Fitness Express/GAPLF hold Raw nationals at GDF Gymnasium tomorrow

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) is, for the first time, set to host its RAW national championships tomorrow, Sunday August 18, at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Gymnasium at Camp Ayanganna in Georgetown.
In its ongoing quest to expand the sport, the GAPLF has reached out to the GDF with a request to host this marquee competition there for the first time, and its request has been favourably considered. Further, the GDF has been working with the GAPLF to assist in other ways besides providing the venue.
GAPLF President Franklin Wilson has expressed sincere gratitude to GDF Chief of Staff Brigadier Omar Khan, as well as to Captain Vernon Burnette and Major Sinclair for the leading role they have each played in making the facility available for this prestigious competition.
Some of the strongest men and women in the land are expected to be on the platform, including Carlos Petterson-Griffith, Bjorn Williams, Kheon Evans, Dimetri Chan, and Vijai Rahim.
Meanwhile, longtime corporate supporter Fitness Express has again come on board this event as its main sponsor. Manager Jamie McDonald has handed over the cheque to GAPLF President Franklin Wilson at the company’s location at the intersection of John and Sheriff Streets in Campbellville, and has noted that he is always happy to be supporting the sport.
“Fitness Express is always happy to be supporting this sport, which we have been doing for well over a decade. Powerlifting has been doing Guyana proud, our lifters have been doing themselves proud, and we want to continue playing our part. What we’ll also be doing is rewarding the overall male and female best lifters with a hamper made up of the products that we sell.”
McDonald has wished the best for every athlete who would be hitting the platform on Sunday. And President Wilson has extended thanks to McDonald, on behalf of the GAPLF executive and the powerlifting fraternity, for the continued investment in the sport that McDonald and Fitness Express have been making.
“Mr. McDonald, yourself and company have played an integral role in the success of our lifters over the years, and you have continued to make an invaluable contribution towards our continued success, and we are very thankful for this. We want to wish your company continued success,” Wilson has expressed.
Sunday’s activities would get underway from 09:30hrs, and fans can be assured of some scintillating action, with the big guns coming at each other in the squat, bench press and deadlift events. Dominic Tyrell, who made his debut at Senior Worlds this year, would also be at Sunday’s event, as he is currently home on vacation from France, where he is based.