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OCB Pittsburgh Extravaganza

 

 

The September 11th OCB Natural Steel Championships are a little more than your usual show. The event includes a Body Transformation challenge, Fitness Model competition, and a Ms. Fitness division, which is a qualifier for Ms. Fitness USA. This all in addition to Bodybuilding and Figure of course. And speaking of the Bodybuilding and Figure divisions, overall winners are being awarded custom championship rings! The Open and Masters divisions are IFPA pro qualifiers. Plus there will be Mixed Pairs competition, and a representative from Fitness & Physique Magazine will be in attendance scouting for subjects to feature in future editions of the magazine! Promoter and natural pro Stasi Longo's OCB Natural Steel Championships is a not-to-miss event. For more details visit www.SonshineFitness.com. 

 

 

 

Spring 2010 Issue of Fitness & Physique Magazine Now Available

 

The Summer 2010 issue of Fitness & Physique Magazine hits newsstands in early June. Featured on the cover: 23-year-old IFPA Pro Jason Janov and reigning IFPA Yorton Cup Pro World champion Doug Miller. Inside: Tons of OCB, NANBF and IFPA contest coverage, supplements, nutrition, training, contest prep articles, and more! Available at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Hastings, and other retailers across the U.S. in early June, or by ordering online.

 

 

 

NANBF Competition Spreads East

 

Veteran promoter Dean Tortorice brings the first NANBF (North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation) competition to the eastern region of the United States. Tortorice was one of the pioneers of the natural movement and has been promoting natural contests for 25 years in the Pittsburgh area. He hosted many of the ANBC's (American Natural Bodybuilding Conference) national championships during the ANBC's era. He teams up with the NANBF this year for his long-running Natural Pittsburgh event. The event is a national qualifier for the NANBF Natural USA Championships. Tortorice's shows always feature the finest trophies around - Niels Andersen sculptures. Competitors who have current OCB Memberships won't need to purchase an additional NANBF membership since OCB and NANBF accept each others cards. That also means competitors who have or get NANBF memberships for the NANBF Natural Pittsburgh won't need to get an OCB membership to do another great show in Pittsburgh - Roger Duchon's OCB Iron City Classic, which is an IFPA Open & Masters Pro Qualifier. For more details on the NANBF Natural Pittsburgh Championships visit NANBF.org or DeansFitness.com. For details on the OCB Iron City Classic visit the OCB site.

 

IFPA Pro competition goes to the United Kingdom

A new IFPA pro show will take place September 19, 2010 that will give pros an opportunity to battle it out in the United Kingdom. The IFPA Pro British Grand Prix will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, is awarding over $6,000 (U.S.), and will feature Men's Pro Bodybuilding and Women's Pro Bodybuilding categories. The UK event becomes the second IFPA Pro show held outside the United States (the IFPA Pro Universe Muscle Classic takes place each year in the Cayman Islands). Complete details, as they become available, can be found on IFPApro.com or BNBF. co.uk.

 

Spring 2010 Issue of Fitness & Physique Magazine Now Available

 

The Spring 2010 issue of Fitness & Physique Magazine hit newsstands in early February. Featured on the cover: OCB Yorton Cup National Champion Butch Washington and IFPA Pro Figure competitor Lynne Nichols. Inside: Tons of OCB, NANBF and IFPA contest coverage, supplements, nutrition, training, contest prep articles, and more! Available at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Hastings, and other retailers across the U.S. in early February, or by ordering online.

 

 

OCB and NANBF Amateur Competition Expands

A number of new contests are being added to the OCB calendar for 2010. Julie Mason brings a March 27th contest to Salisbury, Md., Conrad Reid adds an event for Daytona Beach, Fla., events have been added for Ann Arbor, MI and Columbus, OH, and IFPA pro Ron Parmeter brings a March 27th contest to Plattsburg, N.Y. Additionally, a few existing promoters expand on their productions. Justin, Amy and Joel Napolitano add a March 14th event in Brattleboro, Vermont, Mike Halsey turns his April 10th Binghamton, N.Y. show into an OCB event, IFPA Pro Joe Franco adds a spring show April 24th in Burlington, N.J., Ken Arsenault adds an event for Durham, New Hampshire, and Dave Kingwater brings an April 24th show to Utica, N.Y.

 

New NANBF contests include Dean Tortorice's Pittsburgh, Penn. location, IFPA Figure Pro Marla Battles' Bellvue, Washington event, Tina Smith & Bob Bell's Sacramento, California contest, Kevin & Denise James' Arlington, Washington show, and Jess & Dana Maney's Wisconsin event. Visit the OCB and NANBF websites to see the most-up-to-date calendar listings.

 

Dianne Brown Becomes First to Claim Two Yorton Cup Titles

Dianne Brown captured the Women's Pro Bodybuilding title at the 2009 IFPA Yorton Cup World Championships, thereby making her the first competitor to win a coveted Yorton Cup twice. Her first win came at the inaugural Yorton Cup show - the OCB (amateur) Yorton Cup, held in 2004 in North Carolina (Dianne Loftis at the time). While the two wins are at different levels - one at the amateur, the other at the pro, no other competitor has yet laid claim to a Yorton Cup title more than once. The IFPA Pro Yorton Cup was established in 2007. Bodybuilder Karly Green missed winning back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008. The 2007 winner was only a mere point away from taking home the Cup again in 2008. See all past amateur and pro winners.