The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

FOUR men's divisional champions from the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation's Novice and Open Championships will be heading to Montreal, Canada, to compete in the IFBB Elite Pro this weekend.

Accompanied by the federation's honourees Leonardo 'Nardo' Dean as coach and Wellington 'Cat' Sears as manager and international judge, the team will comprise of Gemo Smith and Terran Knowles, who will both compete in the men's physique and Giovanni Farrington and Paul 'Mighty Mouse' Wilson.

The competitors will go through the weigh-in today and the competition will be held at the Sheraton Congress Centre on Saturday and Sunday.

Sears said the goal is for the four competitors to return home with four gold medals.

"We have an excellent strong team," Sears said.

"These competitors just competed in the nationals where they won their divisions in bodybuilding and physique.

"We have a good coach and a manager in myself, so we're looking forward to nothing else than four gold from them. We don't want anything else. Anything else, they can keep it."

The Bahamas is expected to be among athletes competing from Canada, the United States, South and Central America and the Caribbean.

This will be the first time that the Bahamas will be participating in the event.

"We feel pretty strong and we look very good," Sears stressed.

Sears will also make history as he will be the first Bahamian to serve as an international judge at the show.

"I'm looking forward to that, but I really want to see how well this team performs," Sears told Tribune Sports.