Page 3 September 1979
1979 Competition Results
NUMBERS
DIVISION
Seven
Objects 1. Ed Jackman (rings) 6 sec. 2. Jon Beckner (balls) 3.6 sec. 3.
Bill Dietrich (balls) 2.6 sec Five
Clubs 1. Mitch Kelly 87.8 sec. 2. Kit Summers 27.34 sec 3. Ed Jackman 27.12 sec 4. Stu Raynolds 23.59 sec 5.
Daniel Rosen 13.30 sec
TEAM
DIVISION
Technical Performance Total
SENIORS
DIVISION
Technical Performance Total 1.
Ed Jackman
41
33
74 2.
Larry Vaksman
38
31
69 3.
Peter Davison
38
27
68 4.
Michael Marlin....................
29
35
64 5.
Allan Jacobs.......................
34
26
60 6.
John Held............................
33
30
63 7.
Michael KasS"................
29
27
56 8.
Mark Robertson................. 25
. 30
55 9.
Roger Reed........................
30
2fj
55 10.
John Luker........................
31
24
55 11.
Dario Pittore.....................
24
30
54 12.
Randy Judkin!l................. 21
32
53 13.
Jon Beckner..................... 29
21
50 14.
Peter Hadres.................... 27
21
48 15.
DeSale Gauthier.............. 22
25
47 16.
Cary Bunks.......................
22
23
45 17.
Eric Havor.........................
19
24
43 18.
Jeff Lovett..........................
18
24
42 19.
Reg Bacon........................
19
22
41 20.
Mark Neisser.................... 19
18
37 21.
Joe Parnar........................
19
17
36 22.
Judy Sloan "Patty"............ 14
20
34 23.
Professor Confidence...... 5
6
11 (Note:
Scores for Davison. Marlin and Jacobs were made during
a tie.breaker competition between the three, all of whom
finished the regular competition with a score of 68) JUNIORS DIVISION
Memorable
sights in the competition *
Michael Kass foot juggling *
Larry V being a sloppy eater on a pogo stick. * Michael Marlin counting his fingers to cover an ax drop * Loco-Motion's Cyrus boogying his heart out in sun glasses *
Ed Jackman's triple pirouette club toss *
John Luker's blond hair and black tights *
Benji and Tom Murphy on an invisible tightrope *
Roger Reed's diablo wizardry * Brian Wendling and Mario Lorenz dueling with cigar boxes *
Bill Galvin juggling a frog, shoe and baby doll |
Under the guidance of Garbo, championships director, eight judges ranked jugglers according to their technical and performing ability. Despite misgivings about the whole idea by some contestants and frequent, mysterious pow-wows by the judges, the system recognized talent and rewarded the best. |