Cedros cricketers in Courts T20 Final

The tournament is hosted by the French-speaking islands, namely Guadeloupe, Martinique, Cayenne and St Maarten. Tyrone Thomas (81kg), Nickell Joseph (75kg) and Justin Parris (56kg) will represent TT, while Reynold Cox and Rawlson Dopwell will serve as the team’s coaches at the Commonwealth Youth Games.

The boxers will get their final warm-up when a boxing card is held at the Cosmic Boxing Gym in Marabella on Saturday from 6 pm.

In other boxing news, the Trinidad and Tobago Boxing Association continues to qualify officials at the highest level. Referee/judge Codrington Joefield has acquired his Star One AIBA Badge after sitting examinations in Barbados at the last Caribbean Championships in December 2016. He has now qualified to referee and judge at regional and confederation tournaments.

In order to move up to Star Two and Three qualification, Joefield must have 12 of those tournaments under his belt.

At the recently concluded Continental Championship in Honduras, Floyd Trumpet successfully obtained his Cutman Badge.

This is a new initiative by AIBA and soon at all AIBA Championships and Games all corners must have a qualified cutman.

A cutman is a person responsible for preventing and treating physical damage to a fighter between rounds.

Trumpet was the only person from the English-speaking Caribbean to obtain his badge, and would find himself in great demand throughout the region, not only in the ring corner but to also conduct classes