The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will officially stage the 2023 edition of the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis National Novices Championships from Friday, September 29th to Sunday, October 1st at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The event will feature participation from notable gyms such as defending champions the Guyana Defence Force, the Guyana Police Force, Forgotten Youth Foundation, Pace and Power, Rose Hall, Vergenoegen, and Republican, and action will commence on a daily basis at 18:00hrs. The medical assessment and weight-in will occur on Thursday at the National Gymnasium from 16:00 hrs.
GBA President Steve Ninvalle has declared that National Novices Championships are where the sport’s developmental journey begins.
Named after Guyana’s notable world champion the late Andrew Six Head Lewis, the tournament has evolved into a combination of national scouting for the GBA and a conduit and bridge in our structured and methodical process, Ninvalle has said.
“Each tournament hosted under the umbrella of the GBA is underpinned by its own unique objectives, and the National Novices Championships is an exhibition of the nation’s potential for the future, which continues to indicate a positive consequence, given Guyana’s empirical dominance of the region. The GBA continues to emphasize the importance of such competitions, events that have an enduring importance in the overall framework for the sport. As such, its impact and value cannot be questioned, much less understated, given the influence and impetus it has provided to the sport’s fraternity,” the GBA boss added.
