I just want to firstly thank all our sponsors and then congratulate all the winners in each of the 11 divisions. The show was phenomenal! We had 150 top athletes that 15 judges had to choose the winners from. The crowd was 1700 strong, and a huge thank you to YOU, the spectators,  for supporting the athletes and allowing me to take them all to the finals in Las Vegas in November. A Huge thank-you to Pieter from SA Guys, for sponsoring 3 of the men’s divisions and Hayley and Lauren from Body Beautiful for sponsoring our Ms Fitness winner the trip to Vegas.

First of all I would like to thank Grand West for sponsoring the pageant with such an amazing venue, the Arena. Also a huge thanks to all those that helped me, especially my back stage manager, Monique, it’s not always easy. I’d like to thank Duane Jocquim for a phenomenal show opening dance and the athletes for gathering that last bit of energy to actually pull it through. A huge thank-you to our MC’s, Jacques and Angelique van der Linden. It is not an easy job either and for also sponsoring the JVL hot pants for the guys and then also Christa Foxcroft for those stunning group opening outfits. I’d also like to thank Celebrations for doing such and awesome job on the decoré. I will be doing a nice spread on that in the next week.

I would also like to congratulate the Fitness Challenge winners, Caren and Heinrich for winning the R10 000 cash each. Well done people!

And also a huge thanks to Girlz Beauty and Fitness Salon, Fairy Glen Private Game Reserve, Heinz Hair & Beauty Salon and Karen Berg Photography.

For all the feedback on the show, log onto our Facebook page. The DVD’s and photos for the show will be done in the next couple of weeks. You can place your order for photos by downloading this order form. For those that have paid for the show DVD’s, they will be posted as soon as I have them available.

Again, well-done to all of you and thank you to the One we know has always been behind us right from the beginning, our almighty God and Christ Jesus.

For the love of the sport
Bernie