The World's Most Prestigious Fitness Competition for Women (and now Men) Become involved in the fastest growing and most popular fitness event in the world ... the Galaxy! Since its inception just five years ago, the Galaxy has earned full blown media coverage in nearly every major fitness publication on the market. The Galaxy and its contestants are featured month after month in nearly every fitness magazine. The Galaxy has been largely responsible for forging an industry with exploding growth and demand. Unlike other fitness events, the Galaxy has a proven track record of athlete interest with its competitor applications going from 17 to over 300 per contest in just five years, equating to a 1,400% increase. We have had over 12,000 women respond to our competitions with an average age of thirty years old. This year the Galaxy is changing its format from only one show a year, to having multiple regional championships and foreign events leading to the Galaxy Nova International Finals. It's the contest designed for the woman of the 90's. Women's fitness needs to have 'role models' that promote respectability, credibility, and acceptance by women worldwide. The event itself consists of three catagories: The Obstacle Course: Designed and monitored by U.S. Military personnel. The Obstacle Course is a physically demanding race against time (and other competitors) that measures endurance, strength and coordination. Swimwear Competition: This portion of the contest scores the beuaty, poise and iftness level of the competitor. Each woman is judged as an individual on her own strengths and weaknesses. The Winners Circle: The two previous scores are turned into overall placing. The top 10 or 15 competitors are selected to the Winners Circle. In this round, the final decision is based on the judge's choice for the best individual to represent fitness and act as a role model for women. The women are judged on overall appearance, poise and stage presence. Each competitor will answer a predetermined question.

Schedule of Events

This year, the Galaxy is proud to introduce a junior division, ages eight through sixteen, for boys and girls, a Men's Open division and a Women's over forty Master's division.

Date	City / State
June 11-15, 1998	St. Petersburg, Florida
August 13-17, 1998	Columbus, Ohio
September 3-7, 1998	Vassa, Finland
September 17-21, 1998	Hamilton, Bermuda
October 29-31, 1998	Redondo Beach, California

The Galaxy Nova Championships will be held in Redondo Beach, California on October 29-31, 1998. It should be an exciting event with the best of the best competitors.

Past Contest Results

To see the past contest results, please click here on GALAXY PAST CONTEST RESULTS For more information on events, write to: David Newingham Galaxy Competitions 553 N. Pacific Coast Highway #433 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 or call (310) 798-3831 For more information, go to the Official Web Site at Galaxy Fitness Competitions