Couple have special target at Dundee bodybuilding event
A Dundee bodybuilding couple hope to muscle in on the competition at the British championships by starring at an event in Dundee this weekend.
- By Graeme Ogston
- Published in the Courier : 28.07.10
- Published online : 28.07.10 @ 10.24am
Harry Ogg has qualified for the UKBFF British Championships in October, and wife Angela plans to book her place by triumphing at the north-east Scottish championships, which are held in Dundee's Whitehall Theatre on Sunday.
Harry qualified for the national finals in Nottingham in October by coming second in his class at last year's event and has high hopes Angela will be joining him.
He said, "She has only had one year's competition but she has done really well. Once I started, it gave her the bug and she said she would love to do it."
Harry, who is promoting the Dundee event, said he was keen to host the first bodybuilding show in the city in over 20 years.
"I'm hoping for around 30 competitors. Hopefully in the years to come we'll be looking for about 50 or 60," he said.
Harry fought back from serious injury after his heels were smashed when he fell through a hatch and landed on steel decking while working as an electrician on a drilling ship in Brazil in 1999.
He said, "Both my subtalar joints are finished, but I'm still holding out for this new joint resurfacing technology.
"I can't run, so that puts most sports out for me now. Bodybuilding is really the only thing that's kept me going."
For more information on Sunday's event in Dundee, visit Harry's website.
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