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We have a few photos and the first callouts of all classes from the 2008 Australian IFBB Nationals prejudging. Promoted by Paul and Carole Graham, the NPFC-IFBB Australia Nationals were held on Sat Oct 18 and Sun Oct 19 at the Sharkies Club in Sydney.

There are 11 judges total including Rosa-Marie Romero, Sandra Lee Jose, Sharon Waters, Cynthia Duca, Nathan Page, Debbie Austin, Mike O’Mara and Adam Blinoff with Phil Kabakov helping backstage.

Notables in the crowd included Charlie Duca, Nick Jones, Peter Memmet and IFBB pros Arina Manta, Luke Wood and John Terilli. Tony Doherty was the MC, and a minute of silence was held in respect to the passing of the founder of the IFBB Ben Weider

Yesterday Day 1 included teenage, masters, classic, juniors, novice mens classes and figure and fitness. The novice class was won by Adam Kennedy and the masters by former IFBB pro Adrian Batho. Day 2 are all the open mens classes and womens bodybuilding, entrants and first callouts listed below with a few pics.

Samples from our 2008 IFBB Australia Nationals photo gallery, click to enlarge photos:

Under 65kg Division
1.Wyn Hodges
2. Tony Saadati

Under 70kg Division
1. Steven Hamilton
2. Ralph Mateo
3. Yesh Mudaliar
4. Shawn Mason
5. Stephan Zganjar
6. Black Keniawan

First callout: Black Keniawan, Steven Hamilton, Shawn Mason

Under 75kg Division
1. Neil Gardener
2. Stepher Travis
3. Kenny Nestler
4. Rhommel Pardilanan
5. Paul Jayilian
6. Jason Dravis [somehow was in 2 classes...]

First callout: Neil Gardener, Stepher Travis, Rhommel Pardilanan

Under 80kg Division
1.Michael Galley
2. Peter Srtlanski
3. Luke Fuller
4. Ange Galati
5. Shane Butt
6. Jason Drivas [somehow was in 2 classes...]

First callout: Michael Galley, Ange Galati, Shane Butt

Under 85kg Division
1. Scott Slaman
2. Sam Pappas
3. Ryan Kho
4. Richard Smith
5. Wadih Ramanos
6. Fabrice Marchand
7. Aaron Ng

First callout: Scott Slaman, Sam Pappas, Fabrice Marchand

Under 90kg Division
1. Chris Thomas
2. Rohan Reid
3. Mustafa Dogan
4. Adam Van Stantse
5. Steve Nicholas
6. Jade Farrell
7. Florian Loock
8. George Tulgeri

First callout: Rohan Reid, Adam Van Stantse, Steve Nicholas

Over 90kg Division
1. Al Reidie
2. Darren Smith
3. Chris Skogberg
4. Mark Reed
5. Luke Schiembri
6. Greg Bouyer
7. Nick Ranelli

First callout: Luke Schiembri, Greg Bouyer, Nick Ranelli

Over 100kg Division
1. Eric Macintyre
2. Steven Patterson
3. Frank Toth
4. Glen Austin
5. Jeff Allan
6. Mitchell Ng

First callout: Mitchell Ng, Glen Austin, Eric Macintyre

Women’s Bodybuilding 0/52kg
1. Cathy Adams
2. Nerali Scott
3. Debra Grech
4. Kylie Ivory
5. Frederique Guthrie
6. Lean-jayne Doubleday

First callout: Frederique Guthrie, Debra Grech, Cathy Adams

Click here to go to the 2008 IFBB Nationals photo gallery