80 athletes registered for the NZFBB CNI bodybuilding champs and it could've easily been a nightmare for lesser organizers, but for the dynamic duo of Kaye O'Neil and Darryl Schumacher and their team of helpers, it was a dream. A dream run in fact for both the prejudging and finals. The prejudging, although beginning slightly later than 11am, at 11.20am, still finished by 1.30pm. And the finals began at 4pm and we were out the door by 8pm, the earliest anyone has ever come out of a show. I'm sure the spectators (who packed out the hall both shows), and more importantly the athletes, appreciated the efficient running of the show so they could enjoy the fruits of their labour while the eateries were still opened. |
Kaye and Lisa It was Kaye's birthday! |
The show had some high calibre athletes in all classes from novice to the open male and female classes. It was great to see big numbers and some of the classes had at least 6 athletes; these included the Masters Men, Nov Men 70-80kg, Senior Figure 35+ and Novice Figure Tall. |
Darryl and Kaye. |
Two years away from the stage has done Donna Randall good. She has made a big turnaround in her figure and she presented a hard and well conditioned body to win the Overall Figure. Although Karen Montague's traditionally a figure girl, she competed in the Bodyfitness class so she can qualify for the Nationals in this class. I want to commend Karen for this move, after all she didn't really have to due to the sudden rule change which grants figure girls the opportunity to do bodyfitness anyway. So good on you Monty for putting in the effort and doing the right thing! |
Linni did great as MC |
Back to the boys and some nice hunks there were. Dave Weeks wowed us in the classic while Sanjeev showed his usual spectacular symmetry in the open men 80-90kg class. He wasn't quite sharp but his aim is to peak at the Nationals so watch out. But it was Darryn who surprised us with awesome mass and condition. He was hard as and had veins popping everywhere; his hammies were out and he posed well to show us all his hard work. Darryn will be a force to be reckoned with at the Nationals.
Kaye and Tony also guest posed. I hadn't seen Kaye in the flesh, well in a bikini, for a long time and I'd forgotten just how much mass she had. Wow! She has muscles on muscles and with definition to match. Don't know how she found the time to organize the comp, diet and train to guest pose as well. Her routine was great, feminine, classy and showed off her physique well. So jealous of those legs. She even had hamstrings! Hope to see you on stage again Kaye and against some competition perhaps.
Tony wowed the spectators as usual with his funky moves that even Michael Jackson would have been proud of. Next on his tour is the Nationals so book your seat now.. ha ha!
So yes it was a great show all round and thanks to Kaye and Darryl for making everybody feel welcome.
Enjoy the pics!
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Results Teenage Men 1. James Matenga Junior Men 1. Jhoon Law 2. Charles Tuitahi 3. Elliot Grant Masters Men over 40 1. Murray Basset 2. Dean Teiho 3. Shaun O'Dwyer Masters Men over 50 1. Allan Herkt Masters Women over 35 1. Donna Ransfield 2. Jane Matua Masters Women o45 1. Frances Robinson (took out overall womens physique too) 2. Debra Teiho 3. Carol Doyle Senior Figure o35 1. Michelle Dixon 2. Judy Duggan 3. Vivien Whiteside Senior Figure 045 1. Sharon Muzyka 2. Ellie Parr 3. Lee Lay Novice women u55kg 1. Jo Roe Novice Women 055kg 1. Barbara Moyes 2. Cheryl Pinkham 3. Dianne London Novice Men U70kg 1. Ali Alkadhhi 2. Glenn Allison 3. Mark lett Novice men 70-80kgs 1. Kurt von Kersenberg 2. Neil Peters 3. Duncan Hawira Novice Men o80kg 1. Hamish Coulter 2. Ross Bennett 3. Jason Boyce Classic Men 1. Dave Weeks 2. Ryan McCarthy 3. Victor Sharp Mixed Pairs - Debra and Dean Teiho Novice Women Figure Short 1. Eva Teres 2. Julie Forbes 3. Ros Hooker novice Women figure Tall 1. Sarah Goldsmith 2. Raana Reuben 3, Chanae Duzevich Open Women Figure Tall 1. Donna Randell (also took out the overall Figure) Bodyfitness Tall 1. Karen Montague Open Men 70-80kgs 1. Richard Hughes 2. Miguel Villalobos Open Men 80-90kgs 1. Sanjeev Narayan 2. Senio Tuala 3. Hona Kingi Open Men o90 1. Darryn Onekawa (also took out overall Mens) 2. Nolan Smith 3. John Loughead |