Junior boxing tourney set for tomorrow at Six Head gym

THE annual Caribbean School Boys and Junior Championship is penciled for August and, to this end, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will resume its monthly under-16 preparatory competition from tomorrow at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis gym, Albouystown from 13:00hrs.

Technical Director of the GBA, Terrence Poole, who is part of the technical committee that orchestrates the logistical elements of the event, stated, “This is once again another event of the twice a month under-16 school boys and junior competition. The reason we are conducting these tournaments is that they serve as the primary preparation for the Caribbean School Boys Championship which is to be hosted in August.”

He further shared, “We are doing all this as part of our preparation to identify

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our best fighters. That is why we are having the event so frequently so that we can provide competition to the boxers. It’s very important for us to have this type of competition so that they will be ready for the Caribbean tournament. Registration of fighters and the competing gyms will occur on Sunday from 10am. The medical assessments will also occur during that time.”

Meanwhile, President of the GBA, Steve Ninvalle said, “Our under-16 championship is the backbone of Guyana’s boxing, continued and sustained dominance in the English-speaking Caribbean. This event, which is married to our historic weekend training camps, forms the bedrock of our developmental thrust and streamlines and strengthens our transitionary protocols for the discipline which has seen evidentiary success.”

He further said, “Our emphasis will always be on our youth programmes, which have continued to form the architecture of the association’s developmental agenda. From infancy to the professional ranks, this age group remains a vital component of ensuring strategic