LAST SATURDAY, evening the National Cultural Center sizzled with ‘static electricity’ as supporters and fans gathered to view the happenings at the 2014 Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding, Ms Figure, and Ms Bikini Competitions respectively.However, after some captivating muscle flexing and mind boggling poses it was Kerwin Clarke of Buddy’s Gym that demolished his male competitors to take home the coveted HRC Overall title which was a prestigious position hoped for by all male competitors.
Raking in the second spot in this segment was Devon Davis of the Guyana Defence Force Gym, while Sylvester Andrews (Total Fitness Gym) and Marlon Benette (X-treme Fitness Gym) placed third and fourth respectively.
After opening remarks by Hugh Ross and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony, 37 athletes including 11 females who were participating in the Ms. Bikini and Ms. Figure contests respectively, paraded on stage as they were introduced to the audience.
The show opened with scorching guest poses by Rawle Greene of the Bally’s Gym of New York, and by the time he left the stage to wild applause, the audience was on fire for what was to come after.
Taking the stage in the Male Bantam Weight Category (143 lbs) were Davis, Buddy’s Gym Sohail Hussain (124.8 1bs) and Eybo Orford (142.4 lbs) and Windero Gym’s Sheed Tolaram (121 lbs).
The crowd whopped in delight as the men showed off rippled bodies, battling fiercely for supremacy, with sinewy muscles glistened and bulged as they posed for Front Double Biceps, Side Chest routine, Double and Side Triceps, and Abdominals and Thighs.
The competition was intense, but none could outshine the likes of Davis who eventually took the top honours. with second place going to Orford, while Tolaram and Hussain placed third and fourth respectively.
In the Lightweight Category (144-154 lbs), there were only two competitors, and they both put on an exciting show for the audience and judges, but Casey Vickery (147 lbs) of Fitness Paradise Gym was no match for Benette who took the top spot in this area.
Next to come was the Ms Physique Category, but this was sadly contested by just two athletes from the GDF Gym, with Alicia Fortune being the better of the lot as she took the top spot ahead of Kascia Beaten.
The Welterweight Division (155-165 lbs) saw an exciting faceoff between Andrews of Total Fitness Gym, and Interline Fitness’s Alfred Jordan (165 lbs) who tried his best, but could not outdo the chiselled likes of Andrews.
Then a time bomb exploded as the ladies took stage front to compete in the Ms. Bikini Contest.
Sultry toned legs, flat stomachs, firm calves and lush hips were the order of the night as Leshaun Morgan, and Shenell Warner of Home Gym, GDF’s Ashley Cameron, Kascia Beaton, and Letitia Myles , Buddy’s Gym Ulanda Liverpool, and Donelle Long of Body Max Gym flaunted their assets.
Rounding off the platter also were X-treme Fitness’s Denzelyn Clarke whose superb body and sexiness saw her carting off the top prize in this segment, with Long, Warner and Myles closely behind in the respective positions from second to fourth.
After very impressive physical demonstrations from the Guyana Judo Association, the ladies again took center stage to battle in the Ms. Figure Competition.
However, in this field the competitors were Clarke, Myles, Beaton, Fortune, Interline Fitness’s Nadina Taharally and reigning Miss Guyana Jamzone Queen, Alicia Bess, with Taharally taking top honors, followed by Clarke, Myles and Fortune.
In the Male Light Middleweight Segment (166 lbs to 176 lbs), Kerwin Clarke (173 lbs) Home Gym’s Carlos Patterson (174.6 lbs), X-treme Fitness’s Delon Harlequin (175 lbs), and Godfrey Stoby (173.2 lbs) of Tower Gym battled for supremacy.
Clarke, Stoby and Harlequin were called out for comparisons which further heightened the suspense in the venue, but as expected, Clarke won this category, forcing Stoby, Harlequin, and Patterson to settle for the second, third and fourth places.
The Heavyweight Division saw Winder Gym’s Alex Hamilton and Interline Fitness’s Andel Cameron giving the audience quite a show, but it was Hamilton who came out on top, before Fortune took the Ms. Physique category from Kascia Beaton.
The crowd came alive again when guest poser Jeffery Beckham took to the stage to showcase to the local hit song ‘Wine Pon De Button’ by Guyanese ‘James Bond’ and his grace, suggestive hips and pelvis movements send the females into wild bellowing, as they mouthed bolding the tings they would like to do with him.
The show ended on a positive note with Ross thanking his supporters and sponsors who made the event possible.
Written By Alex Wayne