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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 Glascow, 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.