2010 IFBB Australian Championships
With over 200 competitors and over two days I can only gloss over the standouts from this years IFBB Nationals — of which there were many.
Day 1.
Gary Wright, in his second ever competition and in the Novice class, absolutely smoked everybody. Big, hard and separated, this guy is a wide as he is tall. I am sure he will have a bright future when he now moves into weight classes.
Men’s Masters was a blast from the past; Matt McLean was the best I have seen him in years. Glenn Guest, also back on stage, was great and our past national heavyweight champion Kim Rongonui only just missed out on a placing to Phillip Lloyd! Bruce Jones was the clear winner in the Over 50s.
Novice figure had a massive 22 ladies. They were on stage for over 45 mins doing comparison after comparison so that the judges could get a good look and consider all in the massive line up. Terri-Anne Grey was the obvious choice and is very complete from head to toe, has great stage presence and fits nicely into what the IFBB wants from this division.
Open Figure short was another big line up with Ellena Tsatsos obviously hitting the cardio hard to bring down her legs and tighten her condition to reverse the placings with Vania Primmer from the Salt Water Classic only weeks prior. Sara Picken-Brown rounded out the top three.
The first ever National Bikini title was up for grabs and a strong lineup of 21 had come from around the country to battle this one out! WA’s Wendy Townsend has great structure, stage presence and walked away the first ever IFBB National Bikini winner, with Kristen Lonie second and Zoe Daly third.
Jodie Parker clearly won the Open Figure Tall from an improved Kasia Chotkowska.
Darwin’s Anthony Novak with his great X-frame and tight conditioning took out the Men’s Classic Class 2. Takis Venios seems to get better very year in the classic class 3 division and no-one was even close to him.
Day 2
Neil Gardner always looks best under 70 kg and Sung Seng Lay, although very sharp, didn’t have the mass to take the win away from Neil. Cuong Le tightened his package from the Queensland show and looked great.
The Under 80s was the closest field for the day. Greg Dwyer obviously increased his work rate after coming second to Shane Butt the week before in QLD and although he switched places with him this week, the Victorian Ange Galati got the nod from the judges. Ange had crazy conditioning!
Women’s Over 55 kg was absolutely dominated by QLD’s Kahla Bullemor. Kahla was the most conditioned athlete of the whole weekend and clearly won the Overall women’s bodybuilding section.
Ryan Kiang Kho just pipped NT’s Charlie Maillis in the Under 85’s. This could have gone either way with both the guys bringing their A-game. Charlie is only 23 years old and has plenty of time on his side and will no doubt have a national title in the not too distant future. INBA Pro Tim Martin rounded out the field and hats off to the man for mixing it with the big boys over the last few weeks within the IFBB!
Under 90 kg saw Rohan Reid bring his best-ever package; Rohan is a beast and finally brought the balance of size and condition to take his first national title.
In the Under 100 kg class, Eric McEntire was in the best condition I have seen him in but Christian Gee was just that bit drier and walked away with the win.
Over 100 was awesome! Scotty Goble completed an awesome season by adding a national title to his impressive resume. Scott is such a great poser and a delight to watch on stage. Daryll Tomuli came second; this guy has the size and structure to make it as a pro but he really needs someone in his corner to nail the diet if he wants to go further! He has the best shoulder-to-waist ratio I have seen in years.
It was great to see all the winners of the classes return on stage to judge an overall winner. Ellena Tsastos claimed the Figure, Kahla Bullemor the female bodybuilding and Ange Galati the Men’s. Let’s hope that this continues in the years to come, as the crowd loved it.
Phil Heath was the international guest poser over the two days and he won a legion of fans, not only with his awesome physique but also from his demeanour; as he is one of the most grounded, friendly pro’s I have had the pleasure of meeting. Lets just hope Tony Doherty can secure him at the Melbourne Pro show in March.
In closing, I must mention that the 2010 IFBB Nationals was one of the biggest for the IFBB in many years which can only be good for bodybuilding as a whole. Congrats to all involved and let’s look forward to continued improvements for the betterment of our sport.
Photography by Rob Czempinski – www.amptimaging.com.au
FULL RESULTS
DAY ONE
TEENAGE
1st Jordan Peters
2nd PJ Lee
3rd Jonas Baretto Vong
Unplaced
Ramee Abdallah
JUNIOR
1st Ben Towsen
2nd Nathan Galea
3rd Jordon Boddam Whetham
Unplaced
Lindsay Starkie, Ryan D'Monte, Jeremy Wilson
MASTERS MEN OVER 40
1st Matt McLean
2nd Glenn Guest
3rd Phillip Lloyd
Unplaced
Georgia Hatzis, Tony Geammal, Yoram Kaler, Rocky Paul Bornino, Scotty Quinn, Kim Rongonui, Craig Winter
NOVICE MENS
1st Gary Wright
2nd Pipijn Jungslanger
3rd James Quinton
Unplaced
Dareen Cauchi, Brett Mills,
MASTERS MEN OVER 50
1st Bruce Jones
2nd Carey Greentree]
3rd Ken Miliauskas
Unplaced
Paul Harvey
OPEN FITNESS
1st Samantha Kinnish
2nd Summer Bernard
3rd Ceri Henderson
Unplaced
Hannah O'Brien
FIGURE NOVICE
1st Terri-Anne Grey
2nd Alley Johnston
3rd Amanda Kobilanski
Unplaced
Mellisa Becejski, Kim Dowling, Anne Tran, Cassandra Cameron, Merriam Ratcliffe, Jacquii Alexander, Silvia Kovacsova, Maryury Bestrepo, Josina Murray, Joy Arnott, Kelly Pete, Amy Harper, Angela Wiseman, Tracey-Kaye Charles, Renee Creasey, BrigetO'Shaughnessy, Robyn Caulfield, Katrina Wilson, Katrin Hapala
FIGURE MASTERS
1st Cathy McGee
2nd Debbie Andrews
3rd Kay Wiseman
Unplaced
Lauran McLellen, Kaye Perry, Grace Crossland, Robyn Richardson, Paula Moorhouse, Sandy Time, Lynette Skeats
FIGURE OPEN SHORT
1st Ellena Tsatsos
2nd Vania Primmer
3rd Sara Picken-Brown
Unplaced
Lesley Rothera, Asher Prior, Natasha Bartlett, Victoria Misitano, Linda Harrington, Matalie Braic, Katie Morris, Jodi Karupt, Sam Attrill.
BIKINI OPEN
1st Wendy Townsend
2nd Kristen Lonie
3rd Zoe Daly
Unplaced
Simone Jarden, Sabine Guidon, Chloe Stout, Manel Mizyed, Nada Dilevska, Chrissy Game, Kalle Howlett, Jessica Romeo, Bianka Strano, Diana Rsovac, Katey Leal, Samantha Heron, Bianca Nevison, Anna Pawlowski, Ilana Jewson.Veronika Larisova, Rachel Guy, Simone Torpey
FIGURE OPEN TALL
1st Jodie Parker
2nd Kasia Chotkowska
3rd Melonie Hemsworth
Unplaced
Donna Randell, Karen Montaguw, Karyn Kelly, Malanie Anderson, Kinga Czekalski-Whaley.
CLASSIC BB CLASS 1
1st Bikant Gurung
CLASSIC BB CLASS 2
1st Anthony Novak
2nd John Reedy
3rd Steane Walsh
Unplaced
David Illingworth, Leigh Curran, Lee Lynch
CLASSIC BB CLASS 3
1st Takis Venios
2nd Levi Greening
3rd Liam Nelson
Unplaced
Chris Goffett
DAY TWO
MENS U/65
1st Phil Magrin
2nd Alan Montagnoli
MENS U/70
1st Neil Gardner
2nd Sung Seng Lay
3rd Tony Rocca
Unplaced
Pule Sakaid, Naki Rasmussen
MENS U/75
1st Coung Le
2nd Steve Travers
3rd Paul Jayilian
Unplaced
Darre Mobbs, Kent Nestler, christopher Gooch, Alhan Jaberyzadeh, PJ Yun, Richard Martin, Alex Karas
MENS U/80
1st Ange Galati
2nd Greg Dwyer
3rd Shane Butt
Unplaced
Scott Hill
WOMENS U/55 BODYBUILDING
1st Christine Zadel
2nd Mandy Knowles
WOMENS O/55 BODYBUILDING
1st Kahla Bullemor
2nd Trudy Fenech
3rd Doris Eichholzer
Unplaced
Kellie Stanton, Melissa Talbot, Kaye O’Neill (NZ)
MENS U/85
1st Ryan Kiang Kho
2nd Charlie Mallis
3rd Tim Martin
Unplaced
John Lougheed (NZ), Alex Brown (NZ)
MENS U/90
1st Rohan Reid
2nd Chris Duffy
3rd Luke Belcher
Unplaced
Steven Nicholas, Joshua Thomas, Paul J Ah Kudi(NZ), John Roberts(NZ)Sunny Singh
MENS U/100
1st Christian Gee
2nd Eric McEntire
3rd Steve Bennett
Unplaced
Mark McEntyre, Ewan McKay, Chris Jenkins.
MENS O/100
1st Scott Goble
2nd Daryll Tomuli
3rd Thor Jensen
Unplaced
Lockie Harkin, Al Reidie, Darren Smith, Adam Dowling, Jason Konrath
WOMENS FIGURE OVERALL
ELLENA TSATSOS
WOMENS OVERALL BODYBUILDING
KAHLA BULLEMOR
CLASSIC OVERALL
TARKIS VENIOS
MENS OVERALL
ANGE GALATI
