PRESIDENT of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle has been appointed Press Liaison by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) for their September 22-26 Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) meeting of the Americas in Georgetown.

According to GOA president K. Juman-Yassin representatives of approximately 22 countries are expected in Guyana for the important meeting.
Louise Martin, president of the CGF is expected to attend the ‘first-of-its-kind-meeting’ to be held in Guyana with the GOA also stating that two officials from Australia will be in Guyana to give an update on the Commonwealth Games next year in the Gold Coast.
The 21st (XXI) Commonwealth Games will be held in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, April 4-15, 2018. It is the fifth time Australia will be hosting the Commonwealth Games.
The Commonwealth Games (known as the British Empire Games 1930–1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954–1966, and British Commonwealth Games from (1970–1974) is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.
The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, which were cancelled due to World War II, has taken place every four years since then. The most recent Commonwealth Games took place in Glasgow, Scotland in 2014.