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Pics, Video and Report from NABBA Nationals 25 October 2009 |
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| Ripped Freak Alex Simays routine video | Keri Onyewu's high flying fitness routine video |
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| Open Figure Tall routines video |
Shape Girls funky routines video |
| I don't know how he manages to do it. One weekend Peter Hardwick was judging at the Natural Olympia and the next week he was putting together the NABBA Nationals. Somehow Peter's show just seems to pull together without much fuss and everything just falls in to place which was the case for the Nationals. Sure there was the minor technical microphone difficulty but generally the show went on without a hitch. He had great marshalls which kept the athletes informed and also had the good idea of having sponsors booths inside the auditorium so the audience and sponsors made maximum advantage of the show and venue. He even had a programme printed with all the athletes names and classes which was a nice touch. |
 Stan and Lisa Stan in his 12th show in 09 |
| The Nationals had to be well organised. There were 112 athletes that had to be catered for. This show was highlighted by the high quality and numbers of athletes in each class and the judges were really tested deciding some of the winners. The novice athletic tall, novice figure short, open figure tall were some of close ones that come to mind. The novice athletic short class was great but the close conditions of Jason Bartley and Dean Shilton was fantastic to watch but Jason's extra muscle maturity and vascularity gave him the edge, which also won him the Overall title. The novice figure short class saw some fantastic conditioned girls but Tamaku Paul from Whakatane was a cut above with her leanness while Bridget Emmett's structure placed her second over the impressive muscles of Karen Julian.
The Open figure tall was another that saw 3 great figures with their own uniqueness. Lisa Bellingham was nice and lean, Eve Dombrovski had the mass and condition and Kym Carter had the symmetry and full round muscles. In the end symmetry won the day and the Overall Title. Amazing achievement for Kim, considering only at the start of the year she was diagnosed with tumor behind her left eye and has had to have surgery to remove it about 6 months ago. We'll have more of Kim's inspirational story in the future.
The Open Men saw some nice physiques too. The tall class was the battle between christchurch's Phil Musson, Garth van der Merwe and Alex Simays of Auckland. All the guys had nice full muscles but it was Alex's ripped conditioned that won him the title. His main rival for the overall title was Stan Tautalanoa (his 12th show this year!) who took out the International class. It was great to see these guys posedown side by side but Stan just couldn't quite match Alex's size and condition.
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Overall Winners; Left to right Maeve Agnew, Fitness. Kym Carter, Figure. Jason Bartley, Athletic. Naera Johnson, Physique. Alex Simays, Physique. Keri Onyewu, Fitness. Teresa Edwards, Shape |
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| Overall Figure Comparison | ||
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| Kat, Kym, Farah | Karen, Tamaku, Kristy | |
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| Overall Physique Comparison | ||
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| Naera, Moira, Lucie | Lucie, Frances, Joy |
| Novice Figure Tall | ||
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 3rd, 1st, 2nd Kirstine, Kirsty, Julia |
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 2nd, 1st, 3rd Bridget, Tamaku, Karen |
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| Shape | ||
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3rd, 1st, 2nd Mel, Teresa, Rose |
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| Maeve and Keri | Keri flying high | |
| Couples | ||
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| Alex the 'Ripped Freak' Winner. Ripped Freak ran a contest during the show to find out the show's rippest freak and hard to go past Alex Simays for the title. He now goes into an International contest to vy for the world's rippest freak. What a title! |
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| Overall Physique Comparison | ||
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| Overall Athletic Comparison | ||
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| Open Physique Tall | ||
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 3rd Garth, 1st Alex, 3rd Phil |
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| Open Physique Short | ||
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| 1st Jamil, 2nd Andrew | ||
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 1st Short, 1st Tall, 1st Int'l |
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| The sponsors Great idea! Booths were set up inside the auditorium so the audience can just go check out the sponsors without having to leave the action. |
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| Booths | Nutrition Systems Boys Aaron, Myer and Shane |
Kim and Jason, Supplements.co.nz |
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| AST science | Ripped freakers, Nick and Mark | and ofcourse Peter's Nutrition Plus |
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