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 Brighton Vegfest 2017

Intro...

Start of the Vegfest...

Pull-up Challenge...

Inverted row contest...

Male...

Female...

Winners...

Meeting folk...

Knut proposes...

Wrap-up...

Sponsors...

Intro

We started this years Brighton Vegfest on the Friday, setting up the stall and checking out the event before the hoards descended over the weekend.

Checking out the venue we met some new friends

There were even vans entering the venue this year!

Start of the Vegfest

Saturday morning saw a sea mist floating over the city, it made travel a little more difficult

Luckily we were already set-up and ready to go as the mist made it an interesting start to the weekend

Pull-up challenge

Patrik holding the legendary prize of a lolly

As with previous years we had a pull-up challenge, with ladies needing to get 3 reps and guys needing to get 7 reps to get a prize. We started the challenge only the offering a prize of a lolly for everyone who succeeded

but the wonderful people at the Optibac Probiotics offered everyone who completed the challenge a 14 days free supply of probiotics!  So, thank those guys by popping over to them if you are looking for some probiotics!
I'll add in a short montage of the winners pictures below

Inverted row contest

While the pull-up challenge went on all over the weekend, Saturday was the day of our main contest.  The inverted row contest had been moved to the main hall on the upper floor.We weren't how much interest we'd get for the contest as people had to find the new venue so we ere very pleased that people took the time to come and enjoy the event.

Below is a mintage of the male and female contests.

Male contest

Female contest

Winners

Matilda got 12 reps winner the female under 16 contest


Emilo got 20 reps winning our male under 16 contest


Hayley go second place female with 50 reps


Mike and Niccolo shared the second spot with 25 reps


Cindy amazed the crowd with a winning total of 61 reps


Matt got a fabulous 41 reps

Meeting folk

We met loads of fantastic people over the weekend

The fantastic Paul Kerton (Hench Herbivore on youtube) spent most of Saturday at our stall giving out free advice and helping those trying to improve their health and fitness.

On Sunday we had Patrik Baboumian the World record holding Strongman at the stall to help give out some fantastic advice to those needing help plan their training and diets.

Knut proposes!

Amid the drama and excitement of the weekend, some people may have missed the infamous Knut (ex-editor of the magazine Vegan Views) proposing during the event.  Sadly, he was rejected as all he could offer was a lolly. I did suggest that maybe he would have received a better result if he actually found out her name first, but Knut felt that wasn't important. better luck next time Knut :-)

Wrap-up

So, finally it was Sunday evening and time to pack up. This year at the Brighton Vegfest had been a great success and we had gotten to know many of the people attending a lot better than we did before.  Doing events can be surpisingly, but in the evening we went to Purezza (vegan pizza place) and a vegan beer festival (yes, they do exist!). So, by the end of the long weekend we were ready to pack up, enjoy the evening, then take a day or two to recover.

Sponsors
As usual it would be great if you can support our sponsors. We also have some discounts you can use if you want to save a bit of cash.  Many of them have supported us for years, so support them if you can. Inbetween I will put in pictures of contestants getting some prizes.

Veganicity - Top supplements for health & maximum performance Get 35% off using the code VEGANBODY2017

Good heavens, It's Jeavons - best choccy treats available

Gorilla gym- online personal training plans & nutrition programmes
for those wishing to move towards plant-based eating

Viridian vitamins sells great supplements & sponsors of our Vegan bodybuilding competitions!

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Vegetology - Makers of Vitamin D3, DHA/EPA omega-3 oil, multi vitamins, and Joint pain products 15% off using code VEGANHEALTH