WHERE'S THE BEEF? ON STAGE AT THE NPFC/IFBB AUSTRALASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS!   With the best male and female bodybuilders from Australia and New Zealand, also six time Mr.Olympia, Ronnie Coleman, guest posing and over 2,000 people in attendance, the capacity packed crowd at Revesby Workers Club knew this would be a day that they would not forget in a hurry!   As Paul Graham declared the show officially open the audience erupted into cheers and applause as they knew it was now show time! Just as the audience had calmed down, Ronnie Coleman walked on to the stage to give an interview which excited the audience once again. The applause was still ringing out as the Australasian teenage champion, 17 year old Mahmoud Omar from NSW, posed his way to his 1st place trophy and title. The junior title would come down to two competitors from NSW and one from New Zealand, with 3rd going to 20 year old Peter Roy from NSW who was only 1 point behind 2nd placed Juan-Pablo Corea, who was also from NSW. The unanimous winner of every round was 20 year old Adrian Tevaga from New Zealand who really got the audience behind him with his dynamic routine.   Now from the youth of the sport to the matured muscle of the over 40 years of age masters competitors. This came down to a battle of two, with 40 year old Mohamad Agha beating 55 year old Mustapha Hamid for the Masters over-40 1st place trophy.   As competitors in the men's novice category walked out there were bodybuilders of all shapes and sizes. The surprise packet was Carl Hamington, a junior competitor from New Zealand, who was over 10kg lighter than all the other bodybuilders in his class, But Carl turned out to be a giant killer by placing 3rd in a closely contested category. 2nd went to Wayne Adock from NSW behind Joe Giampaolo from the ACT who was over the moon with his 1st place trophy.   In the women's open bodybuilding division it was Jenni Douglas, a teacher from New Zealand, teaching the other competitors what you need to win the Australasia. With a rock hard muscular physique, Jenni kept her fellow New Zealand competitor Ra Paku in 2nd place and Ra made sure that New Zealand picked up the quinella by pushing Telia Raciti from QLD in to 3rd place.   It was time for NSW & Glen Stollery from NSW in his first ever contest to reign supreme by winning the under-70kg Australasian title ahead of James Zimmermann, a 22 year old personal trainer from New Zealand.   The men's under-80kg category was one of the hardest classes to judge on the day with a lot of exceptional bodybuilders flexing their way towards the top 3. Danny Newland from NSW should be very proud as he kept out a lot of good bodybuilders for his 3rd place trophy. Rhommel Pardilanan from QLD might have finished 2nd but he still pushed the eventual winner Chady Elcheik from NSW all the way, making sure that Chady definitely earned his 1st place trophy.   Just when you thought the competition couldn't get any harder, the under-90kg category walked out on stage. 3rd went to Steve Curran from NSW, with Sifa Mafia from New Zealand placing 2nd. Sifa has great shape and genetics and he posses a physique that can take him as far as he wants to go in this great sport of ours. The winner was Peter Terrizzi from VIC by only 5 points, Peter has a lot of quality muscle packed onto his frame and like the saying goes you can't beat quality muscle and Peter proved that on th day.   The over-90kg division saw VIC, NSW & QLD all hoping for that elusive 1st place trophy, and as Harry Bickers from NSW was announced 3rd it was now between VIC & QLD. It was a disappointed Gary Mathewson from Vic who was announced 2nd and it must have been hard for him to hear his name called out for second as he was in such good shape. But it was David Cutler from QLD who made sure that he nailed everything on the day including the heavyweight Australasian title and the 1st place trophy.   There was a time when the heavyweights were the highlight of the day, but that was before Paul Graham had introduced the Paul Graham pro-qualifier and masters pro-qualifier. There was no disputing the Masters pro-qualifier winner, Pietro Gilberto from NSW at 42 years of age was placed 1st by every judge. Runner up position went to La'mon Amede who had great symmetry and shape but did not come in hard enough to be a threat to Pietro.   The open pro-qualifier saw history being created. The judges were split between two bodybuilders with two totally different physiques. So Paul Graham decided that he would not end one of these competitor's dream of becoming a pro by a count back or by getting the judges to rejudge these two great bodybuilders. In his wisdom he awarded two pro cards, one to Lee Newman from Qld, and one to Ivan Sadek from NSW. And this was probably the most popular decision of the day with well over a 2,000 people applauding and cheering Paul Graham, Lee Newman and Ivan Sadek.   So as the curtain comes down on another show the only thing left to say is, Paul & Carole Graham you have done it again - another unbelievable fabulous competition and job well done. I also applaud you... And I can hardly wait until the next one!   Story and photos by Gary Phillips   WOMENS BODYBUILDING 8 RA PAKU New Zealand = 2ND 9 JENNI DOUGLAS New Zealand = 1ST 10 TELIA RACITI QLD = 3RD   U/70KG 12 GLEN STOLLERY NSW = 1ST 13 JAMES ZIMMERMANN New Zealand = 2ND   O/90KG 20 IZZE HAYDAR NSW 21 ERIC MC ENTYRE VIC 22 GARY MATHEWSON VIC = 2ND 23 ADAM POWELL NSW 24 GRAEME BENNETT ACT 25 HARRY BICKERS NSW = 3RD 26 DAVID CUTLER QLD = 1ST 27 JASON DURBIGE QLD   TEENAGE 28 MAHMOUD OMAR NSW = 1ST   JUNIORS 29 SLAVEN SURLA NSW 30 JUAN-PABLO COREA NSW = 2ND 31 ADRIAN TEVAGA New Zealand = 1ST 32 PETER ROY NSW = 3RD   NOVICE 33 JOE GIAMPAOLO ACT = 1ST 34 WAYNE ADOCK NSW = 2ND 35 TOM WOJCIK New Zealand 36 CARL HAMMINGTON New Zealand = 3RD   MASTERS O/40 37 MOHAMED AGHA NSW = 1ST 38 MUSTAPHA HAMID NSW = 2ND   U/80KG 39 CHADY ELCHEIKH NSW = 1ST 40 DANIEL FEL NSW 41 DANNY NEWLAND NSW = 3RD 42 ANTONIO SILVESTRO NSW 43 TONY CURREN NSW 44 RHOMMEL PARDILANAN QLD = 2ND   U/90KG 5 GHALEB ABUALRUB NSW 46 PETER TERRIZZI VIC = 1ST 47 STEVE CURRAN NSW = 3RD 48 YORAM KALEV NSW 49 SIFA MAFI New Zealand = 2ND   MASTERS PRO QUALIFIER 14 PIETRO GILBERTO NSW = 1ST 15 LA'MON AMEDE QLD   OPEN PRO QUALIFIER 16 IVAN SADEK NSW = 1ST 17 LEE NEWMAN NSW = 1ST 18 HAMISH MC KENZIE VIC 19 BEAT MESCHBERGER WA

U/80KG Joint Winner CHADY ELCHEIKH Top 3 Juniors Open Pro Winners Lee & Ivan Top 3 Heavyweight Men Top 3 Under-80kg Class Top 3 Women Top 3 in the Novice Class