2004 IFBB Night Of Champions !

[Tim Wescott]

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Looks like a huge show and this list will be added to in the near future!

In alphabetical order, the pro men's competitor tentative list is:

Eddie Abbew (England)
Jorge Jose Alves (France)
Melvin Anthony (USA)
Art Atwood (USA)
Thomas Bangli (Italy)
Didier Blanc (France)
Jimmy Canyon (USA)
Simon Cohen (England)
Darrem Charles (Trinidad & Tobago)
Garrett Downing (USA)
Nasser El Sonbaty (Serbia & Montenegro)
George Farah (USA)
Toney Freeman (USA)
Agmad Haidar (Lebanon)
Wong Hong (China)
Pavol Jablonicky (Czech)
Rod Ketchens (USA)
Michal Kindred (Czech)
Ken Jones (USA)
Richard Jones (USA)
Heiko Kallbach (Germany)
Michelino Milazzo (Germany)
Eugeny Mishin (Russia)
Mike Morris (USA)
Ntuk Ntuk (Nigeria)
Jostein Oedegaarden (Norway)
Adsay Odner (Turkey)
Eric Otero (USA)
Gian Enrico Pica (Italy)
Craig Richardson (USA)
Frank Roberson (USA)
Ronny Rockel (Germany)
Rodney St. Cloud (USA)
Quincy Taylor (USA)
Reza Amin Torabi (Canada)
Peter Trenz (Germany)
Alexander Vishnevskiy (Russia)
Branch Warren (USA)
In alphabetical order, the pro women's competitor tentative list is:


Lisa Aukland (USA)
Helen Bouchard (Canada)
Maria Calo (Argentina)
Michelle Davis (USA)
Angela Debatin (Argentina)
Diseree Ellis (Canada)
Heika Jung (German)
Silivia Matta (Italy)
Gayle Moher (USA)
Jeannie Paparone (USA)
Betty Pariso (USA)
Petra Walk (Germany)
Annett Wittig (Germany)

Where and when will it be held?

The 26th annual Night of Champions will be held on Saturday, May 22nd. Prejudging starts at 2pm, and Finals start at 8pm. It is going to be held at the same place it was held last year, the City Center, New York's Performing Arts Center, 130 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019. The phone number for the venue is [phone]

What's Going On? The NOC is back only to 1 day?

We are sorry to announce that because of the change in the economic climate in the nutritional industry and the altering of the sponsorship levels, we have had to eliminate the Friday night event. With this action, we have had to cancel the NOC Fitness and Figure competitions, and we are moving the Women's Bodybuilding to Saturday, May 22nd with the men's contest. The times of the events remain the same, 2:00PM for the men and women's judging and 8:00PM for the men and women's finals. Again, we are sorry for this change and inconvenience. We thank our loyal fans for their support since 1978, and we look forward to providing you this year what we have always done in the past ... making NOC the most hardcore, wild, outrageous, and extreme event on the Pro Division calendar. See you in NYC on May 22nd

[GerryT]

Last year, the women's events (BB, fitness and figure)on Friday were not as well attended as expected.

This will be the first time that men's NOC is not on its own. Will have to see how it works out. The prejudge and finals may be considerably longer.

Among the women, look forward to seeing Betty Pariso. She is always in shape and is an entertaining poser. And have seen photos of Desiree Ellis and she is very good.

Mens show should be amazing. Many excellent competitors. Mike Morris is a buddy and hope he does well. Great to see Garrett Downing back on stage also.

[naturalguy]

I will be there. I just got my ticket.

Tim, will you be there?

[Tim Wescott]

NG, Good to see ya` here dude! I`m not going to make it this time around,too many pressing financial problems at the moment.Atualluy, I`ve never been to a pro show in my life.

[Tim Wescott]

I really want to see what Eric Otero look`s like.I haven`t seen him compete in a few years now.I was always impressed by the guy`s physique.

[naturalguy]

Tim said:

NG, Good to see ya` here dude! I`m not going to make it this time around,too many pressing financial problems at the moment.Atualluy, I`ve never been to a pro show in my life.

I can't believe you've never been to a pro show. I was hoping to get to meet you. Let me know if you ever come to NY.

[Tim Wescott]

I`ll be competing in NY in 2005 at the Atlantic States and the Eastern America, at the Tribecca theater.I`ll keep you posted, it would be great to meet you.I met Santiago and Gerry T at the Eastern`s last December .Both great people.

[naturalguy]

I'll be there.

Santiago and I used to work together about 8 years ago in Gold's Gym in Staten Island.

[GerryT]

Tim, the feeling is definitely mutual. And was also very impressed with Kenney. Great person and athlete and look forward to seeing him at this year's Team U.

But you should try to attend a pro show when possible. Maybe next year's NOC if you can't make this one. Or next year's Orlando show, might be nice to visit Florida.

[Tim Wescott]

I`ll be in Ft. Laudderdale for the So. States show,but with my limited income I`ll be surprised if I make it to all the contests I want to enter as it is

So. States
Atlantic States
Eastern America
Masters Nats
Possibly the Masters North America

There is a chance I might get away with bank robbery ,that seems like the only way I could afford to hit a pro show! ;D

[GerryT]

Hear you, Tim. Maybe I'll help you rob the bank! J/K, lol. Cash only flows so far. Only pro show I go see regularly is NOC since it's just a $4.00 round trip plus tickets.

Saw 98 Mr O because it was in NYC, and Arnold same year. That's it. Mostly go to the area NQ and sometimes a national level. Should get to Jr USA and Masters Nats this year.

But look forward to NOC and competitor list is amazing.
Curious about Eric Otero also, as well as Jimmy Canyon. Both turned pro as middleweights. And Richard Jones and Branch Warren will be interesting to see. As well as Jablonicky, who usually competes in top condition and was runner up last year.

[Tim Wescott]

I went to the Jr. Nats or Jr. USA a few years ago in New Haven Ct.I forget which show it was exactly.Every year I usually do 5 shows,got to 5 shows one of my buddy`s is in,help my former training partner get ready for 4-5 shows and I go to them to.I hit a ton of show`s yearly but just never a pro show yetI`ll get around to it one of these days.I can`t wait to see Jones and Canyon either those guy`s are great.Branch Warren looks good ,I just saw some recent pics the other day.As far as Pavol goes,I`ve always been a fan and it`s great to see him finally getting recognised.He has been screwed repeatedly for a long time IMO.

[GerryT]

Agree about Pavol. He is underrated. Hope he will do Masters O now that he is eligible. He would be very tough to beat there.