6th Annual Bill Grant Classic, Saturday, July 16

[Curt James]

The 6th Annual Bill Grant Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini Classic
Saturday, July 16th, 2011

This event will be held outdoors on Saturday, July 16th, 2011 and is part of the annual Lehigh Valley SportsFest, a four-day festival of sports that includes 50 athletic events and draws over 10,000 athletes and 150,000 spectators. BE A PART OF IT! Admission is FREE for all spectators.

SportsFest has continued to evolve and grow since the first festival in 1996 with 16 events to 50 sporting events this year. It has expanded to include Basketball, Bicycling, Boxing, Martial Arts and, of course, Bodybuilding & Figure. To learn what all the excitement is about visit www.sportsfest.org and www.billgrant.net.

In an effort to provide our athletes and sponsors with maximum publicity and exposure, The Bill Grant Classic national media coverage includes Bodybuilding.com. We look forward to having you join us in our most successful event yet!

Location:
Cedar Beach Park,
S. Ott Street at Hamilton Street
Allentown PA 18104

Time:
Check-in/Weigh-in: 10:00am – 11:30am
Mandatory Competitor’s meeting: 12:00pm
Prejudging: 1:00pm
Finals Start: 1 hour after pre-judging is over

Awards:
Every competitor will receive a package filled with “goodies” and an official Bill Grant Classic T-Shirt. Top five in each class will receive Niels Andersen Sculptures plus Overall Awards for the Novice, Open and Figure Divisions. Niels Andersen Sculptures, Bill Grant's Old-School Training DVD and Sports supplements for the Overall Novice Men, Open Men, Open Women, and Figure Divisions.

Classes:
Junior Men
23 and under (one class)

Novice
Lightweight (up to 176 ¼ lbs)
Heavyweight (over 176 ¼ lbs)

Masters Men
Over 40 (one class)
Over 50 (one class)

Open Men
Lightweight (over 143 ¼ lbs to 154 ¼ lbs)
Middleweight (over 154 ¼ lbs to 176 ¼ lbs)
Light Heavyweight (over 176 ¼ lbs to 198 ¼ lbs)
Heavyweight (over 198 ¼ lbs)

Open Women
Lightweight (up to 125 lbs)
Heavyweight (over 125 lbs)

Open Figure
Up to & including 5’4”
Over 5’4”

Masters Figure
Over 35 (one class)

Open Bikini
One Class

[DJTree]

I hope they have Bill back on HMR to tell some more stories. I think he's entertaining, especially the way he takes over the show and barely lets Dave (or John, back then) get a word in edgewise LOL

[Curt James]

Definitely agree, DJ. Bill makes an excellent guest.

And he and his wife Eva put on an amazing show. It was a great time!

2011 NPC Bill Grant Classic Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini Championships

Starting this thread off with a deadlifting vid.













^^^^ Pre-judging. And behind the bodybuilding? They had... fencing. Little kids attached to leashes?

[Curt James]

Here's the one and only Bill Grant at the beginning of this short clip plus some of the trophies, a woman holding a program, some shots of the crowd and the stage.



Jaquetta Perry begins the main event with the National Anthem...



The woman below who did not make the top five in Figure is 57 years old, if I'm not mistaken.

[Curt James]