THE Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is expected to start the New Year on an international note after accepting an invitation from the Trinidad and Tobago Boxing Association. The GBA is scheduled to send a team to the Twin Island Republic early next week.TTBA is hosting a competition next Tuesday and has requested a six-man team of elite boxers inclusive of one female. GBA has asked its Technical Director Terrence Poole to urgently make arrangements with the Coaches Commission for the selection of the team.
The weight divisions of the boxers have been supplied by TTBA. In addition, Trinidad has also requested two referee/judges. Chairperson of the local Referee/Judges Commission, Ramona Agard, has since been informed, an executive of the GBA said.
Local referee/judges recently benefited from a five-day Workshop/Seminar run by top Caribbean official James Beckles. The Workshop/Seminar was held prior to the Caribbean Development Boxing Tournament, staged here last November, where local officials were lauded for their work
The tournament attracted 13 countries, 135 boxers and over 30 officials from across the Caribbean and South America.
Trinidad and Tobago has been forging closer alliance with Guyana since the staging of a Goodwill tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in February 2014. The Twin Island Republic had the largest contingent at the Caribbean tournament and has since asked for a team of fighters to train here next month.