Bodybuilders and fitness athletes representing eight territories are expected to compete on the fifth edition of the Stage of Champion’s event on July 9 at the Princess Hotel.
This is according to the event’s organizer, Videsh Sookram who paid his sanctioning fees to the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) body yesterday in Barbados.
Athletes will come from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Suriname, St. Maarten and Trinidad and Tobago.
They will compete in three categories- Bodybuilding, Miss Bikini and Men’s Physique.
Guyana is expected to be represented by several elite athletes, including reigning Mr. Guyana Bodybuilding Champion Darious Ramsammy, reigning Men’s Physique Champion Emmerson Campbell, and CAC gold medallist, Julio Sinclair.
According to the organisers, they have 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 and Guyana Outdoors Sportsman.
Several other partners have signaled their intentions of coming on board financially.
The sponsorship received will mostly go towards the cash prizes that the successful athletes will receive on the night.
