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THE INTERNATIONAL JUGGLERS' ASSOCIATION

JUGGLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

INTRODUCTION

The fifth annual IJA Juggling Championships, sponsored by the International Jugglers' Association will be held in connection with the 1973 IJA Convention at the Holiday Inn, 550 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston, New Jersey, on May 26, 27, 28, 1973. The Championships will be held indoors in a place suitable for juggling. There will be an audience and all forms of photographic and recording equipment are permitted. All competitors are to provide their own financial arrangements to compete and their own props and apparatus. The order in which the events and competitors will be judged will be scheduled in advance. Entrants must compete at the scheduled times. Props used in competition must be approved by the judges and conform to these regulations. Routines should be prepared in advance just like an act is. The failure of an entrant to be so prepared may result in his disqualification. There is an entry fee of $.50 per event entered, payable in advance of the competition. IJA membership is not required.

The IJA Juggling Championships competition was started in 1969 and has been held ever since in conjunction with the annual IJA Conventions to serve two purposes:

1. To increase interest in the IJA Conventions (both on the part of the members and the public) by creating an organized activity which convention attendees can actively participate in and which would be interesting and enjoyable for those who do not actively participate.

2. To provide a means by which the accomplishments of jugglers everywhere can be recognized, appreciated and acknowledged, both by other jugglers and by the public.

Any further required announcements regarding the competition will be published in the IJA Newsletter. Information may also be obtained from Championships Director Roger Dollarhide, Hartford, Conn.

ASSUMPTIONS AND DEFINITIONS

The rules of the IJA Juggling Championships are based on certain assumptions and definitions which the IJA officers consider valid:

1. Juggling skill can be categorized into specific areas. Only a few areas of juggling skill are judged in this competition. These areas are called "events" .

2. Specific juggling movements within the events are called "tricks". A trick is defined as any well defined movement with a prop or props which forms a pattern or which provides a transition from one pattern to another. The trick is completed when each of the props being used passes through a specific manipulation which forms an integral part of the movement.