GABA $50M plan aims to send boxers to the Rio Olympics

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Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony (third from left) and GABA President Steve Ninvalle display the GABA’s four-year blueprint document as PS in the Sport Ministry Alfred King and Director of Sport Neil Kumar (first and second from left) and GABA executive members Eustace Cuffy and Terrence Poole look on. (Photo by Orlando Charles)
Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony (third from left) and GABA President Steve Ninvalle display the GABA’s four-year blueprint document as PS in the Sport Ministry Alfred King and Director of Sport Neil Kumar (first and second from left) and GABA executive members Eustace Cuffy and Terrence Poole look on. (Photo by Orlando Charles)

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) yesterday presented its $50M four-year Strategic Implementation Plan to the Ministry of Sport, noting among its goals a plan to enrol elite pugilists into a high-level training programme that will keep them in peak form and ready for the Rio Olympics.
GABA President Steve Ninvalle formally presented the document to Minister of Sport Dr Frank Anthony which revealed its intention to take centre stage at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also revealed a series of steps that will put the local pugilists on the road to Rio.

Incorporating the theme ‘Commitment,