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GAPF Seniors set for December 2 @ Saints
– dubbed ‘Judgment Day’
The year 2012 has been described as a successful year for the sport of powerlifting on all fronts and will come to an end, competition wise when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) brings off its premier, Senior National Championships which is being dubbed –‘Judgment Day’.
Anis Ade Thomas
The date that lovers and followers of the sport would want to ensure that they are free is December 2, 2012 at the Saint Stanislaus College Auditorium.
This final event of the year is anticipated to be the most exciting and competitive one of the year with the possibility of representing Guyana at events in the Caribbean and further afield at stake for the top performing athletes who meet the qualifying standards. Guyana are the defending Caribbean Team Champions.
All the big guns, men and women will be lining up to test each other’s power with a view of out lifting each other individually and in the Inter Gym Team Contest which promises as a release from the federation suggests, ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’.
Some of the gyms expected to line up against each other for the title of Champion Gym and bragging rights for the next year are Total Fitness of Corriverton, Hard Core Gyms of Berbice, Fitrev, Total Fitness and Power House Gyms of East Coast and East Bank, Buddies, Zahiff’s, Kingsrow Barbel Club, GMR&SC of Georgetown and Upper Demerara Barbell Gym of Linden among others.
Showdowns among the top youths in the sport is anticipated when two of Guyana, the Caribbean and World’s best in Anis Ade Thomas faces off with Vijai Rahim. Equally riveting competition can be expected in tehs enior and masters ranks when the likes of World Masters 74.0kg total Overall Champion Winston Stoby comes up against World Open Individual Dead Lift Champion Randolph Morgan.
The battle between the two can very well determine who will be called Guyana’s best pound for pound. On the distaff side, Kimberly Loncke will spearhead proceedings in the absence of Dawn Barker.
Vijay Rahim
Some of the younger strongmen to keep an out for are the 17 year-olds Kevin Brijlall, Sohail Hussain and Suraj Shewdas all from the Ancient County of Berbice. The 2012 Intermediate Overall Champion Thyron Eusibio of Georgetown will head the competition is another promising prospect to watch out for. The talk already around is that fans can brace themselves for lots of upsets since the athletes are preparing hard to ensure they are in the pink of condition for this premier event.
Leading the charge for the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden will be Colin ‘Mr. Clean’ Chesney.
Chesney who is being regarded as the heir apparent to the Heavyweight throne that has been dominated by ‘Big’ John Edwards has not been very able to dominate at the Caribbean level for two years in a row but will be hoping that the year 2013 brings a change in this regard.
He is the only man locally to have attained a successful squat of 800lbs and will be under pressure to prove it was not a fluke as he attempts to produce a correct and convincingly deep squat to satisfy the demanding eyes of the International community as well as his fellow Guyanese.
Sportswoman of the year 2011, Linden’s Dawn Barker who is also the reigning Caribbean Gold Medalist and Squat record holder in the 240.0kg unfortunately will not be in action as she is still recovering from injury.
Weigh in time of Sunday December 2 at the Saint Stanislaus College Auditorium, Brickdam, is 09:30hrs while lifting time is 11:00hrs. Admission is $500.00 which will go towards the GAPF’s team’s participation at International competition in 2013.
Lifters are reminded to register with their gyms for nomination before December 1st as the scoring will be fully computerized with data entries. Late nominations will not be entertained.
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