GUYANESE Roley Chandler brought first in the Kares Caribbean Championship ‘December Classic’ in partnership with local gym Rock Fitness Paramaribo.
The event, which was sponsored by Kares Group and Lotus Hardware was the first CrossFit Licensed event in Suriname from December 14-15 at Ring sports canter Paramaribo.

Chandler finished ahead of Jaime Thompson (Bahamas) and Kellon Reid (Guyana) respectively in the Intermediate competition.

In the Scaled Men, Timotee Juge (French Guiana) finished ahead of Dimitri Stomp (Suriname) and Kenneth Yau (Suriname) while in the Scaled Females, Patiqua Cooper (Bahamas), beat Amanda Rijsdijk (Suriname) and Shanika Estwick (Guyana).
International participation came from Guyana, Suriname, Bahamas, French Guiana, United Kingdom, France, USA, Venezuela and Brazil.

Over 2 days of competition started on Saturday last at an outdoor venue at Plantation Frederiksdorp where the first event was 1000m kayaking, 2000m run, 5000m trail biking.
It was the second Crossfit licensed event in the Caribbean, (first one in Trinidad August 2024).
Athletes completed 1 event on Saturday and 5 events on Sunday.

The sponsors were Baitali Group, Gorilla Energy Drink, Jumex juice, Bacardi, FIS Industrial Services, All Star, Paramaribo Bright, Plantage Frederiksdorp, Basic ne Water, Rude Boy and Ramcharan’s slijterij