October 2006 ON THE COVER: 2006 NPC Tennessee State Champions, from left to right: Sheila Pischke and Harley Timbs, Bodybuilding; and Jessica Kerley, Figure. (Photo by Pete Fancher) (Cover Design by John Stevens) 2006 NPC Tennessee State Championships 2006 NPC Coastal USA 2006 NPC Junior and Masters North Carolina State 2006 NPC Heart of Dixie Championships 2006 NPC Bluegrass Championships 2006 NPC Battle of Biloxi More articles are available only in the printed magazine. Pick up a copy at your favorite gym, health club, fitness center or health food store; or to be sure of getting a copy each month, subscriptions are available. 2006 NPC Tennessee State Championships ..... The Middle State Tennessee State University Tucker Theatre was the location for the 2006 NPC Tennessee State Bodybuilding and Figure Championships on August 19 under the promotional efforts of Tennessee State Chairman Roger McConnell and Bryan Hayworth and had a record 123 competitors entered. ..... ..... Harley Timbs, 35, of Lebanon was making his second contest appearance and was the unanimous choice of the judges for the superheavyweight class win. ..... ..... Harley then moved into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and once again took all first place votes from the judges for the overall title. ..... ..... Sheila Pischke, 43, of Morristown dominated the middleweight class by taking all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous class win. ..... ..... Sheila then entered the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and again took all first place votes for the unanimous victory. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into three height classes with a total of 19 athletes entered. ..... ..... Jessica Kerley, 25, of Clarksville took a two-round total of 12 points for the tall class win. ..... ..... Jessica then entered the final comparisons of the class winners and was the unanimous choice of the judges for the overall title. (Photo by Pete Fancher) 2006 NPC Tennessee State Champions, from left to right: Sheila Pischke and Harley Timbs, Bodybuilding; and Jessica Kerley, Figure. 2006 NPC Coastal USA ..... The Gwinnett Civic Center was the location for the 2006 NPC Coastal USA Championships, a national qualifier, that was held on August 19 under the promotion of NPC Georgia State Chairman Ty Felder. ..... ..... Jeff Aderhold, 38, of Lawrenceville, GA faced a tough field of 11 other competitors in the lightheavyweight class but managed to capture all of the first place votes from the judges for the unanimous class win. ..... ..... Jeff then moved into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and was the pick of the judges for the overall title. ..... ..... Cicely Brown, 33, of Atlanta, GA was unopposed in the heavyweight class and was the single entry in the women’s open division as was automatically declared the women’s open overall champion. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into four height classes with a total of 24 athletes competing. ..... ..... Teri Jett, 33, of Florence, SC took all first place votes from the judges for the Class B win and after the final comparisons of the class winners was the pick of the judges for the overall title. (Photos Courtesy of Doc's Sports) Jeff Aderhold 2006 NPC Coastal USA Men's Champion Teri Jett 2006 NPC oastal USA Figure Champion 2006 NPC Junior and Masters North Carolina State ..... The 2006 NPC Junior and Masters North Carolina State was held on August 19 at the Stanly Agri-Civic Center in Albemarle under the promotional efforts of Jim Propst and Pat Valentino. ..... ..... Jim Staccio, 31, of Holly Springs dominated the lightheavyweight class by taking all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous class win. ..... ..... Jim then moved into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and took the majority of the first place votes for the overall win. ..... ..... First time competitor Crystal Williams, 28, of Sims was unopposed in the lightweight class and was the only entry in the division and was automatically declared the open overall women’s champion. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into two height classes with a total of four athletes entered. ..... ..... Kellie Hollingsworth, 30, of Ramseur was unopposed in the short class. ..... ..... Kellie entered into the final comparisons of the class winners and took all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous victory. (Photos by www.mattrobertsononline.com) Jim Staccio 2006 NPC Junior North Carolina State Men's Champion Crystal Williams 2006 NPC Junior North Carolina State Women's Champion Kellie Hollingsworth 2006 NPC Junior North Carolina State Figure Champion 2006 NPC Heart of Dixie Championships ..... The 2006 NPC Heart of Dixie Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships were held on August 12 at the Foley Civic Center in Foley, AL under the promotional efforts of Jason Greene and Jason’s Health and Fitness Center. ..... ..... Stephen Henslee, 34, of Gadsden, AL dominated the lightheavyweight class by taking all first place votes for the unanimous class win. ..... ..... Stephen then moved into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and once again took all first place votes from the judges for the overall title. ..... ..... Thirty-four-year-old April Wolfe of Navarre, FL was unopposed in the heavyweight class and was the only entry in the women’s open division and was declared the women’s open overall champion. ..... ..... The Fitness Division was divided into two height classes with entries in just the short class. ..... ..... Cicely Kyle, 21, of Pensacola, FL was making her second contest appearance and at the conclusion of the prejudging was tied with Lisa Brown for the class win with 30 points each. ..... ..... The high and low scores were placed back into the scoring and Cicely Kyle emerged as the overall winner. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into three height classes with a total of 20 athletes entered. ..... ..... Thirty-one-year-old Heather Henslee of Gadsden, AL took all first place votes from the judges in each round of the competition for a total of 10 points for the unanimous medium class win. ..... ..... Heather then entered into the final comparisons of the class winners and took the majority of first place votes from the judges for the division title. (Photos by Chip English) Stephen Henslee 2006 NPC Heart of Dixie Men's Champion April Wolfe 2006 NPC Heart of Dixie Women's Champion Cicely Kyle 2006 NPC Heart of Dixie Fitness Champion Heather Henslee 2006 NPC Hearfirewort of Dixie Figure Champion 2006 NPC Bluegrass Championships ..... The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington, KY was the location for the 2006 NPC Bluegrass Bodybuilding and Figure Championships on August 5 under the promotional efforts of Ricky “Tricky” Jackson. ..... ..... Marzell Penix, 36, of Danville, KY took all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous lightheavyweight class win. ..... ..... Marzell then entered into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and was the unanimous choice of the judges for the overall title. ..... ..... Leigh Ann Bowen, 32, of Frankfort, KY was competing for the first time and took all first place votes from the judging panel for the unanimous heavyweight class win. ..... ..... Leigh Ann then entered into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and once again took all first place votes for the unanimous decision for the overall win. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into two height classes with a total of 14 athletes competing ..... ..... Tina Shehan, 42, of Lexington, KY took a two-round total of 17 points for the short class win. ..... ..... Tina then entered into the final comparisons of the class winners and took the majority of the first place votes from the judges for the overall victory. (Photo by J. C. Norton - Musclehead Graphics) 2006 NPC Bluegrass Champions, from left to right: Leigh Ann Bowen and Marzell Penix, Bodybuilding; and Tina Shehan, Figure. 2006 NPC Battle of Biloxi ..... The Saenger Theater in Biloxi, MS was the site for the 2006 NPC Battle of Biloxi on July 29 under the promotion of Alabama District Chairman Scott Lyons and John Landry. ..... ..... Stephen Henslee, 34, of Gadsden, AL was making his comeback appearance after taking 2005 off and faced a tough competitive field of heavyweights to score all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous class win. ..... ..... Stephen then entered the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and once again took all first place votes for the overall title. ..... ..... Kelly Robbins, 40, of Slidell, LA was unopposed in the lightweight class and after the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners took a one-point (7 - 8) margin of victory for the overall women’s title. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into three height classes with a total of 14 athletes competing. ..... ..... Heather Henslee, 31, of Gadsden, AL was competing for the first time and scored all first place votes in both rounds of the competition for the unanimous medium class win. ..... ..... Heather then moved into the final comparisons of the class winners and once again took all first place votes for the unanimous victory. (Photo by Chip English) 2006 NPC Battle of Biloxi Champions, from left to right; Heather Henslee, Figure; Stephen Henslee and Kelly Robbins, Bodybuilding. SMP Related Links Copyright © 1999 - 2006 Southern Muscle Plus, All Rights Reserved