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70-year-old pole dancer to take on the best of the best to compete for the title of Ultimate Pole Legend 2020.
Next year, Glynn Owens hopes to mark his 70th birthday milestone by being selected to compete in the prestigious Ultimate Pole Legends event.
Glynn starting pole dancing at the age of 63, after watching a legends competition and being in awe of the performers. Six years on, Glynn trains up to three times a week, each session at least an hour if not two hours long.
The Glendowie retiree is currently preparing for the New Zealand Amateur Pole championship, where he will perform in the Auckland heats of the competition in May. This of course all in the pursuit of his greater goal to compete in Pole Legends.
The Pole Legends competition is the largest pole competition in New Zealand. This competition is only for the most elite pole dancers, to compete you must pass the vigorous selection process.
Applicants submit a video that is judged by international judges, the top 20 performers are chosen to compete in the live rounds, where the performer with the highest average rank wins the title of Ultimate Pole Legend.
Glynn was selected last year as one of the top 5 Male pole dancing performers in New Zealand to compete at the Pole Legends competition and according to Kerry Summers, organizer of the event “the oldest competitor to do so”.
As of this year, that selection process has changed, potentially making it harder for Glynn to achieve his 70th birthday goal. Judges will now choose the 20 most talented Pole performers in New Zealand, regardless of their category.
Kerry said “changes were made because a lot of talented female ‘polers’ missed out” while other athletes automatically got in because there were fewer people in their category.
The owner of Limitless pole studios, Natasha Patel said “it is extremely hard to be admitting into the competition, it is even harder to progress through to the final”.
Natasha competed in the Legends competition a few years ago in a duo and says with the recent changes made, “you truly have to be the crème of the crop to be chosen”.
Glynn, not driven by a competitive spirit is just excited for the opportunity to compete against New Zealand top pole performers.
Glynn Owen, 69, working hard to perfect his tricks for the Pole Legends competition.
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