Dozens of musclemen have competed for the coveted Mr. Guyana title over the years. But since 2013 only one man has had the honour of being called Mr. Guyana. At the end of Sunday night, that man had a three-peat.
Kerwin Clarke did it again.
In front of a vocal, overflowing audience at the Park Vue Hotel, the 168-pound mass of striated muscle succeeded in his second title defence after posing and flexing his way to the overall title of this year’s Supligen Mr. Guyana event.
Clarke, a two-time bronze medalist at the CAC Bodybuilding Championships, had an impressive showing under the bright lights at the venue’s conference hall.
After quickly disposing of his rival Alfred Jordan in the middleweight category, Clarke went on to the pose down of the champions of champions and used his sharp physique to slice through the competition ahead of Sylvester Andrews (heavyweight), a resurgent Marlon Bennett (lightweight), the vastly improved Rashleigh Bentick (bantamweight), Mahendra Singh (welterweight) and Zalim Bacchus (under 132 pounds).
Last year, Clarke was pushed to the hilt by Flex Night Champion, Godfrey Stoby, but this year, it was easier for Clarke with the former in street clothes, tanning athletes back stage.
The Buddy’s Gym standout was in shape and brought the striated quads, horse shoe triceps and barn door back we have come to expect. Andrews substituted detail for mass and brought a bigger and fuller package to the stage but lacked the hardness and the striations he possessed last year as a welterweight.
After bursting onto the scene last year by winning the Novices competition, the dreadlocked Andrews has shown plenty of promise and the BodyMaxx athlete once dialed in will be a threat to Clarke for years to come.
On Sunday night however, Clarke was peeled and brought arguably his best ever conditioning to complement his superior shape and symmetry.
His structure, shape, and balance were enough to carry him through to victory. He will now move on to represent Guyana at the CAC Championships in the Bahamas in October.
Men’s Physique
It was not an easy choice, but the judges awarded the Men’s Physique Showdown trophy to BodyMaxx’s Emmerson Campbell ahead of Yannick Grimes of the same gym and Coel Marks of Buddy’s Gym.
Among a group of nine physique competitors, Campbell brought the shape and stage presence the judges most wanted to see.
He was confident, well-proportioned, well-muscled and conditioned.
Ms. Bikini and Ms. Body Fitness
Junica Pluck from Buddy’s Gym was the near perfect mix of muscularity, symmetry, beauty and style and took home the trophy for the Ms. Bikini segment. Alisha Fortune placed second, while Olivia Bess was third. Fortune, however ,turned the tables on Pluck in the Ms. Body Fitness category, relegating the Buddy’s Gym beauty to second place. Bess who just started working out a few weeks ago was third also.
Barbadian, Hostin Worrel, the 16-time CAC welterweight champion guest posed at the event. President of the federation, Keavon Bess stated that minus the glitches ‘I think it was a good showing of bodies on stage.” He added “I was most impressed with the heavyweight class, it was the best category of the night and one of the best in years.”
