OCB - Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders 2003-

 

January 2003
OCB (Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders) was founded in 2003 by Matt Shepley. The founding principles of OCB were:
· To offer quality bodybuilding, fitness & figure competitions in the United States.
· To provide opportunities for athletes to gain media exposure.
· To offer competitors an avenue to advance to a professional level and have the opportunity to participate in international level competition, if desired, while not having to sacrifice other opportunities that exist in the sport.
· To allow promoters to have flexibility to produce the events they fund in the manner they feel is best, as long as they're fair to athletes and drug testing is enforced.

OCB’s drug-free policy was first established as all shows being required to conduct a form of testing. The stated period for being drug-free for shows conducting polygraph testing was 5-years, unless otherwise stated by a promoter.

April 2003
The first OCB sanctioned show was held April 12, 2003 in the Washington, DC area.

June 2003
OCB contest coverage began appearing in Steele Jungle Publications.

August 2003
OCB began publishing Physique Competitor magazine to provide print exposure for all OCB events.

January 2004
OCB events began offering the Ms. Fitness (IFSB - International Fitness Sanctioning Board) brand fitness division. This provided an outlet for fitness competitors to advance to national and international level competition, compete for cash and prizes, and receive national and international magazine and television exposure.

Spring 2004
OCB contest coverage began appearing in Ms. Fitness Magazine.

August 2004
Physique Competitor magazine was renamed to Fitness & Physique.

November 2004
OCB established the Yorton Cup to be its top title for the federation, to serve as its national championship.

2005
OCB became an amateur affiliate of the IFPA (International Fitness & Physique Association), a professional level federation for bodybuilding & figure, thereby providing an avenue for competitors to reach a pro level through OCB events.

April 2005
OCB contest coverage began appearing in Natural Muscle Magazine.

January 2006
OCB changed its drug-free policy. A minimum of 5-years drug-free became required. IFPA Pro qualifiers were required to polygraph test all competitors, and urine test overall winners for bodybuilding & figure.

2008
The national championship for OCB changed from the OCB Yorton Cup to the OCB Nationals after 2007. The Yorton Cup title was passed to the pro level IFPA.

Additional information will be added as it becomes available... ongoing record of OCB existence.

OCB Yorton Cup National Champions click on images for enlarged view
Year		Male		Female		Figure
2007 Washington, DC		Willie Brown (MD)		Cheryl Szarmach (PA)		Monique Jones (MD)
2006 Pittsburgh, PA		Adam Shawver (PA)		Jamie McLaughlin (NM)		Monika Rodgers (PA)
2005 Ft Lauderdale, FL		William Powell (NC)		Doreen Harris (PA)		Katrina Roundtree (VA)
2004 Raleigh, NC		Mike Mutschler (PA)		Dianne Brown (MD)		Adelina Cavalhal (NY)
Number of Shows Per Year: Year # Shows # States States Shows Were Held In 2007 33 20 (AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, VA) 2006 28 21 (AZ, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, FL, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, NE, NJ, NM, NV, PA, SC, VA) 2005 21 15 (AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, IL, MA, MD, MI, MS, NJ, NM, NV, PA, VA) 2004 9 7 (DC, MA, MD, NC, NV, PA, RI) 2003 4 3 (DC, MD, PA)