RHTJ cop ‘best gym’ as U16 Boxing season commences

Youth Boxing made a grand return at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym in Albouystown last Saturday with the staging of the first Pepsi/Mike Parris U16 School Boys and Girls Boxing Championships of 2024.
When the dust had settled, not only did Rose Hall Town Jammers (RHTJ) gym emerge as overall winner, but the group, hailing out of Region Six in Berbice, were also declared “best gym” in the competition.
Pace and Power Gym finished in silver medal position in the five-team tournament, resulting in Gregory ‘Chassis’ Cort of RHTJ walking away with the “best coach” title.
Meanwhile, Ken Harvey of Pace and Power copped the “best boxer” accolade, while Arthur Scipio captured the “best referee/judge” award. The other gyms that competed were Bayley Boxing Gym, Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis, and Forgotten Youth Foundation.
Ten fights were staged in this iteration of the monthly competition.

Meanwhile, President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle, said, “Our U-16 championship, which is the backbone of Guyana’s dominance within the English-speaking Caribbean, will continue in its current format of at least one monthly iteration. Moreover, the resuscitation of other gyms will add to the flavour and competitive nature of the event, as seven gyms are expected to participate in the next iteration.”
He added, “Youth programmes are the bedrock of the association’s developmental agenda, and will always encompass the overall objective and architecture of the entity, which is to create a sustainable ecosystem for the discipline’s continued growth. This age group is unquestionably the most important, as it serves as the bridge and conduit between the amateur and professional strata. The importance of this platform cannot be quantified.”
In 2023, more than 18 iterations of the competition were conducted, all administered by the GBA. The entity is scheduled to surpass the aforementioned number during the current calendar year. The aforesaid strategy, which serves primarily as a high-performance structure to better equip pugilists for the rigours of international competition, is supervised and administered by technical and experienced trainers comprising national coach Lennox Daniels, technical director Terrence Poole, and Cuban coach Francisco Roldan.
The event also forms part of Guyana’s preparatory phase for the annual Caribbean School Boys and Juniors Championship.