Hoskin Worrell wins at Darcy Beckles Invitational Classic again

Hoskin Worrell (right) and Stephenson Belle during the Darcy Beckles Invitational Classic

There was no stopping Hoskin ‘Biscuit’ Worrell as he captured yet another title at the Darcy Beckles Classic over the weekend (October 29th 2011)

Competing at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, formerly the Sherbourne Conference Centre, a show down between Worrell and the reigning Barbados National Champion, Mr. Barbados Stephenson Belle ensure in a clash of the ripped and muscular.

The almost capacity crowd was loving it as well, screaming their encouragements from all corners of the floor as nine men took to the stage in a bid to win not only the title and bragging rights but also the $4000 in prize money for first place.

Belle who captured no less than two titles in Barbados and one at the CAC Bodybuilding championships in 2011, would have thought he was in with a good chance of stopping the train that is Worrell who was going in search of his fourth consecutive title at this Classic. As these two took to the stage, the other competitors seemingly faded into the back ground and their battle was for third place as it was clear Worrell and Belle were going to place one, two. The specific order was left up to the nine judges set with this difficult task.

Belle clearly had the edge on Worrell when it came to the legs, as even his gluts looked to be made of only muscles. He added two well-defined quadriceps, claves and hamstrings to complete the leg package.

Though Worrell also has well defined legs he conceded that Belle was clearly ahead in this category.

However Worrell who mentioned he was only 165lbs, came back strong with everything over the waist. The head judge, Errol Williams, who was from Antigua also mentioned it was a close contest between these two keen rivals and Worrell’s separation of muscles and conditioning showed as he flexed his way back into contention.

A chiselled back and stacked abdominals were only some of the pieces on display by Worrell and Belle in the battle for the title. Placed side by side by the judges as they called for certain poses they urged one another to be better and the crowd was loving with their screams of approval with each new pose.

In the end there can only be one winner and that was Worrell , who came with a total package on the night after what he described as eight weeks of sleepless nights and hard work. Worrell later said that he always knew he had the edge after he saw Belle warming up back stage and he noticed that Belle had lost some of his condition which he showed at previous shows.

Belle who placed second and won $2500 also won the Sydney Federick title for the best legs and $500 sponsored by Caribbean Logistics.

Third place went to Rene Griffith and with it $1100. Fourth place was Ricardo Bascombe and he collected $800, while fifth place was Owen Dottin, sixth place Ollyn Martin from Antigua, seventh Eustace Abraham from Guyana, eighth place Patrick Harris and ninth place Michael Riley all carried off hampers.

Patrick Harris who placed eighth in the Classic earlier won the men’s open and $2500. The top three in the Men’s open were given a berth in the Classic. Michael Riley was second in the Open and he collected $1500 and Anderson Bispham third and he collected $800.