Ten of Guyana’s top bodybuilders including three-time Mr Guyana Kerwin Clarke, Mr Guyana Men’s Physique Champion Emmerson Campbell, former Mr Guyana Devon Davis and Alisha Fortune will compete for honours at the CAC Championships in the Bahamas next month.
The four athletes along with the other winners from the different categories at last month’s Senior Bodybuilding Championships were shortlisted yesterday by the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) to represent Guyana at the event which will be staged from September 24-27.
President of the federation Keavon Bess told this publication yesterday that airfare, meals and accommodation per athlete will be in the neighbourhood of $350,000. He highlighted that airfare alone will cost $200,000 for each athlete and said that the GBBFF will formally approach corporate Guyana from tomorrow to help offset expenses for the sojourn.
“A reasonable budget to cover an athlete is at least $350,000 and I would be glad if the federation can be in a position to cover the athletes’ hotel and meals,” Bess said. “If we should receive funds, we would spread it out an even fashion,” he added.
According to Bess, M Beepat and Sons, Giftland OfficeMax, Hand-in-Hand Insurance,
Mohamed’s Enterprise, Banks DIH Limited, Wartsila, Fitness Express and Gizmos and Gadgets are some entities that the federation will be sending letters to in order to accrue sponsorship.
Marlon Bennett (lightweight), Junica Pluck (Ms. Bikini), Zalim Bacchus (132lbs), Rashleigh Bentick (143lbs), Mahendra Singh (165lbs) and Sylvester Andrews (over 176lbs) were the other athletes shortlisted to attend the premier bodybuilding championships in Central America and the Caribbean.
