2010 IFBB NSW & Australian Championships

On the 23rd October I competed in the IFBB NSW and Australian Championships at South Sydney Juniors and What a day it was!! The preparation had been gruelling to say the least and the ay had finally come!! The alarm goes off at 4:30am and it time to start eating!! Then a light pump up and of to Menage a Trois for Hair and Make up!! After settling into the auditorium at 9am it was almost time to head backstage to start prepping for stage. Backtage was full of atmosphere. There were double the amwith jam and chocol,ate barsount of competitors there had ever been on Day 1 of the show and the atmosphere was incredible. Pablo had me eating rice cakes with jam and chocolate bars , Jo Rogers was gluing me into my bikini and it was very soon time to hit the Stage! The open Figure Line up was 21 girls strong and was the biggest open figure line up in IFBB History!! Even in international shows I had previously competed in , I had never seen anything like it.
We were taken through a number of callouts and the tension was high. We were curtain to curtain and all stood very close together and all I was thinking was damn I am glad I am not judging this!!
I was called out about 5 times which was exciting but the girls that were in most callouts were really standing out by this stage and I very quickly realised that I was not being considered for Top 3. Continuing to the end of the pre judging was hard work. The stage lights were hot , the comparisons were taking a bit of ime , and I think we ended up in a line up at the back of the stage for about 25 minutes. Smiles on ,tanding in poses , stomach in, up tall , squeezing our muscles from head to toe! It was tough...
The finals continued in the afternoon , and by this stage it was a little more relaxed ; as I had a good idea of where I was at in comparison to the other girls.
I was then called back out for placings and ended up with 2nd place in NSW. After a few days of reflection I was able to put the effort and achievements I had made throughout the year into persective realising that as a newcomber to both the traditional IFBB Figure Division and IFBB as a federation , second place in both shows was not bad at all!
I am now enjoying a bit of time relaxing over Christmas and then back to it January 2nd to prepare for the Melbourne All States show March 2011. It has been wonderful competing in a federation with such a high standard of figure athletes and I am most excited to turn things up a notch for the 2011 season to see what I can achieve next year!!