The Association of Sport Performance Centres (ASPC) a Spanish based association has recognised the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) as a high performance center and has since accepted OYDC’s membership to the association.
Subsequently, OYDC has been invited to attend the XI ASPC International Forum on Elite Sport 2019 to take place in Barcelona on the 10th and 11th of October 2019. The forum is expected to be attended by many African countries and will see countries being united and strengthened in the development of sport in the region.
“I would like to extend our profound gratitude to the Board of ASPC for recognizing OYDC as one of the “High Performance Centres” in the region. This truly demonstrates our commitment to exemplary service delivery and commitment to creating a true centre of excellence in OYDC,” said OYDC Chief Executive Officer Dr. Fredrick M. Chitangala.
ASPC is composed of high performance centres which have voluntarily joined the ASPC Governing Bodies that support high performance Sport and Individuals who support High Performance Sport/Centres.
The association only accepts membership from any Sport Performance Centre that is recognized by a National Olympic Committee, Paralympic Committee and/or government of that nation or recognized by an International Sports Federation (ISF) or National Sport Federation of a country where the centre is located.
However, the centre must carry out activities focused on elite sport; be able to provide operational, technical and scientific support services to high performance athletes and coaches and be willing to exchange staff personnel with other high performance sport centres to interact and share ideas and work methods. This is exactly what the Board of OYDC has dedicated itself to do in its current strategic plan.
“Since inception, OYDC has been recording success stories ranging from contributing athletes to national teams and various clubs. You may be aware that in 2016, the government launched the National Centre of Excellence for Sport at the OYDC aimed at promoting talent identification and training of high performance athletes, capacity building for coaches and sports administrators in the Country.
Our hope is to see more people coming on board to partner with OYDC if they want to see our facilities remain a pride of Africa which nurtures and inspires young talented sports persons that reign supreme and bring glory to our nation and the continent,” he said
