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After a looong weekend I am happy to say the NPA Yorkshire Championships held yesterday at The Frontier Club in Batley were a HUGE success, and I would like to thank everyone who contributed in any way towards that success.
So to all the Judges, Sponsors, Competitors, Helpers, and most of all Audience, I thank you all. It was a big gamble for me to move 'The Yorkshire' away from the popular Civic Hall in Holmfirth, but everyone who spoke to me about the change was happy - The Frontier is a fabulous venue and I have now booked it for the prestigious Mike Williams Classic & Pro-Am which will be held there on Sunday October 5th.
Maybe I'll see you all there for that very important competition.
I also want to praise Andrew Merrifield who gave a sensational guest posing display to open the show - Andrew was in contest shape and looking the way he did was a magnificent gesture on his part - to anyone wanting a guest star who really knows how to put on a show Andrew is the best without a doubt.

Here's the full Yorkshire results -

Juniors
1 Chris Hanley 2 John Morris 3 Ainsley Manyou (Best U-18 & Best Presentation) 4 Luke Mellor
5 Nathan Barry 6 Daniel Paulucy 7 Karol Tyczynski

Masters
1 Denton Wilson (BP & Best Over 50) 2 Courtney Smith 3 Jeff Pursglove 4 Patrick McGrath 5 Ted Clifton

Ladies Physique
1 Julie Ann Bradford

Novices
1 Craig Chadwick 2 Paul Waller 3 Qassim Mohammed (Best First Timer) 4 David Fuge (BP)
5 Roy Levitt 6 Chris Royds 7 Steve Parke

Ladies Figure
1 Heather Smith 2 Debbie Scholefield 3 Caroline Oliver (BP) 4 Claire Harper 5 Danielle Proctor
6 Joanne Stanger 7 Kelly Senior, Angela Gee, Yvette Lloyd, Louise Lindsay

Men's Under 70kg
1 Carlos Santos Aca (BP) 2 Keith O'Connell 3 Wayne Hanley 4 Partha Muthusamy

Men's 78kg+
1 Gus Fisher 2 Jon Clark (BP) 3 Marius Alcide 4 Luke Chaeter

Men's Overall - GUS FISHER

Many congratulations to Big Gus on taking his third Overall Yorkshire title, previous ones being in 2004 and 2005 - he was certainly back to his best. I hope to post some pics up in a few days.
Well done to all competitors, your efforts are much appreciated.
Next stop the NPA North West on Saturday. See you there!

Didn't know Claire was competing yesterday -well done lady! How many of the Figure girls qualified MJP? And was the Physique lady a lightweight or heavyweight?

Glad it was a successful show

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It was the biggest qualifier we have ever had, Flick, with 500 to 600 in the audience so it went very well and had an excellent atmosphere.
The Figure class was an absolute belter and the top 3 will receive invites, as the standard was very high indeed but Heather was a stand out winner and was much improved.

Didn't stay for the overall I had an appointment back home..went after the men's heavies..thought that lad in under 70's would have got it mind..

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Thanks flic! Was so much fun! The venue was fab (not that I have anything to compare it to as was first time) but I thought it was great.

Well done Clare, sorry I wasn't there to cheer you on but I was there in spirit

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Thanks kitty

Woooooh Harps, you go girl!!!

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Well done on your placing Claire in a very competitive line-up.

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Will try to post pics up this week but for now here's one of the Overall Champ Gus Fisher, taken by Anthony Frost.
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^^^^ excellent.

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Good to see Gus back on stage and much improved on a previously good physique

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personally i think Carlos should've taken the overall, his waist and V'taper were amazing as for his most musculer pose!


Well done Marius for getting 3rd the day after 6th at the NABBA Mr Britain Novice


Andrew Merrifield looked good definately , the predator routine impressed me nice posing. got his dvd i'll let ya know what its like when i've watched it

The overall was very very close IMO. Carlos looked awesome, as you say, taper beyond words, and during the posedown I kept changing my min between the 2 of them. In the end I was happy in my mind that Gus should take it, as he was displaying that much more size and quality, whilst not actually sacrificing a lot in the way of symmetry, etc. Was class watching them fight around the stage though!

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the posedown between marius and gus was awesome in the heavyweights

Marius' legs are unbelievable, loads of mass

Gus got the nod over Carlos by 5 points to 2 - the right decision in my mind, as though Carlos was in fantastic shape with improved legs and amazing mid-section, Gus just had too much mass and rightly won the Overall. His reaction afterwards when he dropped to his knees was great!
Just before that the heavyweight posedown was one of the best I have ever seen - normally I would just give them about 90 secs, then called the music off - but I didn't have the result at that time and they were all having an absolute blast in the posedown, great entertainment.

great abs on gus...wierd looking trophy! looks like an old fashion diving suit

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lol - it's a gladiator!?!

Marius is a force to be reckoned with once he shifts a few more lbs, awesome size and shape....

Have you got any decent front double bi shots for Gus Michael - his arms were as ever absurd..

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And was the Physique lady a lightweight or heavyweight?

Could be another lightweight because a Julie Bradford won the Under 55kgs ladies physique at the UKBFF North West Warrington show recently. Pics are on Rippd Glultes, Gallery, "UKBFF Warrington pics" - lady on the right I think, based on trophy and height. Could be the same competitor?

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And was the Physique lady a lightweight or heavyweight?

Could be another lightweight because a Julie Bradford won the Under 55kgs ladies physique at the UKBFF North West Warrington show recently. Pics are on Rippd Glultes, Gallery, "UKBFF Warrington pics" - lady on the right I think, based on trophy and height. Could be the same competitor?

There's only one photo of ladies physique on the RG site and I am presuming that it's the lady on the left of the photo (white hair, no43????)

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