{"id":24007,"date":"2024-11-14T17:05:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24007"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:05:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:05:10","slug":"sylvan-gardner-returns-for-final-cac-bodybuilding-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/sylvan-gardner-returns-for-final-cac-bodybuilding-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvan Gardner Returns for Final CAC Bodybuilding Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 16, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renowned bodybuilder Sylvan Gardner, a multiple-time gold medalist at the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) bodybuilding championships, is set to make his long-awaited return to the CAC stage at the National Cultural Centre in Guyana this weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gardner, who was part of the last local team to host the event in 2004, sees this competition as the ideal moment to retire from the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having captured four golds and a bronze at CAC events over his career, Gardner has been preparing intensely for what he hopes will be a memorable farewell performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now a full-time trainer at Fitness 53, he is competing in the under 70 kg category and is eager to showcase his hard work and dedication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the significance of hosting CAC again in Guyana, Gardner said that it offers the local team an excellent opportunity to shine on home ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joining him on the Masters&#8217; roster are Selwyn Grogan and Rawle Green, alongside top Guyanese bodybuilders like Emmerson Campbell, Roger Callender, Julio Sinclair, and Hannah Rampersaud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competitions will span various categories, including Masters, Senior Bodybuilding, Men\u2019s Physique, Junior Wellness, and Bikini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event weigh-ins are scheduled for Friday at the National Cultural Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsors for the CAC championship include Bounty Farms Ltd, Andrews Supermarket, the Ministry of Culture, Youth &amp; Sport, the National Sports Commission, Guyana Olympic Association, Twins Manufacturing, Fitness Express, Camille\u2019s Academy, and Republic Bank (Guyana).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 16, 2024 Renowned bodybuilder Sylvan Gardner, a multiple-time gold medalist at the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) bodybuilding championships, is set to make his long-awaited return to the CAC&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24008,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24007\/revisions\/24008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}