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We are in the process of revamping and upgrading our New Zealand coverage. This section is under construction, and we hope to have it much improved by September 2008.

In the meantime; here are some links of some of the pages we have got up so far:

New Zealand Pro Competitions

• 2008 New Zealand IFBB Grand Elite Pro Am
• 2001 New Zealand IFBB Pro Contest

New Zealand Competitor Profiles

• NABBA Universe Winner Mark Anderson profile
• Joanne Stewart, IFBB World and Arnold Winner | bio, pics, video
• Alex Simays | brief bio, photos, contest history

New Zealander IFBB Pros

• BJ Johns | bio, contest history, photos
• Carmen Cotter | partial contest history, photo, video
• Jacqui Jarrett | partial contest history, photos
• Justin Rys | bio, contest history, news reports, photos
• Kevin O’Grady | contest history, photos, media
• Marc Rainbow | contest history, media, photos
• Mike Debenham | bio, contest history, media
• Michael Kingsnorth | bio, contest history, pics, photo gallery
• Moe El Moussawi | bio, contest history, media, photo gallery, video
• Salah Ibrahim | bio, contest history, photos

This is our 'old' page that we will just leave up for the meantime, but all the information and much, much more is available on the links above.

Either scroll down to read all or click on a link to jump to:

• New Zealand Pro Show 2008 | results, official scoresheet, photos & photo gallery link, poster
• New Zealand Pro Show 2001 Results
• Moe Moussawi Qualifies for the Olympia
• Joanne Stewart wins Lightweight Class at Arnold Amateur
• New Zealanders in the International Media

The New Zealand Grand Elite Pro was held on March 15, 2008 at the Trust Stadium in Auckland and offered $20,000 prize money for the Pro Division and $10,000 for the Elite Amateur Division. The pro show was held in conjunction with an amateur show, and it is New Zealand's first pro show since 2001[results of that show here]. The show was promoted by Mark Stewart and Moe Moussawi. The lineup was very similar to the Australian Grand Prix which was being held a week prior. New Zealanders Joanne Stewart [World and Arnold Lightweight Champion] and rising IFBB star Moe Moussawi.were the featured guest posers.

Full results of the IFBB Pro Show:

1. Dexter Jackson [USA]
2. Melvin Anthony [USA]
3. Toney Freeman [USA]
4. Sergei Shelestov [Russia]
5. Troy Alves [USA]
6. Ronny Rockel [Germany]
7. Jaroslav Horvath
8. Oscar Dexter [Tahiti]
9. Oliver Adzieski [Sweden]
10. Salah Ibrahim [New Zealand]
11. Con Demetriou [Australia]
12. Michael Kingsnorth [New Zealand]

Official Scoresheet:

IFBB 2008 New Zealand  Champion Dexter Jackson onstage:

There is a photo gallery of the 2008 New Zealand IFBB Pro/Am Show here, all photos courtesy of http://www.nzbb.info

The mens Elite Class was won by by Robert Piotrkowicz of Poland [below], who recently placed 2nd in the 2008 Arnold Amateur Superheavyweight division and is the 2007 IFBB World Champion.

There is a photo gallery of the 2008 New Zealand IFBB Pro/Am Show here, all photos courtesy of http://www.nzbb.info

Poster:

Photo Slideshow/Video Compilation of the 2008 New Zealand Pro

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Results from the last pro show held in New Zealand on November 10, 2001 in Wellington.

With a very impressive 3rd place at the Ironman Pro held in California on Feb 16 2008, Moe qualified for the Olympia. He also went on to compete in the Arnold Classic Pro Division where he placed 11th. 

On March 08, Moe competed in the Australian Grand Prix placing an impressive 3rd behind Dexter Jackson and Melvin Anthony.  

Pic below is of Moe at the Ironman:

Photo Credit: Isaac Hinds

New Zealand sent one entrant to the 2008 Arnold Amateur and Joanne Stewart had a highly impressive performance beating 16 other lightweights to win her class, and barely missing the overall. Joanne was beaten for the overall by heavyweight Maria Seguro of Mexico, a somewhat controversial decision to some. Seguro had won the IFBB North Americans last year which qualified her for IFBB pro status so many queried why she was still in the competing amateurs, a highly unusual occurence in North America.

Joanne also had photo shoots while at the Arnold, including a shoot with Martin Schoeller for a coffee table book of images of professional bodybuilders including former Ms. Olympias Lenda Murray, Iris Kyle and Yaxeni Oriquen. Joanne has the honor of being the only amatuer to be included.

The scoresheet is located here and here are two pics of Joanne from this show:

Photo Credits: Muscular Development.com

There is also a feature in the IFBB newsletter about Joanne here.