MUSCLE INVASION: Mr. Barbados 2011 Stevenson Belle is Guest Poser

Apr 27, 2013 Sports

GABF Novice & Int. C/ships set for May 12 @ Theater Guild

By Franklin Wilson
Last year, the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) Novice & Intermediate competitions held under the theme: ‘Muscle Madness’ served up quality competition in a sold out venue, the Theatre Guild, Kingston.
This year, the venue remains the same but this year’s theme is: ‘Muscle Invasion’. According to the GABBFF, this year’s competition promises even more excitement with a number of new and promising athletes expected to invade the city from Berbice, East Bank Demerara, East Coast Demerara, West Bank Demerara and Linden.

File photo: Donnell Perry (left) and Eybo Orford

The City athletes will be in for a tough time as the others are coming with a mission to take both the Novice and Intermediate Overall titles away from the City.
The federation has also disclosed that a new category – Flyweight (Under 132lbs) – will be introduced.
Fans can look forward to quality physiques gracing the stage as athletes have been hard at training over the past few months seeking to whip their bodies into pristine shape and condition.
The opportunity to showcase their hard work on stage with the aim of out flexing their opponents to gain the nod of the judges in the various categories will be the night of Sunday May 12.
Apart from the new Flyweight (Under-132lbs) category the others are as follows: Junior Under 21 years-old, Bantamweight (Under-143lbs), Welterweight (144lbs-154lbs), Lightweight (155lbs-165lbs), Light Middleweight (166 – 176lbs), Heavyweight (177lbs & Over), Over-35 and Masters Over-40.
The ladies will compete in the Miss Fitness Open and Miss Physique. Showtime will be 19:00hrs and admission will be $1500.
Bajan Guest Poser
The federation, in an effort to ensure fans and lovers of the sport enjoy a splendid evening have confirmed that they have secured a Guest Poser in the form of Mr. Barbados 2011, Stevenson Belle.
Belle, a compact and balanced athlete made history in the Land of the Flying Fish {Barbados} in 2011 when he became the first athlete to hold two titles in the same year, winning Mr. Bridgetown and Mr. Barbados titles in 2011 and this was done after only two years of competition.
One year earlier, 2010, he had won the Barbados Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation, Mr. Novice competition.
Meanwhile, winner of the GABBFF’s 2012 Mr. Novice title was Donnel Perry of Buddy’s Gym while Eybo Orford of Total Fitness Gym, East Bank Demerara who had placed 2nd in the Bantamweight category to Perry returned later in the evening to be crowned Mr. Intermediate King.
The Miss Physique (open) crown went to Nadina Taharally of Interline Fitness Gym while her club mate Sharon Lee won the Miss Body Fitness (open) title.