Hugh Ross Classics, Bodybuilding and Fitness competition unveiled
The best bodybuilders in Guyana, both male and female will be on show come April 20 at the National Cultural Centre when the inaugural Hugh Ross Classics, Bodybuilding and Fitness competition comes off.
The championship, which is intended to honour one Guyana’s most celebrated bodybuilders, is expected to be a fierce contest among the best musclemen and women in the land.
The show is being held under the auspices of the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) in association with Andre Poonai Investments and Partners.
The championship was unveiled yesterday at the Ocean View International Hotel, which will be the official Hotel for the competition.
Seven (7) categories will be contested on the night while there will be two mystery guest posers strutting their stuff also apart from Hugh Ross himself. The categories being contested are; Mr. Welterweight: 70kg – 75kg inclusive (154-165lbs), Mr. Light-Middleweight: 75.5kg – 80kg inclusive (166-176lbs), Mr. Middleweight: 80.5kg – 85kg inclusive (177-187lbs), Mr. Light Heavyweight: 85.5kg – 90kg inclusive (188-198lbs). Ms. Body Building Open, Ms. Fitness Open and Mr. Hugh
Ross Overall Champion.
The 1st to 3rd place winners in each category will receive cash awards apart from trophies. Members of the organizing committee comprise of George Marshall, Andre Poonai, Leroy George and Dexter Arnett.
Hugh Arlington Ross was born June 26, 1959 in Guyana. He served as an officer in the Guyana Defence Force from 1980 to 1989 when he resigned as a Captain. Some of his appointments were as a Platoon Commander, Ground Forces Group Instructor, Training Corps OC Recruit Division, Training Corps OC Tacama Battle School, Training Corps Adjutant, Training Corps OC 31 Airborne Coy, Special Force Battalion OC School of
Special Warfare, Special Forces Bn OC Jungle Warfare Division and Special Forces Battalion.
Hugh’s specialties are Para trooping, jungle warfare, amphibious operations, close quarter combat, and skills at arms.
His personal interests are in the martial arts with a third degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and second degree in Taekwando.
Pic: Hugh Ross
His hobbies include motor racing, shooting, parachuting, traveling, and spending time with his family.
Hugh enjoys reading and his favorite authors are Niccolo Machiavelli, Sun Tzu (The Art of War), and Friedrich Nietzsche (The Prince). Hugh also recently received his personal training certification from the American Council on Exercise and trains clients when time permits.
Hugh resides in Brooklyn, New York were he works in Law Enforcement. His wife Allison is a MSW Research Coordinator and they have three children Odelle, who is in the US Army and currently deployed to Kuwait, Darrel, who is attending high school, and Damali, who is a junior in high school and also a gymnast. At 5 feet 10 ½ inches tall, Hugh has an off-season weight of 212 pounds and competes
at a weight of 193. Hugh is former powerlifting and body building champion and has many titles under his belt.
All Guyana will be waiting to welcome back this bodybuilding and power-lifting hero come April as they honor him with what is anticipated to be a sizzling and very competitive show, The Hugh Ross Classics.
