With the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games just weeks away, the Barbados Boxing Association has sent a team of four boxers and a coach to Guyana to prepare for the upcoming games under the auspices of the Guyana Boxing Association.
The Guyana and Barbados boxing teams will train together under the watchful eyes of Cuban Coach Francisco Roldan, and local specialists Terrence Poole and Lennox Daniels ahead of the games set for June 23 to July 8 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
The Bajan pugilists here are Charles Cox, light heavyweight, female middleweight champion Kimberly Gittens, Ju Sean Shepherd and light middleweight Tyreec Taitt.
They are accompanied by coach Mark Inniss.
National Coach Poole said the encampment got started yesterday with a session at the Six Head Gym in Albouystown.
The boxers will be involved in sparring sessions from this afternoon at the Camp Ayanganna Gym at Thomas Lands.
According to Poole, there will be weight training on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Camp Ayanganna Gym while in the afternoons, sparring sessions will be held at either Six Head Gym or Camp Ayanganna. The Bajan side will be here until June 13.
The GBA has named a strong four-member team for the CAC Games led by Desmond “Dynamite” Amsterdam, the 2022 Sportsman of the Year and GBA’s Best Boxer, Olympian Keevin Allicock, Emanuel Pompey and Joel Williamson.
Amsterdam, a light heavyweight boxer was in top form last season winning several international accolades including bronze medals at the prestigious Americas Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Elite championships in Ecuador and the South American Games in Paraguay. He was also a quarter-finalist at the Commonwealth Games in England.
Allicock, a three-time Caribbean champion and quarter-finalist at the Commonwealth Games continues to stamp his mark internationally and will be looking to be among the medalists at the CAC Games.
Pompey just out the junior ranks will be seeking to establish himself at the senior level while Williamson who recently participated at the World championships in Uzbekistan will also be looking to medal.
The CAC Games will serve as a qualifier for the Pan American Games slated for October 20- November 5 in Santiago, Chile and Guyana will be sending representatives in several disciplines.
