Omissi Williams stepped on stage at Lichas Hall and brought the house down after slicing through the competition to win the inaugural Mr. Linden Title on Saturday night.
One week after placing second at the CrossFit Games at the National Park, the multi-talented muscleman posed and flexed his shredded physique much to the delight of the boisterous ladies that filled the venue.
The crowd favourite, clad in red posing trunks, turned back the challenges of three other bodybuilders from the Mining Town to earn the coveted award.
Meanwhile, in the Novices segment of the event, Nicholas Albert shone brightest under the lights in the bodybuilding category. Clad in black posing trucks, he out flexed and out posed the competition to be awarded the accolade of Novices Bodybuilding Champion 2020.
Albert, of Tower Unity Gym, with razor sharp conditioning, cut through the under 164-pound class earlier in the evening.
He then returned to the pose down with the other category champions, Fenton James (under 143), Dellon Johnson (under 154) and Colin Chesney (177 and over) and took the overall spoils and one year’s bragging rights.
MEN’S PHYSIQUE
It was not an easy choice, but the judges awarded the Men’s Physique showdown trophy to Tower/Unity Gym’s Jonathan Jeffries ahead of fellow gym athlete, Derran Harris and Space Gym’s, Daniel Lutchman and Corwin De Anjou.
Among a group of five physique competitors, Jeffries brought the shape and stage presence the judges most wanted to see.
Like Harris and Lutchman, he was confident, well-proportioned, well-muscled and not overly conditioned. The 20 total athletes really put on a show and the level of competition continues to rise especially in the flourishing Men’s Physique class.
MISS BIKINI
Ashanti Conway, a standout from Fitness Paradise Gym was the near perfect mix of muscularity, symmetry, beauty and style and took home the spoils for the category ahead of her worthy opponents from Linden, Christina King and Crystal Leander.
Conway will now have her sights set on perhaps the Intermediate Championships, the flagship, National Seniors Championships and even Regional competitions later this year.
She is definitely one you should be keeping your eye on in this 2020 season and beyond.
Sponsors included Fitness Express, LAW28 Fitness and Stage of Champions.
Next up on the local competition calendar is the Intermediate Championships in April followed by flagship National Senior Championships. The event is billed for some time in August at a venue to be announced. (Emmerson Campbell)
