1996 SABBA South Australian Bodybuilding Championships:
Prejudging & Show - Men & Women
Held before one of the largest and noisiest audiences in years, the event was a sensational one, especially in quality of competitors. Nick Jones, Terri Roberts, Mike Buder, Mark Trewartha and Kym Johncock have all represented Australia at the NABBA Universe.
Highlights included: Former Teenage Mr. South Australia winner, NICK JONES winning his class and best presentation and then the overall title in this, his senior debut in South Australia. Craig Petersen presented an outstanding physique and was a very close second to Nick Jones. (See photo rear cover)
See GMV's own JANET BESSON winning the Figure title at her first attempt with a superb stage presence and near faultless figure presentation. (See photo rear cover) TERRI ROBERTS was an outstanding second. SHARON HAUSLER won the Women's Physique Class.
MIKE BUDER and MARK TREWARTHA also won their Open Classes convincingly as did KYM JOHNCOCK in the Masters. Also of note was the victory by a young TONY GRIFFIN in the Junior Class. Tony went on to win the NABBA Australia some years later, and is the promoter of the 2012 NABBA/WFF Australian Championships in Adelaide.
Other classes included Men's and Women's First Timers, Novice Men, Teenage, Juniors and Women's Physique.
1996 SABBA South Australian Championships Results
Dom Polski Centre, Adelaide, South Australia 15th September, 1996
Overall Men's Winner and Best Presentation: Nick Jones
Men's First Timers
1. Peter Welling
2. Jimi Peralta
Men's Teenage
1. Greg Karotos
2. Aaron Savcic
3. Dung Nguyen
Men's Junior
1. Tony Griffin
2. Boota Singh
3. Kurt Norris
Men's Novice
1. Brian Wells
2. Wayne Mattei
3. Paul Mavric
4. Tony Grant
Masters Over 40
1. Kym Johncock
2. Paul Roe
Men's Open Short Class
1. Nick Jones
2. Craig Petersen
3. Charlie Egan
4. Warrick Williams
Men's Open Medium Class
1. Michael Buder
Men's Open Tall Class
1. Mark Trewartha
2. Matthew Papandrea
Women's Physique
1. Sharon Hausler
Women's First Timers
1. Toni Gottwald
Women's Figure
1. Janet Besson
2. Terri Roberts
3. Sandy Wilkinson
4. Kathy Soroka
Women's Figure Over 35
1. Debra Ross
RT: 180 mins
NTSC DVD,OPEN REGION
