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UNICON XV World Champions

kenlooi — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:38:26 +0000

Congratulations to everyone who participated and competed at UNICON. The results page is now up to date.

Here is the list of UNICON XV World Champions!

Individual Freestyle
Billette, Pierre‐Yves France
Sakaino, Satomi Japan
Pairs Freestyle
Maillard, David and Saudan, Gilles Switzerland
Standard Skill
Mortensen, Philip Denmark
Matsunaga, Satoko Japan
Group Freestyle
Danish Freestyle Team Denmark
Street Comp
Huriwai, Christian New Zealand
Pellmann, Sophia Germany
Flatland
Delecroix, Adrien France
Pellmann, Sophia Germany
Overall Racing
Kobayashi, Seisuke Japan
Yazawa, Saori Japan
100m
Kobayashi, Seisuke Japan
Deguchi, Mayuko Japan
400m
Kobayashi, Seisuke Japan
Yazawa, Saori Japan
800m
Kobayashi, Seisuke Japan
Yamamoto, Natsume Japan
50m One‐Foot
Shoji, Kaito Japan
Yazawa, Saori Japan
30m Wheel Walk
Shoji, Kaito Japan
Kawamura, Mami Japan
Obstacle Course
Rodler, Simon Germany
Lips, Mirjam Switzerland
Slow Forward
Albert, Baptiste France
Theiss, Sonja Germany
Slow Backward
Niedner, Sebastian Germany
Jensen, Signe Denmark
High Jump
Schulze, Maxwell USA
Pellmann, Sophia Germany
Long Jump
Jorgensen, Jonas Denmark
Pellmann, Sophia Germany
Relay
J&S Japan
Track Coasting
Dierkes, David Germany
Gajowczyk, Carina Germany
Downhill Gliding
Holme, Thim Denmark
Kawamura, Mami Japan
10k Unlimited
Wilton, Scott USA
Jense, Signe Denmark
10k Standard
Henestrosa, Philipp Switzerland
Yamamoto, Natsume Japan
Marathon
Dunn, Corbin USA
Jense, Signe Denmark
MUni Uphill
Charrier, Martin France
Genelin, Irene USA
MUni Downhill
Weichenberger, David Austria
Lehnart, Jana Germany
MUni Cross Country
Charrier, Martin France
Genelin, Irene USA
Trials
Schulze, Maxwell USA
Ryon‐Rojbek, Galina Denmark
Basketball
Woom France
Hockey
Swiss Team Switzerland

UNICON Video

kenlooi — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:56:00 +0000

Those of you wanting high quality DVD’s of specific events can now order them directly from Chris Morton from Video Hub.

Video Hub filmed most of the Unicon events. A highlights DVD will also come out shortly.

Prices: Individual Events NZ$14.99, Unicon Highlights NZ$24.99

To order your DVD please fill out this form: Video Hub UNICON XV DVDs

UNICON is over!

kenlooi — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Many thanks to our local organising committee, our army of volunteers, competitors, non-competitors and their support crew, our wonderful sponsors and the people of Wellington for playing host to such an amazing event. For ten days Wellington was truly unique as it was invaded by hundreds of unicyclists from all over the world. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and remember it for a long time to come.

Here are some parting shots from the Wharf Jumping workshop!

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Unicycle Hockey Final Today

kenlooi — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:22:43 +0000

The final game of the unicycle hockey tournament at Unicon XV will take place on Tuesday 5 January at 1pm at TSB Arena, Wellington.

The final teams are: Swiss Team and Deserteure, representing Switzerland and Germany respectively.

Swiss Team earned their place in the final by coming top of their group in the round-robin stage (Group Stage), and then beating Team Great Britain in their quarter-final, and contenders RSD United, from Germany, in the semi-final.

Deserteure also topped their group, and preceded to the final via comfortable quarter- and semi-final wins over surprise Group Stage qualifiers Frederiksberg Unicykel Klub of Denmark and Blau Weiss Bavaria of Germany.

Swiss Team took third place at the previous Unicon, two years ago at Frederiksberg in Denmark, and was world champion on the previous two occasions. Deserteure have achieved second- and third-placed finishes over the last three championships.

Top scorer for Deserteure, Sonja Theiss, had to leave the rink in the semi-final, after suffering a bloodied face in a collision with an opposition player but she is expected to be fit for the final.

Twenty-three teams competed in the tournament, from New Zealand, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Germany had the strongest contingent, with seven teams, drawn mostly from the formidable German Unicycle Hockey League, where more than 50 teams compete weekly in this little-known sport.

Teams

Deserteure

Christoph Verholt, Gaby Scherer, Holger Summer (capt), Maximiliane Jaik, Rolf Sander, Sonja Theiß, Linda Theiß,

Swiss Team

Alexandros Coutsikos, Janis Coutsikos (capt), Helen Iten, Ives Metry, Pascal Metry, Martin Schmid,

Latest Media Coverage

kenlooi — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:01:58 +0000

UNICON XV made it on National News again. Here are the links:

TV3 News 3 Jan 2009

Dominion Post 4 Jan 2009

Dominion Post 2 Jan 2009

Enjoy!

Breaking News: 10km Postponed until tomorrow

kenlooi — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:02:59 +0000

Important Notice for Competitors. Due to high winds and rain, here is the latest:

-10km race is postponed until tomorrow, Mon 4th January. Same time and same race order and course.

-The Street Comp finals will still be happening at 3pm

-IUF meeting is postponed until 6th Jan 7pm. Venue to be confirmed but will not be at the TSB Arena.

-All other workshops are happening as scheduled.

Unicyclists countdown to New Year!!!

kenlooi — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:28:24 +0000

It’s the last day of the year, and the last day of the decade. Hundreds of unicyclists spent the day enjoying it in Wellington with members of the public. UNICON XV ran a public ‘learn-to-ride” workshop, which had dozens of people turning up to Frank Kitts park to try out unicycling! Many were able to get on, and even go a few metres, after expert instruction from the worlds best unicyclists.

We had a live Unicycle Demo for the public at Civic Square, with The Berkeley Uni-basketball team showing off their best moves, our Street Champions doing various jumps over each other, and The Japanese Freestyle Team providing a crowd pleasing performance.

For the first time in Unicon history, hundreds of unicyclists from around the world gathered to count down the New Year in style!

Check out the UNICON Gallery

UNICON XV is Officially Open! Parade of Nations and Powhiri

kenlooi — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:14:22 +0000

Today was a pretty special day in Wellington, New Zealand! Unicon XV kicked off with a parade of nations. Approximately 650 Unicyclists from 23 countries rode down the Wellington Waterfront to Civic Square, where we were greeted with a Powhiri (Maori Welcome), followed by speeches from the local Maori, the Mayor of Wellington, and John Foss on behalf of the Unicyclists.

Check out our gallery for photos of todays action.

UNICON XV made it into the TV news on both main national channels. Here are the video links: 3 News and 1 News

The local newspaper also has an article: Dominion Post

A nice article and great photos on: roadcycling.co.nz

Don’t forget to bookmark the UNICON XV Facebook page for updates, photos and comments from UNICON participants!

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Registration packs are ready!

kenlooi — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:06:40 +0000

Big thanks to all the volunteers who turned up at Lynne and Arthurs place yesterday to put together 750 registration packs….all stuffed full of goodies including chocolate, muesli bars, drinks, t-shirts and more! It took four hours and almost 20 volunteers to put this all together.

We also strung up the greenstone medals- they look fantastic.

See you at Unicon next week!

IUF 2010 Rulebook

kenlooi — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:47:09 +0000

For those of you patiently waiting for the latest version of the IUF Rulebook (to be used in UNICON XV Competition), it has finally been approved for release by the IUF board. Many thanks to Connie Cotter and the IUF Rulebook committee for all their hardwork. It is a refinement of previous versions of the IUF Rulebook

Please read the rules carefully, in particular equipment requirements (safety gear, wheel and crank sizes) if you are not familiar with IUF competition:

IUF 2010 Rulebook