Monthly Archives: July 2010
2010 IFBB Tampa Pro Press Conference Pics
Thanks to Isaac Hinds, here are some press conference pictures of the IFBB PBW Tampa, on Friday evening. Favorite Hidetada and Cathy LeFrancois look great, as well as a multitude of other competitors in an ‘Olympia’ style press conference, in which Bob Chicherillo and Dan Solomon hosted. Here are the pics
2010 IFBB Tampa Pro Competitor List
The 2010 IFBB Tampa Pro contests are coming up this weekend, and here are the tentative competitor lists for the four IFBB pro contests that will be held. It looks to be quite an interesting lineup. They are:
2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding competitor list
1. Serdar Aktolga (Turkey)
2. Troy Alves (USA)
3. Mark Antonek (USA)
4. Francisco Bautista (Spain)
5. Damaso Chacon (Venezuela)
6. Darrem Charles (USA)
7. Brandon Curry (USA)
8. Omar Deckard (USA)
9. Constantinos Demetriou (Australia)
10. Oleg Emelyanov (Russia)
11. Vonne Francis (Grenada)
12. Johnnie Jackson (USA)
13. Michael Kefalianos (Australia)
14. Michael Liberatore (USA)
15. Manuel Lomeli (Mexico)
16. Alexandre Nataf (France)
17. Jojo Nitforo (USA)
18. Edward Nunn (USA)
19. Manuel Romero (Venezuela)
20. Heinz Senior (Venezuela)
21. Ben White (USA)
22. Hideatada Yamagishi (Japan)
2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding 202lb competitor list
1. Abiu Feliz (USA)
2. Clarence DeVis (Belgium)
3. Tricky Jackson (USA)
4. Luc Molines (France)
5. Steve Namat (Hungary)
6. Angel Manuel Rangel Vargas (Mexico)
7. Jose Raymond (USA)
8. Frederic Sauvage (France)
9. Daryl Stafford (USA)
10. Nathan Wonsley (USA)
2010 Tampa Pro Bikini competitor list
1. Dina Al-Sabah (Kuwait)
2. Jamie Baird (USA)
3. Vanessa Campbell (USA)
4. Jessica Clay (USA)
5. Diana Fields (USA)
6. Janet Harding (USA)
7. Kat Holmes (USA)
8. Nathalie Mur (France)
9. Nicole Nigrani (USA)
10. Natalie Waples (Canada)
2010 Tampa Pro Women’s Bodybuilding competitor list
1. Lisette Acevedo (USA)
2. Irene Andersen (Sweden)
3. Nicole Ball (Canada)
4. Mercedes Bazemore (USA)
5. Helen Bouchard (Canada)
6. Debbie Bramwell (USA)
7. Brigita Brezovac (Slovenia)
8. Myriam Bustamante (Mexico)
9. Dayana Cadeau (USA)
10. Candice Carr-Archer (Trinidad)
11. Andrea Ferreira Carvalho (Brazil)
12. Tina Chandler (USA)
13. Beverly DiRenzo (USA)
14. Skadi Seifert-Frei (Germany)
15. Aurelia Grozajova (Slovakia)
16. Mary Ellen Jerumbo (USA)
17. Carmen Knights (United Kingdom)
18. Cathy LeFrancois (Canada)
19. Nancy Lewis (USA)
20. Beni Lopez (USA)
21. Jenna Mackey (Bahamas)
22. Tracy Mason (USA)
23. Wendy McCready (United Kingdom)
24. Emery Miller (USA)
25. Jennifer Sedia (USA)
26. Daniela Sell (Switzerland)
27. Antoinette Thompson (USA)
28. Gusmary Villalbos (Aruba)
Complete Lists are located on the IFBB Pro Web Site
IFBB Eliminates 1-piece swimsuit in Pro Figure
The following memo was given to all IFBB Pro Figure competitors today, and it involved the elimination of the one piece swimsuit round. Effective today, only the two piece swimsuit will be presented. Here is the memo from the IFBB Professional League.
From: IFBB Professional League
To: ALL IFBB FIGURE COMPETITORS
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010Subject: IMMEDIATE ELIMINATION OF 1-PIECE SWIMSUIT ROUND IN PRO FIGURE
At the IFBB New York City Pro Figure on Friday July 9th, several members of the IFBB Professional League Pro Committee were on hand, including Chairman Jim Manion. A meeting was called that included a quorum to discuss the immediate elimination of the 1-Piece Swimsuit Round in the IFBB Pro Figure. This will take effect starting with the 2010 IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships on July 17th. This was originally proposed to take effect at the 2010 IFBB Houston Pro Figure as stated on Advisory Notice from Tuesday, June 15th. All IFBB Pro Figure competitions from this date forward will only consist of one (1) round, the 2-Piece Swimsuit. This includes the 2010 Figure Olympia.
The first contest to be effected by this rule will be the Europa Battle of Champions Contest in Hartford, Connecticut on July 23-24th.
2010 NPC Team Universe Results
Here are the links to the complete results from the 2010 NPC Team Universe competitions, and the 2010 NPC National Fitness Championships. Congratulations to everyone who earned the right to turn pro here.
They are
2010 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding Men’s Results
2010 NPC Team Universe Bikini Results
2010 NPC Team Universe Figure Results
2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure Results
Congratulations to Cheryl Brown for winning the IFBB New York Pro Figure, and for Dana Fallacara and Terri Turner also for placing second and third, respectively. Here are the complete results.
1. Cheryl Brown
2. Dana Fallacara
3. Terri Turner
4. Josie Zamora
5. Gennifer Strobo
6. Gina Trochino
7. Meriza DeGuzman
8. Ann Titone
9. Marcy Porter
10. Candice John
11. Jelena Abbou
12. Tivisay Briceno
13. Chelsey Morgenstern
14. Jennifer Migliacci
15. Holly Beck
16. Michelle Mayberry
17. Jeni Briscoe
17. Christina Casoni
17. Nicole Coleman
17. Caroline Hernandez
17. Jennifer Hernandez
17. Juliana Malacarne
17. Angela Mraz
17. Marie Newman
17. Vicki Nixon
17. Katherynne Ramirez
17. Tammy Strome
17. Kimmy Trowbridge
17. Rosalind Vanterpool
17. Stacy Wig
17. Magdalena Wilk
17. Jennifer Woodruff
Dennis Wolf at Supplement Giant in Colorado
Team BSN athlete & IFBB Pro bodybuilder will be appearing tomorrow (July 10th) at the Supplement Giant in Lakewood, Colorado. Stop by and get a free autograph from 10am-5pm. The store will also be giving out free supplements, t-shirts and samples all day. Check out the latest from BSN, Dymatize, VPX, Muscle Fortress, Axis Labs, MAN Sports, iSatori, Epic Performance & More.
If you stop by the store look for the tallest guy in the room wearing a BSN shirt and tell him that Getbig sent ya. He’ll have a special prize for you.
The store is located at:
7134 W Alaska Drive
Lakewood, CO 80226
2010 NY Pro Figure & Team Universe
The 2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure Championships will be taking place this weekend, with more than 30 pro figure competitors in the lineup. Here is a list of the competitors.
1. Jelena Abbou
2. Holly Beck
3. Tivisay Briceno
4. Jeni Briscoe
5. Cheryl Brown
6. Cristiana Casoni
7. Nicole Coleman
8. Meriza DeGuzman
9. Dana Fallacara
10. Caroline Hernandez
11. Jennifer Hernandez
12. Candice John
13. Juliana Malacarne
14. Michele Mayberry
15. Jenn Migliacci
16. Chelsey Morgenstern
17. Angela Mraz
18. Marie Ann Newman
19. Vicki Nixon
20. Marcy Porter
21. Katherynne Ramirez
22. Gennifer Strobo
23. Tammy Strome
24. Ann Titone
25. Gina Trochiano
26. Kimmy Trowbridge
27. Terri Turner
28. Rosalind Vanterpool
29. Stacy Wig
30. Magdalena Wilk
31. Jennifer Woodruff
32. Josie Zamora
Along with the IFBB Pro competition that is taking place, the 2010 NPC Team Universe and the 2010 NPC Natural Fitness Championships are also taking place. It is going to be a packed Friday and Saturday, with new 32 new IFBB cards up for grabs. Competitors elegible for the IFBB pro cards includes the overall NPC men’s bodybuilding winner, the overall NPC women’s bodybuilding winner, the top two in each of the figure height classes, as well as the Overall Masters 35+ Figure winner, the top two in each of the fitness height classes, and the top two in each of the bikini height classes.
What an incredible weekend!
Phil Heath joins the Muscletech team
Phil Heath was in town here in Woodland Hills, California, where he was working on some pictures and videos featuring Phil and Kai Greene, for the upcoming Olympia and Flex Magazine. What garnered everyone’s attention is that Phil was wearing a Muscletech T-shirt and not the usual Met-Rx. Well, it was confirmed that Phil did sign a supplement contract deal with Muscletech, and now is representing them. Phil joins a multitude of other high profile bodybuilders that are with Muscletech, including Jay Cutler and Branch Warren. Congratulations.
Jerome Ferguson marries Marnie Holley
Muscle Beach, Venice, California is known for a lot of things, including where many bodybuilders worked out, competitions and sheer spectacles. But on this warm, sunny day on July 4th, 2010 – top NPC competitor Jerome ‘Hollywood’ Ferguson married the love of his life, IFBB Pro Marnie Holley, right on the stage at Muscle Beach. It was a beautiful ceremony, complete with Marnie coming down the boardwalk in a horse drawn carriage. Here are a few of the pics, as it was a pleasure to attend.
Here is a link to a lot more pictures from the ceremony.
The “PBW Championships” Returns to Tampa!
For the 3rd straight year, “Pro Bodybuilding Weekly” radio in conjunction with Florida-based promoter Tim Gardner will be presenting a BIG weekend on the IFBB Pro calendar. The “PBW Championships” (July 16-17) will feature a Mens Open Pro event along with an Under 202 division, plus a full menu of womens competition, including Womens Pro Bodybuilding as well as a Pro Bikini contest. The hosting duo of Dan & Bob will be back calling the action from their “on-stage” broadcast booth at the Tampa Center for the Performing Arts located in the beautiful Tampa Bay area on Florida’s West Coast.
Among the confirmed athletes: Troy Alves, Hidetada Yamagishi, Darrem Charles, Ben White, Brandon Curry, Mike Lideratore, Tricky Jackson, Roc Shabbaz, Monique Minton, Jaime Baird, Missy Coles, Dayana Cadeau, Nicole Ball and the list keeps growing. The event will also feature the annual presentation of the “Ben Weider Lifetime Achievement Award” (Past winners: Chris Dickerson and Rich Gaspari). This years honoree will be 8-time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney.
For more information, tickets, lineups, hotel: visit www.PBWProShow.com
2010 NPC West Coast Classic Results & Pictures
A record 140+ competitors came to the 2010 NPC West Coast Classic in El Monte, California, and it was a great contest indeed, with some tough competitions. For the Men’s bodybuilding, Eli Blahut beat Rowdy Rusconi for the overall title. In Figure, Darice Castro easily won the overall, while in Bikini, Khay Rosemond dominated. Here are the links for the complete results and also lots of pictures.
Complete Results
Contest Pictures