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Here's the 2012 NPA Show Guide poster, which has been posted out to hundreds of good people / gyms over the last few weeks, so please post up in your gym when you get yours! Also, if you're on Facebook, feel free to share this on your own Facebook page and spread the word! Many thanks to Mr. Tony Barnes, who always does such a great job on designing posters for the NPA, and additional thanks to our main sponsors; UDO'S CHOICE, MAXIRAW, EQ NUTRITION, GIBBY NUTRITION, and BODY IN DESIGN NUTRITION - your support is very much appreciated! Now in our 9th year, with your support, 2012 will be the NPA's biggest and best yet - good luck to all who are planning to compete! To download this poster, click on the 'Join the NPA' section, here on the NPA web-site!

Let the countdown begin! Saturday May 26th 2012, its the NPA Yorkshire Championships at Holmfirth Civic Hall, Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth, HD9 3AS - Its the 22nd year of the most famous Natural Bodybuilding contest in the UK, held at the venue of so many great battles! - Guest poser: 2010 UIBBN and 2011 INBF World Champion JOHN HEATON who will also be conducting a 30 minute Q and A seminar! - Main show sponsors: IAN DUCKETT & www.bodyindesign.co.uk and UDO'S CHOICE - Great prizes worth hundreds of £££ in supplements to all class winners and runner-ups - Team selection for the UIBBN Euro Championships to be held 15th-17th June 2012 in Sitges - Barcelona - Spain. - All NPA competitions are drug-tested and polygraphed. - Be there for the start of the 2012 season! To download this poster, click on the 'Join the NPA' section, here on the NPA web-site!

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

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 2011 or from 2010, you will be on there, if not now, then you will be soon! Featuring top class photography from ace lensmen such as Eric Guy, Alex McKenna, and Fivos Averkiou - check them out! Here's the two-time NPA South-West Middleweight Champion MATT BEMBRIDGE. Matt is also The Gym Professor - please check out his hugely informative and educational web-site at www.gymprofessorshuffle.com - Matt is in the Gallery along with many other inspirational Champions! Nearly 300 NPA members featured with over a 1000 photos - check them all out!!

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!