The History of SABBA and the Winners of the South Australia State Bodybuilding Titles. Now titled NABBA/WFF South Australia.
In 1963 the "Mr. South Australia" title was instituted by Ron Modra who, at that time, had set up a privately run gym in the S.A. Youth Clubs Incorporated (later to become the St. Clair Youth Centre). Two weeks prior to the show, Norm Harrison took over responsibility for the contest, and management of the gym in the S.A.Y.C. Centre. By the following year the first committee had been formed, consisting of: Mike De George (President), Norm Harrison (Secretary), Peter McNally (Treasurer) and John Davis, (Superintendent of judges).
I have recently obtained a lot more background information on the early days of this contest in South Australia from Mike Bowden. I will shortly be adding this extra information from Mike. Over the years, venues have changed from hotels and YMCAs to the convention centre to town halls, while judges have changed from invited guests to a qualified judging panel and the polished routines of contestants are a far cry from that first evening when a judge walked on stage and instructed competitors how to display an abdominal pose.
Over the years, some incredible bodybuilders have won these titles, with many going on to represent Australia overseas. John Koziura holds a record that is never likely to be broken with 10 Mr. South Australia titles. John was tragically killed in a road accident in 1982. Terri Roberts and Lisa Egan have won Universe and World titles. Nick Jones has won class titles at the Worlds. Many of the champions listed below have also won National Australian titles. Click here for the winners of the Australia titles. The female physique class was introduced in 1983 in more of a figure class form. However, the world trend in emphasis of muscularity has quickly changed the judging criteria in both sexes. For a number of years there were separate Figure and Physique classes for women. Later WFF classes were added.
SABBA/NABBA/WFF South Australia Overall Winners
MALE
1959 Tom Lardner 1960 No contest 1961 Mike Bowden 1962 No contest 1963 Eddie Smolski 1964 Eddie Smolski 1965 Eddie Smolski 1966 David Stroud 1967 Eddie Smolski 1968 Wayne Gallasch 1969 Norm Harrison 1970 Paul Mitic 1971 John Koziura 1972 Norm Harrison 1973 John Koziura 1974 John Koziura 1975 Wayne Thompson 1976 John Koziura 1977 John Koziura 1978 John Koziura 1979 John Koziura 1980 John Koziura 1981 John Koziura 1982 John Koziura 1983 Tim Hume 1984 Don Tronolone 1985 Eugene Berezinski 1986 Robert Kulenicz 1987 Eugene Berezinski 1988 Steve Taylor 1989 Mike Buder 1990 Mike Buder 1991 Bill Bryson 1992 Derek Immervoll 1993 Mike Buder 1994 Darren Leigh 1995 Bill Bryson 1996 Nick Jones 1997 Ervin Zermuhl 1998 Nick Jones 1999 Nick Jones 2000 Stan Pantelidis 2001 Jason Bednarz 2002 Danny Craig 2003 Brian Wells 2004 Jason Bednarz 2005 Adam Fennell 2006 Darren Banks 2007 Jason Bednarz - NABBA 2007 Mike Sloan - WFF 2008 Jason Bednarz – NABBA 2008 Jimmy Callery – WFF 2009 Tony Griffin – NABBA 2009 Martin Trott – WFF 2010 Adam Fennell – NABBA 2010 Ian Percival – WFF 2011 Boota Singh – NABBA 2011 Paul MacGregor - WFF 2012 Jason Bednarz - NABBA 2012 Paul MacGregor - WFF 2013 Matt Smedley - NABBA 2013 Samuel Mussared - WFF 2014 Mariusz Dworzanski - NABBA 2014 Steve Williams - WFF 2015 Radu Apostol - NABBA 2015 William Pover - WFF
FEMALE
1983 Helen Maynard 1984 Robin Ratcliffe 1985 Linda Robertson 1986 Irene Nickole 1987 Kym Knott 1988 Kim Knott 1989 Elizabeth Evans - Figure 1989 Tracy Prior - Physique 1990 Elizabeth Evans - Figure 1990 Lee-Ann Whinnen - Physique 1991 Anna Leigh - Figure 1991 Deborah Preece - Physique 1992 Fay Garland - Figure 1992 Mary Berecry - Physique 1993 Heather Lindsay - Figure 1993 Heather Adams - Physique 1994 Anna Leigh - Figure 1994 Lisa Egan - Physique 1995 Terri Roberts - Figure 1995 Heather Adams - Physique 1996 Janet Besson - Figure 1996 Sharon Hausler - Physique 1997 Janelle McLean - Figure 1997 Shannon Stephens - Physique 1998 Janelle McLean - Figure 1998 Heather Adams - Physique 1999 Terri Roberts - Figure 1999 Catherine Crowe - Physique 2000 Lorraine March - Figure 2001 Leigh Jarrett - Figure 2002 Lorraine March - Figure 2003 Leigh Jarrett - Figure 2004 Stella Dinan – Figure 2005 Estelle Craker – Figure 2006 Joanne Dowling – Figure 2006 Alison Moyle – WFF Athletic Figure 2006 Lisa Moreland – WFF Athletic Physique 2007 Leigh Jarrett – NABBA Figure 2007 Alison Moyle – WFF Figure 2008 Anna Hetzel – NABBA Figure 2008 Vicki Sauerwald – WFF Figure 2009 Janelle McLean – NABBA Figure 2009 Lisa Moreland – NABBA Physique 2010 Terri Roberts – NABBA Figure 2010 Janelle McLean – WFF Figure 2011 Vicki Sauerwald – NABBA Figure 2011 Iva Carnevale – WFF Athletic 2012 Terri Roberts - NABBA Figure 2012 Iva Carnevale - WFF Figure 2013 Nikki Anae - NABBA Figure 2013 Kerry Ware - WFF Figure 2014 Patricia Muller - NABBA Figure 2014 Lisa Allan - WFF Figure 2014 Lucinda Porcelli - WFF Fitness 2014 Grace Shelmerdine - WFF Bikini 2015 Megan Knight - NABBA Figure 2015 Sara Pearson - WFF Figure 2015 Sami Allan - WFF Bikini 2015 Anneke Stone - Sportsmodel |