Age: 48
Height: 5’6/168 cms
Weight: 70 - 81 kg Off season / 58 - 61 kg on stage
Body Building/Sport History:
1st Miss Hasting 1994
3rd Miss NABBA Kettering 1994
6th NABBA Hayes 1995
London Marathon 2012
Milton Keynes Marathon 2012
Brighton Marathon 2013
Milton Keynes Marathon 2013
1st Physique UKBFF Leamington Spa 2013
Physique in UKBFF British Finals 2013
1st UKBFF Physique Stars of Tomorrow 2013
Physique in UKBFF British Finals 2014
1st Bodyfitness Masters UKBFF UKONE 2014
4th Place BodyPower UKBFF USN Olympia Amateur Qualifier 2015 Body Fitness over 163 cm
4th Place UKBFF British Grand Prix 2015 Olympia Amateur Qualifier 2015 Body Fitness over 163 cm
1st Place UKBFF Kent Klassic Womans Physique 2017
Physique in UKBFF British Finals 2017
Likes: Weight Training, Running, Jeet Kune Do and Kali Stick Fighting, Chicken, Fresh Fish caught from Rye harbour and bought from Billingsgate, Roasted Garlic Broccoli, studying for my Diet and Nutrition Diploma, going to Cinema, eating out (when I’m allowed *sad face*), my fabulous family and friends, running my own business, singing, thunder storms, belly laughs, cuddles, veins and burps.
Dislikes: Running on a windy day, driving in the snow, pessimists, people who talk quietly (I’m deaf in one ear!), procrastinators, pork pies, loosing, injuries, not having a pound for a trolley, people leaving out their weights in the gym, other peoples BO, and soap operas.
Bio:
I was never a sporty child, and by 17 years old and after travelling around Europe singing with a band I came home very over weight. I joined a gym, lost the weight by changing my diet and loved the feeling. A boyfriend at the time introduced me to weights when I was 18 years old and by age 22 I competed in my first Body Building Competition in 1994 at Hastings and won.
I competed for a couple of years half heartedly back then but other things in life took over. I always was an active gym member, and always kept to a weights regime. I also started a Telecoms company Telephone Trainers Ltd in 1999 and still run the business today.
Years later I found a love for running. My running technique all my life had been terrible, so I literally had to learn to run. I was made to feel so bad for not running well by a run leader once, that it made me vow to show her that I could do better. Within 3 years from that day I had run over 20 half marathons, other 5K and 10K and trail runs and 4 Full marathons, of which London was one. That day being the most amazing day in my life. And totally changed my outlook on life, and what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
On seeing photos of my finishing a scorching 80 degree Milton Keynes Marathon 2013, I could see I had built a fair bit of muscle up showing through my dehydrated state at the finish line. I had been trying harder on the weights side for about 3-4 years with a fantasy of competing again 20 years from when I last did. With a little support from friends, decided to enter a UKBFF qualifying show that year to try and get into the 2014 Finals, which would have been 20 years exactly if I qualified for the next year.
8 weeks into my diet in 2013, I could see I was going to be ready early, so decided to try and qualify for the 2013 Finals. I snuck off to Leamington Spa with a friend, competed and won. 19 years after I had last competed, found myself qualified for the UKBFF British Finals in Harrogate in 2013. It was an amazing weekend. I didn’t make top six, and was told later I was 8th which I was made up with considering I really didn’t think I would be there at all. 8th Top Physique Body Builder in the country, after running marathons 6 months ago and at 42 years old. I felt proud.
8 weeks into my diet in 2013, I could see I was going to be ready early, so decided to try and qualify for the 2013 Finals. I snuck off to Leamington Spa with a friend, competed and won. 19 years after I had last competed, found myself qualified for the UKBFF British Finals in Harrogate in 2013. It was an amazing weekend. I didn’t make top six, and was told later I was 8th which I was made up with considering I really didn’t think I would be there at all. 8th Top Physique Body Builder in the country, after running marathons 6 months ago and at 42 years old. I felt proud.
Two weeks later I did the original show I had planned to do to qualify for the 2014 Finals, which was the UKBFF Stars of Tomorrow in Hayes and won again, qualifying for the 2014 UKBFF British Finals.
October 2014 in Nottingham was the UKBFF British finals again. It will be exactly 20 years since I first competed. Sadly again I didnt place. The girls were huge, and I was over dieted.
So at the suggestion of a couple of people in the industry, I went and competed as a UKBFF Bodyfitness Masters competitor at the UKONE show in Leicester and won, qualifying again for the British Finals in 2015 in October. This unfortunately I had to pull out of due to work commitments and health issues.
I then competed at the BodyPower USN Olympia Amateur qualifier and placed a close 4th place in a great line up.
October 2014 in Nottingham was the UKBFF British finals again. It will be exactly 20 years since I first competed. Sadly again I didnt place. The girls were huge, and I was over dieted.
So at the suggestion of a couple of people in the industry, I went and competed as a UKBFF Bodyfitness Masters competitor at the UKONE show in Leicester and won, qualifying again for the British Finals in 2015 in October. This unfortunately I had to pull out of due to work commitments and health issues.
I then competed at the BodyPower USN Olympia Amateur qualifier and placed a close 4th place in a great line up.
And then went on also to place 4th again in the British Grand Prix 2015, narrowly missing a qualification to the Arnold Classic.
I then took off a year to fix and improve my physique, and get back to my favorite class, that is Womans Physique. SO this year 2017...i'm back! Placing 1st at the Kent Klassic 2017 in Womans Physique category and qualifyng again for for the UKBFF British Finals in Nottingham 2017.
Its great to be back! Let see what this year brings!
I then took off a year to fix and improve my physique, and get back to my favorite class, that is Womans Physique. SO this year 2017...i'm back! Placing 1st at the Kent Klassic 2017 in Womans Physique category and qualifyng again for for the UKBFF British Finals in Nottingham 2017.
Its great to be back! Let see what this year brings!