CANADIAN CORNER #296: THE QUEBEC TERMINATOR DESTROYS THE COMPETITION

by Garry Bartlett

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Be warned, the Canadian bodybuilding scene has a new threat! He comes in the formidable package of six foot, two hundred pound Jean-Daniel Roy who I have named the “Quebec Terminator”. Why the name? Well, along with his intimidating physique he sports an Arnold like jaw and threatening brush cut in addition to destroying all the competition at this year’s Quebec provincial bodybuilding championships.

His termination of all the competition began early Saturday morning where he won the Overall Mr. Montreal championship before proceeding on to upset favorite Maxime Duchemin in taking the men’s heavyweight title in the Quebec Provincials.

Duchemin finished second in 2005 and spent the entire year perfecting his weak ness’s and was back sporting noticable size increases on his legs and upper torso. He was confident that this would be his year. Unfortunately he and Frederic Parent ran into the Terminator and his arsenal of weapons, which included yard wide lats, striated muscularity and thick slabs of seasoned muscle. This was Roy’s first provincial competition and his dominance was totally unexpected from the disappointed Duchemin who finished second and the lean Frederic Parent in third.

Duchemin, Roy and Parent

Once the victor in the Heavyweight division it was relatively smooth sailing to the overall provincial championship as class winners Bantamweight Daniel St-Arnault, Lightweight Pierre Edy Micial, Middleweight Stephane Martel, and Light heavyweight Pasquale Parente although all in excellent condition, failed to match the Terminator’s superb muscularity and dominant size.

CONTEST COMMENTARY

Once again Quebec’s Joe Spinello demonstrated why he has earned the reputation as one of Canada’s number one promoters as he successfully produced his fourth Mr. Montreal and Quebec Provincial Championships to a packed Quebec audience on the July 8th weekend in Laval, Quebec. Joe consistently raises the bar in his efforts to improve on what is already an outstanding provincial event. Obviously, by the large number of athletes who turn up each year to support him, he must be doing the right thing!
It is seldom that a Junior competitor impresses me, but this year’s newcomer Antoine Vaillant who defeated Kevin Norbert (2nd) and Keven Arseneault (3rd) to take the Junior Quebec Championship really caught my eye. This kid possesses outstanding overall symmetry, plenty of size and balance for a kid so young. He definitely is a future Canadian Champion.

Norberst, Vaillant and Arseneault

Equally impressive was the men’s top three in the men’s master’s category with the superbly shaped Mario Duquette coming out on top over symmetrical Daniel Tremblay (2nd) and thickly muscled Sylvain Avery (3rd)

Bantamweight Daniel St-Arnault defeated a ripped Alix Agnant in winning the category. In doing so he displayed some impressive muscle density for a guy weighing less than 143 lbs.

In the men’s lightweight class it was muscularity that won out over size as the ultra ripped Pierre-Edy Micial defeated a thicker muscled Miguel Coulombe (2nd) and Carl Larochelle (3rd) to take the division.

The men’s middleweight category came down to a close battle between popular Daniel Tremblay and thickly muscled Stephane Martel. Tremblay equaled Martel’s superb upper torso development but was unable to match Martel’s exquisite leg development, which provided him the edge to win the class with Tremblay second and the sharply defined Sebastien Langelier third.

Muscular Pasquale Parente narrowly edged out a chiseled Florian Bianchi to win the Light heavyweight category with Alex Poitras third.

It was great to see how much fun that the finalists displayed in the final pose down as each jockeyed for position around the hulking Terminator Jean-Daniel Roy. They soon realized there efforts to defeat him were in vain and settled down to enjoying the moment of just flexing on stage against him. In spite of their efforts they knew they had the same effect as a bee stinging a bear! He knew they were there but he still was taking the honey!

NATHALIE HOULD OVERALL QUEBEC PROVINCIAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION

Quebec’s exquisitely conditioned Nathalie Hould flexed her way to a win over muscular Jo Ann Dupuis in the Women’s master’s category and then went on to defeat Sonia Boutin (2nd) and Jo Ann Dupuis (3rd) in the women’s heavyweight class. In the women’s lightweight division a stocky Danea Rowley slipped by a leaner Carmela Cierto to win the class.
With two class wins under her trunks the superbly conditioned Nathalie Hould faced lightweight champion Danea Rowley for the overall Quebec Provincial championship. In my opinion it was no contest as Nathalie dominated the stage with her exceptional shape, fabulous symmetry and chiseled muscularity easily earning the overall title.

Dupuis and Hould

JOSEE PARENTEAU 2006 OVERALL QUEBEC FIGURE CHAMPION

Josée Parenteau

The growing popularity in figure competitions was clearly evident by the large number of figure competitors who showed up to compete at this year’s Quebec provincials. Former bodybuilder Audrey Letourneau displaying a high degree of quality in her conditioning came out on top in the figure master’s category defeating petite Chantal Paquette (2nd) and the statuesque Nancy Chartrand (3rd).

Josee Parenteau also a former Quebec bodybuilder sported exceptional proportion and just the right combination of muscularity and shape to win the figure short category. The compact Phung-Nhi Huyuh trained by legendary bodybuilding pro Roy Callender finished second with Jessica Berard third.

The figure tall class featured master’s champion Audrey Letourneau back to challenge the younger Elsa Laporte in a tight battle to earn a spot in the overall final. The elegant Laporte displayed exquisite shape and pleasing symmetry. However, Letourneau presented fuller muscles with superior overall balance. The judges favored the stockier Letourneau and awarded her the class win with Nancy Chartrand in third.

I felt the overall figure title was very close between the smaller Parenteau and thickly developed Letourneau. Both were in outstanding shape and either was a deserving overall winner. Both showed excellent overall symmetry with the larger Letourneau displaying the most muscle. Parenteau in spite of being smaller possessed the tighter package with notable muscularity. In the end the judges favored her harder look and awarded her the overall Quebec provincial figure championship.

Unfortunately, what was once one of the most entertaining categories in provincial competitions was the fitness division. In recent years fitness has been suffering as more and more athletes are turning to figure. This clearly was the case at this year’s Quebec Provincials as only the courageous Katherine Tremblay showed up demonstrating why she is the best fitness athlete in Quebec with her outstanding and well choreographed fitness routine.

Katherine Tremblay