NABBA Worlds, Greece

Hi all, We arrived home on the weekend of the 23^rd June and slept for two days! What an experience. The weather was great an average of 35 C. It was challenging preparing for the contest as we were in a different country and with the constant travel. Sparta was a 4 hour bus ride from Athens and we arrived there late Thursday night. We were staying in the same hotel as the Spanish team. Friday night was the official registration and weigh in.

The pre-judging commenced at 10am the following Saturday morning. Saturday morning in our states of dehydration we were annoyed to hear that we had to walk to the venue. So we had a 40 minute walk in the heat to the prejudging. Unfortunately, this tipped Mike over the edge and he became very sick. He spent the whole day lying on his back whilst I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off changing in and out of costumes. I entered two categories Physique and Fitness and had to pose and perform the routines for each in different costumes. Fortunately, Mikes class was the last for the day so he managed to get up off the floor and do his poses although he was unable to pump up. After drinking all afternoon he came right for the night show.

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Above: Mike and Tracy, far left. Teresa and Nolan far right
left: Mike Allsopp-Smith. Right: Tracy Jackson

The night show was great. A stage had been erected in the town square so the show was outdoors. The whole town turned up in the vicinity of 5,000 people so we had the biggest audience we had ever experienced. A combination of an excellent sound system, lighting, smoke machine and backdrop made for a great spectacle. A Parade of Nations was performed to kick off the proceedings. The square was surrounded by Greek architecture and mountains and the weather was so warm. The atmosphere was just awesome.

A big thank you to all our sponsors and people who have supported us financially and otherwise. With the six weeks we had to fund raise for the trip being such a short time, we would have been unable to compete without your generosity. In particular I would like to thank the following major sponsors: Debt Recovery Group NZ Ltd, Mechanical Systems, Fitness Works, Brand Developers, Miada Nutrition Mikes personal sponsor, LA Muscle Tracys personal sponsor. I would personally like to say thanks to Marc Rainbow and Jamie Cameron for their advice. Cheers, guys.

We are proud of our results and hope we have done you proud. So time now to chill out and eat nice food again. Whether we will compete again or not is the question. Never say never!

Thanks again,
Tracy and Mike.

NABBA Worlds Results

Figure 2, 2nd Mel Westland, 3rd Teresa Edwards
Figure 35+, 1st Tarren McCall
MsBody, 1st Helen Aloiai
MsFitness, 3rd Teresa Edwards, 4th Tracy Jackson
Mixed Pairs, 3rd, Michael Allsopp-Smith & Tracy Jackson. 4th Nolan Smith & Teresa Edwards
Masters 50+, 2nd Steve Quinn

Helen Aloiai's Pics


The BIG crowd	Helen with her Ms Body trophy	Steve Quinn (right) with Phys winner

Mike Allsopp-Smith at far right	Nolan Smith, Athletic, at far right	Couples. Teresa and Nolan, Tracy and Mike from far left

Tarren McCall

Tarren McCall and Teresa Edwards before they headed off to Greece. Tarren competed in Senior Figure while Teresa is doing Fitness Model and Figure.

Before they left we asked them for a sneak peek at their awesome shapes. So we dropped in on Tarren's leg training session to find out how she gets her legs (and the rest of her body!) so shredded on contest day.
We also asked Ali G to snap up Teresa in the amazing costumes she made for her.

Teresa Edwards