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SPORT/RECREATION--NEW CHAIRMAN-NS BOXING AUTHORITY ------------------------------------------------------------ Hubert Earle is the new chairman of the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority. The appointment was announced today by the Minister Responsible for the NSBA, Jay Abbass. Mr. Earle has been an official with the NSBA since 1980 and referee-in-chief of the NSBA since 1994. He has also been referee-in-chief of the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation since 1988 and an official with the World Boxing Authority since 1986. In making the appointment Mr. Abbass said, "Mr. Earle will be overseeing an expansion of the boxing authority's responsibilities which now include the area of combative sports such as kick-boxing and other martial arts. I am sure that Mr. Earle's considerable experience will serve him well in his new role." Mr. Earle, whose appointment is effective immediately, said: "I am looking forward to working with my peers in the sport of boxing and to establishing constructive working relationships with all the combative sport groups in Nova Scotia. It will be the goal of the boxing authority to make all combative sports as safe as possible for the participants." -30- Contact: Colin Craig 902-424-7658 trp Dec. 14, 1995