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GABA gets commitment from St Lucia and Jamaica

Dec 02, 2012 Sports

 

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), who has been forging good relations with its counterparts in the Caribbean with the aim of improving boxing, especially at home, but also in the region, has recently received commitments from St Lucia and Jamaica for exchange programmes.
Guyana has this year sent fighters to Trinidad and Tobago after establishing ties there prior and just Friday T&T fighters reciprocated on the monthly Friday night fights card.
GABA President Steve Ninvalle informed Kaieteur Sport that he recently spoke to and got positive responses from Stephen Jones of the Jamaica Amateur Boxing Association and David Christopher Shakes of the St Lucia Amateur Boxing Association.  Jamaica, however, will not be able to send fighters this year due to their National Championships this month.  They have committed to do so next year.  Arrangements with Barbados are also on the cards.
Ninvalle said he was heartened by the responses and noted that this could only augur well for the development of the boxers in the future.  Friday the Guyanese fighters made a clean sweep of the fights against their Trinidad counterparts.
Ninvalle said that focus would now be placed on securing sponsors to assist with this reciprocal aspect of the programme, noting the benefits for the sport in the future.  He called on sponsors to partner with them to aid the development push.
The GABA Boss also thanked Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony for his and the ministry’s help in facilitating the Trinidadian fighters over the weekend.

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