Ninvalle promises after re-election to GBA head

Long time sports administrator Steve Ninvalle will lead Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) for another four-year term with an unchanged executive following the body’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the weekend at the National Racquet Center.
The other re-elected members are: 1st Vice-President Dr. Marissa Parris, 2nd Vice-President Lt Colonel Gordon Nedd, 3rd Vice President Carl Graham, Secretary Stacy Correia, Treasurer Dexter Patterson, and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Seon Bristol.
Ninvalle told the media that he grateful for the support of the clubs and the faith they have placed in his presidency.

According to Ninvalle, “I thank the clubs of the Guyana Boxing Association and the gyms for having the confidence in me and the other members of the executives to give us another four years to try to move along with the development of boxing not only in Guyana but in the Caribbean. It’s a lot of work to be done and we have been doing a lot of work but I hope this time around we can have much more collaboration from all the affiliates.”
He said that boxing is moving leaps and bounds globally and stakeholders must put their shoulder to the wheel now.

“If there is anyone who think they are incapable of carrying out the mandate of the clubs then I will happily accept their resignation, this is not a time we can joke around with the sport, boxing is going places in the world and we need to make sure that Guyana is represented and Guyana does its bit,” the administrator said.

He says they have made progress in growing the sport from a club standpoint as well as the youth programs, adding, “We would have added two more gyms in the process of this year and we expect one more Gym to be affiliated before the end of 2024 but high on the priority is again our nursery, the under 16 and junior and to have our referee judges and coaches certified.”

The GBA has a one-star coach in Clifton Moore and a three-star coach in Sebert Blake hence there is a need to get the other coaches upgraded and certified in the coming months and years according to the administrator.
Ninvalle says they are also eager to certify their current crop of referee judges as well as find initiatives to bring more females to the sport.

Next on the cards for the GBA is sending a representative team to St Lucia for the Caribbean championship in second week of December which will require four million dollars in sponsorship.