Bermuda Boxing Youth To Compete In Canada
Bermuda Boxing Federation [BBF] youth program athletes are off to compete in Scarsborough, Canada in the Olympic-Style boxing event, set to take place this Saturday August 24th, 2019.
The event, hosted by Gideon Boxing Academy, will see five youth travel to train and compete. The team, Carlita Trott, Otero Smith, DaMeko Francis-Dill, Kahlil Smythe and Adrian Roach will be accompanied by National Team Coach Jermal Woolridge and BBF Team Manager Jennifer Woods.
BBF President, Nathan Dill stated, “Our executive team made the collective decision to shift our focus to growing the youth and supporting this team to take advantage of this experience is exactly the type of opportunities we have set out to create. I would like to wish them the best of luck this weekend.”
The event takes place just days after the federation announced its upcoming event Return Fight Night, set to take place November 23rd, 2019 at the Fairmont Southampton.
BBF Program and Event Manager Melissa Looby states, “Seeing the objectives set out in the BBF strategic plan come to life is always a great feeling and we would like to thank our numerous partners, sponsors and supporters for consistently matching our efforts. We would like to give a special thank you to trip sponsors Quality Transport, Country Kitchen and the Ministry of Sports for jumping on board.”
