The fifth edition of the ‘Stage of Champions’ Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship returns on July 9 at the Ramada Princess Hotel and the event is gaining positive attention from corporate entities. Recently, Managing Director of IPA Health Care, Reginald Persaud presented a sponsorship pact to representative of the event, Faizal Bacchus.
Bacchus thanked Persaud for his kind gesture and stated that the sponsorship received will go towards the cash prizes that the successful athletes will receive on the championship night.
Persaud stated that his company has been a long standing benefactor of sports locally and is happy to be a sponsor of the fixture and wished it a successful showing.
As customary, the organizers of ‘Stage of Champions’ (SOC) are keen on bringing regional and international bodybuilding and fitness athletes to Guyana.
So far, about eight countries, including Guyana, have registered for the Championship and will stage athletes in the key bodybuilding and fitness categories. They are Bodybuilding, Miss Bikini, and Men’s Physique.
Over the years SOC, would have attracted participating competitors from Suriname, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, St Maarten, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
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. 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.
