Douglas Rodgers

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC)

Hosts Bahamas retained their title as the 36th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships ended Saturday night.

Chalking up three individual championship wins in addition to a plethora of top-five finishes, the home team gathered 204 points to defeat ex-champions Barbados (151) by 53 points at the Rain Forest Theatre in the Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino.

Venezuela placed third with 144 points and Trinidad and Tobago (89) finished fourth.

Secured title

Jamaica secured one title, through Douglas Rodgers, who topped the men's super heavyweight division.

Rodgers won ahead of Bermuda's Sidney Bain and Brennan Missick of Turks & Caicos Islands.

The Bahamians, copping their eighth CAC crown in 16 championship appearances, got their individual title wins through James Darling, who topped Barbadian Ricardo Bascombe for the middleweight crown, Paul Wilson, the lightweight champion, and Joey Rolle, who clutched the Junior (Under-20) title.

Venezuela were the most prolific with five championship wins, including Men's Masters (40+) champion Antonio Chacon, and Women's Fitness 163-CM winner Elivan Campos, who picked up pro card status with their wins.

Chacon defeated former CAC champion Henry Graham, of Jamaica, in his win.

Barbados delivered a solid show with four champions and the experienced Hoskin Worrell was among their winners.

Worrell dominated the men's middleweight class, topping hometown favourite Leonard Dean, while Therold Babb (welterweight) and Patrick Harris (bantamweight) also secured bodybuilding titles and Tamesha Lewis won the Women's Fitness 168-CM division.

Trinidad and Tobago claimed a pair of wins in the Fitness Championship through Tamara Ribeiro and Neil Diaz.

Masters Men (40-plus)

1. Antonio Chacon (Venezuela)

2. Henry Graham (Jamaica)

3. Leonardo Dean (Bahamas)

4. Steve Williams (Antigua & Barbuda)

5. Raymond Tucker (Bahamas)

Men's Light Middleweight

1. Hoskin Worrel (Barbados)

2. Leonardo Dean (Bahamas)

3. Winston Christian Jr (T&T)

4. Ali Hasten (Venezuela)

5. Cecil Beacon (Jamaica)

Men's Middleweight

1. James Darling (Bahamas)

2. Ricardo Bascombe (Barbados)

3. Ronald Brooks (T&T)

4. Edwin Blair (Netherlands Antilles)

5. Andrew Chrisholm (Jamaica)

Men's Light-heavy

1. Guiver Scholten (Aruba)

2. Steve Williams (Antigua & Barbuda)

3. Dechon Durity (T&T)

4. Desmond Bain (Bahamas)

5. Robert James (Jamaica)

Henry Graham