TEN of Guyana’s top bodybuilders have been selected to represent Guyana at the Central American and Caribbean 43rd Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in the Bahamas later this month.
The 10-member team is made up of eight male and two female athletes with chiselled bodies.The two females are multitalented athlete Alisha Fortune and Junica Pluck, while the males are Kerwin Clarke, Devon Davis, Emmerson Campbell, Marlon Bennett, Zalim Bacchus, Rashleigh Bentick, Mahendra Singh and Sylvester Andrews.
Clarke at 28 years old and a member of the Buddy’s Gym will be competing in the light heavyweight division and is a very experienced bodybuilder, having won the overall national novices title in 2011. He won the overall title at the Hugh Ross Classic the following year and that same year he won a bronze medal at the CAC championships held in Puerto Rico.
In 2013, he was crowned then subsequently went on that very year to secure a bronze medal at the CAC championships in the Dominican Republic.
Last year he was crowned Mr Guyana and also won the Hugh Ross Classic and placed fourth overall at the CAC championships in St Maarten.
Earlier this year, Clarke was crowned Mr Guyana.
Fortune at age 40, trains out of the Guyana Defence Force’s Gym and has won five Hugh Ross Classic titles and eight national senior championship titles. She is also a three-time Flex Night winner and the winner of a bronze medal at the 2012 CAC championships.
Fortune will compete in the Ms Body Fitness category and Campbell in the Men’s Physique.
Davis will compete in the flyweight division while Bennett (lightweight), Pluck (Ms Bikini), Bacchus (132lb), Bentick (143lb), Singh (165lb) and Andrews (over 176lb) are the others.
Campbell training out of the BodyMaxx placed second in last year’s Flex Night, but bounced back this year to win both the national Novice title as well as the Senior Overall title.
The CAC 43rd championships will take place September 24-27 at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort in The Bahamas.
According to reports, the organisers have announced that the event, which showcases categories in bodybuilding, figure, bikini, fitness and physique, will be as grand as ever.
Over 400 athletes from 41 countries are expected to participate in the Championships.
According to reports, officials say the teams are expected to bring with them 1 500 to 2 000 persons in total.
The Bahamas have won the overall title eight times and this is the sixth time the event is being hosted in that country.