10-05-2008, 09:27 AM
10-06-2008, 07:33 AM
Sendriene E.<WFF' Wrote:President WFF-WBBF North America MICHAEL GLASS met his old friend World’s Bodybuilding legend LOU FERIGNO
I think Lou is about 60 now...? :roll:
10-06-2008, 10:56 PM
Today we received a letter from Mexico:
Dear Mr. Edmundas Daubaras
Im writting you on behalf of the President WFF-WBBF Mexico Mr. Manuel Solano to let you know how it's going the planning for the WFF-WBBF Mr. North America Championships Mexico 2008 that it will take place on november 1st 2008 in the new Electricians theatre located in: Av. Insurgentes centro#28 corner with Antonio Caso, Col. Tabacalera, Del. Cuauhtémoc. To this event we are expecting about 100 athletes from diferent countries like: Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Perú and of course Mexico. We are planning to give to the best 5 athletes a ticket to the WBBF Pro World Championship and WFF-WBBF Amateur Universe events that will take place in Vilnius Lithuania on november 21st 2008. For the attending crowd we are going to put an Expo of diferent brands and sponsors.
Im attaching you the pictures of some athletes that we considet that will be able to performe a good job on the events in Lithuania. I also include the poster for the WFF-WBBF Mr. North America championships.
Please recive the best wishes from Mr. Manuel Solano
Sincerly,
Alexandra López
Dear Mr. Edmundas Daubaras
Im writting you on behalf of the President WFF-WBBF Mexico Mr. Manuel Solano to let you know how it's going the planning for the WFF-WBBF Mr. North America Championships Mexico 2008 that it will take place on november 1st 2008 in the new Electricians theatre located in: Av. Insurgentes centro#28 corner with Antonio Caso, Col. Tabacalera, Del. Cuauhtémoc. To this event we are expecting about 100 athletes from diferent countries like: Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Perú and of course Mexico. We are planning to give to the best 5 athletes a ticket to the WBBF Pro World Championship and WFF-WBBF Amateur Universe events that will take place in Vilnius Lithuania on november 21st 2008. For the attending crowd we are going to put an Expo of diferent brands and sponsors.
Im attaching you the pictures of some athletes that we considet that will be able to performe a good job on the events in Lithuania. I also include the poster for the WFF-WBBF Mr. North America championships.
Please recive the best wishes from Mr. Manuel Solano
Sincerly,
Alexandra López
10-06-2008, 10:56 PM
WFF secretary service Wrote:Today we received a letter from Mexico:
Dear Mr. Edmundas Daubaras
Im writting you on behalf of the President WFF-WBBF Mexico Mr. Manuel Solano to let you know how it's going the planning for the WFF-WBBF Mr. North America Championships Mexico 2008 that it will take place on november 1st 2008 in the new Electricians theatre located in: Av. Insurgentes centro#28 corner with Antonio Caso, Col. Tabacalera, Del. Cuauhtémoc. To this event we are expecting about 100 athletes from diferent countries like: Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Perú and of course Mexico. We are planning to give to the best 5 athletes a ticket to the WBBF Pro World Championship and WFF-WBBF Amateur Universe events that will take place in Vilnius Lithuania on november 21st 2008. For the attending crowd we are going to put an Expo of diferent brands and sponsors.
Im attaching you the pictures of some athletes that we considet that will be able to performe a good job on the events in Lithuania. I also include the poster for the WFF-WBBF Mr. North America championships.
Please recive the best wishes from Mr. Manuel Solano
Sincerly,
Alexandra López
10-07-2008, 12:54 AM
Dear Mr. Alexandra Lopez – Via WFF-WBBF President Mexico Mr. Manuel Solano,
This is indeed great news.
Since we only have less than a month to help you produce this event we will need the following sent to us:
1.A high resolution copy of your poster to post on our WFF-WBBF North American web site. This being: www.womensfigure.com
2.A copy of the enter form, hosting Hotel, Transportation airport- Hotel-Venue. Air fare arrivals via your city and country, time, dates, address. EXPO information Visa-Pass Port information in English if possible.
3.What the top three will receive. Magazines, sponsors etc.
4.Please give me your email, phone number with English speaking translator to send information.
My email address is: Newportmuscle@sbcglobal.net
website is: WWW.WOMENSFIGURE.COM
Our North American office Number is:
(949) 642-3677.
We look forward to a successful event in your country.
Respectfully,
Mike Glass President WFF-WBBF North America® Est. 2005
This is indeed great news.
Since we only have less than a month to help you produce this event we will need the following sent to us:
1.A high resolution copy of your poster to post on our WFF-WBBF North American web site. This being: www.womensfigure.com
2.A copy of the enter form, hosting Hotel, Transportation airport- Hotel-Venue. Air fare arrivals via your city and country, time, dates, address. EXPO information Visa-Pass Port information in English if possible.
3.What the top three will receive. Magazines, sponsors etc.
4.Please give me your email, phone number with English speaking translator to send information.
My email address is: Newportmuscle@sbcglobal.net
website is: WWW.WOMENSFIGURE.COM
Our North American office Number is:
(949) 642-3677.
We look forward to a successful event in your country.
Respectfully,
Mike Glass President WFF-WBBF North America® Est. 2005
10-07-2008, 07:59 AM
Mike Glass-USA Wrote:Dear Mr. Alexandra Lopez – Via WFF-WBBF President Mexico Mr. Manuel Solano,
This is indeed great news.
Since we only have less than a month to help you produce this event we will need the following sent to us:
1.A high resolution copy of your poster to post on our WFF-WBBF North American web site. This being: www.womensfigure.com
2.A copy of the enter form, hosting Hotel, Transportation airport- Hotel-Venue. Air fare arrivals via your city and country, time, dates, address. EXPO information Visa-Pass Port information in English if possible.
3.What the top three will receive. Magazines, sponsors etc.
4.Please give me your email, phone number with English speaking translator to send information.
My email address is: Newportmuscle@sbcglobal.net
website is: WWW.WOMENSFIGURE.COM
Our North American office Number is:
(949) 642-3677.
We look forward to a successful event in your country.
Respectfully,
Mike Glass President WFF-WBBF North America® Est. 2005
Fine! Go ahead!
10-08-2008, 08:35 AM
Organizing the 2008 WFF-WBBF North America Championship in Mexico, National Federation WFF Mexico developed the Logo and now presents it to public:
10-13-2008, 05:13 PM
You should know him...
10-14-2008, 04:12 PM
edita_wff Wrote:Organizing the 2008 WFF-WBBF North America Championship in Mexico, National Federation WFF Mexico developed the Logo and now presents it to public:
fine...................
10-15-2008, 01:29 AM
Joe and Betty Weider donate $1 million to the world’s largest physical culture collection
Posted in Industry, News on October 13th, 2008
An interesting article that ran today…
World’s Largest Physical Culture Collection Gets $1 Million and 25 New Artifacts
AUSTIN, Texas — The world’s largest physical culture collection, located in the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $1 million gift from physical fitness icons Joe and Betty Weider, along with their pledge to donate around 25 unique paintings and sculptures from their personal collection.
This is the second $1 million gift the Weiders have given to The University of Texas at Austin. To acknowledge the Weiders’ generosity and honor their lifetime of achievements in the field of physical culture, the Stark Center announced that its galleries related to the history of “Physical culture” is a broad term that originated in the 19th century and that refers to many ways of promoting strength, health and vigor. The attainment of health and strength could be through purposive exercise regimens like running, resistance training, cycling, swimming, athletics, field sports and walking, as well as through proper eating habits, recreation and rest. Reflecting the breadth of the term, the Stark Center collections include books, magazines, photographs, correspondence and artifacts related to physical fitness, sports, nutrition and alternative medicine.
The Weiders’ involvement with The University of Texas at Austin began in 2004 when the Weider Foundation pledged $1 million to create the Joe Weider Physical Culture Endowment Fund. Interest from that fund has supported work related to the Todd-McLean Physical Culture Collection, a donation to the university from Drs. Jan and Terry Todd, longtime faculty members in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and record-setting competitive lifters.
At the time of their first $1 million gift, the Weiders indicated that another $1 million would be forthcoming when the university provided a large space to serve as permanent home for the Todd-McLean Collection. In 2006, the Todds secured a $3.5 million gift from the Nelda C.and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, and that gift triggered The University of Texas at Austin’s decision to allocate 27,500 square feet of space at the north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the collection. The collection was named in honor of Lutcher Stark, who served on the University of Texas System Board of Regents for 25 years.
Fulfilling their promise, the Weiders presented their second $1 million gift and pledged paintings, sculptures, books, photographs and other rare artifacts from their private collection.
– Read the Full Story Here.
Posted in Industry, News on October 13th, 2008
An interesting article that ran today…
World’s Largest Physical Culture Collection Gets $1 Million and 25 New Artifacts
AUSTIN, Texas — The world’s largest physical culture collection, located in the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $1 million gift from physical fitness icons Joe and Betty Weider, along with their pledge to donate around 25 unique paintings and sculptures from their personal collection.
This is the second $1 million gift the Weiders have given to The University of Texas at Austin. To acknowledge the Weiders’ generosity and honor their lifetime of achievements in the field of physical culture, the Stark Center announced that its galleries related to the history of “Physical culture” is a broad term that originated in the 19th century and that refers to many ways of promoting strength, health and vigor. The attainment of health and strength could be through purposive exercise regimens like running, resistance training, cycling, swimming, athletics, field sports and walking, as well as through proper eating habits, recreation and rest. Reflecting the breadth of the term, the Stark Center collections include books, magazines, photographs, correspondence and artifacts related to physical fitness, sports, nutrition and alternative medicine.
The Weiders’ involvement with The University of Texas at Austin began in 2004 when the Weider Foundation pledged $1 million to create the Joe Weider Physical Culture Endowment Fund. Interest from that fund has supported work related to the Todd-McLean Physical Culture Collection, a donation to the university from Drs. Jan and Terry Todd, longtime faculty members in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and record-setting competitive lifters.
At the time of their first $1 million gift, the Weiders indicated that another $1 million would be forthcoming when the university provided a large space to serve as permanent home for the Todd-McLean Collection. In 2006, the Todds secured a $3.5 million gift from the Nelda C.and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, and that gift triggered The University of Texas at Austin’s decision to allocate 27,500 square feet of space at the north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the collection. The collection was named in honor of Lutcher Stark, who served on the University of Texas System Board of Regents for 25 years.
Fulfilling their promise, the Weiders presented their second $1 million gift and pledged paintings, sculptures, books, photographs and other rare artifacts from their private collection.
– Read the Full Story Here.
Dita
10-15-2008, 08:02 AM
Mike Glass-USA Wrote:Joe and Betty Weider donate $1 million to the world’s largest physical culture collection
Posted in Industry, News on October 13th, 2008
An interesting article that ran today…
World’s Largest Physical Culture Collection Gets $1 Million and 25 New Artifacts
AUSTIN, Texas — The world’s largest physical culture collection, located in the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $1 million gift from physical fitness icons Joe and Betty Weider, along with their pledge to donate around 25 unique paintings and sculptures from their personal collection.
This is the second $1 million gift the Weiders have given to The University of Texas at Austin. To acknowledge the Weiders’ generosity and honor their lifetime of achievements in the field of physical culture, the Stark Center announced that its galleries related to the history of “Physical culture” is a broad term that originated in the 19th century and that refers to many ways of promoting strength, health and vigor. The attainment of health and strength could be through purposive exercise regimens like running, resistance training, cycling, swimming, athletics, field sports and walking, as well as through proper eating habits, recreation and rest. Reflecting the breadth of the term, the Stark Center collections include books, magazines, photographs, correspondence and artifacts related to physical fitness, sports, nutrition and alternative medicine.
The Weiders’ involvement with The University of Texas at Austin began in 2004 when the Weider Foundation pledged $1 million to create the Joe Weider Physical Culture Endowment Fund. Interest from that fund has supported work related to the Todd-McLean Physical Culture Collection, a donation to the university from Drs. Jan and Terry Todd, longtime faculty members in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and record-setting competitive lifters.
At the time of their first $1 million gift, the Weiders indicated that another $1 million would be forthcoming when the university provided a large space to serve as permanent home for the Todd-McLean Collection. In 2006, the Todds secured a $3.5 million gift from the Nelda C.and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, and that gift triggered The University of Texas at Austin’s decision to allocate 27,500 square feet of space at the north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the collection. The collection was named in honor of Lutcher Stark, who served on the University of Texas System Board of Regents for 25 years.
Fulfilling their promise, the Weiders presented their second $1 million gift and pledged paintings, sculptures, books, photographs and other rare artifacts from their private collection.
– Read the Full Story Here.
Michael, maybe he gave them YOUR money that he did not pay You in those years..? :?:
10-15-2008, 08:16 AM
Today we received a letter from the USA.
Bodybuilding promoter Mark Mueller wishes us a good contest in Vilnius and invites the Heavyweight Bodybuilder to be his guests in the USA:
Great website! Good luck with the upcoming contest in Lithuania – if there are super-heavy weight bodybuilders there, that would like to visit new york – let me know. Thanks – home number is 212 usually home from the gym weeknights after 8:30pm (here in new york).
Have a great week – best,
Mark Mueller
Bodybuilding promoter Mark Mueller wishes us a good contest in Vilnius and invites the Heavyweight Bodybuilder to be his guests in the USA:
Great website! Good luck with the upcoming contest in Lithuania – if there are super-heavy weight bodybuilders there, that would like to visit new york – let me know. Thanks – home number is 212 usually home from the gym weeknights after 8:30pm (here in new york).
Have a great week – best,
Mark Mueller
10-15-2008, 09:45 AM
WFF secretary service Wrote:Today we received a letter from the USA.
Bodybuilding promoter Mark Mueller wishes us a good contest in Vilnius and invites the Heavyweight Bodybuilder to be his guests in the USA:
Great website! Good luck with the upcoming contest in Lithuania – if there are super-heavy weight bodybuilders there, that would like to visit new york – let me know. Thanks – home number is 212 usually home from the gym weeknights after 8:30pm (here in new york).
Have a great week – best,
Mark Mueller
I know him very well!
10-15-2008, 10:31 PM
FOTO:
2008 “Olympia”
IFBB Pro Monica Brant,
President WFF-WBBF South America Jorge Cedale & Scott Peckham
2008 “Olympia”
IFBB Pro Monica Brant,
President WFF-WBBF South America Jorge Cedale & Scott Peckham
10-19-2008, 03:17 AM
Ben Weider passes away on Oct 17, 2008
Posted in News on October 18th, 2008
From a canadian newspaper…
MONTREAL, Oct 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ben Weider, sports leader, scholar, businessman, and philanthropist, known and honored worldwide for his pioneering work promoting and organizing the sport of bodybuilding and groundbreaking work as a self-taught but hugely influential and popular Napoleonic historian and author, died suddenly Friday in Montreal, city of his birth and lifelong home. He was 85 years old.
In his more than sixty years of involvement in bodybuilding, as Founding President of the International Brotherhood of Body Builders (I.F.B.B.), Mr. Weider worked in close association with his older brother Joe Weider, an iconic figure known as the Father of Modern Bodybuilding. The Weiders anticipated, then led, the worldwide fitness revolution and legitimized bodybuilding — training with weights to build strength and musculature — in all of athletic conditioning and healthful exercise for the general public. The I.F.B.B., founded by the Weiders in 1946, has 173 member national federations worldwide and sanctions thousands of amateur and professional competitive events.
Mr. Weider’s achievements in Napoleonic history were as notable as his work in organized sport. Mr. Weider’s knowledge of health, through his work in bodybuilding, led him to doubt the generally accepted theory of Napoleon’s death — that he died of stomach cancer. Working with a fellow-doubter, a Swedish dentist and toxicology expert, Mr. Weider obtained authenticated Napoleon hair samples and arranged for forensic tests that showed that Napoleon had been poisoned with arsenic. A popular account of the historical sleuthing, co-authored by Weider and published in 1982 — The Murder Of Napoleon — became one of the best-selling history books of all time, now with editions in 45 languages. Though subsequent analysis provided proof positive that Napoleon was killed by a poisoner, entrenched academic historians, particularly in France, resisted Mr. Weider’s new findings, before finally accepting them. Even France was finally won-over, witness Mr. Weider receiving the Legion of Honor, France’s highest national honor, in 2000.
The French award was one of many such high honors. In 1975 he received the Order of Canada, his nation’s most prestigious award, in recognition of his contributions to sport. In 2001 he received another signal honor, the Order of St. John, in recognition of charitable work promoting youth fitness and health worldwide. Montreal, where he was a very well-known figure, has such monuments to his philanthropy as the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center and a new museum gallery showcasing a major collection of Napoleon’s personal artifacts donated by Mr. Weider to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Mr. Weider died less than a week before a gala gallery opening, scheduled for October 23.
Concerning his decades-spanning struggles to win respect and acceptance for bodybuilding, a once-reviled, fringe activity, and mainstream recognition of the truth about Napoleon’s death, Mr. Weider wrote, “I must love long, uphill battles…”
Ben Weider’s ultimate battle, to make something of himself in spite of poverty, lack of opportunity, and prejudice, began with his birth in Montreal’s old Jewish immigrant quarter, known as “The Main.” Ben was the third son of Louis and Anna Weider, immigrants from Poland. He, like his big brother Joe, had to drop out of school at the end of the seventh grade to help support the family, which was hit hard by the Great Depression of the 1930s. Young Ben took jobs in garment sweatshops and restaurants before enlisting in the Canadian Army and serving during World War II. After Ben left the Army, then-overt anti-Semitism walled him out of entry-level positions in Montreal architecture firms, his dream career path at the time. While he sought work, he pitched in to help his brother Joe, a passionate believer in bodybuilding, who put out a physique magazine and operated a mail-order business in weights and exercise gear.
Thus was born an extraordinary lifelong alliance, with a division of responsibilities that also endured. Joe functioned as the visionary and creative engine of the Weider enterprises, while Ben became the promoter and producer of physique contests and traveled the world as an ambassador of bodybuilding, introducing the sport overseas and organizing new national federations of the I.F.B.B. In 1947, Joe relocated to New Jersey, later moving the U.S. Weider enterprises to Southern California, while Ben remained in Canada.
Ben developed his own passions commensurate with Joe’s, for the federation he led, and for the power of sport to build bridges between nations and foster international amity. His two passions fused in dream of winning recognition for the I.F.B.B. by the International Olympic Committee, an ultimate stamp of approval by the group that championed his own highest ideals about sport.
Beginning in 1947, Ben traveled the world, promoting his sport, organizing exhibitions and competitive events. Where there was sufficient interest, he helped set up I.F.B.B. affiliate national federations. At the height of Cold War tensions, he courted sports officials of militantly anti-Western regimes in the then-Soviet Union and Communist China. Though Jewish, he had great successes promoting his sport and setting up affiliates in Arab countries. Through bodybuilding he struck a blow at the racist apartheid system in South Africa, insisting on shared accommodations and equal treatment for all athletes at a world championship contest in Pretoria in 1975. While he grew his sports organization, he courted successive presidents of the International Olympic Committee and laid groundwork at national, regional and I.O.C. top organizational levels for recognition of bodybuilding, which was temporarily, provisionally granted in 1998, but then lapsed.
Ben Weider, characteristically, was not at all discouraged by the lapse in recognition, declaring that his dream would surely be achieved, for good. And he was deeply, justifiably proud of what the near miss meant. As he wrote, “Wherever there are people on this earth, there are bodybuilders organized under the I.F.B.B.”
Ben Weider is survived by his wife, Huguette, nee Derouin, sons Louis, Eric, and Mark, and grandchildren Joseph and Vanessa. Also surviving are his brother Joe and sister Freda Yankofsky. Family and friends will gather for a memorial service on Monday, October 20th, at Paperman’s Funeral Home in Montreal. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center.
PHOTO TAKEN AT 2008 OLYMPIA
Posted in News on October 18th, 2008
From a canadian newspaper…
MONTREAL, Oct 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ben Weider, sports leader, scholar, businessman, and philanthropist, known and honored worldwide for his pioneering work promoting and organizing the sport of bodybuilding and groundbreaking work as a self-taught but hugely influential and popular Napoleonic historian and author, died suddenly Friday in Montreal, city of his birth and lifelong home. He was 85 years old.
In his more than sixty years of involvement in bodybuilding, as Founding President of the International Brotherhood of Body Builders (I.F.B.B.), Mr. Weider worked in close association with his older brother Joe Weider, an iconic figure known as the Father of Modern Bodybuilding. The Weiders anticipated, then led, the worldwide fitness revolution and legitimized bodybuilding — training with weights to build strength and musculature — in all of athletic conditioning and healthful exercise for the general public. The I.F.B.B., founded by the Weiders in 1946, has 173 member national federations worldwide and sanctions thousands of amateur and professional competitive events.
Mr. Weider’s achievements in Napoleonic history were as notable as his work in organized sport. Mr. Weider’s knowledge of health, through his work in bodybuilding, led him to doubt the generally accepted theory of Napoleon’s death — that he died of stomach cancer. Working with a fellow-doubter, a Swedish dentist and toxicology expert, Mr. Weider obtained authenticated Napoleon hair samples and arranged for forensic tests that showed that Napoleon had been poisoned with arsenic. A popular account of the historical sleuthing, co-authored by Weider and published in 1982 — The Murder Of Napoleon — became one of the best-selling history books of all time, now with editions in 45 languages. Though subsequent analysis provided proof positive that Napoleon was killed by a poisoner, entrenched academic historians, particularly in France, resisted Mr. Weider’s new findings, before finally accepting them. Even France was finally won-over, witness Mr. Weider receiving the Legion of Honor, France’s highest national honor, in 2000.
The French award was one of many such high honors. In 1975 he received the Order of Canada, his nation’s most prestigious award, in recognition of his contributions to sport. In 2001 he received another signal honor, the Order of St. John, in recognition of charitable work promoting youth fitness and health worldwide. Montreal, where he was a very well-known figure, has such monuments to his philanthropy as the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center and a new museum gallery showcasing a major collection of Napoleon’s personal artifacts donated by Mr. Weider to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Mr. Weider died less than a week before a gala gallery opening, scheduled for October 23.
Concerning his decades-spanning struggles to win respect and acceptance for bodybuilding, a once-reviled, fringe activity, and mainstream recognition of the truth about Napoleon’s death, Mr. Weider wrote, “I must love long, uphill battles…”
Ben Weider’s ultimate battle, to make something of himself in spite of poverty, lack of opportunity, and prejudice, began with his birth in Montreal’s old Jewish immigrant quarter, known as “The Main.” Ben was the third son of Louis and Anna Weider, immigrants from Poland. He, like his big brother Joe, had to drop out of school at the end of the seventh grade to help support the family, which was hit hard by the Great Depression of the 1930s. Young Ben took jobs in garment sweatshops and restaurants before enlisting in the Canadian Army and serving during World War II. After Ben left the Army, then-overt anti-Semitism walled him out of entry-level positions in Montreal architecture firms, his dream career path at the time. While he sought work, he pitched in to help his brother Joe, a passionate believer in bodybuilding, who put out a physique magazine and operated a mail-order business in weights and exercise gear.
Thus was born an extraordinary lifelong alliance, with a division of responsibilities that also endured. Joe functioned as the visionary and creative engine of the Weider enterprises, while Ben became the promoter and producer of physique contests and traveled the world as an ambassador of bodybuilding, introducing the sport overseas and organizing new national federations of the I.F.B.B. In 1947, Joe relocated to New Jersey, later moving the U.S. Weider enterprises to Southern California, while Ben remained in Canada.
Ben developed his own passions commensurate with Joe’s, for the federation he led, and for the power of sport to build bridges between nations and foster international amity. His two passions fused in dream of winning recognition for the I.F.B.B. by the International Olympic Committee, an ultimate stamp of approval by the group that championed his own highest ideals about sport.
Beginning in 1947, Ben traveled the world, promoting his sport, organizing exhibitions and competitive events. Where there was sufficient interest, he helped set up I.F.B.B. affiliate national federations. At the height of Cold War tensions, he courted sports officials of militantly anti-Western regimes in the then-Soviet Union and Communist China. Though Jewish, he had great successes promoting his sport and setting up affiliates in Arab countries. Through bodybuilding he struck a blow at the racist apartheid system in South Africa, insisting on shared accommodations and equal treatment for all athletes at a world championship contest in Pretoria in 1975. While he grew his sports organization, he courted successive presidents of the International Olympic Committee and laid groundwork at national, regional and I.O.C. top organizational levels for recognition of bodybuilding, which was temporarily, provisionally granted in 1998, but then lapsed.
Ben Weider, characteristically, was not at all discouraged by the lapse in recognition, declaring that his dream would surely be achieved, for good. And he was deeply, justifiably proud of what the near miss meant. As he wrote, “Wherever there are people on this earth, there are bodybuilders organized under the I.F.B.B.”
Ben Weider is survived by his wife, Huguette, nee Derouin, sons Louis, Eric, and Mark, and grandchildren Joseph and Vanessa. Also surviving are his brother Joe and sister Freda Yankofsky. Family and friends will gather for a memorial service on Monday, October 20th, at Paperman’s Funeral Home in Montreal. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center.
PHOTO TAKEN AT 2008 OLYMPIA
10-20-2008, 05:31 AM
Ben Weider - Funeral Service Monday at 1pm
Posted in News on October 18th, 2008
Funeral service from Paperman & Sons at 3888 Jean Talon West on Monday, October 20 at 1 pm in Montreal, Canada. More information, call 514-733-7101. Burial at the Victorian Cemetery Association, de la savane. Shiva strictly private. Please respect the family’s wishes to observe shiva in the strictest of privacy. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre. 514-737-6551 or to the Cardiology Research Fund, Jewish General Hospital Foundation.
February 1, 1923 – October 17, 2008
Ben Weider, sports leader, scholar, businessman, and philanthropist, known and honored worldwide for his pioneering work promoting and organizing the sport of bodybuilding and groundbreaking work as a self-taught but hugely influential and popular Napoleonic historian and author, died suddenly Friday in Montreal, city of his birth and lifelong home. He was 85 years old.
Beloved husband of Huguette Derouin for 49 years. Devoted father and father-in-law of Louis and Linda, Eric and Renee, Mark and Natalie. Cherished grandfather of Aisha, Joseph and Vanessa. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Joe and Betty, Freda Yankofsky, the late Jacob, the late Louis and brother-in-law of Bertha Levy and Andre Derouin.
About the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre. The Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre provides a full range of fitness, recreational, educational and community-oriented social programmes for children and adults. The state-of-the-art facility houses the Annie and Nathan Steinberg Aquatic Centre complete with an 8 lane, 25 metre pool; Hoppenheim/Eltes Gymnasiums; a studio gym; the Mark Wasserman Aerobic Centre; a weight room; the Reinitz Wrestling Centre; the Schwartz/Segel Family Childcare Program; the Pollack Education Centre; a full-service men’s and women’s health club; Physio Plus Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Clinic; a kosher restaurant; meeting rooms; indoor parking and a car wash service.
Photo of Dexter Jackson and Ben Weider 2008 Mr. O
Farewell to Ben! Safe Departure!
Posted in News on October 18th, 2008
Funeral service from Paperman & Sons at 3888 Jean Talon West on Monday, October 20 at 1 pm in Montreal, Canada. More information, call 514-733-7101. Burial at the Victorian Cemetery Association, de la savane. Shiva strictly private. Please respect the family’s wishes to observe shiva in the strictest of privacy. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre. 514-737-6551 or to the Cardiology Research Fund, Jewish General Hospital Foundation.
February 1, 1923 – October 17, 2008
Ben Weider, sports leader, scholar, businessman, and philanthropist, known and honored worldwide for his pioneering work promoting and organizing the sport of bodybuilding and groundbreaking work as a self-taught but hugely influential and popular Napoleonic historian and author, died suddenly Friday in Montreal, city of his birth and lifelong home. He was 85 years old.
Beloved husband of Huguette Derouin for 49 years. Devoted father and father-in-law of Louis and Linda, Eric and Renee, Mark and Natalie. Cherished grandfather of Aisha, Joseph and Vanessa. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Joe and Betty, Freda Yankofsky, the late Jacob, the late Louis and brother-in-law of Bertha Levy and Andre Derouin.
About the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre. The Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre provides a full range of fitness, recreational, educational and community-oriented social programmes for children and adults. The state-of-the-art facility houses the Annie and Nathan Steinberg Aquatic Centre complete with an 8 lane, 25 metre pool; Hoppenheim/Eltes Gymnasiums; a studio gym; the Mark Wasserman Aerobic Centre; a weight room; the Reinitz Wrestling Centre; the Schwartz/Segel Family Childcare Program; the Pollack Education Centre; a full-service men’s and women’s health club; Physio Plus Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Clinic; a kosher restaurant; meeting rooms; indoor parking and a car wash service.
Photo of Dexter Jackson and Ben Weider 2008 Mr. O
Farewell to Ben! Safe Departure!
10-21-2008, 03:35 PM
Today we received a letter from the USA:
That is great news!!
Congratulations – I know it will be a stellar event!!
If you any super heavy weight contestant who are planning to visit new york and need a free place to stay – please feel free to pass along my email address –
Thanks and once again congratulations on what I know will be an outstanding event –
Best,
Mark Mueller -
That is great news!!
Congratulations – I know it will be a stellar event!!
If you any super heavy weight contestant who are planning to visit new york and need a free place to stay – please feel free to pass along my email address –
Thanks and once again congratulations on what I know will be an outstanding event –
Best,
Mark Mueller -
10-22-2008, 09:48 PM
Today we received a letter from the USA.
A national federation USA wants to participate at the WFF-WBBF International Contest in India.
But there is the WFF-WBBF North America (as well as the USA!) President MICHAEL GLASS to decide about the National Team USA to India:
I have 4 athletes and one coach who are ready to go at this time.
1 Bodybuilder
2 Aerobic Fitness
1 Model Search
1 Coach
Please inform as soon as possible as all will need to quickly apply for the India VISA, and in the states this process will take 2 months to complete.
Kind Thanks,
Christopher Riles
Triple-A Fitness, Aerobics & Bodybuilding USA
A national federation USA wants to participate at the WFF-WBBF International Contest in India.
But there is the WFF-WBBF North America (as well as the USA!) President MICHAEL GLASS to decide about the National Team USA to India:
I have 4 athletes and one coach who are ready to go at this time.
1 Bodybuilder
2 Aerobic Fitness
1 Model Search
1 Coach
Please inform as soon as possible as all will need to quickly apply for the India VISA, and in the states this process will take 2 months to complete.
Kind Thanks,
Christopher Riles
Triple-A Fitness, Aerobics & Bodybuilding USA
10-22-2008, 11:06 PM
Today we received a letter from Argentina.
President WFF-WBBF South America JORGE CEDALE writes:
Dear Ed
Mike Gross is the president of Ultimate Nutrition, one of America´s greatest nutritional companies.
I have been customer of them for several years and official representative for Argentina.
They have been working with IFBB but now they are also interested in sponsoring WFF as well.
Could you please give them some information about our organization as WFF president?
Thank you so much
Your friend
Jorge
President WFF-WBBF South America JORGE CEDALE writes:
Dear Ed
Mike Gross is the president of Ultimate Nutrition, one of America´s greatest nutritional companies.
I have been customer of them for several years and official representative for Argentina.
They have been working with IFBB but now they are also interested in sponsoring WFF as well.
Could you please give them some information about our organization as WFF president?
Thank you so much
Your friend
Jorge
10-22-2008, 11:06 PM
Today we received a letter from Argentina.
President WFF-WBBF South America JORGE CEDALE writes:
Dear Ed
Mike Gross is the president of Ultimate Nutrition, one of America´s greatest nutritional companies.
I have been customer of them for several years and official representative for Argentina.
They have been working with IFBB but now they are also interested in sponsoring WFF as well.
Could you please give them some information about our organization as WFF president?
Thank you so much
Your friend
Jorge
Mike Gross the president of Ultimate Nutrition wrote:
Jorge,
I hope that everything went well with the order. I contacted Mike Glass about his interested in Mexico. He is getting the dealer application back to me and we are very excited about his prospects in Mexico. Can you send me a media packet on the World Fitness Federation. We currently are not involved worldwide with this and we are interested in becoming a sponsor. Thanks
Best Regards,
Mike Gross
President WFF-WBBF South America JORGE CEDALE writes:
Dear Ed
Mike Gross is the president of Ultimate Nutrition, one of America´s greatest nutritional companies.
I have been customer of them for several years and official representative for Argentina.
They have been working with IFBB but now they are also interested in sponsoring WFF as well.
Could you please give them some information about our organization as WFF president?
Thank you so much
Your friend
Jorge
Mike Gross the president of Ultimate Nutrition wrote:
Jorge,
I hope that everything went well with the order. I contacted Mike Glass about his interested in Mexico. He is getting the dealer application back to me and we are very excited about his prospects in Mexico. Can you send me a media packet on the World Fitness Federation. We currently are not involved worldwide with this and we are interested in becoming a sponsor. Thanks
Best Regards,
Mike Gross
11-08-2008, 07:58 AM
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12-22-2008, 09:20 AM
Today we received Greetings from the USA:
01-01-2009, 11:45 PM
HAPPY 2009 NEW YEAR
FROM MIKE GLASS AND THE WFF-WBBF
NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
BIGGER AND BETTER IN 2009
MIKE GLASS PRODUCTIONS EST. 1971
FROM MIKE GLASS AND THE WFF-WBBF
NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
BIGGER AND BETTER IN 2009
MIKE GLASS PRODUCTIONS EST. 1971
01-22-2009, 11:12 AM
Today we received a letter from Mexico:
Hello, greats from Mexico city!
It´s an honor to write to you, I´m Robert Orozco Pérez, I´m a young graphic designer who is working on a Fitness Magazine in Mexico city, and I´m looking for help you know,
I have to make an article about the WFF championship in Lithuania 2008, the problem is that the person who went to the event don´t take any decent photo.
Thanks a lot, and have a great day.
I work on a fitness magazine and I will be glad to publish photos of events you asist, you can be on the magazine with your credits.
Robert Orozco Pérez
Mexico
Hello, greats from Mexico city!
It´s an honor to write to you, I´m Robert Orozco Pérez, I´m a young graphic designer who is working on a Fitness Magazine in Mexico city, and I´m looking for help you know,
I have to make an article about the WFF championship in Lithuania 2008, the problem is that the person who went to the event don´t take any decent photo.
Thanks a lot, and have a great day.
I work on a fitness magazine and I will be glad to publish photos of events you asist, you can be on the magazine with your credits.
Robert Orozco Pérez
Mexico
01-22-2009, 11:59 AM
Hello Robert O. Perez,
It was a pleasure to have received your nice letter on the WFF-WBBF International Forum for North American countries.
Unfortunately we were unable to attend the great event in Mexico last year. However,
We personally have many good photo’s from past WFF-WBBF events and other large events in North America over the years. Please let me know what we in the USA can do to help you for your magazine.
We will be shooting many photos this weekend at the IRONMAN PRO / AM and EXPO in Los Angeles for the WFF-WBBF.
Please contact us at: newportmuscle@sbcglobal.net and let us know how we can give what you want.
Respectfully,
Mike Glass – President WFF-WBBF North America®
It was a pleasure to have received your nice letter on the WFF-WBBF International Forum for North American countries.
Unfortunately we were unable to attend the great event in Mexico last year. However,
We personally have many good photo’s from past WFF-WBBF events and other large events in North America over the years. Please let me know what we in the USA can do to help you for your magazine.
We will be shooting many photos this weekend at the IRONMAN PRO / AM and EXPO in Los Angeles for the WFF-WBBF.
Please contact us at: newportmuscle@sbcglobal.net and let us know how we can give what you want.
Respectfully,
Mike Glass – President WFF-WBBF North America®
02-01-2009, 09:46 PM
WFF secretary service Wrote:Today we received a letter from Mexico:
Hello, greats from Mexico city!
It´s an honor to write to you, I´m Robert Orozco Pérez, I´m a young graphic designer who is working on a Fitness Magazine in Mexico city, and I´m looking for help you know,
I have to make an article about the WFF championship in Lithuania 2008, the problem is that the person who went to the event don´t take any decent photo.
Thanks a lot, and have a great day.
I work on a fitness magazine and I will be glad to publish photos of events you asist, you can be on the magazine with your credits.
Robert Orozco Pérez
Mexico
Today we received a letter from Mexico.
Roberto Orozco wrote:
SIR. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS.
It´s a pleasure to say hello to you, I ´m so thankful for your fast answer, in the name of my work like graphic designer and the magazine where I work Nowdays (Top Iron Sports), I want to say thanks to you for your time and your disposition, I will send to my boss your e-mail adress if you are agree with it, in order that they can also give you their gratefulness. I´m very glad to put any information you want about your asociation on the magazine and I think my boss will be too. Thanks again we still in touch.
Have a great week, a wonderful day and all the hapiness for you and your family.
Roberto Orozco
02-20-2009, 04:14 PM
WFF secretary service Wrote:WFF secretary service Wrote:Today we received a letter from Mexico:
Hello, greats from Mexico city!
It´s an honor to write to you, I´m Robert Orozco Pérez, I´m a young graphic designer who is working on a Fitness Magazine in Mexico city, and I´m looking for help you know,
I have to make an article about the WFF championship in Lithuania 2008, the problem is that the person who went to the event don´t take any decent photo.
Thanks a lot, and have a great day.
I work on a fitness magazine and I will be glad to publish photos of events you asist, you can be on the magazine with your credits.
Robert Orozco Pérez
Mexico
Today we received a letter from Mexico.
Roberto Orozco wrote:
SIR. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS.
It´s a pleasure to say hello to you, I ´m so thankful for your fast answer, in the name of my work like graphic designer and the magazine where I work Nowdays (Top Iron Sports), I want to say thanks to you for your time and your disposition, I will send to my boss your e-mail adress if you are agree with it, in order that they can also give you their gratefulness. I´m very glad to put any information you want about your asociation on the magazine and I think my boss will be too. Thanks again we still in touch.
Have a great week, a wonderful day and all the hapiness for you and your family.
Roberto Orozco
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02-22-2009, 01:26 PM
Today we received a letter from the USA.
President WFF-WBBF North America MISHAEL GKLASS writes:
Dear Ed,
So good to hear from you after so many months.
We had received your new Magazine at our WFF-WBBF headquarter in North American.
Please be expecting a few nice photos taken there.
After all the problems we faced here in 2008 the tides have changed. We have just signed a new agreement with Dr. Catherine Bach.
She is of Asian decent and likes our idea to produce a production in California.
A portion will be for WFF-WBBF Competitions.
This event will act as the first stop for athletes.
The second stop will lead in 2010 as we are planning on a televised in competition Vietnam.
We all love the WFF-WBBF Sports magazine!
I will keep you in formed as the project moves in the right direction.
All the Best,
Mike Glass – President WFF-WBBF North America®
President WFF-WBBF North America MISHAEL GKLASS writes:
Dear Ed,
So good to hear from you after so many months.
We had received your new Magazine at our WFF-WBBF headquarter in North American.
Please be expecting a few nice photos taken there.
After all the problems we faced here in 2008 the tides have changed. We have just signed a new agreement with Dr. Catherine Bach.
She is of Asian decent and likes our idea to produce a production in California.
A portion will be for WFF-WBBF Competitions.
This event will act as the first stop for athletes.
The second stop will lead in 2010 as we are planning on a televised in competition Vietnam.
We all love the WFF-WBBF Sports magazine!
I will keep you in formed as the project moves in the right direction.
All the Best,
Mike Glass – President WFF-WBBF North America®
02-22-2009, 08:52 PM
Dear Edmundas – International WFF-WBBF President,
So good to hear from you after so many months.
We had received your new great Magazine at our WFF-WBBF headquarter in North American Orange California. Please see a few nice photos taken on Friday 2-20-09 we are please to send you and our members.
Note: After all the problems we faced here in 2008 and the noble try for A&B to produce and event. The tides have changed. We are working on a new agreement with Dr. Catherine Bach. (See her in photos with owner Jimmy Spraggins of the WFF-WBBF GYM in California).
Dr. Catherine Bach is of Asian decent and likes our idea to produce a production in California in late 2009. A portion will be for WFF-WBBF Competitions. We will be in close touch with Mexico. This event will act as the first stop for athletes to compete. The second stop will lead in 2010 as we are planning on a large televised in competition Vietnam.
We all love the WFF-WBBF Sports magazine!
I will keep you in formed as the project moves in the right direction.
All the Best,
Mike Glass – President WFF-WBBF North America®
So good to hear from you after so many months.
We had received your new great Magazine at our WFF-WBBF headquarter in North American Orange California. Please see a few nice photos taken on Friday 2-20-09 we are please to send you and our members.
Note: After all the problems we faced here in 2008 and the noble try for A&B to produce and event. The tides have changed. We are working on a new agreement with Dr. Catherine Bach. (See her in photos with owner Jimmy Spraggins of the WFF-WBBF GYM in California).
Dr. Catherine Bach is of Asian decent and likes our idea to produce a production in California in late 2009. A portion will be for WFF-WBBF Competitions. We will be in close touch with Mexico. This event will act as the first stop for athletes to compete. The second stop will lead in 2010 as we are planning on a large televised in competition Vietnam.
We all love the WFF-WBBF Sports magazine!
I will keep you in formed as the project moves in the right direction.
All the Best,
Mike Glass – President WFF-WBBF North America®
02-22-2009, 08:57 PM
DR CATHERINE BACH AND JIMMY SPRAGGINS WFF-WBBF GYM OF O.C. FITNESS IN CALIFORNIA.