A BARNSLEY man has won his first ever bodybuilding contest - after losing eight stone.

Chris Wroe, 33, beat men from all around the UK in the National Amateur Bodybuilding Association (NABBA) show earlier this month at Batley Frontier Club. It took him eight months of dieting to get down to contest condition.

Chris, of Monument Drive, Brierley, runs Supplement Hut on Racecommon Road.

** The full story is in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated November 21. **