Darrem Charles comes for Caribbean bodybuilding

LEADING Trinidad and Tobago bodybuilder Darrem Char-les, ranked 11th in the professional world circuit, and American Melvin Anthony, rated 10th in the world, are expected to face off in a “friendly” contest at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, Macoya, Tunapuna next Saturday. Occasion is the 2003 Eastern Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Regional Championships, which will begin at 6 pm. A 12-member national team was presented to the media at Long Circular Mall, St James, on Saturday. Manager Sandra Daniel declared that “the team is quite excited and are really looking to it.

“They are doing a lot of hard work and are prepared for the contest,” she said. Daniel revealed that the venue was shifted from the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain as was previously advertised, due to the demands for tickets for the show. Charles, Anthony and Karen Walcott, who won a “Miss Fitness” title at a recently-held contest in Puerto Rico, are the guest posers billed to perform. Participating countries include Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Ba-rbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent and the US Virgin Islands.