Athletes and sporting fans mark your calendars, the Guyana Fitness Games ‘Fitness Challenge’ returns to the National Park for its third staging on March 5.
These and other details were disclosed yesterday during the official launch of the fixture at The Strip in the Giftland Mall.
The CrossFit-style challenge will be the ultimate test of fitness and athleticism.
It will require speed, coordination, aerobic and muscular endurance, experience with Olympic lifts, raw strength, skill, and a healthy serving of guts, determination and power.
According to one of the main coordinators and sponsor of the event, Jamie McDonald, the tasks for the athletes will include: Olympic snatches, a combination of running and deadlifts and a mixture of CrossFit style movements like kettle bell swings and pushing sleds.
It will truly be a test of fitness when activities get underway at 11:00hrs.
This year’s event with Kares Engineering Inc. being its main sponsor, promises to be the biggest ever. The sum of 36 gladiators are scheduled to compete.
Tickets cost $1000 and are available at Fitness Express and your nearest gym.
Last year’s male winner, Dillon Mahadeo along with Anis Ade Thomas, Carlos Rodrigues, Osmond Mack, Marissa Lowden, Paul Meusa and Semonica Duke (2016 female winner) are some of the favoured athletes for the event.
This year’s staging also comes with a twist with local celebrities like Reon King, Yannick Charles, Vanilla, Kerwin Bollers, Nurriyih Gerrard and others competing in the Scotiabank Celebrity Charity Challenge. The celebrities will challenge themselves for the benefit of charities. Help and Shelter and the Ruimveldt Children’s Home will be the beneficiaries.
Director of Sport, Christopher Jones along with representatives of some of the sponsors made brief congratulatory remarks to the organizers and encouraged patrons to attend.
Some of the notable sponsors include: Ansa McAl, Giftland SportsMax, Scotiabank, Arrow Point Nature Resort, WindJammer International Hotel, DeSinco Trading, Fitness Express, Genesis Fitness Express and Courts. See you there. (Emmerson Campbell)
