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Sunday June 30th is the date of the third annual NPA Midlands Championships at Stratford-upon-Avon Civic Hall, 14, Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6LU. Held at a fantastic venue, who will succeed last year's Overall Champion MATT ARGALL? This year Matt will be guest posing! Make sure you are there to support Natural Bodybuilding at its finest! Sponsored by: USN - UDO'S CHOICE - XTREME MUSCLE CLOTHING - MATT BEMBRIDGE, The GYM PROFESSOR and GLOBE GRIPZ - TREVOR MURRAIN, Personal Trainer - FIVOS PHOTOGRAPHY - FOX MOULDINGS (Trophies) - CHRIS LAMBERT DVD FILMING - £££ in supplements & fantastic prizes to be won courtesy of our sponsors! Combined Judging / Show starts at 1pm - all day tickets £12. The NPA Midlands is the second qualifier of the NPA season - for the NPA Britain Finals in October. Go to the 'Join the NPA' section to download the poster.

The most popular section of the NPA web-site is the MEMBERS GALLERY. Constantly being edited and updated, if you are an NPA member from 2012 or from this year, you will be on there, if not now, then you will be soon! Featuring top class photography from ace lensmen such as Fivos Averkiou (the official NPA photographer) and Alex McKenna (publisher of The Beef magazine). Here's the stunning STEFF NOBLE, the 2013 NPA Yorkshire Trained Figure Champion; Steff is in the Members Gallery along with many other inspirational Champions! Nearly 250 NPA members featured with nearly a 1000 photos - check them all out!!

The NPA British Finals 2012, held at The Civic Hall, Bedworth on Sunday October 28th were our best yet! After a red hot season of 5 fantastic qualifiers boasting superb audiences and top quality competitors, there was no doubt that our 9th Finals boasted the finest line-up of Natural Bodybuilders ever seen in the UK! Check the Gallery to see who competed, featuring outstanding photography by Fivos Averkiou. Massive congratulations to all the class winners, and especially to the 3 Overall Champions: CAROL STREETER, MATTY ALWELL, and PENNY BEAUMONT. Main show sponsors: UDO’S CHOICE, MAXIRAW, and IAN DUCKETT and his BODY-IN-DESIGN NUTRITION.

At the recent 2011 NPA British Finals held in Bedworth on Sunday 23rd October, Lightweight competitor Bazza Ridge failed a polygraph test and was automatically disqualified from the contest. Due to the nature of the failure, Mr.Ridge has subsequently been disqualified from the 2011 NPA South East where he placed first in the Lightweight class. The results from that contest will, therefore, be amended, so belated congratulations are extended to the new 2011 NPA South East Lightweight Champion DAVID BRIGGS. A full report with amended results is now on the NPA web-site (see Show Reports). The NPA will continue to promote Natural Bodybuilding with the drug-testing and polygraphing programmes being such an important part of everything the association stands for. The photograph shows DAVID BRIGGS in top shape at the 2011 Mike Williams Classic - photo by Fivos Averkiou ----- Jon Bibb, NPA Doping Control Officer & Michael Phillips, NPA Secretary

2011 was a great year for ANNA MILLINGTON, without a doubt one of the finest Ladies Physique competitors ever to compete in the NPA! Among 7 competitions in 2011, she won the NPA Mike Williams Classic and Britain titles, and the INBF World title! These great achievements with all the effort involved to win them are all written about in this fantastic article by Anna, who only entered her first competition in 2009! Anna, a fire-fighter from Keighley, has put into words the dedication, the will-power, and the emotion, not to mention the training and diet, all involved in climbing the mountain and getting to the top! Many thanks to Anna for taking the time to pen such an account of her competitive exploits. Its compulsory reading, so read, enjoy, and be inspired.

A record 87 entries contested the 8th annual NPA Britain Finals, here's all the entries as they came in, in the weeks leading up to the contest! Compiled by Michael Phillips and featuring photography by Eric Guy and Fivos Averkiou, many congratulations to all the class winners who took to the stage at Bedworth Civic Hall on October 23rd, especially Overall Champions MARK OAKES and CAROL STREETER, and many thanks to all the sponsors, especially MAXIRAW - UDO'S CHOICE - ULTRALIFE - EQ NUTRITION, competitors, officials, helpers, and spectators who made the contest the biggest success in the NPA's history!

Brand new series! 'CHAMPIONS!' First profile in this ongoing series can only be on the NPA's top bodybuilder of 2010 - RICHARD 'GODZILLA' GOZDECKI - NPA Overall British Champion 2010! Read how this great athlete became a Junior British swimming Champion at age 15 to how he became the best Natural bodybuilder in the UK at age 28! Now fully sponsored by GARNELL NUTRITION - read about his incredible strength and training poundages and be inspired by Richard's in-depth profile, as penned by Lee Kemp and Richard himself, and featuring photography by Fivos Averkiou! It's a must-read! Richard is also on the April 2011 cover of Health & Strength!

69 entries contested the 7th annual NPA Britain Finals, here's all the entries as they came in, in the weeks leading up to the contest! Compiled by Michael Phillips and featuring photography by Eric Guy, many congratulations to all the class winners who took to the stage at Bedworth Civic Hall on October 24th, especially Overall Champions RICHARD GOZDECKI and HELEN STACK, and many thanks to all the sponsors, competitors, officials, helpers, and spectators who made the contest a big success!