WINSTON Stoby, and Steve Ramnarine and Shellon Nicholas produced top performances in the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF)-organised Claude Charles Memorial Intermediate and Masters Championships yesterday at the National Gymnasium. Stoby, the 74kg world deadlift record-holder emerged overall winner of the Masters segment with 484.568 wilks points while Ramnarine (120kg men’s) and Nicholas (63kg) lifted the overall trophies in the Intermediate division.
Stoby squatted 257.5kg, bench-pressed 142.5kg and dead-lifted 280kg on his last attempt to trump his competitors.
Ramnarine lifted a total of 742.5kg, (427.53 wilks) to win his division. That performance surpassed the previous total he recorded to win his category at the Novices Championship last year.
Nicholas of the Rip Hit Strength and Conditioning faction of BodyMaxx Gym upstaged Tia Telford and Novices champion Britney Mack after she recorded a total of 290kg and 317.23 wilks points compared to Telford’s 296.887 and Mack’s 281.714.
Other category winners included:
Intermediate Women’s 52kg Britney Mack (total 215kg)
Intermediate Women’s 84kg Tia Telford (total 305kg)
Intermediate Men’s 53kg Neezam Beepan (total 217.5kg)
Intermediate Men’s 59kg Daniel Sooklall (total 425kg)
Intermediate Men’s 66kg Johnny Seecharran (total 422.5kg)
Intermediate Men’s 74kg Ryan De Santos (total 457.5kg)
Masters 83kg Deonarine Dutt (total 590kg)
Masters One 93kg Martin Webster (total 552.5kg)
Masters One 120kg Colin Chesney (total 830kg)
Frank Tucker Masters Three (total 472.5kg)
According to the executives of the GAPF, their next championship, the Sammy Barker Classic (raw lifting), will be staged at the Mackenzie High School in Linden on August 30.