2022 United Kingdom International Championships.

Photos courtesy of Sam Solarfly, Matt Marsh Photography

Our final contest of the 2022 domestic season saw 139 invited athletes complete the course and make it to the big stage at the Athena in Leicester to battle it out for titles up for grabs. A record breaking finals audience roared them on to success, setting an incredible atmosphere for our season finale.

The results were as follows:

Teenage Men Bodybuilding

Winners

1 – Josh Bogdani (Huddersfield)

2 – Conran Butcher (Leicester)

3 – Jak Church (York)

Junior Men Bodybuilding

Winners

1 – Ivan Tanczos (London)

2 – Zack Addis Daniels (Northampton)

3 – Matt Lewsey (Bury St Endmunds)

4 – Ivaylo Topalov (Camberley)

5 – Liam McKeown (Ireland)

Also competed – Charlie Cuthbert, Ben Merritt, Jermaine Suleman.

Masters Men Bodybuilding

Winners

1 – Darren Shepherd Loxton (Didcot)

2 – Matthew Brookes (Stoke on Trent)

3 – Lee Tulleth (Glenrothes)

Grandmasters Men Bodybuilding

Winners

1 – Johnny Mack (Leeds) *** Overall Masters Winner, of the Oliver Perry Trophy ***

2 – Ian Smith (Coventry)

3 – Jonty Williams (Hereford)

4 – Michael Boyle (Manchester)

5 – Nigel Barton (Congleton)

Also competed – David Doig and Courtney Smith.

Masters Women Figure

Winners

1 – Paula Christian Cox (Chester) *** Overall Womens Figure Winner ***

2 – Lorraine Jackson (Aldershot) *** Blood and Guts Award Winner ***

3 – Maria Giordmaina (Stratford)

4 – Lyndsey Davies (Chester)

5 – Cerys Hindley (Flintshire)

Also competed – Nicola Jenner, Steph Cullen and Louise Craner.

Novice Men Bodybuilding

Winners

1 – Leon Campbell (Dudley)

2 – Connor Lewis (Bingley)

3 – Sid Islam (Sheffield)

4 – Aaron Clarke (Dunstable)

5 – Ethan Gilmore Jones (Llandudno)

Also competed – Nathan Harwood (Batley), Nerijus Simonavicius, Ben Prentice.

Women Figure

Winners

1 – Grace Jones (Wirrall)

2 – Emma Currivan (Ireland)

3 – Megan Relf (Bedord)

4 – Amy Richardson (Southampton)

5 – Karolina Flizic (Chessington)

Also competed – Signe Andreasson, Angela McQuillan, Hannah Cleghorn, Claire Cartlidge, Annelise Norgaard Christensen, Melanie Blane.

Mens Classic Physique

Winners

1 – Marc Ross Willetts (Leamington Spa)

2 – Grevon Harris (Glasgow)

3 – Craig Hurst (Barrow)

4 – Dylan Marshall (Sheffield)

5 – Adriano Di Nunzio (Germany)

Women Physique

Winners

1 – Nicola Truelove (Neston)

2 – Ally Ross Willetts (Leamington Spa)

3 – Jennie Roberts (Hartlepool)

4 – Barbara Isoni (Manchester)

5 – Lisa Pears (Melton Mowbray)

Also competed – Sabrina Lang, Saskia Heidorn, Jill Meredith.

Open Women Bodybuilding

Winners

1 – Heather Toman (Callington)

2 – Susan Friang Gamsgaard (Denmark)

3 – Claire Guirguis (Coalville)

4 – Julia Hunter (London)

5 – Megan Codling (Rotherham)

Open Men Bodybuilding Short

Winners

1 – Lloyd Brown (Westcliff)

2 – Jannis Weidmann (Germany)

3 – George Osborne (Stoke on Trent)

4 – Sonny Velizarov (Camberley)

5 – Bradley Dodd (Torquay)

Open Men Bodybuilding Medium

Winners

1 – Adam Powe (Cambridge) *** Overall UK Champion ***

2 – Peter Stark (Austria)#

3 – Matt Berry (Solihull)

4 – Mathias Wimmer (Germany)

5 – Phillipp Poll (Germany)

Also competed – Jack Thorburn, Desky Ngathe, Robert Luncean, Finn Macnamara, Sandro Krattiger, Shane Storey, Till Schwartz.

Open Men Bodybuilding Tall

Winners

1 – Kristofer Kirk Bangsgaard (Denmark) *** Overall International Champion ***

2 – Luigi Nikolas (Slovakia)

3 – Ryan Sapstead (Market Harborough)

4 – Peter Bullard (Shanklin)

5 – Loic Perusset (London)

Also competed – Jonathan Dunn, Maiky Reigwart, Simon Buckert.

Junior Women Bikini

Winners

1 – Maddie Grant (Loughborough)

2 – Lyla Bryan (Southampton)

Junior Men Physique

Winners

1 – Jovan Ennis Esson (Gloucester) *** Overall Mens Physique Winner ***

2 – Jack Tomkins (Hemel Hempstead)

3 – Matheus Silva (London)

4 – Morgan Adams (Taunton)

5 – Harvey Oxford (Stamford)

6 – David Amodu (Cambridge)

Masters Women Bikini

Winners

1 – Naomi Purvis (Cornwall)

2 – Becky Newberry (Exeter)

3 – Kamilla Adamczak (Glasgow)

4 – Sharon Black (Aberdeen)

5 – Kirstyn Millar (Elgin)

Also competed – Jolene McComiskie, Kuljit Sembhi.

Masters Men Physique

Winners

1 – Joe Badham (Eastbourne)

2 – Llion Drake (Wrexham)

3 – Graham McCaig (Glasgow)

4 – Alex Manev (Dundee)

5 – Thomas Collins (Stafford)

6 – Mark Harris (Widnes)

Women Bikini

Winners

1 – Monika Buzova (Glasgow) *** Overall Bikini Winner ***

2 – Kimberley Savoury (Norwich)

3 – Sian Kenny (Liverpool)

4 – Freja Gnist Christensen (Denmark)

5 – Ally Lantos (Brighton)

Also competed – Amanda Egeskov Christensen, Laurie Fell, Ainsley McLean, Vivien Forder, Megan Hensman, Preeti Binning.

Men Physique Short

Winners

1 – Joshua Atease (London)

2 – Nitisart Jakborvomphan (Uckfield)

3 – Siu Nam Chan (Guildford)

4 – Caine Wood (Nottingham)

5 – Grant Baggotts (Leicester)

Also competed – Izaak Dunk, Johnny Clough, Scott McCormick, Joe Bennett.

Open Men Physique Tall

Winners

1 – Qais Butt (Runcorn)

2 – Okan Akbalik (Germany)

3 – Ivars Gereiko (London)

4 – Mikey Brouwer (London)

5 – Jake Dear (Chelmsford)

6 – Joe Vivay (Gloucester)