St Maarten to host next year’s Caribbean boxing c/ships
A Caribbean Steering Committee was established last week following a Skype meeting which comprised 10 of the 15 Presidents of the Region’s amateur boxing associations.
At the Skype meeting, President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle was elected Chairman of the Committee which has a life of four years.
Cecil Forde of Trinidad and Tobago was elected Vice Chairman while Leyla Jackson, Jose Rosario, Debra Stephen-John and David Christopher were elected as Committee Members.
According to Ninvalle who chaired proceedings, the Steering Committee was established to create avenues that would chart, support and promote the development of boxing within the Region.
All members of the Committee were elected unopposed.
Ninvalle, Jackson and Stephen-John were also elected unopposed to be the Caribbean’s representatives to vie for AMBC Executive positions at the upcoming Congress in Panama.
Based on the Minutes seen by this publication, James Beckles of Trinidad and Tobago was voted as Special Advisor to the Steering Committee.
An immediate undertaking is assisting with the organization of the Caribbean Championships.
Hosting of 2020 Caribbean Championships:
St. Maarten was voted unopposed as host of the Caribbean Championships next year.
Ninvalle urged that proposals for hosting of the 2021 and 2022 Caribbean Championships be sent in during 2019.
Also during the meeting, the presidents present voted unanimously to dissolve the Caribbean Working Committee.
Note: Bahamas, Bermuda, Dominica and Jamaica were absent from the meeting.
According to the Minutes, the Presidents present were Ninvalle (Guyana), Forde (Trinidad and Tobago), Jackson (Cayman Islands), Neil Roberts (Grenada), Daniel Edouard (Haiti), Christopher (St Lucia), Shawn Blair (St. Maarten), Remie Burke (Suriname), Rosaria (US Virgin Islands) and Richard Atwell (Barbados).
Antigua’s Len Mussington was excused but later supported the decisions made.