Alberta Bodybuilding Association Newsletter (Page 1)

1998 CANADA’S

Alberta fielded an excellent team of 10 athletes for the 1998 Canadian Bodybuilding Championship. The competition was held September 12, 1998 in Toronto. TSN videotaped the competition for the first time and have already aired this tape several times. The following athletes represented Alberta:

ATHLETE	PLACING
Dave Davies	1^stJunior Men
Sam Smith	2^nd Junior Men
Kellee Tourond	2^nd Heavyweight Women
Kellee Tourond	2^nd Masters Women
Monique Maglalang	3^rd Lightweight Women
Scott Wilson	4^th Heavyweight Men
Petra Kirby	4^th Lightweight Women
Petra Kirby	4^th Masters Women
Dave Brooksher	6^th Welterweight Men
Oksana Stewart	6^th Masters Women
Oksana Stewart	6^th Lightweight Women
Robert Friss	6^th Heavyweight Men
Chuck Thomson	9^th Masters Men
Petra Kirby and Chuck Thomson	1^st Mixed Pairs/Couples

1998 Canada’s – Alberta Perspective

This article was written by Allan Osborn and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ABBA

I consider this year's judging of the women to have been offensive to serious athletes. The CBBF decided that the female athletes should be judged on some basis other than development, muscle maturity and condition. They specifically chose not to reward the hard shredded look and appeared to have favoured shape, sexiness and curviness.

The promoter further screwed the middleweight and heavyweight women by never bringing the entire class out on stage at the evening show and not allowing the women who also competed in masters to be presented along with their respective weight classes.

Dave Davies

Kellee Tourond