{"id":182281,"date":"2014-10-17T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=182281"},"modified":"2014-10-17T04:00:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T18:00:54","slug":"4-member-team-bodybuilding-eyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/4-member-team-bodybuilding-eyed\/","title":{"rendered":"4-member team in bodybuilding eyed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From left, Aaron Tomokane, Ella Decena, Janeth Salboro, and Gerald Galang have been training under Commonwealth Bodybuilding Federation president John Davis to prepare for future tournaments. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nCommonwealth Bodybuilding Federation president John Davis plans to send a four-member bodybuilding team in next year\u2019s Pacific Games and help people in the Commonwealth become internationally-certified judges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to take 10 but the thing is, with the Pacific Games less than nine months away, it will be hard for us. It will take us a lot of money to raise, that\u2019s why I\u2019m looking at sending at least four,\u201d said Davis.<\/p>\n

The 2015 Pacific Games will be held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from July 4 to 18 and bodybuilding is one of the 26 sports to be played in the quadrennial sporting event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to do more research on ticket prices so we would know how much money we need to raise. We need to raise funds. The faster we get things started, the better,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n

Davis said that the CBF will set a meeting after treasurer Aaron Tomokane returns from competing in Guam later this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cNMSA wants us to have a competition to select a team that would go to the Pacific Games. But the problem is bodybuilding is not like any other sport where you train for three months and you\u2019re good to go. It takes years to reach a certain level for you to be in competition shape. I know a couple of guys who are in that level,\u201d said Davis.<\/p>\n

He added that the CBF could not just have a competition to select the members of Team CNMI so he is looking at suggesting some athletes who have been training for years and are veterans of several bodybuilding tournaments.<\/p>\n

Davis also said the federation wants to have judges certified by the International Federation of Bodybuilders, the sport\u2019s world governing body that offers courses to accredit individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur vision is to also have that entire process of having [IFBB] certified and accredited judges here in the CNMI. If basketball and baseball had their referees and umpires take specific courses in order for them to get certified, then that\u2019s what I also want do in the bodybuilding federation, get some individuals to become accredited judges,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n

Davis said they failed to do this in the past that\u2019s why they are looking at organizing clinics that would certify interested individuals to become judges.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet some people accredited, certified, and recognized by various world organizations, that would mean that we could step up to the plate in the world stage. For example, we go to the Pacific Games, the CNMI won\u2019t be represented because we don\u2019t have anybody who is certified to be a judge. I want to change that,\u201d the CBF head added.<\/p>\n

Davis said that interested bodybuilders and individuals who want more information about CBF and its plans can email him at johnhdavisjr@gmail.com or call him at 7899211.<\/p>\n

Davis decided to re-organize CBF after reading Northern Marianas Sports Association\u2019s appeal on the newspaper to revive the sport along with wrestling, table tennis, weightlifting, and indoor volleyball. (Jon Perez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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