That wide smile you see on the face of USA promoter Jon Lindsay comes with a very good reason. This year’s NPC USA Championships held on the weekend of July 29-30 at the Artemus Ham Hall on the campus of the University of Nevada/Las Vegas was the biggest NPC event ever. At last count there were nearly 700 men and women entered in a variety of classes.
Hartford, Connecticut, July 30th: Promoters Ed and Betty Pariso staged their second annual Europa Battle of Champions at the Connecticut Convention Center on a sweltering Saturday afternoon where much of the heat was emanating from inside the contest venue. To say the least, the competition was spirited and the final tallies were agonizingly close.
2011 Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championship
The Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida, hosted the Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships on June 25th, and with a field of two dozen pro bodybuilders on hand, judges found themselves hard-pressed to sort out the contingent. Tim Gardner once again worked his promoting magic in providing the opportunity for an ever-growing group of pro bodybuilders who flock to this event. Within the 24 contestants competing for $10,000 in prize money and three Ms. Olympia qualifying spots, the field was the most widely diverse in recent memory. Nine countries were represented, and the variety of physiques covered the broadest imaginable spectrum.
2011 NPC Junior National Championships
Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the NPC Junior Nationals, and without much fanfare that first Junior National contest took place in San Diego on a warm August day in 1986. In the women’s bodybuilding portion of that inaugural show just 11 contestants entered the three weight classes offered, but it marked the beginning of what has now become one of the flagship competitions on the annual NPC contest schedule. And over the years this event has consistently drawn large numbers of competitors in bodybuilding,
fitness, figure and more recently the new bikini division. This year, the newly formed ‘Physique’ division made its debut at the Junior Nationals following on the heels of the first-ever NPC Physique division competition staged at the Junior USA in May. Staged once again in the ballroom of the O’Hare Hyatt Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, on the weekend of June 17-18, promoter Pam Betz did another sterling job in producing a first rate event, and one that will be remembered for very long time to come.
No other city in Canada has a richer tradition when it comes to pro women’s bodybuilding than Toronto, Ontario. And on the weekend of June 17-18, Toronto welcomed back pro women’s bodybuilding for the first time in 17 years when it hosted the Toronto Super Show. Promoted by Ron Hache, Jim Morris and Carla Hains, and staged at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s John Bassett Theatre, a field of 10 contestants from six countries competed for three available qualifying spots at the Ms. Olympia and $6,000 in prize money.
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