I think the members of ausbb should be the judges, in a poll outcome based on the starting point & end result of each entrant.
That would alleviate chronic bias or prejudice & put the vote to the people of the forum.
Just my opinion. Keep it fair, balanced & unbiased & allow even those who aren't competing to get involved & follow each contenders progress throughout the year. As each forum member is invested in the voting outcome?
I would imagine this would also increase traffic to training logs that otherwise don't get traffic & encourage entrants to be open with informing readers of training & nutritional information, which would be of great benefit to newcomers & those serial lurkers.
Just my opinion, Graemes decision though.
Ausbb's member transformation of the year, should be chosen by ausbb. Not a panel of mods.