NPA Yorkshire Championships 2012, NPA Show dates 2012.
Here's the full NPA competition calendar for 2012 so you can all make your competitive plans! There will be more details to add in due course, but it’s important that the dates and venues have been booked and you know all about them! Anyone wishing to sponsor any of the shows please contact me.
I will be e-mailing and posting out literally hundreds of posters within the next few weeks, so please support the NPA by putting them up in your gyms.
Hope to see plenty of you at the shows this year, our ninth year! Best of luck with all your plans and ambitions, and many thanks for your continued support!
Saturday May 26th 2012
NPA Yorkshire Championships at Holmfirth Civic Hall, Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth, HD9 3AS
The 22nd year, at the venue of so many great battles!
Guest poser: 2010 UIBBN and 2011 INBF World Champion JOHN HEATON
Main show sponsor: IAN DUCKETT & www.bodyindesign.co.uk
Great prizes worth hundreds of £££ in supplements to all class winners and runner-ups!
Team selection for the UIBBN European Championships to be held 15th to 17th June 2012 in Sitges - Barcelona - Spain
Sunday July 15th 2012
NPA South-West Championships at The Queens College Theatre, Queens College, Trull Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4QS I'm delighted to tell you all that EQ NUTRITION are to be the main sponsor of the competition. This relatively new supplement company is growing at a rapid rate, and I want to say a big THANK YOU to Simon, Glenn, and Steve at EQ for backing the NPA South West. Please support EQ Nutrition, and check out their web-site at www.eqnutrition.com
The South West’s sixth year – held at a cracking venue in a beautiful location, and this will be the 2nd of the NPA qualifiers this year. More info to follow of course in the next few weeks and months. Anyone wishing to sponsor a class please send me an e-mail to dianephillipsnpa@hotmail.com
Sunday August 19th 2012
NPA Midlands Championships at Stratford-upon-Avon Civic Hall, 14, Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6LU
I'm delighted to let you all know that the main sponsor of the competition will be GIBBY NUTRITION. Alex Gibby, NPA competitor, and big supporter of Strong Man events, is the main man at Gibby Nutrition, and I want to say a big THANK YOU to Alex for supporting the Midlands contest! Check out his web-site at www.gibbynutrition.com
I'm sure it will be a busy day as it was on our debut there last year; the Midlands will be our third qualifier of the year. I've already had some enquiries, and there will be more info to follow of course in the next few weeks and months. If anyone wishes to sponsor a class please send me an e-mail to dianephillipsnpa@hotmail.com The second NPA Midlands competition held in the heart of Shakespeare land - see the venue's web-site at www.civichall.co.uk
Sunday September 9th 2012
NPA South-East Championships at The Medway Hall, Angel Leisure Centre, Angel Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF - The ninth year of the South-East contest, and second year at The Medway! Last year 47 athletes took to the stage, this year there will be more! Who will follow in the footsteps of last year's sensational Overall Champion Nigel St. Lewis? More info to follow of course in the next few weeks and months. Anyone wishing to sponsor a class please send me an e-mail to dianephillipsnpa@hotmail.com Main show sponsor - MAXIRAW - www.maxiraw.com £££'s worth of supplements as prizes to be won!
Sunday September 30th 2012
NPA Mike Williams Classic & Pro-Am Invitational
Venue: Paramount Theatre, Shrewsbury Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6DY - The Mike Williams Classic is the last NPA qualifier for the NPA British Finals, and includes the Pro-Am class with minimum £1,000 prize money!! I'm delighted to tell you all that UDO'S CHOICE / SAVANT DISTRIBUTION are once again the main sponsor of the competition! Udo's have ALWAYS been the NPA's top sponsor, in that they actually support all our shows and have done since 2004. Check out the link to Udo's / Savant web-site www.savant-health.com Many thanks to all at Savant, especially Mr. Tony Barnes! For the 2012 MW Classic, I'm sure it will be a busy day as it was last year when we had a record 57 entries; the MWC will be our fifth and final qualifier of the year, and is a very special competition named after Mike, who played such a big role in the early development of the NPA. There will be a MINIMUM of £1000 in prize money paid out for the Invitational Pro-Am class, won last year by the mighty Richie Gozdecki! I've already had some enquiries, and there will be more info to follow of course in the next few weeks and months. If anyone wishes to sponsor a class please send me an e-mail to dianephillipsnpa@hotmail.com The MIKE WILLIAMS INVITATIONAL PRO-AM which will feature many World Class Champions!
Sunday October 28th 2012
NPA British Championships
Venue: The Civic Hall, High Street, Bedworth, CV12 8NF
Entry by qualification only
The most prestigious Natural Bodybuilding competition in the UK!
Team selection for the UIBBN World Championship 16th to 18th November 2012 in Slovakia
www.civichallinbedworth.co.uk
Competitors check-in at qualifiers: 11am to 12noon – Combined Pre-judging and Show starts: 1pm.
All NPA competitions are polygraphed, and they are all drug-tested to WADA regulations.
Tickets for all the qualifying contests are £12; for the NPA Britain Finals, tickets are £18. Cheques for tickets, membership fees, and / or entry fees to be made payable to 'The NPA' and sent to; Michael Phillips, NPA Secretary, 76a, Station Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 1AE
All competitors must be members of the NPA at least 14 days before competing.
At all NPA competitions the classes are:
Male - Juniors Under 21; Masters Over 40; Novices; Under 70kg; Under 78kg; 78kg+.
Female - Trained Figure; Physique.
Additional awards: Best Under 18; Best Over 50; Male & Female Best Presentation; Male & Female Best First-Timers; Male & Female Overall Championship Titles.
For all NPA membership forms / contest entry forms see the ‘Join the NPA’ section of the NPA web-site, and / or contact:
Michael Phillips, 76a, Station Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 1AE Tel:01484 683685
E-mail: dianephillipsnpa@hotmail.com
Check out the NPA web-site for news, articles, show reports, profiles, and more! www.npabodybuilding.com
Support the Natural Physique Association and support Natural Bodybuilding!
Michael Phillips
Secretary - NPA
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