ON THE COVER: 2003 NPC Southern Classic Champions, from left to right: Victoria Felton, Fitness; Al Graham and Brenda Smith, Bodybuilding; and Selma Reneman, Figure. Insert Photo: 2003 NPC Southeastern Gold's Classic Champions, from left to right: Kristi Pugh, Fitness; Kevin Stanley and Rachel Camp, Bodybuilding; and Michelle Clower, Figure. (Cover Photo by Brian Dasto) (Insert Photo by www.christianmichaelphoto.com) (Cover Design by John Stevens)  August 2003 2003 NPC Tampa Bay Classic 2003 20th Annual NPC Southern Classic 2003 NPC Southeastern Gold's Classic 2003 NPC Mid-Florida Classic 2003 NPC Space Coast Championships 2003 NPC Greater Knox Classic 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. 2003 NPC Tampa Bay Classic ..... by Tim Gardner ..... ..... Men’s open lightheavyweight winner, Rodney Tellis of Largo; women’s open lightweight winner, Kathleen Schloss of New Port Richey; and women’s figure short class winner, Jody Schiel of Lakeland; were prestigiously victorious in staking claim to their overall titles at the NPC Tampa Bay Classic Bodybuilding and Figure Championships, a level III contest, which was held June 7th at the USF Special Events Center, under the promotion of John Schleicher’s Superior Sports Productions. (Photos by Iaje Photography) 2003 Tampa Bay Classic Champions Rodney Tellis and Kathleen Schloss. Jodi Schiel Figure Champion 2003 20th Annual NPC Southern Classic ..... The first national qualifier for 2003 for Mississippi was the 20th annual NPC Southern Classic that was held on June 7 at the Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson under the promotion of state and zone chairman Don Hollis and his wife Betty. ..... ..... Thirty-four-year-old Al Graham of North Little Rock, AR faced eight tough competitors in the heavyweight class to take the win by a unanimous decision. ..... ..... Al then moved into the final comparisons and pose down and once again took all first place votes for the overall win. ..... ..... Brenda Smith, 39, of Bossier City, LA took a one-point (7 - 8) decision to capture the lightweight class win and then moved into the finals to take the overall with a majority decision. ..... ..... Seventeen-year-old Victoria Felton of Madison, MS was making her first contest appearance and was unopposed in the Fitness Division. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into three height classes with a total of 18 competitors. ..... ..... Selma Reneman, 37, of Mobile, AL was the winner of both rounds of competition to take the medium height class win over 7 other competitors. ..... ..... Selma moved into the final comparisons and was the unanimous choice of the judging panel for the overall win. (Photo by Brian Dasto) 2003 NPC Southern Classic Champions, from left to right: Victoria Felton, Fitness; Al Graham and Brenda Smith, Bodybuilding; and Selma Reneman, Figure. 2003 NPC Southeastern Gold's Classic ..... The 2003 NPC National Qualifier Southeastern Gold’s Classic Bodybuilding and Mak Attack Fitness and Figure Championships were held at the Wallace Hall Auditorium in Gadsden, AL on June 21 under the promotion of Stace Beechum and his Gold’s Gym of Rainbow City. ..... ..... Kevin Stanley, 39, of Gadsden, AL took the lightheavyweight class and moved into the final comparisons and posedown to receive the majority of first place votes from the judges for the overall win. ..... ..... Rachel Camp, 35, of Boaz, AL took the heavyweight class by a unanimous decision and took the overall by a unanimous decision of the judges. ..... ..... The Fitness Division had three entrants and veteran competitor Kristi Pugh, 25, of Tuscaloosa, AL took first place in all three rounds of competition for the win. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into two height classes with a total of eight competitors - - one in the short class and seven in the tall. ..... ..... Michelle Clower, 22, of Athens, GA was tied with Tabitha Lester of LIndals, GA for first place after both rounds of competition. The highs and lows were added back into the scoring and Michelle Clower was declared the winner of the class. ..... ..... Michelle moved into the final comparisons and took the overall title by a unanimous decision. (Photo by www.christianmichaelphoto.com) 2003 NPC Southeastern Gold's Classic Champions, from left to right: Kristi Pugh, Fitness; Kevin Stanley and Rachel Camp, Bodybuilding; and Michelle Clower, Figure. 2003 NPC Mid-Florida Classic ..... The 2003 NPC Mid-Florida Bodybuilding and Figure Championships were held on June 14 at the Dr. Phillips Auditorium in Orlando under the promotion of Central Florida vice-chairman Deke Warner. ..... ..... Al Auguste, 26, of Orlando edged out a field of five other athletes for the middleweight class win and moved into the finals to take the overall title. ..... ..... Suki Patterson, 55, of Melbourne, was unopposed in the lightweight class and after the final comparisons and pose down was the unanimous pick of the judges for the overall win. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into two height classes with a total of 18 athletes competing for the overall. ..... ..... Thirty-year-old Kimberly Atwood of Orlando faced tough competition from 12 athletes in the tall class and was tied for first with Christine Nestor, 30, of Melbourne with 8 points each after round one (two-piece swimsuit) and after the completion of round two (one-piece swimsuit) pulled ahead by 5 points to take the second round and the class win. ..... ..... Kimberly moved into the final comparisons and received all first place votes from the judging panel for the overall win. (Photo by Iaje Photography) 2003 NPC Mid-Florida Classic Champions, from left to right: Kimberly Atwood, Figure; Al Auguste and Suki Patterson, Bodybuilding. 2003 NPC Space Coast Championships ..... The 2003 NPC Space Coast Bodybuilding and Figure Championships were held on May 31 at the Imperial Hotel Conference Center in Melbourne under the promotional efforts of Neil and Melissa Butler and their Hawk’s Gym. ..... ..... For the past several years the NPC Space Coast was promoted by Sonny Molinelli of Cape Canaveral. Sonny passed away last year after a very long battle with cancer. ..... ..... Twenty-seven-year-old Craig Soubliere of Vero Beach took the lightheavyweight class win by a unanimous decision and moved into the finals to take the overall title by a majority of first place votes from the judging panel. ..... ..... Veteran competitor Melissa Palmer, 32, of Vero Beach took the majority of first place votes for the heavyweight class win and moved into the final comparisons and posedown to take the overall title. ..... ..... ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into two height classes with a total of 13 competitors. ..... ..... Sarah Cornett, 224, of Satellite Beach took the majority of first place votes in both rounds of competition to take the short class win. ..... ..... Sarah moved into the final comparisons and took the majority of the first place votes once again for the overall title. (Photo by Iaje Photography) 2003 NPC Space Coast Champions, from left to right: Melissa Palmer, Bodybuilding; Craig Soubliere, Bodybuilding; and Sarah Cornett, Figure. 2003 NPC Greater Knox Classic ..... The 2003 NPC Greater Knox Bodybuilding and Figure Classic was held on June 28 at the Knox Bearden High School auditorium under the promotion of Clay Spires. ..... ..... Veteran competitor Aaron Faire, 32, of Tampa, FL took the lightheavyweight class by a unanimous decision and moved into the final comparisons to take the overall title. ..... ..... Thirty-eight-year-old Barbara Steele of Nashville, TN captured the middleweight class with all first place votes from the judges and after the final comparisons and pose down was the overall champion. ..... ..... The Figure Division was divided into two height classes and twenty-eight-year-old Meridith Kilpatrick of Knoxville faced tough competition of nine other entrants in the tall class and emerged as the choice of the judges for the class win. ..... ..... Meridith moved into the finals and was declared the overall winner. (Photo Courtesy of the Promoter) 2003 NPC Greater Knox Classic Champions Aaron Faire, Bodybuilding, and Meridith Kilpatrick, Figure. Click Images for Larger View Copyright © 1999 - 2001 Southern Muscle Plus, All Rights Reserved