FRESH from the successful hosting of last weekend’s Novice competition, the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) president Coel Marks has indicated his intention to bridge gaps that once faced the sport.
Speaking to media operatives, the GABBFF president outlined his vision for the sport, adding, “We need to ramp up our administration first of all to correct certain ills. There has been a disconnection between the federation and the athletes, so we want to have a robust interaction with all the stakeholders to get better moving forward.”
The body is also adamant about branding their athletes using identification cards as well as the creation of a database of their athletes.

He noted too that the federation intends to continue to develop athletes, adding, “What our federation will endeavour to do is try to funnel resources into those potential athletes and see if we can build a stronger base, where we can select athletes for overseas participation.
He noted too that the federation used the recently concluded tournament as a spotting ground, adding, “We did identify some keen talent.”
Reviewing the weekend, he stated that the competition had a good showing in terms of competition and crowd.

He continued, “This year which is a representation of the entire of Guyana, the bodybuilding stock is in Georgetown. Moving forward we want to expand. We had a strong showing, we had one of the biggest contingents of female (athletes), which is a good sign we are moving in the right index, very happy with the end results.”
Nolan Smith of Life Gym took the Mr Novice title after first picking up the Middleweight Class (Under-176lb) while Arlington Layne won the lightweight division.

The Short Class Men’s Physique winner was Roscoe Blair who also beat out the Tall Class winner Lance Gordon for the Overall Men’s Physique trophy while the Welterweight class was won by Odel Crum-Ewing and the Heavyweight class went to Oryan Joseph.
Greystone Lambert won the Bantamweight (Under-143lb) division while Natasha Chung carted off the Ms Bikini Open top prize.