Ramirez tops Bevans in bodybuilding

James Adderley

Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to welcome you to our first issue of Sports Monday, since winning the Television Sports Feature category in the recent Caribbean Broadcasting Union Awards. Speaking of awards, the Suppligen Muscle Mania staged at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall Saturday night brought out the best in the bodybuilding business.

It’s a seven-man field that aims at the Suppligen show, which bubbles under the weight of the bitter rivalry between former Mr. Belize Rushiel Bevans and the reigning champion Edwin Ramirez. In fact, very early into the contest these two warriors quickly began to slug it out as heavyweights do.

For you bodybuilding fans we’ll just pan this shot to give you an inside view of the level of competition tonight. Here’s Dillon Jones with his routine and while he shows immense development, the judges award him with fifth place. Deon Danderson continues to stalk the number one slot, but today he has to settle for fourth.

Now you decide folks, from what you see of Rushiel Bevans, is the former Mr. Belize only good enough for third place in the Suppligen show? Well the judges think so and it ends Rushiel’s bid to even the score with Edwin Ramirez. This is the athlete that forced Bevans into third place and there’s no doubt that Roger Sutherland is a world class bodybuilder.

Of course, the number one spot goes to the reigning champion Edwin Ramirez, and this guy is Belize best hope of winning gold at the Central American Games. And indeed a look at the podium shows that there’s a changing of the guard in the sport of bodybuilding in Belize.

Turning to the football scene, we head to the M.C.C. Grounds for Week IV of the BFL season. And as in most cases, it’s all love before the hostilities begin between the defending champion Kulture Yabra and former champion, Juventus of Orange Walk.

It’s Yabra with the early opportunity to open the scoreboard off this corner kick, but from point-blank range, Serrano can’t find the target.

But it’s not only the Yabra gunners with poor shooting today, because at the other end, this Juventus player literally squanders a golden opportunity. So at the half, we have a scoreless ballgame.

After intermission, McCauley then hooks up with Norman Nunez on offence, but the striker fails to convert with the left foot. Downfield, Kello Leslie makes his move against goalkeeper Willie Bo Bernard, who gives up his body to make the stop.

Meanwhile, Sergio Quinonez, already with a yellow card, berates referee Clother for this foul call, so off to the benches he goes to hurt his ball club.

From the right side, Leslie forces the Juventus attack, but Willie Bo is able to handle the launch. In heavy traffic, Nunez fires this vicious missile that just inches over the crossbar, but the scoreboard remains unimpressed.

Yabra dodges a bullet right here when Leslie slams himself with the ball, and as you can see, the M.C.C. lights need serious work.

When the long whistle blows, it brings an end to a scoreless stalemate, but Tilliman does get in a hit after the ballgame.

In other Regent’s Cup play over the weekend, Builders Bandits blanked San Pedro 3-nil. Acros Verdes knocked off Corozal 2-zip and Griga United rolled over Lazio 3-1.

Now let’s head to Burrell Boom for Sunday’s horserace meet and this is the A class seven furlong and as they come down the stretch, Cotton Candy, ridden by Earl Budd pulls away to give the W to Hoare Stables.

That’s our show for today, we invite you back next week. Jah over all, I’m James Adderley.