General Assembly
On Thursday 2nd October 2014,The Anguilla Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (AABBFF) travelled to St. Martin with a contingent of seventeen consisting of thirteen athletes, one coach, and two delegates to take part in the 42nd Central American & Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship (CAC) games. The Anguilla team was supported by our two IFBBcertified judges Joseph & Celestine Pradel.
Twenty seven countries were represented by 300 plus athletes namely; Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela and host St. Maarten and St. Martin.
Anguilla was represented in the Females categories by Ms. Anguilla Roxanne Pinnock, Diedra Bell Figure, and Nicole Gumbs Bikini. In the Males categories were Myron Connor, Duquaine Brooks, Hillroy Alfred, Steadroy Hodge, Macwhirr Lewis, Kishon RogersMale Physique,and Mr. Anguilla Geshaune Clarke, Verdine Connor, McCiver Peters, Vernon Carty Bodybuilding with Michael Connor as Coach.
The athletes’ first test was on Friday 3rd October where theycompeted in the pre judging with a chance to make it to the finals on Saturday night among the top six selected from each category.Even though all the athletes made a good showing at the pre judging, only Roxanne Pinnock from the female Tall class Figure and Geshaune Clarke Juniors and Light Middle weight categories were able to make it to the finals.
After qualifying from the pre-judging they went up against the best bodybuilders and figure fitness athletes in the Caribbean and Central Americaswhere Roxanne placed fifth, and Geshaune placed second in the Juniors Bodybuilding and third in the Light Middle weight category.
The Anguilla Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation would like to extend congratulations to all of our athletes who took part in the competition for a job well done. Thanks to the Government of Anguilla-Sports Departmentand Digicelfor their outstanding contribution. Thanks to all our Bodybuilding fans and supporters for coming over to support Team Anguilla. Your support was greatly appreciated.
The 2014 and 2015 Central American and Caribbean Championship Games are scheduled to be held in Guatemala and Mexico respectively.
-Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
