-19 in round two before
beating Yoni Louison of
Mauritius 21-18, 21-18 in the
pre-quarterfinals.
Muwowo advances at Uganda
badminton meet By
Kalumiana Kalumiana The Post Online Zambia 28/02/2010
JUMA Muwowo on Friday advanced
to quarterfinals of the Roofings Uganda Badminton
International tournament in Kampala.
According to results obtained from the Badminton Uganda
official website, Muwowo was by press time at 17:00
hours Zambian time in action in the last eight against
Ernesto Velazquez of Spain.
This is after he beat Yoni Louison of Mauritius 21-18,
21-18 in the pre-quarterfinals.
On his way to the quarterfinals, Muwowo beat Kevin
Ghyslain of the Seychelles in the 21-8, 21-14 in
round-one.
Muwowo later defeated Ali Ahmed El Kahteed of Egypt
14-21, 21-15, 21-19 in round two.
He is the only Zambian player from the four-member squad
in the tournament to have advanced out of the first
round of the same event.
Chongo Ngosa lost 21-13, 21-13 to Roeloff Dedham of
South Africa while Gibson Phiri was beaten by Ghanaian
Solomon Mensah Nyarko 21-15, 21-14.
Donald Mabo crushed out of the preliminary stage 21-12,
21-13 to quarterfinalists Adah Enejoh of Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Zambia failed to make it past the Thomas Cup
quarterfinals on Wednesday after losing 3-1 to Mauritius.
 Badminton
Zambia Advises Uganda-Bound Team to Stay Focused
MuviTV Zam. 18/02/2010
Badminton Zambia has instructed the team
representing the country in the Uganda international
Championship to stay focused and disciplined.
Addressing the six man team before departure for Uganda
today, Badminton Zambia President, Geoffrey Chawinga,
challenged the players to put up a game that conforms to
commonwealth grading.
Chawinga says players will be meeting teams that are no
strangers adding that they have no reason to feel
intimidated.
The Uganda tournament is a three tier and will see the
holding of the Thomas and Uber cup, Africa individual
championship and Uganda international.
The tournament runs from 20th to 28th of this month.
Siamupangila to train
in Germany By Namatama Mundia
The Post Online Zambia 07/01/2010
Women’s top seed Ogar Siamupangila has been invited to
take part in a three-months training programme in
Germany starting this month.
Both Badminton Zambia president Geoffrey Chawinga and
Siamupangila confirmed the development yesterday.
Siamupangila is expected to leave on Monday for the
Germany training programme.
She thanked Guard All Security for sponsorship, saying
the programme running through to March has come at the
right time.
Siamupangila hopes to use the event to prepare for next
month's Uganda All Africa Championship, the Thomas and
Uber Cup and the Commonwealth Games in October as well
as the 2012 Olympic Games.
"I will also be taking part in various local tournaments
whilst in Germany. I am very happy because it's a good
opportunity for me to learn new things which will
benefit Zambia," she said.
And Chawinga said Siamupangila's training programme is
likely to be extended depending on her performance.
"There is a possibility of Ogar's programme being
extended depending on how she will perform," he said.
Chawinga said the training programme was a step in the
right direction.
"I also want to thank institutions which have zeal to
develop sport in the country. We would like to see more
of such programmes," said Chawinga.
Muwowo expects tough
competition in Zambia Closed tourney By
Namatama Mundia The Post Online
Zambia 02/01/2010
BADMINTON seed two Juma Muwowo says he expects a
tough competition in Zambia Closed championship which
started yesterday at Central Sports Club.
In an interview, Muwowo said he has prepared adequately
for this championship which will be used to rate players
and has attracted over 15 players.
"I expect the tournament to be tough and I can single
out players like Ngosa (Choongo), Donald (Mabo) and
Kenny Sevelle to be hard to beat but I am ready for them,"
he said.
Muwowo will take advantage of top seed Eli Mambwe's
absence to grab the top position on the rankings.
"But I expect a stiff competition as every player wants
to end the year on a high note," he said.
The event which started yesterday will see women's top
seeds Olga Siamupangila and Joy Chikwanda battle for
honours in the event which will be used to select a six-member
team which will represent the country at next year's
Thomas and Uber Cup billed for Uganda.
The Thomas and Uber Cup is set for February and
Netherlands based Mambwe has already confirmed his
participation.
The tournament will end tomorrow.
Injury rules Mambwe
out of S/Africa meet By
Namatama Mundia The Post Online
Zambia 06/11/2009
TOP badminton player Eli Mambwe
has been ruled out of next week's South African
international championship set for November 13 to 17 in
Durban due to injury.
Stand-in coach Jumo Muwowo, who is also part of the
seven-member team, confirmed Mambwe's absence.
Muwowo, who is Zambia's second seed, said Mambwe
sustained a knee injury during a Dash Open Badminton
championship in the Netherlands two weeks ago.
"He retired from the Dash Open in the second round with
a knee injury, though he has started light training at
his base in Netherlands," he said.
Muwowo said Gibson Phiri has since replaced Mambwe.
Muwowo, however, said the players have intensified
training for the South Africa championship which is a
build-up to next year's African Badminton championship
set for Algeria.
"That tournament African championship is big and it
attracts a lot of high rated players, so the South
African tournament will also help us prepare adequately
for the event," he said. "Players should really work
because the competition will be very stiff."
Muwowo added that players should aim at qualifying for
the London 2012 Olympics.
The players in the men's team include second seed Muwowo,
Ngosa Choongo, Donald Mabo, Kenny Seville, Gibson Phiri
while Olga Siamupangela and Ngandwe Miyabo are in the
ladies team.
And Badminton Zambia general secretary Justin Chuunka
said the body was scouting for US$5,000 K23.5 million to
facilitate the team's passage to Durban.
"We have approached a few companies for sponsorship. We
need US$ 3,000 for the passage up to Durban and about
US$ 2000 for accommodation because the organisers in
South Africa will cater for other logistics," said
Chuunka.
10es Jeux d'Afrique 2011
La Zambie
se retire de l'organisation Le
mauricien WE 25/01/2008
Coup de tonnerre sur l'organisation des Jeux d'Afrique
de 2011. La Zambie, notamment la ville de Lusaka, qui
avait pris le relais en juillet 2007 en Alger, s'est
retirée de l'organisation de ce qui est considéré comme
les Jeux Olympiques de l'Afrique. Cette décision du
gouvernement zambien a été prise et annoncée depuis la
fin de décembre 2008, selon Banard Nakacinda. Si, hier,
au téléphone, le Directeur des sports et de la Jeunesse
en Zambie se refuse à tout commentaire sur le retrait de
son pays, presque deux ans après avoir pris un tel
engagement envers le mouvement sportif africain, par
contre, tout laisse croire que vraisemblablement c'est
les difficultés financières dans lesquelles se retrouve
la Zambie depuis ces dernières années, qui ont forcé la
décision.
La nouvelle du retrait de la Zambie a commencé à trouver
un écho dans la presse africaine après que le président
et le secrétaire général du Conseil Supérieur ont
rencontré le gouvernement de ce pays. Serge Michel
Odzocki, et Sostone Kashiba se sont engagés depuis jeudi
dernier, au terme de leur concertation, à maintenir la
pérennité des Jeux. Selon la presse africaine, les deux
hommes ont demandé aux pays qui envisagent d'organiser
les Jeux de déposer au mois de mars prochain leur
candidature auprès du CSSA. Cela rien que dans le but de
sauver les Jeux Panafricains.
" Nous avons regardé ce que disent les textes et donc, à
partir de ce moment, avon déclenché la procédure qui va
permettre de maintenir la pérennité des Jeux. Le
secrétaire général m'a fait le point des démarches qu'il
a entreprises depuis mi-décembre. Il est allé s'enquérir
de la situation sur place, après quoi, il a informé, de
façon la plus officielle les ministres des Sports des
États membres du conseil, leur demandant de susciter les
candidatures pour abriter les Jeux. Nous avons fixé la
date au mois de mars ", a souligné le président en
exercice du CSSA, Serge Michel Odzocki. Dans la foulée,
celui-ci a annoncé l'organisation d'une session
extraordinaire du comité exécutif de cet organisme,
réunissant trente membres, pour examiner les dossiers
avant de révéler le pays qui organisera cette grande
fête sportive du continent.
Respecter la périodicité
Le président du CSSA s'est, par ailleurs, engagé à tout
mettre en œuvre pour que les Jeux, qui ont pris
naissance à Brazzaville, ne perdant pas leur
périodicité, préétablie depuis leur création. " Il
faut avant tout sauver les Jeux, faire que ceux-ci
soient organisés en 2011 afin de ne pas perdre leur
périodicité établie depuis longtemps. C'est d'ici que
les Jeux avaient été lancés et ce n'est pas ici à
Brazzaville, à l'occasion de cette rencontre, que nous
allons enterrer les Jeux ", a souligné Serge Michel
Odzocki dans la presse africaine.
Par ailleurs, la décision d'Accra du 10 au 14 octobre
2008 - lors de la dernière réunion CSSA-Union Africaine-
de dissoudre le CSSA conformément à la volonté qui avait
été exprimée selon les mécanismes définis par le conseil
et dont il reste la mise en application, Serge Michel
Odzocki a justifié que " la Commission de l'Union
africaine a un département qui s'occupe des affaires
sociales et du sport, il était tout à fait indiqué que
le CSSA, dans son évolution, puisse maintenant passer
sur l'autorité directe de ce département ". Le
président du CSSA a, par ailleurs, souligné qu'un comité
de sept membres avait été mis en place, avec pour
mission de " faire l'inventaire ".
Les têtes pensantes du CSSA, dit-on, se sont mises
d'accord pour envoyer deux missions en Éthiopie en vue
d'examiner le problème auprès de l'Union africaine. La
première sera conduite par Sostone Kashiba, lors du
sommet des chefs d'Etat à Addis-Abeba en Éthiopie, et la
seconde par le ministre congolais des Sports.
Affaire à suivre…
Eli MAMBWE (
ZAM)
OUT ...
Il
perd le match sur
le score de :
15/21 - 17/21
contre le français KEHLHOFFNER Erwin
Zambia's Eli
Mambwe at Beijing Games handed
bye
(Xinhua News Agency July 28,
2008)
Zambia's
badminton player Eli Mambwe has
been handed a bye from the
preliminary stage at the Beijing
Olympic Games on August 9,
according to The Post.
Badminton Zambia (BZ) general
secretary Godfrey Masuwa said in
an interview on Sunday that
Mambwe would enter the Olympic
badminton tournament in the
round of 32.
Masuwa said the draws were made
in Beijing in on Saturday.
"Eli has been handed a bye from
the round of preliminary round
and will enter the competition
in the next round of 32," Masuwa
said.Masuwa said in the round of
32, Mambwe will face winner of
the preliminary stage draw
between Stuart Gomez of
Australia and Irwin Kelhossner
of France.
He said should Mambwe progress
to the next stage, he will be up
against world fourth seed Chen
Jin of China.
Masuwa said BZ was excited about
Zambia fielding its first-ever
badminton Olympian since the
association was formed in 1948.
He said the development shows
the great strides that the game
has made in the 60 years of the
association's existence in
Zambia.
"Overall we are excited about
seeing Eli being the first
Zambian badminton player to
qualify to the Olympic Games,"
he said.
"We hope he can go on and became
the first Zambia to win an
Olympic medal in badminton.
"At the Athens Olympics, Africa
had just one place reserved for
the continent, but this year
wehave three places for the men
and four for women. This shows
the great strides things have
changed with the Beijing
Olympics."
Mambwe won silver at the 2007
All-Africa Games held in Algeria
last July.
And BZ has postponed the Top-16
tournament set for Central
Sports Club in Lusaka this past
weekend to help Mambwe prepare
for his Olympic outing.
Masuwa said the Top-16 has been
postponed due to renovations
being carried out at the club
and the event would now be held
on August 16.
Eli Mambwe fails to reach
Olympics, places hope on
tripartite
By Sports Reporter Times of
Zambia 19/06/2008
ZAMBIA badminton star, Eli Mambwe, has failed to qualify
for this year’s Beijing Olympic Games to be staged in
China after a series of qualifiers held across the
world.
Instead, the Germany-based Mambwe, a silver medalist
from the African Championships, would be hoping that a
National Olympics Committee (NOC) application for him to
go to China under the tripartite system (wild-card
entry) works out.
Both the NOC and Badminton Zambia (BZ) confirmed that
Mambwe had missed out the straight qualification to the
Olympics, but insisted that it was marginal.
Mambwe’s failure means Zambia will only be sending six
athletes to Beijing with just one judoka, Shapa
Wakunguma, on the waiting list.
NOC secretary, Hezel Kennedy, Saïd Mambwe had failed to
make it straight to Beijing after marginally failing to
attain the points required for one to be part of the
world’s best sporting competition.
“No, Eli (Mambwe) has not made it, but he can still go
under the new system called the tripartite. We have
applied and now we are waiting for a response. For now,
he continues training under the International Olympics
Committee (IOC) scholarship,” she said.
The tripartite is a new system introduced by the
organisers of Beijing Olympics to allow athletes from
small countries take part in the Games after failing to
qualify.
According to Kennedy, names of athletes who marginally
failed to make the Olympics would be given a chance
depending on their ability to challenge for medals by
the tripartite committee.
Kennedy said the initial cut point was well over 100,
but after being brought to a two-digit number, Mambwe
just missed out and is third in Africa, a position that
could most certainly see him through.
BZ president, Godfrey Masuwa, also regretted Mambwe’s
failure but quickly shifted his hope on the tripartite
in which he expressed confidence it would favour the
player.
“We would have of
course wanted him to qualify, but we can now just pray
that the tripartite works out. He has worked hard for
this and his game has improved. It’s only fair that he
is given a place,” Masuwa said.
He said Mambwe’s biggest problem was financial
constraints to compete in all qualifiers, which would
have improved his chances of qualifying to the Olympics.
He said that Mambwe did not compete in all the required
qualifiers but still gained points that almost saw him
through before he lost out to an Algerian player.
Masuwa said BZ still remained focused and was looking at
the 2012 Olympic Games where more Zambian players should
qualify straight having leant a lot from Mambwe’s
experience and the IOC scholarships.
And the NOC has said it was still waiting for official
communication from the Zambia Judo Association and
Wakunguma himself over the athlete’s performance in the
qualifiers.
Kennedy said that the Judoka had not officially informed
his committee whether he had managed to travel to South
Africa where his last hope of making the Beijing
Olympics lay.
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Les nouveaux Olympiques
Africains .....
Edwin Ekiring (UGA) -
Eli Mambwe (ZAM)
africa-badminton.com
19/06/2008 |
La
Commission Tripartite en
charge d'attribuer les
invitations pour la
participation aux prochains
J.O. de Pékin a qualifié :
Edwin EKIRING ( Ouganda)
Eli MAMBWE (Zambia)
Ils rejoignent les neufs de la sélection
déjà connue et portent donc à 11 le nombre des
compétiteurs africains qui seront en lice pour le
Badminton à Pékin en août prochain.
Chez les Dames, Hadia Hosny (EGY) et
Kerry-Lee Harrington (RSA) n'ont pas eu la chance des
hommes et sont classées 1ere et 2ème sur la liste
complémentaire.
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Event Date
|
Event Name
|
Round
|
|
06 Jul 2008
|
Russian International White
Nights 2008 |
Quarter-Finalist
|
|
19 Apr 2008
|
Nigeria International 2008 |
Quarter-Finalist
|
|
30 Mar 2008
|
Polish International Open
Championships |
Qualifier
|
|
23 Mar 2008
|
Banuinvest International 2008 |
1/32
|
|
16 Mar 2008
|
Portuguese International
Championships |
1/32
|
|
09 Mar 2008
|
Croatian International 2008 |
1/32
|
|
24 Feb 2008
|
Mauritius International 2008 |
Quarter-Finalist
|
|
22 Feb 2008
|
Thomas & Uber Cup African Prel |
-
|
|
27 Jan 2008
|
Uganda International 2008 |
1/16
|
|
22 Dec 2007
|
HELLAS INTERNATIONAL 2007 |
1/32
|
|
14 Dec 2007
|
VII ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL |
Qualifier
|
|
05 Dec 2007
|
INDIA INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE
2007 |
Qualifier
|
|
18 Nov 2007
|
NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL 2007 |
Qualifier
|
|
04 Nov 2007
|
YONEX HUNGARIAN INTERNATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 |
1/16
|
|
21 Oct 2007
|
DUTCH OPEN GRAND PRIX |
Qualifier
|
|
14 Oct 2007
|
CYPRUS BADMINTON INTERNATIONAL. |
1/32
|
|
07 Oct 2007
|
BULGARIAN INTERNATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS |
1/32
|
|
09 Sep 2007
|
YONEX BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL 2007 |
Qualifier
|
|
02 Sep 2007
|
TURKIYE INTERNATIONAL 2007 |
Qualifier
|
|
03 Jun 2007
|
LE VOLANT DOR DE TOULOUSE -
BLAGNAC |
1/64
|
|
26 May 2007
|
ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS |
Runner-Up
|
|
26 May 2007
|
ALL AFRICA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS |
-
|
|
20 May 2007
|
MAURITIUS INTERNATIONAL 2007 |
1/16
|
|
|
|
|
|
Round
|
|
7/6/2008
|
Russian International White
Nights 2008 |
|
2200
|
Quarter-Finalist
|
|
4/19/2008
|
Nigeria International 2008 |
|
1370
|
Quarter-Finalist
|
|
3/16/2008
|
Portuguese International
Championships |
|
550
|
1\32
|
|
3/9/2008
|
Croatian International 2008 |
|
550
|
1\32
|
|
2/24/2008
|
Mauritius International 2008 |
|
920
|
Quarter-Finalist
|
|
2/22/2008
|
Thomas & Uber Cup African
Preliminaries 2008 |
|
884
|
|
|
1/27/2008
|
Uganda International 2008 |
|
920
|
1\16
|
|
12/22/2007
|
HELLAS INTERNATIONAL 2007 |
|
550
|
1\32
|
|
11/4/2007
|
YONEX HUNGARIAN INTERNATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 |
|
920
|
1\16
|
|
10/7/2007
|
BULGARIAN INTERNATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS |
|
920
|
1\32
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Elie Mambwe
(Zambia) Nigeria International 2008, April
FOUR BADMINTON
PLAYERS TO REPRESENT ZAMBIA
Four badminton players
have been selected to represent Zambia at the Thomas
badminton tournament to be held in Mauritius. This
tournament is billed for the weekend.
Eli Mambwe who is
Africa’s second best badminton player and his coach says
the preparations for the tournament are running smoothly.
Last year Elli said that
he was going to stop representing Zambia at badminton
tournaments because he was not receiving any support
from government. And Elli has maintained that if the
situation doesn’t change he will have no option but to
stop playing.
 Apart
from that problem Elli and his friends still have
problems with the infrastructure were they play
badminton from.
The hall has no
ventilation and it is covered with card boxes. This same
hall will be used to host the all African games in 2011
and its state leaves much to be desired.
15th Feb 2008
BZ
shows interest in building training centre
By
Kalumiana Kalumiana The Post ZambiaTuesday
August 28, 2007
BADMINTON
Zambia (BZ) has expressed interest in building a regional
training centre at the Olympic Sports for Hope Project (OSHP)
site next to the Independence stadium in Lusaka.
BZ general secretary Godfrey Masuwa said yesterday that his body
was lobbying the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to consider
Zambia as a location for a regional training centre at the OSHP.
"I have been tasked by Badminton Africa to find an ideal site
where to build a regional training centre," Masuwa said.
"And BZ is very excited about the opportunity given to us by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) through the OSHP of
setting up a badminton training centre here (Lusaka).
"I have written to BWF president Punch Gunalan expressing BZ's
interest in setting up a regional training centre for Africa
here in Zambia."
Masuwa said BWF had three training centres world-wide in
Germany, Bulgaria and China adding that one in Africa would be
ideal for players from the continent.
He added that BZ felt confident the BWF would consider the
application for locating a regional training centre, thanks to
Zambia's current ranking in Africa.
"Zambia is currently ranked third in Africa and that's no mean
achievement. So we are confident that BWF will consider our
application," said Masuwa.
Should the BZ's proposal be successful, they will be the second
local federation who will have a regional training centre at the
OSHP site to be built at the centre.
Boxing is the other sport and will have a regional boxing
training centre that will be funded and run by the International
Amateur Boxing Federation.
La
Zambie et l'Afrique du Sud prêtes à collaborer dans le domaine
sportif
ZAMBIE - 21 août 2007 - XINHUA
La Zambie va travailler en collaboration avec l'Afrique du Sud
en préparation des Jeux Africains de 2011, qui auront lieu à
Lusaka, et de la Coupe du Monde de 2010, qui aura lieu en
Afrique du Sud, a annoncé le vice- ministre zambien des Sports.
Mardi, le Times of Zambia a rapporté les déclarations de Angela
Cifire qui a indiqué lundi que le gouvernement zambien a
commencé à réfléchir à la logistique des Jeux Africains et
qu'une réunion avait eu lieu la semaine dernière pour mettre en
place des stratégies pour les Jeux. Elle a déclaré que le
gouvernement sud-africain est prêt à travailler avec le
gouvernement zambien sur les façons dont les deux pays peuvent
organiser avec succès les deux tournois. "Nous mettons en commun
les informations. Ce qui est positif c'est que le ministère
sud-afriacain des Sports est prêt à travailler avec nous sur les
façons d'améliorer le partage des idées," a-t-elle ajouté.
The All Africa Junior Championships 2007
19.-25. August 2007 in Gaborone, Botswana.
Par Equipe :
1. Afrique du Sud
2. Egypte
3. Maurice & Seychelles
En Individuel :
Simple Homme :
1. Jacob MALIEKAL (RSA)
2. Ali EL KHATEEB (EGY)
3. Minaphee ISAAC (NGR) & Micheal ONWE (NGR)
Simple Dame :
1. Shareen MATTHEWS (RSA)
2. Dina NAGY (EGY)
3. Cyntia COURSE (SEY) & Nora EL BANA (EGY)
Double Homme :
1. Mohamed EL SAYAD & Ali EL KHATEEB (EGY)
2. Minaphee ISAAC & Andrew STEPHEN (NGR)
3. Daven PATCHEE & Dimitry DUVAL (MAU) & Charles
KALONDE & Nago CHONGO (ZAM)
Double Dame :
1. Jenifer FRY & Candace MANN (RSA)
2. Nora EL BANA & Dina NAGY (EGY)
3. Kate FOO KUNE & Yeldi LOUISON (MAU) & Cyntia
COURSE & Camille ALLISON (SEY)
Double Mixte :
1. Reinard LOUW & Jenifer FRY (RSA)
2. Jacob MALIEKAL & Candace MANN (RSA)
3. Mohamed EL SAYAD & Nora EL BANA (EGY) & Daven
PATCHEE & Kate FOO KUNE (MAU).
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Universiade d’été 2007 : la France vainqueur
de la Zambie et de l’Afrique du Sud…
Bangkok (Thaïlande) 8-18 août 2007 source FFBA et Badminton-Web
Après avoir vaincu la Zambie par forfait, notre équipe de France
affrontait aujourd’hui l’Afrique du Sud. Belle performance de
nos français, tous vainqueurs de leur match contre le pays
africain :
Dans le premier match de la journée, Brice Leverdez s’est
facilement imposé face à Rowen Brown en 2 sets, 21/8 21/14.
En Simple Dame, Perrine Lubuhanic affrontait Kerry lee
Harrington. Victoire pour la française en 2 sets, 21/14 21/10.
En double hommes, La paire Quere/Careme a gagné contre la paire
Brown/Visser en 2 sets 21/18 21/11. Même performance pour notre
paire Delaune/Matias en double dames. Elless remportent le match
en 2 sets 21/12 21/18 face au duo English/Johnson .
Enfin, belle victoire pour Despierres et Lo Ying Ping en mixte
vainqueurs de la paire Brown/Visser en 21 sets 21/12 21/15.
Demain, la tâche s’annonce plus difficile. Nos français
affronteront la Thaïlande. Injured
Mambwe faces lengthy lay-off
By Kalumiana Kalumiana Thursday August
02, 2007
The Post Zambia
ALL-Africa Games badminton silver
medallist Eli Mambwe faces a lengthy lay-off due to injury.
This follows the recurrence of an injury Mambwe sustained on his right
elbow at the All-Africa Badminton Championships men's singles final in
Mauritius on May 27.
"I don't know when I will be back in action because I have an injury on
my right elbow that I sustained in Mauritius and it recurred in Algeria,"
he said yesterday.
Mambwe arrived home last Friday for a two-week break from Germany where
he is on a two-year badminton scholarship, courtesy of the National
Olympic Committee of Zambia.
"My trainer in Germany didn't want me to take part in the All-Africa
Games because of the same injury but I just decided to go to Algeria,"
he said.
Mambwe added that he would only know how long he would be out of action
after undergoing a medical check-up when he returns to his base after
August 10.
Meanwhile, Mambwe said he was not pleased with finishing runner-up in
the men's final to his arch-rival Nabil Lasmari of Algeria at the
Algiers Games.
Mambwe also won bronze in the mixed doubles with Olga Siamapangila.
Lasmari's win over Mambwe at the All-Africa Games was the Algerian's
third successive victory over his Zambian opponent in the last nine
months.
"I was aiming for gold and am disappointed I got a silver but I am happy
I am going to the Olympic Games because it is a dream come true for me
to go there," he said.
And Mambwe also said he would only take part in one Badminton Africa
circuit tournament in the coming months.
He said he will only take part in the South African Open in November and
miss the Uganda Open in September.
"I will only be taking part in the South African Open in November
because my programme for now is not certain," said Mambwe.
Mambwe tomorrow heads to Kitwe where he will undertake coaching sessions
with the Zambia junior team holding a weekly training camp at CEC
Badminton Courts.
The junior team is holding weekly training camps in Kitwe ahead of their
participation in the Eighth All-Africa Junior Championships in Gaborone,
Botswana from August 20-26.
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Mambwe bags silver medal From FELIX MALUNGA in Algiers, Friday
../07/2007Times of Zambia
ZAMBIA yesterday struck its first silver medal at
the ongoing All-Africa Games through badminton ace Eli Mambwe, on the day the
country’s medal tally moved to five.
Judoka Wakunguma Shapa was the first Zambian athlete to get bronze before
swimmer Ellen Hight added the second.
As Mambwe was winning his first-ever medal from the Pan-African Games, light-welterweight
boxer, Hastings Bwalya also got a silver medal assurance after pounding his way
to tomorrow’s finals.
Other medals yesterday came through flyweight boxer Kennedy Kanyanta, who got a
bronze after losing in the semi-finals and Mambwe, sealing another medal but
this time a bronze with his partner, Ogar Siamupangila in the badminton mixed
doubles.
In the badminton singles, Mambwe lost in the tough finals to Algerian Nabil
Lasmari, who got gold after winning 2-0.
In the first set, Mambwe, who beat Ugandan Edwin Ekrin 2-0 in the semi-finals,
put up a good fight but Lasmari narrowly beat him 21-18. Lasmari was more
dominant in the second set, winning 21-15.
Mambwe, however, was not impressed with his performance saying: “I was aiming
for gold not silver.
I’ve had silver twice at the All-Africa Senior chapionships.”
He attributed his loss to an injury in his elbow but promised to better his
performance in future.
Mambwe, who lost the quarter-finals in Nigeria four years ago, is ranked second
in Africa.
In mixed doubles, Mambwe and Siamupangila got bronze after crashing out in the
semi-finals to the Nigerian pair of Greg Okuonghae and Grace Daniel.
At OMS Hall in Bord El Kiffan, Bwalya again showed his class as he swept aside
Egyptian Araby Salah in the semi-finals to put himself on path for gold.
Using his power and skills, Bwalya dominated the Egyptian in all four rounds to
score a final result of 27-7.
To fight for gold, Bwalya will be meeting Herbert Nkabiti of Botswana in
tomorrow’s final.
But ladyluck was not on Kanyanta’s side last night as the 2002 Commonwealth
Games gold medalist got eliminated in the semi-finals by South African Jackson
Chauke.
Kanyanta suffered a 9-23 loss to Chauke, the result coach Wisdom Mudenda
disputed saying the Mufulira boxer was robbed of victory.
On Bwalya’s performance, Mudenda said he was now sure the Tunisia-based pugilist
would get Zambia a first gold after 16 years.
Despite injuring his right thumb, Bwalya is still confident of beating the
taller Nkabiti.
“It’s my time to win gold. My opponent is taller than me but I will ensure I cut
him down to size. I’m an African champion and I have to defend my title,” he
said.
While Bwalya and Kanyanta are bringing medals home, light-flyweight Tresford
Kaziwa, bantamweight Evans Chungu, welterweight Alick Mukelabai and
featherweight Otis Bwalya will be heading back empty-handed after suffering
early eliminations .
Badminton body happy with All-Africa Games performance
By Kalumiana Kalumiana and Namatama Mundia
Wednesday July 25, 2007 The Post Zambia
BADMINTON Zambia (BZ) has said the
two medals won by Eli Mambwe and Olga Siamapangila at the just-ended All-Africa
Games are a sign that development programme is bearing fruit.
And the Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ)
has said the players who took part at the just-ended All Africa Games have
potential to become Grand Masters.Mambwe won a silver medal in the men's
singles and collected a bronze in the mixed doubles with Siamapangila.
BZ chairman Geoffrey Chawinga said yesterday that the his association was
delighted with the medals because they were won after a lot of work and
investment into developmental programmes.
"BZ is elated and very happy with the results from Algeria," Chawinga said.
"The medals are a sign that the results of our player development is baring
fruit. The training programmes we have for Eli in Germany and Olga in Sofia,
Bulgaria."
Chawinga said Mambwe and Siampangila had not only brought honour to BZ but
to the nation as a whole.
"The results from Algeria also show that there is consistency with our
players from the Mauritius International and All-Africa Badminton
championships and that the exposure helped when we later went to Algeria,"
he said.
Chawinga went on to say that BZ would not seat on its All-Africa Games
laurels and will immediately start planning for forthcoming continental
tournaments.
He revealed that BZ's international fixtures committee will meet next week
to plan the participation of the junior and senior teams for international
events in the coming months.
Meanwhile, CFZ national coordinator Norias Kalinga said yesterday that the
players put up a spirited performance which showed that they can be Grand
Masters.
"We are very impressed with the performance of our players because it is
better than the All-Africa Games that were held in Abuja in 2003 were they
got three bronze medals," he said.
Kalinga appealed to the business community to sponsor chess since the
players had demonstrated their ability.
"The corporate world should really consider sponsoring chess because there
is potential to yield good results," he said.
Chess team reaped five medals, one silver, and four bronze at the just ended
All-Africa Games.
Zambia's badminton body unveils 2007 program
Source: Xinhua February
12, 2007
Badminton Zambia (BZ) has released its 2007
local and international program with ten tournaments to be held at home
starting next month to November, local newspaper The Post said Saturday.
According to the program released by BZ general secretary Godfrey Masuwa,
the season will start with the Top 16 Championships on March 10 at the
National Sports Developments Center (NASDEC) in Lusaka.
Masuwa said some of the international events are the Kenya Open from April
27 to 29, the African Championships and Mauritius Open in May.
Others include the All Africa Games from July 12 to 23 in Algeria and the
Eighth Africa Junior Championships to be held in Botswana in August.
Masuwa said the local fixtures are subject to change to accommodate
international engagements.
Badminton in
Zambia
Badminton in Zambia is quite a
popular sport. In the recent years the Zambia badminton is witnessing
a growing interest among the Zambian youth with many youngsters actively
playing the sport.
Badminton Zambia is the official body responsible for overseeing
badminton in Zambia. It is responsible for chalking out the various
international and local badminton competitions that the Zambian team
participates in. The schedule for the 2007 badminton tournaments has been
announced by Badminton Zambia.
The badminton players of Zambia is due to play in ten competitions in the
year 2007. The season commenced on 10th of March, with the Top 16
Championships to be played in the capital city of Lusaka at the National
Sports Developments Center.
Zambian badminton players also participate in international tournaments like
the Mauritius Open, the Kenya Open, the All African Games, the African
Championships and the African Junior Championships.
At the Kenya International Women's Singles held in 2006, the championship
title was won by the Zambian player Olga Siamapangila. Donald Mabo, Juma
Muwowo, Charles Kalonde and Lucio Mambwe are the players included in the
men's badminton team.
Geoffrey Masuwa is the general secretary of Badminton Zambia.
Recently, he has been appointed as a technical commissioner. He along with
five other commissioners will be responsible for supervising the badminton
programs arranged by the local committees, which are parts of the All Africa
Games.
Badminton in Zambia is represented by the Zambia Badminton
Association, which is located in the capital city of Lusaka.
ARCHIVES
Mambwe’s African Zone Six
champBy Sports Reporter
September 28, 2005 - October 06, 2005 Times of Zambia
ZAMBIA’S badminton ace Eli Mambwe has been
crowned African Zone Six champion after winning the men’s individual
category at the just-ended championship in Gaborone, Botswana.
While Mambwe got the men singles’ gold medal, Zambia
minted silver in the team event after losing to defending champions South
Africa in the finals.
Mambwe fought back from a set down to beat South
African Vilgone Liane 14-17, 15-11, 15-14 and win the title.
The Zambian champion needed one hour and 10 minutes to
break the South African player in the finals.
But Zambia’s budding starlet Olga Siamupangila failed
to crack Shannel Dupresis of South Africa in the women’s finals as she
tumbled 2-1 to settle for a silver medal.
Siamupangila lost the first set 10-13 but managed to
win the second 11-8 before crashing out in the third set 3-11.
Mambwe’s older brother Lucio lost the quarter-finals
while veteran Mubanga Kaite gave up in the semi-finals and Zambia’s other
women top seed Jean Mabiza suffered a pulled muscle during the team event
against South Africa.
In the team event, Zambia lost 3-2 in the finals to
allow defending champions South Africa to retain the title they won in 1999.
To reach the finals, Zambia beat their hapless hosts
Botswana 4-1 to set a nail-biting final encounter against South Africa.
Zambia Badminton Association (ZBA) general secretary
Godfrey Masuwa, who was team leader in Botswana, said the squad played well
as the tournament had given the players good preparations for next year’s
Melbourne Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Masuwa said the event gauged the players’ strength as
they were stretched to their limits and also gave them an insight of the
kind of training they needed for an international competition.
He thanked Guardall and Night Hawk Security companies for
their support to the team.
By Clara
Sinkala
TWO more countries - Nigeria and Mauritius - arrived yesterday to compete in
the Under-19 All-Africa junior badminton championships set for Lusaka.
The first batch of Nigerians arrived soon after Mauritius, bringing the
total number of countries already in Lusaka for the fifth edititon of the
continental championships scheduled for August 20 to 26 at the National
Sports Development Centre (Nasdec) to seven.
A check at the National Assembly Motel revealed that players from South
Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana, Mauritius, Algeria, hosts Zambia and the
first batch of Nigerians - four players and three officials had already
arrived.
Nigerian coach George Shitta said they had to come in two batches because of
problems with flight connections from Nigeria to South Africa which were
fully booked.
Shitta said the rest of the eight players and one official were expected
later.
Shitta was optimistic that Nigeria would scoop the tournament because most
of the players in his camp were internationally exposed.
“By the grace of God we will win the tournament because most of our players
are exposed. We hope to enjoy the tournament especially going by the number
of countries participating. The hospitality of the Zambian people is also
good,” Shitta said.
And in the Zambian camp, top player Elie Mambwe said he expected to put up a
good performance because he had been exposed to many international outings
having featured in Denmark in 1996 where he lost in the quarter-finals of
the All-World Junior championships.
He said he had also played in Norway and won a bronze medal in the South
African senior International championship in 1999 and again participated in
the Thomas Cup in the same year in India and came fourth among other
successes.
Another player Juma Muwowo said he was scared of Mauritians, South Africans
and Nigerians whom he regarded as the threats to Zambia because he
considered those from the three countries to be very skilled as compared to
Zambians.
Ethiopia, who were the first to arrive, appeared defeated long before the
tournament started.
Coach Abebe Teferra said his players had come to Zambia to learn since they
were having a feel of a big time African championship for the first time.
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