{"id":21737,"date":"2024-08-27T19:14:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21737"},"modified":"2024-08-27T19:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:14:35","slug":"guyana-to-host-largest-caribbean-schoolboys-and-junior-boxing-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-to-host-largest-caribbean-schoolboys-and-junior-boxing-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana to Host Largest Caribbean Schoolboys and Junior Boxing Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By <strong>Travis Seymour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Gymnasium in Guyana will be the venue for the highly anticipated Caribbean Schoolboys and Junior Championships from August 16-18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s event is poised to be the largest ever, according to Steve Ninvalle, President of the Guyana Boxing Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninvalle confirmed that this year&#8217;s championship will see a significant increase in participation, with final trials for boxers scheduled to take place this weekend at the Andrew \u2018Six Head\u2019 Lewis Gym, followed by an encampment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preparation for the tournament, the association has held over twelve under-16 competitions in recent months, including five in the last three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninvalle emphasized the importance of these events for maintaining a robust pipeline of young talent in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that all arrangements are in place to ensure the championship is a memorable one, thanks to the generous support from the Guyana Olympic Association and the Government of Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country&#8217;s boxing team is coming off a strong performance at the OECS Boxing Championship in St. Lucia, where they secured second place behind Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s team earned four gold and two silver medals with only six boxers, demonstrating their competitive edge ahead of the upcoming regional event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OECS Championship featured several participating nations, some of which will compete in the forthcoming Caribbean Schoolboys and Junior Championships in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour The National Gymnasium in Guyana will be the venue for the highly anticipated Caribbean Schoolboys and Junior Championships from August 16-18. This year&#8217;s event is poised to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21740,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21737\/revisions\/21740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}