It was third time lucky for Peter
Hardwick and his quest for the success of the INBA Natural
Classic! and he did it with fine athletes on show. For those
of you who didn't venture out to Papakura and the cosy venue of the
Hawkins Theatre then you missed a great day. This will also be the
venue of NABBA Counties.
The show attracted 25 athletes who were all in great condition.
Good to see those who are going to the ANB comp on 29 May compete
here, they included Teresa Edwards, Jason and Vanessa Bartley,
Teneka Hyndman, Gladys Matthews, Donelle Petelo, Delwyn Evans,
Darrin Orchard and Keri Onyewu using this show as warm up. |

Lisa and the Peters
Sowter and Hardwick |
At the beginning of the show Peter did a nice touch by
introducing all the athletes who were competing. As their name was
called out each athlete came out to the front of stage then lined
back of the stage. Made for very impressive viewing as it gave us a
teaser of what's to come.
Also at registration, all athletes were required to give a urine
sample. Selected samples will be flown away to a lab in the U.S to
be tested.
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Athletes at start of show |
There were plenty of competitive classes. Novice
Men and Novice Figure come to mind. Jason Bartley and Robert Lopeti went toe to
toe, both well muscled but Jason just had that extra detail.
It was very exciting to see Johanna
Mountfort, Vanessa Bartley and Gladys Matthews pose on stage
as these were all great figures. So great that judges couldn't
separate Johanna and Vanessa, and they were both awarded first
place. Something Peter hasn't seen for a long time!
We saw the return of sexy Fabianny into the Sportsmodel class to pose
off against fellow resident shape queen Teresa Edwards. Teresa won this won but
Fabiany did well to prepare for this showin only 2 weeks!
hopefully we'll see her in upcoming comps. Also want to
acknowledge Sharyn
Cutts who was also in the shape class and has the best
name ever! cool routine Sharyn.
While all the classes were close, the standout class for mine was
the Open Figure class. This was the best Open class
we've seen on stage for a long time for quality and quantity.
Storming in like a whirlwind was Kara
O'Halloran from New Plymouth with her hard yet feminine
super conditioned figure. She did have to battle equally lean
figure Teneka but Kara just was
that little bit sharper. Janine
Haywood took third place with her great condition, just
nudging out Donelle
Petelo. Unfortunatley we're sad to learn that Kara's
not doing any more comps this year. C'mon Kara, all that hardwork
surely deserves another comp. Plllleeeeaassseeeee! we'd love to see
you in another one and I'm sure plenty of Go Figure viewers would
too.
Andrew Murray ventured all the
way from Hawkes Bay to do the Open Physique class. He was up
against the on form Darrin
Orchard and must say a leaner Andrew Eskilou (nice work Andrew E). Darrin
with his mass and leanness took out the class so it was down to the
Overalls. Darrin had a tough job on his hands as Keri Onyewu and Jason Bartley were also in
great shape, but Darrin took it out and puts him on a positive
footing as he ventures to ANB.
This was a great show and hopefully augurs well for an even bigger
one next year!
Lisa, Go Figure
24 May 2010 |