IBFA UK Britain Finals 2026 results, Viva Blackpool, Sunday October 25 2026

Ant Shepherd and Sarah Page were crowned overall champions at the IBFA UK Britain Finals 2026, held at Viva Blackpool on Sunday 25 October. Shepherd took the overall after winning Men’s Bodybuilding Class 2, while Page claimed the overall female title on the back of her Women’s Bodybuilding win. Several athletes left Blackpool with two titles. Maxwell Herd won both Classic Short and Classic Over 40, and Paul Norton won Men’s Over 50 and Over 60. Chris Homewood took Classic Tall and Class 1, and Naomi Roberts won Bikini Under 23 and Bikini Open.

The Men’s Over 40 result was changed after the show. John Youssef was initially called in second place, but a day later Matt Ali reviewed the scorecards and reversed the decision, confirming Youssef as the winner. The results below reflect the corrected placings.

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Overall Male Champion
1 Ant Shepherd

Overall Female Champion
1 Sarah Page

Junior Men Under 23
1 Josh Hughes

Bikini Under 23
1 Naomi Roberts

Disability Men
1 Jonathon Griffiths

Disability Women
1 Kathryn Smith

Men’s Novice
1 Keith Phillips
2 Jeremiah Thornhill
3 Joel Smith
4 Leon Thompson

Men’s Physique Open
1 Ryan Maughan
2 Grant Coles
3 Wayne Attewell

Men’s Physique Over 40
1 Lloyd Jelinek
2 Grant Coles
3 Wayne Attewell

Men’s Over 40
1 John Youssef
2 Keith Phillips
3 Mark Coulson

Men’s Over 50
1 Paul Norton
2 Leigh Bennett
3 Jed Moss

Men’s Over 60
1 Paul Norton
2 Leigh Bennett

Classic Tall
1 Chris Homewood
2 Ryan Maughan
3 Allan Jamieson

Classic Short
1 Maxwell Herd
2 Johnny Hart
3 Gareth Miller

Classic Over 40
1 Maxwell Herd
2 Marcus Warner
3 Jed Moss

Women’s Open Over 40
1 Lisa Lamb
2 Emma Gordan
3 Davina Summers

Women’s Open Over 50
1 Tracey Knowles
2 Lily Curtis
3 Sue Pickett

Women’s Toned
1 Frances Baker
2 Lisa Lamb
3 Tari Marriott

Women’s Athletic
1 Davina Summers

Women’s Trained
1 Sarah Dunbar
2 Tracey Davy

Women’s Bodybuilding
1 Sarah Page
2 Tracey Knowles
3 Sarah Dunbar

Women’s Novice
1 Eleanor Simpson

Bikini Open
1 Naomi Roberts
2 Kathy Smith
3 Maria Higgins

Bikini Over 35
1 Lily Curtis
2 Louise Lawson
3 Maria Higgins

Bikini Trained
1 Alice Robinson

Men’s Bodybuilding Class 3
1 Neal Maher
2 John Youssef
3 Johnny Hart

Men’s Bodybuilding Class 2
1 Ant Shepherd
2 Jay Roberts
3 Joel Smith

Men’s Bodybuilding Class 1
1 Chris Homewood
2 Jeremiah Thornhill

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Biology, pro status and the attitude that earns respect – Sibel Osman

In the Masters Series finale, Sibel Osman tackles hormones, mobility, natural vs. assisted and the attitude that separates turning pro from being pro.

In the final instalment of the Masters Series, Sibel Osman turns to the physical realities most competitors don't discuss openly: perimenopause, menopause and the hormonal shifts that reshape a female athlete's body later in life.

For those starting out at 50-plus, she is blunt; years of muscle atrophy mean beginning from what is effectively "ground zero", making growth harder to achieve.

Her advice is unambiguous: work with coaches who specialise specifically in Masters athletes and hormones, not generalists.

Mobility matters just as much as muscle, she argues. Stage presence is "performance art" and stiffness – often more pronounced with age – can undercut even the best-built physique, particularly in federations demanding individual posing routines.

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She is equally direct about the natural-versus-assisted conversation, framing it as another dimension of "staying in your lane" – one she says matters more, not less, as athletes get older.

The sharpest distinction Osman draws, though, is between turning pro and being pro. Earning a pro card on a given day's line-up, she says, does not make anyone automatically competitive at professional level. It can just as easily place someone at the bottom of the pro food chain as the top of the amateur one. Her own approach: do not rush a status you are not yet equipped to hold.

That leads to her closing message on attitude. Turning pro comes with responsibility – as a role model, an ambassador for the sport, a representative for sponsors – and there is no room for entitlement.

Osman says she has noticed a strain of urgency and entitlement creeping into parts of the Masters community and her answer is simple: stay humble, stay respectful and remember what you represent.

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