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GDF, Police boxers feature as GBA names power team for Cuba tournament
Seeks corporate help
As the executive of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) continues to mold its charges with an aim of 
breaking the Olympics Gold medal jinx in the 2016 Brazil Olympiad, eight boxers, featuring several from the Guyana Defence Force and Police gyms, have been selected to comprise a national team for possible participation in the Cardova Cardin (June 4-11) and the Roberto Balado (June 19-25) boxing tournaments scheduled for Cuba early next month. The team will also be involved in a training stint while in Cuba.
However, amidst assurances that the boxers will do well, executives of the GBA are faced with a bill that exceeds $3M and are appealing to all stake holder, whether Government and members of the corporate community for the requisite assistance to make the trip a reality.
Those boxers that have earned the nod and are scheduled to leave Guyana on June 2 are, GDF representatives, welterweights Eon Bancroft and Ron Smith, light/middleweight Bert Braithwaite and light/weight, Clairmont Gibson. Those from the Police are middleweight Dennis Thomas and bantamweight, Imran Khan, while featherweight, Delon Charles (FYF) and Lightweight, Stephon Gouveia (HE) complete the team. Terrence Poole will double as manager/coach with Cuban coach, Francisco Hernandez Roldon as the Head Coach.
Moments after the selections, President of the GBA, Steve Ninvalle, lauded the selectors saying that the boxers represent the cream of the local crop. He said the Cuba trip is a continuation of the ‘Road to Brazil’ initiative where local boxers are receiving special attention to break the Olympics jinx.
Mr. Ninvalle further pointed out that several of the selectees are among those that were recently identified to receive a monthly stipend from officials of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA). They have also received support from the management of Bakewell.
Mr. Ninvalle further explained that the Cuba sojourn is an attempt by his executives to resuscitate the exchange programmes between Guyana and the Spanish speaking country, extinct since the early eighties. He also noted that it was around that time that local pugilists were most productive.
The team will intensify training sessions from this morning at the Andrew Lewis Boxing Gym. They will also engage in roadwork exercises at the National Park from 05:00hrs every day before returning to the gym at 14:00hrs weekdays.
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