‘Stage of Champions’ is set to flex off this evening at the Theatre Guild Playhouse from 19:00h, and athletes will show off some of the best physiques that have been sculpted over lengthy periods of time and with great sacrifice and discipline.
Over the past week, many entities have expressed interest in coming on board this event. The show’s organiser, Videsh Sookram, was fortunate to reach sponsorship agreements with Subs and Salads and Life’s Gym. During simple ceremonies, representatives of these entities handed over sponsorship cheques to Sookram, who in turn thanked them for the kind gesture.
According to Sookram, the show usually attracts international competitors because of the lucrative cash prizes on offer, and as time progresses it is set to become of a higher calibre than in the years prior.
He said that besides musclemen and women from Trinidad, St. Maarten, Suriname and Antigua, he is optimistic that the recently crowned national bodybuilding, men’s physique and bikini champion — Kerwin Clarke, Emmerson Campbell and
Organiser of the event, Videsh Sookram, poses with IBFF American Bodybuilding champion Kai Greene
Chandini Khan respectively — will compete on stage, as this would offer Guyanese fans the treat of a life time as they see their very own compete.
Khan and Clarke, a five-time national champion, will be making their debuts. Campbell had won the physique segment in 2016 and 2017, and would be gunning for a three-peat. He is confident he would make a repeat of the previous years, as he said second place is not an option for him, no matter who he is competing against. He also said he is training rigorously as he wants to do his best.
Sookram also said, “We are still looking for sponsors, so we can give some more incentives to the athletes; but I am sure the corporate community will support, once we start getting the word out there.”
Last year, the bodybuilding, physique and bikini champions took home $250,000, $100,000 and $100,000 respectively.
The second and third place finishers in bodybuilding secured $130,000 and $100,000, while the first and second runners-up in physique and bikini pocketed $50,000 and $25,000 in that order.
