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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

A silent achiever

By JOY A RIKIMAE

SOLOMON Islands is yet to recognize some sports for which many Solomon Islanders may have the potential to excel in.Solomon Star caught up with a young man who has achieved one of the highest awards in the sport he loved since his childhood.He is 25-year-old Francis Idu - one of the first Solomon Islanders to win a silver medal in a body building competition held in Fiji.According to Francis, his achievement will be more meaningful if Solomon Islands recognised body building as a sport because there are many locals pumping up their muscles to stay fit but with no competition.Francis who is studying at USP had the opportunity to enter Fiji’s 9th Bodybuilding Games late last year.He grabbed the silver medal in the 75kg category - a reward to a sport he loved since childhood.“I was first attracted to the sport after witnessing some relatives doing physical exercises in local gymnastics at home and as time goes on I was exposed to seeing magazines of international competitors,” he said.“That could not get out of my mind though I was committed to playing football until in 1998 when I actually get into the gym.Idu lost his love for soccer after realising that bodybuilding would be more satisfying because all he had long for is in the sport.“I was even more motivated, because to me body building contributes more to good health, self discipline, for instance controlling my diet and being abstain from alcohol.“Respect too is one of the norms that body building will bring to oneself. It also gives me the strength to do physical work for family,” Idu explained.His early days in the sport begin at home.Because of the fact that he still has no knowledge of the existence of a gym in town, he started off with a home made bench and two weights that are hooked to a piece of iron about a meter in length.“To me when I think back, it is a bit funny, because if I want to become some guys who posed in the Flex magazines, I would need to get myself organised in a proper gym.”However, towards the end of 2000 he was fortunate to met two friends who are also interested in the sport.His two friends Hence Futai and Tino introduced him to their local gym at their home at Naha in Honiara and by 2001 he was exposed to another level in the sport.Francis and his friends workout together until 2004 when he decided to quit because of study commitments.“I realised that study should be the priority, so I decided to stop and concentrate on my study.“But in 2005 I realised that I begin to loose the fitness and the physical appearance that I long to have since my childhood so I started to put it back on my programme, balancing it with my studies just to maintain my fitness,” he said.The balance he gave to his studies and the sport he loved was rewarded when he was awarded a government scholarship to do Bachelor in Accounting and Management at USP.These are challenging courses, however, because of his love for bodybuilding he refused to quit from this sport but incorporated time management.“To me, I want to balance the time I have for my sport and my academic life, these two are equally important to me,” he said.“So I go to the gym three days in a week and the rest of the week I dedicated to my studies.“In managing myself both academically and socially I also pray to our Lord to show me the way to achieving my dreams,” Francis stated.Being a student at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus in Suva has led him to enter Fiji’s National Bodybuilding competitions.To Francis grabbing the award was so unexpected and unbelievable because most of the time he look down on himself thinking that he could not reach such a high mark.“To me, I was still building up physically and spiritually, especially my self esteem, but when I was announced as the silver medallist for my category I could hardly believed it,” Francis recalled.“I have no idea how the judges will look at me, though I was told that I should expect a medal.”However, much of his joy was because he had promoted the name of Solomon Islands.He said his achievement made him realise that Solomon Islanders have the potential to excel in the sport locally, regionally and even internationally.“I know there is a silent minority who have been in this sport longer than me and I know they are better than me as well.“Therefore, it is my hope that a federation for Solomon Islands Bodybuilders be established to enable this silent minority to expose themselves - not only in Solomon Islands but also regionally.”Ask if there are other body builders around town and in the provinces, Francis said there are body builders in the Solomon Islands even before he was born and more and more men are going into the sport.“Even women have showed interest and some are trying to also put themselves into it.”Francis said he is happy and is proud to expose himself as a Solomon Islander winning in Fiji.“I could not deny the fact that when I won the second place in my category, the first thing I could think of is my country and I have a strong feeling, wishing that one day Solomon Islanders will be posing on the stage to represent Solomon Islands.”Francis said when he was here, his group tried to affiliate with NOCSI but he could not understand why Body Building is left silent, though many people were so much involve in it for years now.Francis was nominated for the Fiji competition by Mr Fiji, Ben Saqata, who is also studying at the University of the South Pacific for his Masters in Fisheries.Mr Fiji met Francis as a training colleague at school and nominated Idu with another two, one a PNG student and Fijian USP staff to represent the school in the competitions.The competitions took place between April 13 and 16 last year.Idu said if NOCSI could only established a federation for the sport, body builders will definitely take awards.“I play with Mr Fiji, but I still see that our boys are still competitive, and I know there are competitions for this sport in the South Pacific Games,” the young talented body builder said.Body Building is a regional and internationally recognized sport that only Solomon Islands among few Pacific Island countries still do not recognized in order to established some sort of federation to look after it.To those who do not know what bodybuilding is all about, it is all about the building up of every muscle that is in the human anatomy.It is an individual sport similar to boxing and weight lifting.The way Francis looks at it, this sport is very good for Solomon Islanders because it outweighs the negative side of it.“For example in the Solomon Islands, the media, especially movies have painted a negative image on it and people have a negative perspective towards those who involve in it.“Thinking that those who are muscular than an average person has all the bad characters.“But that is not the truth, the fact is it disciplines, controls and lift the self esteem of a person and it promotes a healthy life, especially through the diet, for instance, it discourages people from the indulgence of more fat and sugar.“Because if a body builder wants to conditioned well for the sport, he or she has to be strict on the diet, that includes abstaining from alcohol if one wants to get into the competitions.”Francis said local food should be the diet of a body builder.He said Solomon Islands and other Melanesian countries have more advantage to excel in the sport because their diet involves less fat and sugar.Francis thanked his two colleagues, Hence and Tino for introducing him to the technicality of the sport and for his coach Fa’ako for assisting him in the gym when he was in Honiara as well as Mr Fiji for recommending and encouraging him to take part in Fiji’s competitions.Today Francis said he is looking forward to the establishment of a federation for bodybuilding in Solomon Islands as well as for him to enter more competitions regionally.

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