2011 IDFA Montreal Classic

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Written by Doug Schneider Doug Schneider

Created: 10 April 2011 10 April 2011

The province of Quebec has a long, rich bodybuilding history, so it’s an important place for any credible physique organization to have a strong foothold in. The IDFA, which has gained significant strength in Quebec over the years, had its largest and most successful event in that province yet – the 2011 Montreal Classic, held April 9 at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall near downtown Montreal. Competitors from across the country stormed the stage in the novice and open categories, with three IDFA Pro Cards up for grabs.

The highlights of the novice competition included: Kari Janz of Barrie, Ontario, winning the fitness model short and overall titles; Pier-Luc Turgeon of Beauceville, Quebec, claiming the lightweight and overall titles in men’s bodybuilding; and Karine Pilon of Bois-des-Filions, Quebec, winning the tall and overall figure titles

Masters competitions are for competitions 40 years of age and older. But it was these winners who proved that age doesn’t necessarily matter in physique events. Quebec’s Nathalie Piche claimed the women’s crowns in the masters and open categories, earning one of the three pro cards that night. In men’s bodybuilding it was Ontario’s Steve Duperre who was won the masters and open men’s bodybuilding categories and also earned a pro card. The other pro-card winner that night went to someone who won a category where there is no masters class: Alberta’s Steph Marques of won the open fitness model category

The Montreal Classic was a success because of the size and quality of competition, but also because of one more thing: this show marked the debut of the IDFA’s new ultra-strict, WADA-style anti-doping program led by the IDFA’s Chief Doping Control Officer, Brian Robitaille, a former two-time Canadian bodybuilding champion who is one of the most respected men in the sport. The IDFA keeps growing and getting better.

Doug Schneider

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Full results:

WOMEN'S MASTERS FIGURE (OVER 40)

1. Nathalie Piche (St-Jerome, QC)
2. Isabelle Alix (Montreal, QC)
3. Janet Gates (Barrie, ON)
4. Clair Patton (Kahnawake, QC)

MEN'S MASTERS BODYBUILDING (OVER 40)

1. Steve Duperre (Ottawa, ON)
2. Francois Leblond (Ste-Marie Ble, QC)
3. Chris Becanic (Ottawa, ON)

WOMEN'S NOVICE FITNESS MODEL (SHORT)

1. Kari Janz (Barrie, ON) *Overall Winner
2. Natalie Wood (Whitby, ON)
3. Shelly Warren (Kingston, ON)

WOMEN'S NOVICE FITNESS MODEL (TALL)

1. Vinzina Francis (Toronto, ON)
2. Jessica Walker (Shanty Bay, ON)
3. Lucie Rezankova (Ottawa, ON)
4. Marieve Emond (Quebec, QC)
5. Melanie Kiss (Toronto, ON)
6. Brionnie Galloway (Mississauga, ON)
7. Lyne Desjardins (Laval, QC)
8. Marie Josee Martin (Ste-Sophie, QC)

MEN'S NOVICE BODYBUILDING (LIGHTWEIGHT)

1. Pier-Alexandre Cliché (Saint-Joseph de Beauce, QC)
2. Dwayne Harju (Orleans, ON)
3. Francois Turmel (St-Patrice, QC)
4. Dan Hovington (Baie-Comeau, QC)
5. Jeff Weston (Kingston, ON)
6. Stephane Beaudoin (Gatineau, QC)

MEN'S NOVICE BODYBUILDING (HEAVYWEIGHT)

1. Pier-Luc Turgeon (Beauceville, QC) *Overall Winner
2. Jonathan Roberge (Magog, QC)
3. Gilles-Philip Giguere (St-Joseph Beauce,QC)
4. Claude Lessard (Sainte-Marie, QC)
5. Marc Pleau (Trenton, ON)
6. Alexandre Somlyay (Notre-Dame-de-lile-Perrot, QC)

WOMEN'S NOVICE FIGURE (SHORT)

1. Meaghan McDonald (Midhurst, ON)
2. Isabelle Alix (Montreal, QC)
3. Kari Janz (Barrie, ON)
4. Shelly Warren (Kingston, ON)
5. Jennifer Corbeil (St-Jerome, QC)

WOMEN'S NOVICE FIGURE (TALL)

1. Karine Pilon (Bois-des-Filions, QC) *Overall Winner & New IDFA Pro
2. Tara Portelli (Barrie, ON)
3. Lucie Rezankova (Ottawa, ON)
4. Jennifer Walker (Shanty Bay, ON)
5. Caroline Jobin (St-Georges de Beauce, QC)
6. Marieve Emond (Quebec, QC)
7. Isabelle Gentile (Blainville, QC)
8. Clair Patton (Kahnawake, QC)

WOMEN'S OPEN FITNESS MODEL

1. Steph Marques (Calgary, AB) *New IDFA Pro
2. Robyn Stone (Port McNicoll, ON)

MEN'S OPEN BODYBUILDING (LIGHTWEIGHT)

1. Steve Duperre (Ottawa, ON) *Overall Winner & New IDFA Pro
2. Jesse Lapointe (Montreal, QC)
3. Simon Bourret (Quebec, QC)

MEN'S OPEN BODYBUILDING (HEAVYWEIGHT)

1. Francois Leblond (Ste-Marie Ble, QC)
2. Bobby MacKenzie (Timberlea, NS)
3. Chris Becanic (Ottawa, ON)

WOMEN’S OPEN FIGURE

1. Nathalie Piche (St-Jerome, QC) *New IDFA Pro
2. Laura Stevenson (Gatineau, QC)
3. Melissa Yates (Sarnia, ON)
4. Steph Marques (Calgary, AB)
5. Janet Gates (Barrie, ON)
6. Robyn Stone (Port McNicoll, ON)
7. Natalie Wood (Whitby, ON)