Though he felt the competition's judging was questionable DJ Troy who represented Guyana at the Heineken Green Synergy competition in the Bahamas said the exposure was good and he would do it again.

Troy Chapman won the local version of the competition hands down but faced a difficult challenge in his quest to be crowned the Caribbean's top disc jockey. The regional final of the competition powered by Heineken was held in the Bahamas on October 28. The winner was St Lucia's Carvin Dorsett who goes by the stage name of DJ Fines.

Reports from the Nassau Guardian said Fines, "impressed the judges with his antics. In true Gymnast fashion, Fines flipped while playing his set and managed to stick a landing and without pause resume his scritching and scratching of the latest tunes. This, in addition to the very vocal support from the Bahamian people, tipped the scale in his favour." Fines has actually won himself, in addition to US$10,000, cool gadgets and bragging rights, a job spinning records with Tempo (a pan-Caribbean station) in New York.

The Scene understands our local guy came up against spinners like DJ Webbie D (St Lucia), Mix Master Paulie (St Maarten), and DJ Yemmi (Aruba).

Relating what it was like to be in the Bahamas for the competition over the weekend, Chapman said everything was well planned. He noted that quite a few Guyanese, Jamaicans and others from the region came out, supported and in his judgment were not biased.

The DJ told The Scene he thought he was good enough t be on winners row because, "I played different from everybody else... the judges did not judge according to the rules." The Guyanese representative said when he asked for his position the judges told him he was sixth.

The DJ is now in Guyana playing with Rhythm Star, which is a sound system from Berbice. He said while his fellow DJs were going back to their turfs to sharpen up for the next time, he was told here in Guyana that he would not be eligible to try again. This he felt was against the grain as two of the DJs in the top four entered the competition for the second time. The winner is actually a second timer, he said. "I should get a chance to go back."