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Nov 15, 2015 Sports
Two of the 14 scheduled countries scheduled to participate in what is being described as the largest sporting invasion of teams to hit Guyana in a long time later this month have sent their travel itineraries. The occasion is the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) the Inter-Caribbean Goodwill Development Boxing tournament, dubbed ‘Back to the Future,’ to be staged from November 26-29 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
GBA President Steven Ninvalle informed that Bahamas and Barbados have forwarded their travel schedules and the other countries are expected to do same in the coming week. He further informed that several late entries were submitted but the GBA has had to cut off accepting further entries.
Among the territories fixed to travel here are Antigua, Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St Vincent, St Marten, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.
Close to 100 boxers will arrive for the activity with Barbados and Trinidad registering over 20 boxers apiece. Some 30 officials will also join the boxers for what is promising to be a memorable and action packed four days of top class amateur boxing. Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica and Grenada are among those providing referee/ judges to officiate at the tournament.
AIBA referee/Judge James Beckles of T&T will arrive in Guyana on November 21 and will headline the elite Caribbean panel. Beckles will hold a workshop for referees and judges during his stay.
Ninvalle disclosed that five of the Presidents from the participating associations will be here for the event and they have agreed to meet and to further programme activities to push the development of the sport in the Caribbean region.
GBA has been working assiduously to have all systems in place for a successful staging of the event. Guyana has registered a 38-member team which is in training at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Camp Seweyo base preparing for the expected stiff competition.
While some sponsorship has been forthcoming, GBA is still in need of additional funding to reach the targeted close to $7M budget to host the event. Ninvalle is hopeful that businesses will support so they can have a successful event. The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) had earlier committed to providing some funding to aid the budgetary requirement.
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