{"id":10483,"date":"2026-01-16T00:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=10483"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:37:39","slug":"revitalise-gym-wins-nabba-manawatu-wanganuis-top-bodybuilding-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=10483","title":{"rendered":"Revitalise Gym wins NABBA Manawatu\/Wanganui’s top bodybuilding prize"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“I’m a very proud mother hen.”<\/p>\n

The crown jewel for Revitalise was Michaela Sullenberger, who won the most competitive division in the Women’s Novice Shape, going up against seven other entries.<\/p>\n

Then competing with the Open Shape entrant, Sullenberger was again judged the overall best to claim the Ms Manawatu\/Wanganui Shape crown.<\/p>\n

Sullenberger had started off the afternoon judging session teaming with clubmate Kyle O’Keefe to come runnerup in the Mixed Pairs competition.<\/p>\n

It completes a great year of preparation for Sullenberger, who came third in the Novice Shape last year but had only recently come back into the sport after giving birth.<\/p>\n

On two months training, Kyle O’Keefe was going to win his Junior Men class, as was Revitalise’s Taihape member Fiona Blyth, following six months getting ready for the Open Physique Women Short.<\/p>\n

Carl Bond claimed his Novice Physique Men Short Grade.<\/p>\n

Of the non-Revitalise local competitors to do well, Joseph Panui was second in the Teenage Men grade, competing at the same time as Kyle O’Keefe, while Wellington-based Joel Ashworth won the Mr Body-Board Shorts Novice crown.<\/p>\n

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Lining up for the men’s board shorts competition were, from left, Han Tran, Manish Pande, Shivain Sethi, Joel Ashworth, and Sean Hoeflich.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n