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CH GRAND PRIX-Qual NABBA WORLDS & WFF UNIV & SOUTHERN HEMISP

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In the womens divisions I'd be betting the house on Lesley Rothera to win the Figure - she's going to be leaner than most of the guys, and after her 1st & 2nd in consecutive internationals she is almost unstoppable. I'm sure there's more than a few figure girls that can't wait to see her head back to the UK in 3 weeks! :pfft: :grin:

I hear through the grapevine that Lesley is going up against Annette Gallaher and Taylor Smith.

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Gee, don't put any pressure on Nate! :shifty:

All those people you mentioned will be very competitive. Phil K, Kagan Orton, Richard P, Nate W, etc. I caught up with Kristian Bray on the weekend and he is looking pretty dialled in too. Hes been working with Garry Jones so i can guarrantee he will be a handful down in chch too.

You can't forget about the contingent coming over from Aussie as well. If Donny Henderson Smith (Aussie rep at the worlds in recent years) brings his normal A game he will be very tough to beat.

Should be a fantastic show!

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Gee, don't put any pressure on Nate! :shifty:

All those people you mentioned will be very competitive. Phil K, Kagan Orton, Richard P, Nate W, etc. I caught up with Kristian Bray on the weekend and he is looking pretty dialled in too. Hes been working with Garry Jones so i can guarrantee he will be a handful down in chch too.

You can't forget about the contingent coming over from Aussie as well. If Donny Henderson Smith (Aussie rep at the worlds in recent years) brings his normal A game he will be very tough to beat.

Should be a fantastic show!

Not about pressure bro - you've done the work!

I saw Kristian too, Garry has done a good job (he needed to after I saw KB get beat by a natty jr last year due to being too soft in condition).

However I maintain this show will come down to you and Phil Kuklinski! :nod: Unless a freak from Aussie arrives, or Mr Anderson turns up in speedos! :grin:

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There is a local lad that will be hard to beat :wink:

If what I hear through the kumara vine is correct there could be one hell of a comparison between the quadzillas! :)

Everyone writes off Richie till he has the trophy in his hands

I don't think anyone's writing him off, he's a great competitor but by his own admission not at 100% with the injury (and the other injuries it caused). By Pan Pacifics I'll be putting his name up there!

Kristian Bray is also looking the best I've ever seen him look. Bigger & leaner - good work Garry Jones! :nod:

Gonna be a hell of a show - quality in all the classes - Lisa & Lesley obviously with the international kudos, but also guys like Tom in the athletic.

Be one of the only shows so far this year I wouldn't mind paying to see! :nod:

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Oh the Donny Henderson Smith is the guy that works with Justine Switalla, From what i have heard a bunch of their DHS divas coming ot compete in glamour class eeek :shifty:

I reckon I can take them on mass...LOL :pfft: :grin:

Looks like Donnie's got a tough job! 8)

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I know what you're looking like Miss Peachy, you'll be right up there with the best of them! :nod:

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42 athletes total. All very very top class.

Lesley Rothera smoked her class, looked absolutely amazing.

Tom Wojkik (sp) ridiculously shredded. Won his easy

Glamour won by an international girl from Aus, 2nd - peachy :clap:

NABBA Jnr - Kagan Orton 1st, my little bro - 2nd

Classes to come include Lisa Bailey looking hard and lean, Annette Parnham, super shredded.

Rigger will smoke his class, bringing that conditioning he's known for.

I will win Class 3 open men. I'm the only one in it :?

Class 2 open men has 3 and will be a good showdown between Nate225 and Richard Parnham.

Class 1 has 5 guys, will be tight between Kristian Bray and Donny Henderson Smith from Aus.

Overalls will be a cracker!

I'm picking Kagan, Phil, me, Richard or Nate and Donny at this stage.

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Just saw some gofigure photos and WOW what an awesome lineup of big guys!

Each one possessing their own strengths. The lights looked really bright and I think the darker tanned guys looked better. Saw a back double bi shot of Kagan and Richard and Kagan seems to have what Richard has but lights at top of Back washes him out, whereas Richard's Back was dark and detailed with the same lighting. But Richard overall had details everywhere in the pics I could see. The photo also always captured him in every pose with good leg squeezing going on.

Seemed to be stronger lighting in the middle of the stage and saw guys in the dark off to the side.

What did the competitors think of the show, must have been awesome backstage surrounded by so many talented bodybuilders! I had pancakes and ice-cream last night I'm sure you all had similar meals too afterwards...who gained the most weight overnight? :pfft:

SG you looked like the boss on stage mate with your shoulders, legs, and back and for all the effort you put in to stay lean it was incredible. Pity some of other guys came in excellent condition as well :-| I wanted u to win!

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Nabba/WFF Athletes who have qualified to attend the following events are:

Nabba Worlds - Dublin Ireland

Phil Kuklinski

Lisa Bailey

Kagan Orton

Lesley Rothera

WFF Universe - Austria

Tom Wojick

Lesley Rothera

Southern Hemisphere - Gold Coast

Hamish Coulter

Annette Parnham

Ritchie Parnham

Congratulations everyone.

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Little late but a spectators view of the show.

First up. For some awesome photos taken of the show check out here:

http://www.facebook.com/SKMPhotography Taken by one of the staff at Fitness Canterbury who does her own photography work. I would be more than happy to pay for shots of that quality taken of me. Nice work Sam.

The lineup. Overall excellent quality and it was soooooo nice to see a lot of big boys for a change, including Nate rocking the stage. As Soundsgood said, the overalls were impressive and actually competitive with 6 contesting the overall male.

Standouts for me were: Kagan Orton(19?) :shock: , that's a family with some pretty amazing genes and it doesn't hurt that both him and Steve are good down to earth sorts. Kagan certainly got the biggest smile out of me when he stepped on stage. Watching him train in the gym he keeps it all hidden away so it was impressive to see him bust out and to come in the final 3 for the overalls was pretty cool.

Lesley and Anette were as ripped as they always are and a real pleasure to watch. Lisa Bailey is my favourite female physique competitor and it's a shame that finding competition for her is so hard as yet again she was the only entry.

This was the first time I had seen Hamish (Soundsgood) and jesus, the man's a tank. He manages to pull off looking huge without looking blocky and was pretty damn impressive. If he had been ripped as much as Tom (who's always a leanness freak) he would have been unbeatable. I think he got a bit of a raw deal with lighting for the overalls. With 6 rather large competitors they took up the entire width of the stage. The lighting on the right of the stage was rubbish, seemed like a bulb had gone or something. I would have liked to see him in the final 3 but I guess it's the same old problem of size vs leanness. Richard Parnham took the overall in what must have been a tight decision.

The glamor girls were good and there was no doubting that Justine http://www.facebook.com/pages/Justine-Switalla-Sports-Model/128647647159327 was the deserved winner but it was awesome to see Peachy come in a very well deserved 2nd. I have said before I quite like this class but my only complaint is making them speak, I just don't think it is necessary although Peachy's "I have a dream" was good for a laugh :pfft:

The athletic men which is usually one of the bigger classes had only 3 competitors (I think...). Maybe the rest heard Tom was coming and decided it wasn't worth the effort. I don't know what his weight limit was but he always looks massive and makes himself extremely wide. He would not look out of place in the physique lineup.

Overall a pretty impressive show competitor wise. Oh, small plug for Mel from Fitness Canterbury who won her figure class in her first ever show. Absolutely stunning.

The show itself.

Started on time and ran from 12 to 5 which was about the right feeling length. The venue was not the best and I suspect it wasn't a first choice but needs must.

The sound......it's 3 days later and thinking about this still irritates me. Worst sound ever...bar none. I suspect someone raided my storage boxes to find my cassette walkman from the 80's, chopped one of the ear phones off and ran the whole show through the other.

I honestly don't know what happened but it seemed like the source, if it was two channel, was only being outputted with one. Weirdess thing I have ever heard and full credit to the competitors for battling through it. As an example some tracks played minus the vocals and only the background beat playing.

It didn't help that the stage was recessed with the speakers at the front facing away so the audience got to hear the awfulness in a distorted loud way while the competitors struggled to hear it.

Just to emphasize how big a problem this was, if it had been a lesser lineup I was waiting to see I wouldn't have waited.

It's the only negative point I have with an otherwise run well show. Still can't beat the one show format.

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