The inaugural “Stage of Champions”, sanctioned by the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding Federation and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) came to an end on Saturday evening with a packed Theatre Guild, Parade Street, Kingston, being treated to an entertaining night of muscle flexing as competitors from across the region vied for the top spoils.
In the end, Surinamese Koese Soepe was crowned the Champion of Champions in the Invitational Category, clearly one of the most defined individuals on stage. Soepe, who was overall Flex Night winner last year and
tage of Champions winner Suriname’s Koese Soepe
fourth place winner in the Arnold Amateur Classic Brazil, sent the crowd in awe upon entering the stage, immediately nuzzling the competition.
The Surinamese also won second place in the form of Wendel Setro, who proved to be a more tough opponent than expected while Shaquille Levine (Barbados), coming over from the open category was judged third.
In the Physique Class, 2016 Caribbean and Central American Championship (CAC) Silver medallist in the Men’s Physique, Emmerson Campbell copped the top prize facing some serious competition from the other seven contestants, but in the end, Guyanese Yannick Grimes copped second, while Faizel Pinas of Suriname completed the podium.
Prior to the start of the event, Campbell said “he was in a whole different category and his only competition was the man in the mirror,” proving his words to come to past.
In the open category, Levine was adjudged the winner while Anthony Nekrui (Suriname), Melvin Tolud (Suriname) finished second and third respectively, each earning a spot in the Invitational division.
Meanwhile in the Miss Bikini Category, Suriname’s Militia Galimo unsettled favourite, CAC Gold Medallist Shakira Doughlin of Barbados, to win the category, sending Doughlin into second while Suelle Shepperd copped third.
Organiser of the event, Videsh Sookram indicated that this was a very successful display and a modest turnout was a pleasing sight.
Sookram said that it is his dream to expand the event as the years go by, at the same time thanking all the sponsors for their trusted support in making the event possible.
