Usual suspect, Winston Stoby along with Steve Ramnarine and Shellon Nicholas snared the marquee titles when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) hosted the Claude Charles Memorial Intermediate and Masters Championships yesterday at the National Gymnasium. Stoby, the 74kg world deadlift record holder emerged overall winner of the Masters segment with 484.568 wilks points while Ramnarine (120kg men’s) and Nicholas (63kg) lifted the overall trophies in the Intermediate division. The ‘Little Master’ Stoby squatted 257.5kg, bench pressed 142.5kg and dead lifted 280kg on his last attempt.
Ramnarine continued his beastly form at yesterday’s championship, lifting a total of 742.5kg, (427.53 wilks).
That amount trumps the total he amassed last year while winning his category at the Novices Championship.
Nicholas of the Rip Hit Strength and Conditioning faction of BodyMaxx Gym upstaged Tia Telford and Novices champion, Britny Mack after she recorded a total of 290kg and 317.23 wilks points compared to Telford (296.887) and Mack (281.714).
Other categorical winners included:
Intermediate Women’s 52kg Britny Mack (total 215kg)
Intermediate Women’s 84kg Tia Telford (total 305kg)
Intermediate Men’s 53kg Neezam Beepan (total 217.5kg)
Intermediate Men’s 59kg Daniel Sooklall (total 425kg)
Intermediate Men’s 66kg Johnny Seecharran (total 422.5kg)
Intermediate Men’s 74kg Ryan De Santos (total 457.5kg)
Master’s 83kg Deonarine Dutt (total 590kg)
Master’s One 93kg Martin Webster (total 552.5kg)
Master’s One 120kg Colin Chesney (total 830kg)
Frank Tucker Masters Three (total 472.5kg)
Fitness Express was the lone sponsor of the event.
According to executives of the GAPF, their next championship, the Sammy Barker Classic (raw lifting) will be staged at the MacKenzie High School in Linden on August 30.
