–Rampersaud takes bikini wellness ‘Pro’ card
AS Guyana gears up to host the region’s top bodybuilding competition later this year, Nicholas Albert has captured a significant achievement, picking up his professional bodybuilding card at the Roger Boyce Classic and International Federation Bodybuilding Elite Pro World Cup in Barbados on Saturday.

Albert was part of a small team that ventured to the island nation seeking glory for Guyana.
Albert went up against seven competitors, from Grenada, Mexico, Suriname, Barbados, Guadeloupe and other regional nations.
He won his category 90 kg before going on to clinch the overall title to earn his professional bodybuilding card.

The 22 year-old’s victory made him the youngest to win a professional card at an International Federation Bodybuilding (IFBB) competition in Barbados in only his second outing at the Roger Boyce Classic competition.
Sylvon Whatley is the country’ only other ‘pro’ male bodybuilder.

Despite only finishing second in her class, Hanna Rampersaud impressed the judges enough with her physique to also be awarded her a ‘pro’ card in the Bikini Wellness Category.
Julio Sinclair also participated at the competition in the heavyweight class. The former Central American and Caribbean gold medalist took second place.

‘Pro’ athlete Rosanna Fung also captured bronze in her Women’s Wellness Category in a strong field that included other ‘pro’ athletes from Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Paraguay among other top nations.
Meanwhile, the success of the local contingent at the Roger Boyce Classic is sure to bring more excitement and attention to Guyana’s hosting of the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding Championship in October at the National Cultural Centre.