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Report by Sarah Bridges and David Gentle
As usual Paul Smith and friends pull off another great show packed to capacity. Heres how we saw it:-
JUNIORS
Sad only 2 juniors. We all know all sports need new blood, so any youngster out there wanting to try bodybuilding drop
us a line. We'll let you know the nearest gym to your home.
On this day 1st placing went to Gary Farr and 2nd Nicolas Mazza. Keep it up lads, you both have a great future. Both
these young men go through to the British Championship.
1st TIMERS
There were 13 entrants for the first timers, the largest entry of the day. It's hard to believe some of these have never
competed before. I'm sure some would do very well in their weight category. 1st Darius Tearani, 2nd Gordon Ogg, 3rd Mathew
Keen. Both Darius, 1st and Gordon, 2nd, go through to the British Championships.
INTERS
At the British Championships there are 2 classes for the intermediates, under 80k and over 80k. On this occasion Chris
Tomlinson was the only under 80k, so Chris goes through to the British Championship. However, 1st place goes to Mark Yates
(think i've heard the name Yates before!). Mark presents the full package, a real pleasing shape. 2nd James Brace, at most
other shows I think James would have taken 1st place. However, we must remember Mark went on to win the overall competition.
3rd place went to Giles Thomas.
BODY FITNESS
All of the Body Fitness girls were in good shape, with Clare Taurman placing 1st. 2nd was Tracy Young, with Caroline
Thomas in 3rd place.
WOMEN'S U/57k
A poor showing for the girls; only one girl in each division. So Mary Howards goes through to the British Championships,
in the under 57k. While Sarah Lewis goes to the British championships in the over 57k.
MENS U 70k
The men's under 70k showed a mixture of physiques. However, Mark Deane, with the complete package, took first place.
David Thompson, 2nd, split the two Hove boys up as Cyrus Yazdani, 3rd, and Mark both train at Cheetahs Gym.
MENS 80k
Only two entries in the men's 80k. Sadly Punit Mannary had to withdraw due to ill health, which left Steven Nicholls
a clear winner. A real shame as I'm sure Steven would have done well had there been more competitors. He will enjoy more competition
at the British Championships.
MEN'S U90k
A good class for the under 90k but a very strong winner in Paul Stenning. Paul's from Forest Gym in Crawley. Forest Gym
is run by the lovely husband and wife team, Karen and Harold Marillier. They run a very succesful bodybuilding gym. Both IFBB
pro's have informed me that if Paul doesn't do well at the British Championships then he's walking home. 2nd place went to
Paul Jones, who also got an invite to the British Championships. 3rd place went to Dan Parker.
SENIORS
Always great to see the seniors. The seniors used to be over 40's but because of its popularity there is now an over
50's. We had 5 over 40's and 3 over 50's. Dean Harris took the 1st spot, and also won best pose of the day. Steve Reeves (theres
a name for our older readers) was placed 2nd. A few years ago Steve had a very bad motorbike accident, and now has 16 pins
in his body. Well done Steve, after all that you've still come back. A man to be admired. Tony Demarco, 3rd, will hopefully
try another show to make the British Championships.
MEN'S OVER 90k
UNusual, only two heavyweights, in most shows they spread right accross the stage. On this occasion Nicholas Anthony,
of that famous bodybuilding gym, Muscleworks, had the edge on Ollie Beard. So Nicholas goes through to the British Championships.
Overall winner of the day was intermediate Mark Yates. So great things are expected from Mark at the
British Championships.
Female guest poser Marina Cornwall, still going strong and looking better than ever, and thats at age
51.
Promoter Paul Smith, a keen bodybuilder himself, always puts a lot into his shows.
This years guest posers were Paul Delaney, 2005 overall British Champion, and to represent the women,
guest poser Marina Cornwall.
However the man who never seems to stop growing, Mustafa Mohammad, tenth in 2005 Olympia, and has already
qualified for the 2006 Olympia. Before his amazing guest spot he sat on the stage for an hour with Kerry Kayes,
in a question / answer seminar. When he came on stage to pose I thought the cheers would raise the roof. He went into the
crowd to have pictures taken. It seemed everyone was a fan of Mustafa.
The gym of the day was Cheetahs Gym in Brighton who had eight contestants on the day, and four of them
got a high positioning.
Here a STOP PRESS, two great shows coming to Portsmouth. This year the British Grand
Prix is back, right after the Olympia. Plus Nov 26th all the top amateur stars with C.N.P. putting up 15000 Euros.
Thats two fantastic shows to put in your diary and that news is straight from Mr. Bodybuilding himself, Kerry Kayes.
Please remember Kerry is one of the most respected men in bodybuilding. In the past Kerrys Grand Prix's most of the Olympia
line-up turn up for him.
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