The Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation championships will head to Guyana in 2024.
This was announced by president of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF), Keavon Bess. Guyana last hosted the competition back in 2004 at the National Cultural Centre, where it could possibly be held once again.
Bess is currently leading the Guyana delegation and also functioning as the manager and coach for the team in El Salvador.
“Initially Guyana’s bid to host CAC 2023 was submitted to the executive of the CACBBFF. However, CAC 2023 was given to Aruba after their bid was revealed to have been presented since 2020. Barbados, at CAC 2019 had also bid for and secured CAC 2022. At both of these General Assembly Guyana was not represented,” Bess stated.
He added, “After consideration of Guyana’s bid document and oral presentation on Guyana’s behalf the CAC General Assembly unanimously voted in favour of Guyana for CAC 2024. This vote was then officially minuted and an official document to this effect was handed to the President of the GBBFF.”
Bess extended congratulatory messages to the executive members of the GBBFF, the athletes and the people of Guyana for this “monumental achievement.”
“Once we are successful in our bid, we will bring to Guyana at least a minimum of about 25 different countries; I don’t see anything on the cultural agenda or the sports agenda that sees that amount of athletes coming to Guyana for whatever reason,” Bess had said when declaring the intention to host the championships.
“In 2004 we did such a good job in hosting I believe that our reputation speaks for itself and the past 15 or more years we have been sending athletes to compete at CAC, and they have been returning with hardware, so we are a stakeholder at CAC. There is no reason for us not to be granted permission to host 2022,” he remarked.
