| They sure
breed them tough in the South. Not even a major earthquake
and constant ‘baby’ quakes can stop the athletes of Christchurch
from focusing on preparation for the NABBA/WFF Christchurch Grand
Prix on 30 April. On the day, around 40 athletes converged on the
Aurora Centre at Burnside High to celebrate their contest bodies,
and for me, hope of an earth shattering free
day.
Thankfully the only shattering came from the awesome loud crowd
that turned out to clap and cheer their friends on as they competed
on stage. There were some great conditioned
athletes on stage to keep the crowd’s hands busy. In the WFF
Masters Ms Athletic Class was a close duel between Judy Duggan and Julia Nash.
Judy perhaps had the better condition but Julia just edged out Judy
on mass.
Tara, Judy,
Julia
Lesley
Judy
Glamour girls
Lesley Rothera and Judy Casbolt
was another great watch in the WFF Ms Athletic
class. Both of these ladies were full and lean,
and were great competition for each other. Judy
could possibly have taken this with more posing practice. Lesley’s
a seasoned athlete, she knows (and loves) the stage and had her
posing down packed. Sometimes being confident
with your posing is the difference between 1st and
2nd and this is a fine example. So
Judy, you have an awesome figure so just keep
practicing! Rebecca
Sefton who won the NABBA Figure also showed a hard figure,
would’ve been nice to see her go up against Lesley in the Overall
but unfortunately they were in different categories.
Good to see the large turnout of girls in the Glamour Class. These girls did a
great job to do 3 costume changes (bikini, sports clothes and gown)
during the show. Many of them implemented a new health and
fitness lifestyle to compet in this class and we hope they stick to
it. However, there's only one winner and that went to Kalle
Howlett.
WFF Athletic classes also provided a tough call for the
judges. Significantly the class of 5 in the WFF
class 3 was a close one, especially between Craig Smith and Rede
Frisby. Once again this came down to
posing, unfortunately not to Rede who in this case was the better
poser. Rede held himself well and presented his
physique a little better than Craig. Both Craig and Rede matched
each other in leanness but perhaps Craig just had the little better
symmetry. Craig looked fuller and it could be that Rede just didn’t
quite eat enough to appear as full as Craig. Was
a great watch!
 
Craig Rede
Craig
Lee Junior
Men
Kagan
The WFF class 2 was just as good but Lee
Lynch, with his nice structure and full lean muscles, took
the class out. He and Craig were up against each
other for the WFF Athletic overall. Once again a
close contest. Craig and Lee matched each other
from the front, but once they turned around, Lee’s ripped back and
hamstrings were just too good. Once again, it
was also about the posing and Lee had this down
packed. Would’ve loved to see Craig, Lee and Rede on stage in one line just
to see how they all compared to each other.
Hopefully we’ll see this in the future.
Notforgetting we saw some great potential in the Junior Men's class. Tough battle
between (sorry don't know his name) and Kagan Orton who had some pretty big quads
to fill following in his big brother Steve Orton's footsteps.
Kagan showed good symmetry and plenty of room for more mass.
Watch out Steve!
Lisa Bailey displayed a huge
physique in the Open women’s physique class. The
crowd loved her routine and display of her hard earned
muscles. With 6 weeks until the NABBA Worlds in
Brazil, Lisa says she’ll come down a few more kgs (from her current
70kg) to show a leaner body. We know she
will.
Mark Anderson on the hand is rock
hard and ready for the Worlds now. He looks the
hardest, leanest and driest we’ve seen him in a long time which
augurs well for his NABBA Worlds showing. But
first he’s competing at the NABBA show on the Gold Coast in June,
hopefully he can beat a few Aussies in the warm up to the
Worlds.
The show ran like clockwork, beginning at around noon and finishing
at 5pm. Show organizers Richard and Annette provided a great
atmosphere for the athletes backstage and a supply of bananas and
subway. All the athletes got a goodie bag which
included products from the show sponsors so all in all a great
day.
Plus, All the overall winners received
$500 each in prizemoney!!!! No doubt we'll see
more athletes next year with that sort of incentive.
Look forward to the next one!
Lisa, Go Figure
3 May 11
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