Report
Easily the biggest show of the year, the
NABBA Counties attracted 64 athletes in to the cosy Hawkins Theatre
in Papakura. In addition to the large sea of athletes, we also saw
the prejudging nearly packed out while the night show only standing
room was left on the aisles. So it was a great atmosphere for
the athletes to perform in front of the vocal supportive
crowd which made the event a memomorable one for all. |

Jo Mountfort and Lisa |
| From the teenage to the Novice and Open classes, both male and
females were in great condition. Teisina Tongi in teenage has made a great
change to his ever growing physique and he's made some great gains
which we're sure will challenge the open men in the not too distant
future. Marc Thomas looks
much more muscular than his junior age group and he could've easily
given some of the novices a run for their money. |

Peter Hardwick in his element
:) |
Fabiany
Vecchionacce looked super hot on the eve of her 42nd
birthday (hope you don't mind me telling everyone Fabi, but you
look amazing!), winning the Shape class. We could say the
same thing to all of the Senior Figure Class! Both the Sen Figure
35 and 45 classes were in great condition and I'm sure the judges
worked hard to separate between you all. Donna Randell's figure was exceptional
with great condition and presentation.
The Open Figure was another great class to watch especially with
such seasoned competitors Janine
Haywood, Kym Carter and Teneka Hyndman posing down against
each other. Despite giving away a few inches in height,
Janine made up for it with her leaner and fuller condition to take
out class.
The battle for the Overall Figure was a great one with the main
showdown between Donna and
Janine. They matched each other in condition and pose
for pose. Later we learned there was only 1 point in it with Janine
once again being the 'giant killer' taking the title.
In the men's classes the highlights would be John Templeton and Craig
Smith's ripped physique in the Novice Athletic Tall and
Short class respectively. Rick
Uljfalussy was also in great shape with his trademark cross
cut quad striations to take out the Overall class.
Kristian Bray continued his
winning ways taking out the Novice Physique Tall class. While the
Open Men's was a tougher affair. Spencer Hiet showed off the fruits of his
labour coming in huge for this show but was beaten by
Garth van der Merwe was sharper
in his legs. Honorable mention must be given to Sam Koloa who's probably in the best shape
he's been this year to come in 3rd amongst the big men.
I'll go out on a limb and say probably the best condition in this
show went to Bev Walton in the
Open Physique class. Wow she was lean full and glistening on stage,
and ripped to bits. All the while presenting herself
beautifully and loved her hair too. Nice package Bev, well
done!
A very efficient show as usual by Peter Hardwick and his dedicated
team. Thanks for letting Go Figure be part of the excitement and
sharing the pics with the bodybuilding community!
See you at the next show with is the NABBA Waikato 31 July
Lisa, Go Figure
26 July 10 |
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