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Click through to read a comprehensive wrapup of Australian bodybuilding and figure for 2008. The year started off great with the return of Australia’s best bodybuilder Lee Priest not only to the IFBB, but also to live in Australia. Lee re-signed with American publication Muscular Development and secured a great contract with Australian Supplement Company Body Ripped [...]

Our 2009 Upcoming Events page is up, with all Australian bodybuilding federations included, seminars, expos and events grouped by federation as well as by month. It is not 100% complete yet, but a work in progress.
If you are promoting a bodybuilding/figure show, a seminar or any type of related event please feel free to contact us for [...]

The 2008 NABBA Universe was held on Saturday October 4, 2008 at The Southport Theatre in the UK. Lionel Beyeke of France won the mens overall.
2008 NABBA Australian Champion Justin Wessells made a very impressive showing placing 6th in a field of 19 competitors.
Three time National Champion Irene Nickole who made a return to the stage in [...]

The NABBA Nationals were held in Perth on Sunday September 21. Winners include:
Mens Overall - Justin Wessells
Figure Overall - Coral Moody
Mens Masters Over 40 – Darren Smith
Mens Masters Over 50 - Kim Johncock
Mens Novice - Campbell MacCallum
WFF Winner - Phil Karlhuber
Three time Australia NABBA champion from the 1980’s Irene Nickole made a comeback, placing second in her [...]

80 year old Ray Moon, whom we profiled earlier here, competed in the NABBA Victorian titles in Melbourne, where he won the “over 60s” category on September 14, 2008.
“I usually go in the “over 70s but they cut it out, so I was up against younger men,” Reuters news agency quoted Moon as saying.

Ray Moon is training up to 2.5 hrs a day for his fifth show; the NABBA Victorian Championship to be held on September 14.
He has already won four Victorian and Australian bodybuilding over 70 divisions.

 
He has had polio, open heart surgery, suffered a cardiac arrest, two minor strokes, prostate problem, was pronounced clinically dead [...]

Former bodybuilder and now NABBA figure competitor Coral Moody represented Australia strongly with an excellent 3rd place finish in her first figure international competition at the NABBA worlds held in June 2008 in Katerini, Greece.

For past contest results, athlete profiles, graphics and more spanning over forty years of NABBA in Australia see the main website’s Australia NABBA section.