IJA eNewsletter – August 2023

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   August 2023Editors: Don Lewis & Martin Frost
(ijanews@juggle.org)

CONTENTS

  • 2023-2024 IJA Board of Directors
  • 2024 IJA Festival
  • 2023 IJA Juggling Championships results
  • 2023 IJA Numbers Championships results
  • 2023 IJA XJuggling results
  • Other IJA Festival competition results
  • 2023 IJA Joggling Championships results
  • Occasional reads
  • Get ready for the next festival!
  • IJA Board meetings
  • Latest articles in eJuggle

 

 

2023-2024 IJA Board of Directors

The 2023 IJA Board of Directors election took place online and at the festival.  There were three seats up for election, and here are the vote counts:

  • Niels Duinker 104
  • Aslynne Howes 101
  • Luther Bangert 80
  • Albert Lucas 41

Here are the members of the 2023-2024 IJA Board of Directors:

  • Ross Berenson (Chair)
  • Aslynne Howes
  • Benjamin Domask-Ruh
  • Luther Bangert
  • Niels Duinker
  • Noel Yee
  • Sofia Noethe

IJA Board and Officers

 

 

2024 IJA Festival  by Afton Benson

Hi everyone!

We want to introduce the 2024 IJA Festival Team.  Noel Yee and Afton Benson are Co-Directors for next year’s festival, and we’re excited to get to work as a duo!  We’re excited to have Shivella on board as the Festival Registrar and Ross Berenson returning as the Shows Director.  We’ve all worked together on multiple festivals and are thrilled to be back for the 2024 IJA Festival in Green Bay, WI.

Our site visit is coming up in October, so keep your eyes peeled for updates from our visit and announcements about events.  Start planning your routine for the IJA Juggling Championships.

In the meantime, we need your help spreading the word!  If you have a juggling club or a festival coming up, contact us at festival2024@juggle.org and we can see about getting some flyers out to you.  Better yet!  You can download the PDF of the two-sided festival flyer and share it digitally or print your own for your club or festival.  We’ll be updating the website and Facebook event soon!

Thanks for making the juggling community great!

Noel, Afton, Shivella, and Ross

 

 

2023 IJA Juggling Championships results

Individuals

Gold 85.20 Shih Rong Huang
Silver 78.40 Michael Karas
Bronze 75.60 Matan Presberg
72.00 Manuel Mitasch
68.00 Jeremiah Johnston
58.00 Masahiro Kudo

Teams

Gold 72.86* Manuel Mitasch & Moritz Rosner
70.86* Intermission

* score after tie-breaking rules were applied.  Before that, the two teams tied with 72.00 each.

Note: There were no entrants in the Juniors division this year.

Detailed 2023 IJA Juggling Championships scores

 

 

2023 IJA Numbers Championships results  by Scott Cain

Individual Balls

Gold:  Tom Whitfield, 10 balls, 21 catches  ** NEW IJA RECORD
Silver:  Doug Sayers, 9 balls, 55 catches
Bronze:  Matan Presberg, 9 balls, 47 catches

Individual Rings

Gold:  Jonah Botvinik-Greenhouse, 8 rings, 57 catches
Silver:  Manuel Mitasch, 8 rings, 39 catches
Bronze:  Noah Schmeissner, 8 rings, 20 catches
4th place:  Scott Sorensen, 8 rings, 19 catches

Individual Clubs

Gold:  Manuel Mitasch, 7 clubs, 47 catches
Silver:  Jonah Botvinik-Greenhouse, 7 clubs, 36 catches
Bronze:  Mortiz Rosner, 7 clubs, 26 catches

Individual Ball Bouncing

Gold:  Christian Kloc, 9 balls, 49 catches
Silver:  Adrian Goldwaser, 9 balls, 21 catches
Bronze:  Sophie Klein, 8 balls, 28 catches

Ball Passing

Gold:  Doug Sayers & Noah Schmeissner, 14 balls, 155 catches  **NEW IJA RECORD
Silver:  Tom Whitfield & Jonah Botvinik-Greenhouse, 13 balls, 62 catches

Ring Passing

Gold:  Noah Schmeissner & Doug Sayers, 13 rings, 61 catches
Silver:  Cameron Ford & Mark Pender-Bare, 12 rings, 58 catches
Bronze:  Nick Thomas & Jonah Botvinik-Greenhouse, 12 rings, 49 catches

Club Passing

Gold:  Mortiz Rosner & Manuel Mitasch, 12 clubs, 98 catches
Silver:  Adrian Goldwaser & Cameron Ford, 10 clubs, 112 catches
Bronze:  Jack Levy & Sean Carney, 10 clubs, 78 catches
4th place:  Justin Sheldon & Nick Aikens, 10 clubs, 70 catches

Ball Bounce Passing

Gold:  Christian Kloc & Adrian Goldwaser, 13 balls, 107 catches
Silver:  Doug Sayers & Noah Schmeissner, 13 balls, 75 catches
Bronze:  Suzanne Zaccour & Mark Pender-Bare, 11 balls, 69 catches

Three-Person Club Passing

Results:  Neither the team of Laura Kaseman, Adrian Goldwaser & Cameron Ford nor the team of Chris Lovdal, Sean Carney & Jack Levy qualified the minimum level of 13 clubs.

Co-Directors: Merry Spahr & Scott Cain
Judges: David Cain, Heather Marriott, Peter Kaseman, Christian Kloc, Stephan Brancel, John Jones, Jack Kalvan
Sergeant at Arms:  DrDan

 

 

2023 IJA XJuggling results  by Jack Kalvan

Here are the results of the XJuggling competition at the IJA Festival in South Bend.

3 balls – Lucy Alexander
4&5 balls – Wes Peden
6+ balls – Matan Presberg
3 rings – Fer Sumano
4&5 rings – Liam Halstead
6+ rings – Zak McAllister
3 clubs – Joe “Tetonjuggler” Cronquist
4 clubs – Matt Walmsley
5+ clubs – Wes Peden
anything goes – “Jackie” (did a trick with 4 diabolos)

 

 

Other IJA Festival competition results

Volleyclub winning team: The Goats (Steven Clipson & Tony Kasemen)

Fight Night winner: Noah Schmeissner

Battle Night winner: Christian Kloc

 

 

2023 IJA Joggling Championships results  by Sterling Franklin

IJA World Joggling Championships in South Bend, IN

[ 3-ball 400m ]
Boys 12-and-Under
(Gold) Caleb Black – 01:38.88 (B12 #4)Boys 13-17
(Gold) Torsten Hornemann – 01:16.74
(Silver) James Auriemma – 01:25.35Girls 13-17
(Gold) Sarah Kresser – 02:43.70Men’s Open
Tie-(Gold) Nathan Nard – 01:11.38
Tie-(Gold) Jared Janssen – 01:11.38
(Silver) Jacob Heimer – 01:16.14
(Bronze) Draco Tong – 01:16.38Women’s Open
(Gold) Summer Cooper – 01:33.85
(Silver) Kaylyn Schull – 01:37.97
(Bronze) Kaylin Meyers – 01:55.43Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – 01:12.72 (MM #4)
(Silver) Aaron Rosenberg – 01:31.17
(Bronze) Barak Hirschowitz – 01:37.69Women’s Masters
(Gold) Heather Marriott – 01:43.05 (WM #4)
(Silver) JoAnn Ireland – 02:00.28 (WM #8)[ 5-ball 100m ]
Boys 12-and-Under
(Gold) Caleb Black – 01:01.45 (B12 #8)Men’s Open
(Gold) Mark Fiore – :14.63 (IJA #1, MO #1)
(Silver) Jared Janssen – :44.50
(Bronze) Draco Tong – 01:55.41Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – :44.99 (MM #7)

Women’s Masters
(Gold) Heather Marriott – 01:01.39 (WM #1)
(Silver) JoAnn Ireland – 01:36.20 (WM #2)

[ 3-ball 100m ]
Boys 12-and-Under
(Gold) Caleb Black – :18.14 (B12 #3)

Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) Torsten Hornemann – :21.16
(Silver) James Auriemma – :23.01

Girls 13-to-17
(Gold) Sarah Kresser – :38.75

Men’s Open
(Gold) Jared Janssen – :14.41
(Silver) Draco Tong – :16.37
(Bronze) Jacob Heimer – :16.45

Women’s Open
(Gold) Kaylin Meyers – :18.76 (WO #10)
(Silver) Kaylyn Schull – :22.11

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – :14.37 (MM #1)
(Silver) Aaron Rosenberg – :18.66
(Bronze) Jack Hirschowitz – :29.08

Women’s Masters
(Gold) Heather Marriott – :21.09 (WM #3)
(Silver) JoAnn Ireland – :21.56 (WM #4)
(Bronze) Becky Kresser – :28.42 (WM #6)

Laura “Miz Tilly” Shub and Jackie Erickson also completed the event for gold medals in the “Super Wise” division this year — both completed the run with no drops!

[ 4-ball 100m ]
Boys 12-and-Under
(Gold) Caleb Black – :19.80 (IJA #7, B12 #1)

Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) James Auriemma – :28.03 (B17 #1)
(Silver) Torsten Hornemann – :30.03 (B17 #2)

Men’s Open
(Gold) Mark Fiore – :13.97 (IJA #1, MO #1)
(Silver) Jared Janssen – :15.11 (IJA #3, MO #3)
(Bronze) Draco Tong – :37.73 (MO #8)

Women’s Open
(Gold) Kaylin Meyers – 01:20.41 (WO #1)
(Silver) Kaylyn Schull – 01:23.78 (WO #2)

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – :18.46 (IJA #6, MM #2)

Women’s Masters
(Gold) JoAnn Ireland – :30.99 (WM #1)
(Silver) Heather Marriott – :31.62 (WM #2)
(Bronze) Becky Kresser – 01:07.16 (WM #3)

[ 3-ball 800m ]
Boys 12-and-Under
(Gold) Caleb Black – 04:50.98 (B12 #5)

Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) Torsten Hornemann – 03:00.24
(Silver) James Auriemma – 03:44.86

Men’s Open
(Gold) Nathan Nard – 02:38.18
(Silver) Mark Fiore – 02:42.94
(Bronze) Jacob Heimer – 03:07.49

Women’s Open
(Gold) Summer Cooper – 03:20.96 (WO #6)
(Silver) Kaylyn Schull – 03:52.61

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – 02:35.22 (MM #3)
(Silver) Barak Hirschowitz – 03:22.88
(Bronze) Jack Hirschowitz – 04:31.71

Women’s Masters
(Gold) Heather Marriott – 03:49.35 (WM #2)
(Silver) JoAnn Ireland – 04:38.44 (WM #3)

[ 3-ball 40-yard dash ]
Boys 12-and-Under: (Gold) Caleb Black (IJA #3, B12 #1)
Men’s Open: (Gold) Mark Fiore (IJA #2, MO #1)
Women’s Open: (Gold) Kaylin Meyers (IJA #4, WO #1)
Men’s Masters: (Gold) Sterling Franklin (IJA #1, MM #1)

[ 3-ball 4x100m Relay ]
Mixed Men’s: (Gold) Caleb Black, Rain Pierce, Mark Fiore, Sterling Franklin – 01:19.04
Mixed Women’s: (Gold) Summer Cooper, Kaylyn Schull, Kaylin Meyers, Heather Marriott – 01:23.33

[ 3-ball 4x400m Relay ]
Mixed Men’s Open: (Gold) Jacob Heimer, Torsten Hornemann, Harry Rosenberg, Nathan Nard – 05:27.67
Mixed Men’s Masters: (Gold) James Auriemma, Barak Hirschowitz, Jack Hirschowitz, Sterling Franklin – 06:19.28
Mixed Women’s: (Gold) Kaylyn Schull, Kaylin Meyers, Summer Cooper, JoAnn Ireland – 07:08.34

IJA Virtual World Joggling Championships
Competition spanning March 1, 2023, through August 22, 2023

[ 3-ball 200m ]
Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) Brady Xue – :35.33

Men’s Open
(Gold) Samuel Dean – :30.87
(Silver) Andy Widmann – :36.17

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin :29.44 (IJA #8, MM #1)
(Silver) Daniel Raum – :35.00
(Bronze) Christoph Mitasch – :36.73

Women’s Masters
(Gold) JoAnn Ireland – :52.10

[ 3-ball 500m ]
Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) Brady Xue – 01:38.90 (IJA #3, B17 #1)

Men’s Open
(Gold) Samuel Dean – 01:23.57 (IJA #1, MO #1)
(Silver) Andy Widmann – 01:53.47 (IJA #6, MO #2)

Women’s Open
(Gold) Kaylyn Schull – 02:29.37 (IJA #7, WO #1)

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – 01:25.80 (IJA #2, MM #1)
(Silver) Daniel Raum – 01:39.20 (IJA #4, MM #2)
(Bronze) Christoph Mitasch – 01:44.37 (IJA #5, MM #3)

Women’s Masters
(Gold) JoAnn Ireland – 03:05.65 (IJA #8, WM #1)

[ 3-ball 1000m ]
Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) Brady Xue – 03:46.73 (IJA #7, B17 #1)

Men’s Open
(Gold) Samuel Dean – 02:59.33 (IJA #1, MO #1)

Women’s Open
(Gold) Kaylyn Schull – 05:36.30 (WO #2)

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – 03:16.50 (IJA #3, MM #1)
(Silver) Daniel Raum – 03:31.54 (IJA #5, MM #2)
(Bronze) Christoph Mitasch – 03:33.83 (IJA #6, MM #3)

Women’s Masters
(Gold) JoAnn Ireland – 07:23.05 (WM #3)

[ 3-ball 1600m ]
Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) Brady Xue – 05:38.93 (B17 #2)

Men’s Open
(Gold) Caleb Williams – 04:35.33 (IJA #1, MO #1; Full Mile time: 04:36.78)
(Silver) Samuel Dean – 04:58.37 (IJA #3, MO #3)
(Bronze) Andy Widmann – 06:48.60

Women’s Open
(Gold) Kaylyn Schull – 09:11.84

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Sterling Franklin – 05:31.48 (MM #1)
(Silver) Daniel Raum – 05:53.24 (MM #3)
(Bronze) Christoph Mitasch – 06:13.20 (MM #5)

Women’s Masters
(Gold) JoAnn Ireland – 12:59.10 (WM #7)

[ 3-ball 5000m ]
Boys 13-to-17
(Gold) Brady Xue – 20:25.00 (B17 #4)

Men’s Open
(Gold) Samuel Dean – 18:02.83 (IJA #5, MO #5)

Men’s Masters
(Gold) Daniel Raum – 20:18.44 (MM #1)
(Silver) Christoph Mitasch – 21:06.80 (MM #2)
(Bronze) Sterling Franklin – 21:57.00 (MM #4)

Women’s Masters
(Gold) JoAnn Ireland – 39:23.37 (WM #4)

[ 4-ball 200m ]
Sterling Franklin – :33.94 (IJA #2, MM #1)

[ 5-ball 200m ]
Sterling Franklin – 01:39.36 (IJA #10, MM #3)

[ 7-ball 100m ]
Chris Fowler – :45.24 (IJA #2, MO #2)

(IJA All-Time Individual Standings and Division Records are noted beside the related performances.)

Special thanks to all the on-site meet officials, timers, registration helpers, drivers, as well as the final run and time validation team, and as always, thanks to all who showed up and joggled with us, both here and abroad!
We hope to see you all joggling with us in the future!

 

 

Occasional reads

IJA member, author, publisher and performer Thom Wall was interviewed by CircusTalk.  You can find the interesting and informative article online.

Editors’ note: This section will occasionally link to articles we think you might be interested in reading.

 

 

Get ready for the next festival!  by Don Lewis

It was great to get back to a normal IJA festival this year in a friendly city without being perturbed by the pandemic.  A lot of volunteer work went into the fest which was very much appreciated by all in attendance.

If you were not there, you missed a lot of fun.  If you were there, you know what I mean.  The best way to make the festival even better is to get more people to attend.  You only have to convince a juggler to come to their first IJA festival.  After that, they’ll return on their own because it is just that much fun.

So right now – while you are full of enthusiasm from the fest – is the best time to get all your juggling buddies to put the IJA festival on their radar for next summer.  The IJA has negotiated amazing discounts for lodging that you just won’t find anywhere else.  Up to four people can share a room, offering quite a cost savings.  In the middle of summer, we’ll have a large, air-conditioned juggling space along with a wide array of high quality workshops to choose from.  Plus, there will be world class shows most nights to inspire you.  It is a great value for a full week.

This is our festival, so let’s be proud of it and spread the word!

 

 

IJA Board meetings  by Ross Berenson, IJA Board ChairIJA Board meetings

IJA Board meetings are open to all IJA members and are hosted on Zoom.  To find out the times of this month’s vision and business meetings, or to attend, please email ija.chair@juggle.org and say which meeting you’re interested in.

 

 

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