What a comp! What a day! Lots to say but I will try and keep it short! Firstly a HUGE thanks to the competitors, you are the show! All 175 of you! They pushed themselves to the limit! This was no more evident then when we got to the Open Men and Justin in Class 2 collapsing! Our medic was on the spot and it is great to hear that you (Justin) are ok! The highlights from the day are many, I could right pages! Congratulations to you all, and congratulations to Mr Australia Trevor Huni and Ms Australia Lucy Hermans, I look forward to going to the States with you both and all of the Aussie Team!

Thanks to my judges, Lyle, Andrew and crew. There were some very tough decisions and ones that could have gone either way, but calls had to be made and we stand by them.

My backstage crew, knowing that when I call the next division they would be walking out on cue! My other support staff taking care of all the behind the scenes work, thanks Jodie and crew!

To the Southport RSL Club, thank you for be so easy and accommodating to work with.

The spectators, thanks for coming and supporting your friends, the INBA, body building and hanging around in numbers till our final division “Overall Men’s”! If you missed it I reckon you missed the most amazing division in Aussie BB history!! (I may be a bit biased but wait till you see the video!)(And that is in no disrespect to the rest of the day!)

The new show format worked a treat and even though we were forced to start half an hour late on show one we picked up time to finish right on schedule! And show two finished 20 minutes early then what I had planned.

The top 3 routine’s (and only optional at that) worked fantastically (was appreciated by many competitors that just wanted to muscle it up!) and helped keep the show moving along and kept the spectators till the end.

Personally I truly enjoyed the event and mc’ing the whole day, we only had a couple of very minor incidents but you get that with live sport! And I have taken on board some feedback to make further positive changes for next year.

Finally if I have forgotten to thank anyone I do apologise. I look forward to next year and hosting again 3 comps! The Brisbane and QLD Titles and then the BIG ONE, the Natural Olympia!

Cheers and Thank you.

Jason Woodforth.