Team Guyana has retained the Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Tournament trophy.
Thanks to a table leading eight gold medals and best boxer performances by Patrick Harvey (male junior) and Alisha Jackman (female school girl), Team Guyana was able to maintain a firm grip on the Winfield Brathwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing Tournament trophy when the curtain came down on the event on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Team Trinidad finished with two gold medals from the gloves of Al Jaleel Jokhu (best boxer school boys) and Nyrell Hussein (57kg junior). St. Lucia snared a gold thanks to Gilchrist Medard who defeated Wayne Castello of Guyana on Sunday night in their 52kg (junior) bout during the fourth edition of the three-night international fixture. Team Dominica, Barbados, Grenada and the Cayman Islands failed to capture any top podium spots.
The young local pugilists were however in a class of their own, winning in different fashions, whether it be pulling out nail biters or gaining victory emphatically.
Jackman showed that she was the unanimous choice for the best boxer (female) accolade putting on a boxing clinic. On Sunday night, Jackman dispatched Trinidad’s Shirley Wolfe in the first round and brought the crowd to its feet with her scintillating performance.
Other gold medalists for Guyana included: Mark Crawford (60kg youth) Alex Butcher (64kg youth), Ryan Benjamin (63kg junior), Isaiah Moore (52kg youth), Richard Howard (52kg youth) and Emmanuel Pompey (81+kg junior).
Note: The hosts, Guyana has dominated the event since it started in 2016.
Meanwhile, President of the Guyana Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle stated that the incident free, three-night tournament was an extremely successful one.
He added that the GBA and the other participating nations, look forward to the staging of fifth edition next year.
The GBA head also heaped praises on the National Sports Commission, E-Networks, Courts, Associated Packers Industry (API) Secure Innovations and Concept Inc., Massy Distribution, Hand in Hand Insurance and others for their continued sponsorship of the association and its ventures. (Emmerson Campbell)
