Cevons spars in GABA’s corner with tournament sponsorship

Cevons Waste Management has joined a long list of sponsors who are putting power in the Guyana Boxing Association’s punch for the recently renamed Winfield Brathwaite Boxing Tournament.

This three-day tournament will be staged this weekend, and seven Caribbean countries, inclusive of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St. Lucia and Cayman Islands, are slated to participate.
At a simple ceremony held at the Cevons offices in South Ruimveldt Georgetown, Administrative Manager Allana Mc Cullock presented the sponsorship cheque to GABA President Steve Ninvalle, and highlighted the company’s reasons for their generosity.
“On behalf of Cevons Waste Management, we want to continue supporting the GABA and any other sporting activity, or any other way in which we can help out with sponsoring. We like to get on board with these things because it’s very important to the youths of the community and it’s good that they can actively be involved in something positive,” Mc Cullock explained.
Expressing gratitude, Ninvalle spoke of the company’s longstanding relationship with the GABA.
“We would have only had to seek out the assistance of Cevons Waste Management and we had a response in one day, and it was a positive response. It is not the first time that Cevons has been supportive of our efforts. they would have been behind-the-scenes for some time, and we hope that this would not be the last time.”
After three years of being named the Caribbean School Boys and Juniors tournament, the tournament has been renamed to honour one of Guyana’s most successful pugilists.
Ninvalle took the time to share why this decision was made by the GABA. “And that is one of the reasons why we have renamed the tournament, so it can be not just a Caribbean tournament anymore. It can be a tournament that encompasses the region, all across the Americas and even further afield. So I will hope that next year we see a much bigger and better tournament,” Ninvalle said.
Disclosing that Commonwealth 1978 Gold Medallist Winfield Brathwaite was very elated at the decision, Ninvalle said it is important to honour legends.
“And Winfield Braithwaite, our only Commonwealth Gold Medallist in boxing, he’s very enthused about the fact that we would have named this tournament after him. It’s important that we keep honouring these past heroes that we have while they’re still alive,” Ninvalle explained.
The tournament will be hosted at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, and will run from Friday August 16 to Sunday August 18. Tickets for the stands are priced at $500, while ringside tickets cost $1500. Ringside season passes can be purchased for $4000.
The 20-member Guyanese squad will be looking to make this the fourth year that they have won the tournament.
Other sponsors of the tournament include Courts Guyana, the National Sports Commission, and Associated Packers Industry. (Jemima Holmes)