The fifth edition of the ‘Stage of Champions’ Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship will take place July 9 at the Ramada Princess Hotel.
This is according to a release disseminated to the media yesterday.
According to the release, the organizers of ‘Stage of Champions’ (SOC) are keen on bringing regional and international bodybuilding and fitness athletes to Guyana.
Doors are set to open at 16:00hrs and tickets cost $3000.
The highly-anticipated event is a collaborative effort involving the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation and SOC. Sanctioning and approval were granted by the federation earlier in the year.
SOC, for its four previous championships, attracted several territories to the local stage to compete in several bodybuilding and fitness categories such as bodybuilding, bikini, and men’s physique. Over the years SOC would have attracted competitors from Suriname, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, St Marteen, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
The release stated that so far, about eight countries, including Guyana, have registered for the championships which will see athletes competing in the following categories:
Bodybuilding.
Miss Bikini.
Men’s Physique
Guyana is expected to be represented by several elite athletes including reigning Mr. Guyana bodybuilding champion Darious Ramsammy, reigning Mr. Guyana physique champion Emmerson Campbell and CAC gold medalist Julio Sinclair.
Stage of Champions has brought on board several heavyweight sponsors such as New GPC Inc., Camille’s Academy, Masterpiece Rentals, Prem’s Electrical, West Indies Sport Complex, E Master Inc., Unity Gym and Unity Cabs, Frontline Restaurant, Ele’s Hardware and Trading and V Fitness, Lyft Gym, Western Scientific, IPA Health Care, Innovative Electronics, Crown Mining Supplies, Guyana Outdoors Sportsman along with several other sponsors that have signaled their intention of coming on board financially.
The sponsorship received will mostly go towards the cash prizes that the successful athletes will receive on the championship night.
