The 2009 Yorton Cup

[Curt James]

The Yorton Cup - Bodybuilding, November 14th

Attended this show on Saturday and it was a blast. All competitors were in excellent condition. The IFPA allows props and that was pretty entertaining.

The one IFPA Men's Pro used his wife as his prop. She happened to be the Women's IFPA Pro champion that night. Unfortunately, no vid of that but there are a few I've included here.

IFPA Yorton Cup Pro World Championships
The IFPA Yorton Cup Pro World Bodybuilding & Figure Championships took place November 13th & 14th in the Washington, DC area. Over 70 top natural pro competitors competed for over $17,000 in cash prizes.



Awards: Men's Pro Bodybuilding (each class): 1st Place: $2,000, 2nd Place: $1,000, 3rd Place: $500. Overall winner: Additional $1,000. Best Poser: $100. Women's Pro Bodybuilding: 1st Place: $2,000, 2nd Place: $1,000, 3rd Place: $500, Best Poser: $100. Trophy for 1st – 3rd place, IFPA medals for 1st-5th, custom IFPA ring for overall winner.



The woman on the far left at the beginning of the video is a grandmother! She has five children, according to the emcee. I didn't catch her name, though.

And the athlete second from the right (in the still image - before clicking play) was the Women's Pro winner (and her hubby's assistant/prop during his posing routine).







RESULTS (from the IFPA Web site)

Figure Pro Short
1 Monica Cass #61 (Missouri)

2 Nicole Weeks #64 (Florida)

3 Stephanie Miller #65 (Virginia)

4 Katie Carron #63 (Massachusetts)

5 Jodi Braun #68 (New York)

6 Nancy Accetta #67 (Maryland)

7 Bridgette Grosvenor #68 (Texas)

8 Laura Bailey #62 (California)

9 Cydney Gillon #60 (Georgia)

10 Renee Jalbert #69 (Massachusetts)

Figure Pro Tall
1 Rachel Baker #54* (Maryland)

2 Jill Vadala #52 (Virginia)

3 Jenny Garside #51 BP (United Kingdom)

4 Lynne Nichols #59 (Ohio)

5 Colleen Castaneda #55 (Texas)

6 Monika Rodgers #57 (Pennsylvania)

7 Chikondi Mseka #56 (Maryland)

8 Katrina Roundtree #53 (Maryland)

9 Medina Roberts #50 (Virginia)

10 Tamara Washington #58 (Washington, DC)

Women’s Pro Lightweight
1 Dianne Brown* #130 BP (Maryland)

2 Vicky McCann #132 (Scotland)

3 Terri Reeves #127 (California)

4 Sharlene Franken #128 (North Carolina)

5 Shari Duncan # 126 (Georgia)

6 Dawn Roberts #125 (United Kingdom)

7 Nichole Bieber #131 (Pennsylvania)

8 Susan Hellstrom #129 (Virginia)

Women’s Pro Heavyweight
1 Katy Wayman-White #136 (Washington)

2 Cheryl Szarmach #134 (Pennsylvania)

3 Liza Reichenberger #137 (California)

4 Corrina Hamill #133 (Colorado)

5 Marcia Thorpe-Johnson #139 (Maryland)

6 Annabel Ottey #140 (United Kingdom)

7 Normajean Harness #138 (Wisconsin)

8 Rachel Hayes #135 (United Kingdom)

Men’s Pro Lightweight
1 Cleveland Thomas #148 (Florida)

2 Wil Usher, Jr. #145 (Maryland)

3 Damon Gillis #166 (Delaware)

4 Daz Cooper #150 (United Kingdom)

5 Darren Vernon #156 (United Kingdom)

6 Vaughan Twigger #164 (Virginia)

7 Reginald Allen #171 (Maryland)

8 Israel Ocasio #147 (Ohio)

9 Cleveland Graham #155 (Georgia)

10 Kalvin Brooks #151 (Georgia)

11 Barry Cunliffe #146 (United Kingdom)

12 Larry Wizorek #149 (Pennsylvania)

13 Willie Parks #159 (Georgia)

Men’s Pro Middleweight
1 Doug Miller #165* (Virginia)

2 Robert Johnson #163 (Kansas)

3 Panexce Pierre #167 (New Jersey)

4 Raymond James #153 (United Kingdom)

5 Joseph Fiorani #162 BP (Pennsylvania)

6 Robert Thomas #181 (Massachusetts)

7 Richard Scotchman #183 (Jamaica)

8 Neal Rodriguez #152 (New Jersey)

9 Gregory Kerr #158 (Maryland)

10 Joe Patton #160 (Pennsylvania)

11 Ben Royer #154 (Pennsylvania)

12 Ralph Remy #172 (Connecticut)

13 Derrick Rosser #161 (Georgia)

Men’s Pro Heavyweight
1 Henry Graham #182 (Jamaica)

2 David Trantham #157 (North Carolina)

3 Donovan Strong #174 (Maryland)

4 Saiid Tejan-Kamara #178 (Delaware)

5 Victor Olivar #173 (Maryland)

6 David Weaver #176 (Kansas)

7 Willie Brown #175 (Maryland)

8 Isaac Scott, Jr. #169 (Maryland)

9 Jason Janov #177 (Pennsylvania)

10 Chadwick Austin #179 (Delaware)

11 Abraham Tchabe #180 (Ivory Coast)

12 Carl Frady III #168 (Virginia)

13 Marco Pagnanelli #170 (California)

* Division Winner

BP Best Poser/Presentation

[Curt James]

I have that wrong above.



Captioned the wrong video. This one is where the woman on the far left is a grandmother and mother of five. She was ripped and had a great structure. Really liked her physique. Believe the emcee announced her as being 45 years old.

[MsGuns]

Curt, if I didnt go to Canada, I was goin to do this show.
We could have finally met.
ahhhhh aaahhhhhh
Thx for the recap!

[AVBG]

great re-cap Curt. The Yorton Cup is world renowned with the prestige the title carries.

[Curt James]

Curt, if I didnt go to Canada, I was goin to do this show.
We could have finally met.
ahhhhh aaahhhhhh
Thx for the recap!

You did that show last year, didn't you?

And I'm sure we'll meet at some point.

great re-cap Curt. The Yorton Cup is world renowned with the prestige the title carries.

Chet Yorton is a legend in the sport.

One of the few competitors to ever beat Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yorton beat him in the tall class and for the overall at the 1966 NABBA Mr. Universe.

[Neal Grossman]

Curt,

Thanks for posting the videos. It was great sitting with such a bodybuilding affecionado.

Neal

[MsGuns]

Yup I did and this yr it was BIGGER...
See this is why I voted for you as male MOTY because you cover all angles..smile

[MsGuns]

Why cant I see the videos?

[Curt James]

Curt,

Thanks for posting the videos. It was great sitting with such a bodybuilding affecionado.

Neal

Neal,

It was a blast. I do love the sport and it was great to sit with a competitor and someone who has actually been on the same stage as many of those athletes.

Yup I did and this yr it was BIGGER...
See this is why I voted for you as male MOTY because you cover all angles..smile

It was a fantastic show! The one woman behind me commented that one of the bodybuilders had "back abs" - what most have heard referred to as a Christmas tree. I turned around and said I'd never heard that one and that I liked the comparison. She laughed, turned to her friends and said, "See?"

Back abs. heh

And thanks for your support and vote, MsGuns!

Why cant I see the videos?

Are you on your iPhone or BlackBerry? Vids don't show up on my BB.

[Curt James]

Curt,

Thanks for posting the videos.

Hey, though your avatar shows your competition physique, I hope you don't mind the enlarged version from your profile being posted, Neal.

[AVBG]

Curt,

Thanks for posting the videos. It was great sitting with such a bodybuilding affecionado.

Neal

What Curt has forgotten about bodybuilding is more than what some will ever know.

[Curt James]

I'll definitely agree with the "forgotten more" part.

And where are my keys?

[Team Franco]

Great stuff!

[jsfitnessking]

that mother of five grandmother is one of my clients her name is Cheryl Szarmach #134. i believe she is 47 or 48 yrs old. bad ass too. very cool lady. only been competing for about two years. trains hard ass hell. im very proud of how she did.

[flaccid_member]

I'll be posting pics of pro figure and bodybuilding. I'm glad I was @ the Yorton and got to see and meet many quality athletes.