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Updated pics and Report from the INBA Natural Olympia 17 Oct. |
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| When I heard there was going to be over 300 athletes competing
in the Natural Olympia I was imagining the worse case scenario of
being stuck in the venue all day. No breaks, no sunlight and
probably won't be out of there till midnight! but as it
turned out there was a little break between prejudging which began
about 9.30am and went to 3pm. About 45min break then back
into at 4pm. I didn't see much sunlight but the show did finish by
9pm. Considering the numbers of athletes, the show went pretty fast and the compere, I think Jason Woodforth was his name did a great job keeping things moving and eventhough they the classes were huge - averaging 10 in each for the Masters classes and probably 15 for the Open classes he and the judges did well to finish relatively early. |
 Lisa and Keith |
If you've read my tweets you'll know the kiwis' results which included: - Senior Figure 40+. Farah Deobhakta, Sue Bettridge and Ali Gascoine were in this and did not place. This was a huge class of 15 amazingly conditioned ladies most of them Aussies. They were quite muscular and lean and our girls probably looked a little small compared to the Aussies. Ali didn't look like she filled out and not as muscular as she usually comes in but we know she'll be different again for the ANB next weekend. Sam Attril, the lady who won this class went on to win the Overall Masters class over Marlene. - Senior Physique 40+. Karen Bishop was in this class but was outmuscled by the Aussie girls once again. The winner was lean and had great legs. The physique girls weren't big like what you'd see at a NABBA or IFBB show but they looked good. - Senior Figure 50+. Marlene Henderson blew them all away in this class of 12 with her youthful figure. Enuf said! - Open Figure Medium. Farah, Sue and Ali once again donned their bikinis and ventured into the open class which was huge!!! I don't know how they managed to put 28 athletes on stage but somehow they managed to all fit on. All the girls were in great condition so I think probably judges took potluck and called out the girls names they recognised to do comparisons. I know its more tricky than that but the class was judged pretty quick so not sure how they decided on the top 3. - Open Figure Tall. Lisa Cameron was amongst 19 figures in this one and she did get a call out against much more muscular girls, so well done Lis! - Senior Physique 60+. I don't know her but Kiwi Joy Crockett was the only one in this class. - Masters Men 40+. A kiwi, not sure his name, was up against around 10 athletes in this one but was unplaced. - Masters Men 50+. Steve Rosenbaum won this class with his super symmetry and muscle mass from a class of 10. - Open Men Medium. Stan Tautalanoa really had to pose well in this class of 16 as there were some pretty hod bods on stage. But once again his symmetry came through and placed a very credible 2nd. |
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| General Observations As mentioned earlier, the show was great and all the athlets in all classes had amazing condition. I think the biggest class was the Jnr Men which saw around 30 on stage. There was also a Pro Men's class but interestingly the 'Pros' also were allowed to compete with the amateurs. Go Figure! I think if you're a Pro you shouldn't be allowed to. Then again these Pros aren't like the IFBB Pros and look more like opened class competitors. |
 Marlene and the Lisas |
| I really liked the format of the show as you get
pretty much an immediate result in a one show format. The
class comes on do their compulsories and comparisons, then after
some deliberation from the judges the top 3 is announced. All
the athletes who didn't place get a medal, then after they get
their medals the top 3 come back out. This helped to keep
the show moving along pretty quickly. The other thing which I thought was strange was the some girls could do 2 or more classes. Fair enough if you did Masters and and Open. But don't think its right that a girl can do shape and then go on to do Figure. In one case. A girl who placed 2nd in her Shape class won the Open Figure class. Now how does that work?? Thought judges would look for different set of criteria in Shape than Figure. So really the Shape girl shouldn't be that lean to win Figure eh? But what do I know, I probably should accept by now that judges know best. Only the top 3 did their routines. Actually Top 3 didn't even have to do routines if they don't want to. So that was good way to economise the show. Overall it was good well run show with very high quality athletes. Darn those Aussies!!!! Lisa, Go Figure 19 Oct 09 |
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Hanging out in the Aussie sunshine
and shopping left: Lisa and Farah right: Sue and Karen |
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16 October
update. Firstly its great to step off the plane and
feel the warm air and sunshine on your face! There was plenty
of brown fit bods walking around Cavill mall last night in Surfers
so there is a buzz around. Actually had to have the aircon on
in the apartment....jealous?! As part of the Natural Olympia comp, there's a Bikini Diva
contest held in Cavill Mall this arvo 4pm, so I'm
sure there's going to be big crowds to check the bods
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