The Guyana Boxing Association has organized a Take-away lunch in order to raise funds to send a team of local boxers to Jamaica in October. The lunch is scheduled for Sunday August 6th at the Burnham Court at Middle and Carmichael Streets.
Elton Chase
The Guyana Boxing Association was invited to send a team of pugilist to participate in the first ever Jamaica versus Guyana Goodwill competition scheduled for Kingston in early October. President of the Jamaica Boxing Association Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones, wrote to his Guyanese counterpart Steve Ninvalle, declaring his intention to commence the exchange programme between the two CARICOM states.
GBA president Steve Ninvalle said that a committee made up of himself, Elton Chase and Nicola Yhap have been formalizing arrangements for the activity. He added that the committee is mulling an Under-16 boxing competition, under floodlights to be added to the day’s activities. The GBA is seeking to send a team of five boxers and a manager/coach to Jamaica.
