Future looking bright for bikini bodybuilding in Boksburg
Cat Buys Rademeyer is well-established as the premier bikini bodybuilder in Boksburg, having trained and conditioned her body for the past eight years.
She has won four major competitions.
However, her reign has come under fire with the emergence of Christy Griffiths, also from Boksburg.
Cat and Christy might not only kindle a rivalry, but promises interesting and exciting times for female bodybuilding in Boksburg.
The rivalry picked up steam recently at the WPF SA Championships, held at Gold Reef City’s Lyric Theatre, where Christy eclipsed Cat for the gold medal.
Cat fell in love with the sport after her first competition in 2010, Ms Body Beautiful SA, where she finished as the runner-up in a line-up that included over 20 ladies.
With support from friends and family, her husband and her sponsor Supashape fuelling her to greater heights, the 25-year-old went on to win the same competition in 2011.
She also won back-to-back National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA) SA Provincials in 2012 and 2013.
This year is proving to be her most successful year to date, with the World Physique Federation’s (WPF) Classic gold medal and a bronze at the NABBA Nationals.
Griffiths on the other hand has been part of the sport for just over a year, finishing sixth in a line-up comprised of more than 20 women in her first competition, the 2012 Ms Body Beautiful.
The 21-year-old had to wait for seven months for her first gold medal, which came at the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) Gold Plate in April 2013.
She then finished third at NABBA SA Provincials and fourth at the To The T (TTT) Classic in August, respectively.
She also finished third this year’s NABBA SA Provincials to earn herself qualification for the WPF South African Championships. This set up a showdown with Cat, whom she mentioned as one of her favourite local female fitness icons during an interview.
Cat’s top three finish at the nationals earned her a flight ticket to Greece for the NABBA World Fitness Federation World Championships, which took place on the weekend of October 19 and 20.
Both models will represent the country at the WPF Mr and Ms Universe set to be held in Italy from December 6 to 8, after filling the top-two positions at the WPF SA Championships.
For more information you can contact Cat at cat@catabolic.co.za or Christy at Griffiths @_christyg on Twitter and as Christy Philippou Griffiths on Facebook.
