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

 

1. Wimbleton Brothers

42

41

83

 Bruce Pfeffer & Dan Berg

 

 

 

 

2. John Held & Barrett Felker

38

34

72

 3. Locomotion Circus

33

38

71

 Bounce, Cyrus & Flip

 

 

 

 

4. The Los Angeles Juggling

Co.

34

35

69

 Ed Jackman & Dan Rosen

 

 

 

 

 5. Neon from Now-On & Dr. Hots Bh.T.

24

37

61

 Steve Mock & Bill Galvin

 

 

 

 

6. Benji & Murph

22

32

54

 Benji Marantz & Tom Murphy

 

 

 

 

 7. Mel & Anita

27

22

49

 Elliott Freeman & Anne Christy

 

 

 

 8. Michael Moschen & Peter Caneen

13

33

46

 

9. Tom Van Voorhees & partner

17

24

41

10. Side Show

18

17

35

 Brian Wendling & Mario Lorenz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Most potential for a professional act -Maria Alcarese

 

Double-handed club for most drops - Reg Bacon

 

 Most eccentric - Larry Vaksman

 

 

 

 Best costume - Mel & Anita

 

 

 

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

 

                                                             .     .                                Technical 

1. Lindsey Morris.............. .. 27    

2. Maria Alcarese................. 27

3. Nguyen Phuc..................... 25

t. Ernie Nolen..................... : :.22

~. Jacko McKean................... 20

6.Chris Kerl............................ 21

7. Steve Wiswell.................... 18

8. Rick Mashler...................... 23

9. Charles Greenhaus.........   20

10. Mike Wash lake............... 22

11. Alan Howard.................... 22

12. Kenny Thompson...........  13

13. David Haines................... 11

14. Jeff Gannaway................... 9

  Performance

 28

 27

 25

 24

 24

 23

 25

 17

 19

 15

 15

 13

 8

 8

 Total

55

54

50

46

44

44

43

40

39

37

37

26

19

17 

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.

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.

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