GDF adjudged best gym as National Open c/ships ends

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) snared the Best Gym award and police officer, Dennis Thomas arrested the Best Boxer trophy when the curtain came down on this year’s National Open Championships on Sunday at the National Gymnasium.

Thomas, who represented Guyana at the World Amateur Boxing Championships (WABC) in Kazakhstan last month, unanimously defeated GDF’s Markember Pierre on Friday night, then KO’d William Hendricks in the first round on Sunday on his way to claiming the middleweight and best boxer award.

The pugilists of the GDF gym racked up 10 points in the two-day championships to earn the