By ALEX NJOVUZAMBIA Amateur Boxing Federation (ZABF) president Thomas Chileshe has bemoaned the failure by boxers to bring honour to the country and has since advised all clubs to embark on a talent identification programme (TIP).
“I would like to encourage clubs to start a talent identification and talent development programme. This is after a postmortem, which we have taken after failing to win any medal since the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. Unless we change radically, we won’t go anywhere” Chileshe said.
Chileshe said in a statement issued in Kitwe yesterday that it is important that all boxing clubs embark on talent identification if medals are to be reaped at future international tournaments.
Since Kennedy Kanyanta, Dennis Zimba and Davies Mwale won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, Zambian boxers have failed to reap medals at international competitions.
“We are calling on all clubs to go and tap talent in rural areas and nurture it. Let us go to even the remotest parts of our country and get talent from there. We need to start winning medals and we can only do that if we invest in talent identification. There is untapped talent in rural areas which we need to expose,” he said.
Chileshe said the ZABF has not achieved international recognition due to the failure to develop, implement and evaluate the leadership strategy.
He said there is need for clarity of targets and that the ZABF has to strike a valid balance between strength and weakness.
“We need to strategise to unlock corporate support,” Chileshe said.
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