With just over two weeks to show time, “Stage of Champions” is picking up steam, garnering support from corporate entities.
On Tuesday, the show’s organiser, Videsh Sookram was fortunate to reach sponsorship agreements with Subs and Salads and Life’s Gym.
Representatives of Life’s Gym and Subs and Salads present sponsorship support to “Stage of Champions” organiser, Videsh Sookram
During simple ceremonies, representatives of the entities handed over sponsorship cheques to Sookram who in turn thanked them for the kind gesture.
November 3 was selected by Sookram as the date he will host the third edition of “Stage of Champions” billed for the Theatre Guild.
According to Sookram, the show which attracts international competitors because of the lucrative cash prizes on offer, is set to be of a higher calibre than the years prior.
He stated that besides musclemen and women from Trinidad, St Maarten, Suriname and Antigua, he is optimistic that recently-crowned national bodybuilding, men’s physique and bikini champions, Kerwin Clarke, Emmerson Campbell and Chandini Khan respectively will compete on stage.
If the trio competes, Khan and Clarke, a five-time national champion, will be making their debuts. Campbell won the physique segment in 2016 and 2017 and would be gunning for a three-peat.
The organiser also made an appeal for other corporate entities for support.
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.
