Q & A with Dawn Alison

Dec 29th, 2015
pt of the day

“The road of life is strewn with the bodies of promising people.
People who show promise,
yet lack the confidence to act.
People who make promises they are unable to keep.
People who promise to do tomorrow what they could do today.
Promising young stars, athletes, entrepreneurs who wait for promises to come true.
Promise without a goal and a plan is like a barren cow.
You know what she could do if she could do it, but she can't.
Turn your promise into a plan.
Make no promise for tomorrow if you are able to keep it today.
And if someone calls you promising,
know that you are not doing enough today.”


HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL XMAS & ALL THE BEST IN 2016

Dec 30, 2015
pt of the day


“Results and Roses

The man who wants a garden fair,
or small or very big,
With flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.

The things are mighty few on earth
That wishes can attain.
Whate'er we want of any worth
We've got to work to gain.

It matters not what goal you seek,
It's secret here reposes:
You've got to dig from week to week
To get Results or Roses.”

Dec 31, 2015
pt of the day
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE

“You must give everything to make your life
as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
“She is free in her wildness,
she is a wanderess,
a drop of free water.
She knows nothing of borders
and cares nothing for rules or customs.
'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against.
Her life flows clean,
with passion,
like fresh water.”
BEAT TO YOUR OWN DRUM,
FOLLOW YOUR OWN HEART IN THE DIRECTION YOUR WANT TO GO....
your life is your own,
do not waste in on trying to live it doing what someone else thinks you should do with it,
but instead,
live and cherish each moment...
they go way to fast & fleeting,
make the most of it,
all the best for the New Year,
may it be your best ever.....
sincerely, Dawn

Jan 1st, 2016
pt of the day
HAPPY NEW YEAR
a new year for a NEW YOU
hope you make it your greatest ever

“I don't want to live in the kind of world where
we don't look out for each other.
Not just the people that are close to us,
but anybody who needs a helping hand.
I cant change the way anybody else thinks,
or what they choose to do,
but I can do my bit.”

Jan 2, 2016
pt of the day

“Success is not final,
failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“Don't be afraid of your fears.
They're not there to scare you.
They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”

Jan 3, 2016
pt of the day

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“Many of life's failures
are people who did not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up.”
“Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says
I'll try again tomorrow.”

Jan 4, 2016
pt of the day

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
In absence of clearly defined goals,
we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity,
began where he stood to put his dream into action,
and despite more than ten thousand failures,
he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality.
Practical dreamers do not quit.
Effort only fully releases its reward
after a person refuses to quit.

Jan 5, 2016
pt of the day

“The brick walls are there for a reason.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out.
The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.
They’re there to stop the other people.”

DON’T QUIT (poem)

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
Whe he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

ATTENTION BCABBA COMPETITORS: (this was amended from original post on bcabba as i caught error on national qualifications)
ritish Columbia Amateur Bodybuilding Association
3 hrs ·

** Please note that I made some errors in the original post that have now been corrected. My sincerest apologies to everyone.
There are still some questions arising as to qualifications and the introduction of 2 separate streams (tested and non tested)

Let's discuss non tested first:
* If you placed 4th or 5th at BC Provincials in 2015 ONLY you MAY do the CBBF Nationals in 2016 ONLY ** please note there was a previous error stating 2014 as well.

* If you placed top 3 in the 2015 BC Provincials you are qualified to compete at the 2016 CBBF Nationals if you did not use your 2015 qualification.

* For Figure, Fitness and Women's/Men's Physique anyone that places top 5 at the 2016 BC Provincials may compete at the 2016 CBBF Nationals as they are in our home province

* For Bodybuilding, Classic Physique and Bikini ONLY top 3 advance to CBBF Nationals and you may choose either 2016 or 2017
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Now the tested stream:
* All top 5 from Kelowna from 2014 and 2015 are qualified for the BC Cup in 2016 only.

* for 2016 ONLY the top 5 from the Kelowna show will qualify for the tested BC Cup Provincials

* ONLY top 3 from BC Cup Provincials advance to the IFBB International Events Qualifier

* PREVIOUS to 2016 Overall Winners from Kelowna are Grandfathered for life and do not need to do the BC Cup.
They may go straight to the IFBB Event Qualifier. Overall winners in 2016 must do the BC Cup first

Please note: there are no crossovers between the 2 streams. If you placed in Kelowna in 2015 you MAY NOT do the BC Provincials

If anyone has any questions please contact me via email tzonefitness@telus.net
Thank you. Tamara