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News Archive: Season 1, 2008
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Congratulations Areti:
Quadruple Miss Universe! |
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News just in: Areti Anagnostellis has won the WFF Miss Universe title for the fourth year in a row! At the 2008 WFF Universe, held in Germany on 7 June,
Areti won the Overall WFF Universe Miss Athletic title. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 Areti had been placed in Women Fitness, but this year she was moved up two levels to the more advanced Women Athletic (just below the Women Superbody and Women Extremebody levels).
In her journey to the 2008 Universe Areti not only had to deal with the pressures of her work as a personal trainer at MBS Gym, training her own Figure competitor clients at the same time as preparing herself, but also had to deal with a frustrating knee injury. A true champion, Areti succeeded in facing these challenges and achieving her goal. Look out for footage of Areti's journey appearing on a major Australian news website in the near future (details will be posted on this site)...
The rest of Team MBS was also extremely successful competing at world level at the WFF Universe: In Women Fitness Over 35 Katie Farrell placed second and in Pairs Fitness Katie Farrell & Stuart Roe placed fourth. In Women Performance Under 35 Lisa Saygun won and Annie Guillet placed third, while in Women Performance Over 35 Anita Nicolaou placed second and Laska Varkaris placed fourth.
Read Melbourne Leader interview with Areti |
NABBA/WFF Southern Hemisphere Championships 2008: Lisa wins the overall and every Team MBS athlete places in the top three
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Lisa Saygun (left) and Anita Nicolaou (right) |
The 2008 NABBA/WFF Southern Hemisphere Championships was a success for Team MBS. After winning the WFF Figure Class 2 and WFF Figure Class 1 divisions respectively, Lisa Saygun and Anita Nicalaou faced each other in battle for the WFF Overall Figure title. Both athletes performed strongly and Lisa ultimately won by just one point.
Meanwhile every other Team MBS athlete at the show placed in the top three in their respective divisions: Katie Farrell 2nd place WFF Figure Masters; Laska Varkaris 2nd place NABBA Figure Class 2; Colleen Leung 2nd place NABBA Figure Novice; Annie Guillet 3rd place WFF Figure Class 1; Vania Smith 3rd place WFF Figure Class 2; Stuart Roe 3rd place NABBA Men Grand Masters.
Congratulations also to Team MBS member Cat Davies, who placed 2nd in both the Women's Under 52kg Bodybuilding and the Women's Masters Bodybuilding at the 2008 ANB Sydney Championships.
Michael and seven members of Team MBS have now departed for Germany, to compete at the WFF Universe. The team includes triple Miss Universe Areti Anagnostellis, looking lean and mean and ready to defend her title once again.
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Annie Guillet & Vania Smith; Katie Farrell & Stuart Roe
Colleen Leung & Laska Varkaris; Cat Davies |
Drugs in Body Sculpting and Body Building
Michael Tabban and Team MBS are strongly against the use of steroids and other bodybuilding drugs. Unfortunately there are some figure and bodybuilding competitors out there who feel it necessary to resort to steroids. In contrast, no Team MBS competitor uses steroids or other bodybuilding drugs. Michael and Team MBS do not believe in cheating: we believe in achieving fantastic physiques using true hard work, proper training, and expert nutrition, and we believe in winning on merit, not on medicine cabinet size.
One of the major reasons that Michael and Team MBS support the WNBF (World Natural Bodybuilding Federation) is the WNBF's strong anti-drug stance. The WNBF is currently the only federation in Australia that drug tests every single athlete at every single contest: every athlete must undergo a urine test on comp day, and randomly chosen athletes are also subjected to a polygraph test.
Since the WNBF opened it's Australian branch in 2007, Team MBS has competed in four WNBF Australia contests (and has won the Overall women's title at every one of them!). Every Team MBS competitor at these events has been tested and declared drug free.
Lisa Saygun wins the NABBA/WFF Mr & Ms International Championships
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Lisa Saygun performed strongly at the 2008 NABBA/WFF Mr & Ms International Championships on 10th May, narrowly beating Anita Nicolaou to win the WFF Overall Miss Athletic title for the second year in a row. Every Team MBS athlete in the show won or placed, and most of the team will be heading to Queensland for the NABBA/WFF Southern Hemisphere Championships.
In WFF Miss Athletic Open Short class, Lisa Saygun placed 1st and Katie Farrell placed 2nd. Katie Farrell also performed a challenging Pairs routine with Stuart Roe. Unfortunately the couple had no opponents, but they expect to meet some good competition at the Southerns.
In Miss Athletic Open Tall Anita Nicolaou continued her winning streak, with Annie Guillet coming 2nd and Colleen Leung placing 3rd. In Miss Athletic Novice Tall, Christina Dardalis placed 3rd. In Miss Athletic Masters, Jan Herdman (who had trained with Michael Tabban Online Training and came down from Sydney for the event) won, followed by Nikki Vriends and Louise Ramsdell. With a polished routine and rippling muscles, Laska Varkaris won the Physique class, while Cat Davies placed 2nd. |
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Meanwhile in the NABBA/WFF Northern Territory Championships, Vania Smith was the only entrant in WFF Miss Athletic Open Short class, where she looked gorgeous and showed great stage presence. Despite Darwin's relatively small size, the event attracted a big and supportive crowd. |
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Laska Varkaris
Team MBS wins four WNBF Overall titles in a row!
Anita Nicolaou has gone from novice to champion after winning not only the Ms Fit Body Novice division but also the Overall Ms Fit Body title in her very first show.
Anita Nicolaou
Three Team MBS competitors and four trainers made a lightning visit to Shellharbour in NSW for the 2008 WNBF South Coast Championships. Lisa Saygun, Nikki Vriends and Anita Nicolaou had all worked hard to be in top form ahead of time, and clearly deserved their first places.
Lisa easily won the Ms Fit Body Open Short division. Lisa is an experienced competitor who in 2007 placed 1st in the WFF Athletic Class 2 at the NABBA/WFF Southern Hemisphere Championships.
Lisa Saygun
Nikki won the Ms Fit Body Masters division, looking confident and poised even though she was competing for the first time after just five months of training.
Nikki Vriends
The three MBS girls came up against each other in the battle for the Overall Ms Fit Body title, and it was a very close call. After going through the compulsory poses several times, deliberating and consulting WNBF Australia President Danny Chau, the judges at last awarded the Overall trophy to an ecstatic and dazed Anita.
Anita's win was the fourth WNBF Australia Overall title in a row for Team MBS, thanks to Katie Farrell's success at the 2008 City vs Country Championships and Ellena Tsatsos's wins at the 2007 Victorian Championships and 2007 Asia-Pacific Championships.
Team MBS kicks off 2008 in winning style
In an auspicious start to the year, Katie Farrell has taken out the Overall Ms Fit Body title at the 2008 WNBF City Vs. Country Championships. Katie, the first member of Team MBS to compete for the 2008 season, was in excellent condition on the day and looked stunning in an emerald green bikini. Katie is an experienced Team MBS athlete. In 2007 she was fortunate enough to compete at the WFF Universe Championships in Germany, where she placed 2nd in the Women - Fitness Over 30 division. Keep a lookout for more great things from Katie in 2008!
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