http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisetom23/4678206624/

With returning 2009 Champion Jason Alexander Seto it was always going to be a highly anticpated tournament.

With 51 competitors ranging from age 4 to 16 it was an exciting fun day. Tense at times but the flavour of Sport Stacking in Hong Kong really came through with many personal bests and Hong Kong records being set.

In the end it Jeanie Fung who reigned supreme and walked away with the Overall Champions trophy.

Well done to all stackers who came out and gave the day their best shot. You were all amazing.

More tournmaent results to come soon.

Go to http://www.speedstacks.com.hk/tournaments/  right now to register.

See you at Hong Kong International School on Saturday June 5th 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tIBck6TtBc

Steven Purugganan again took to the overall top combined score but it was only by two 100ths of a second!!!

Full results can be found here

http://worldsportstackingassociation.org/world_championships/results.php

Jeanie Fung at the World Championships

Stackers are getting so fast that judges often can’t see what their hands are doing.  The result is that stackers are winning tournaments, only to have their runs scratched after video review, sometimes weeks later.  These new changes allow judges to make confident decisions on the spot based on what they can realistically see.  They also allow you the stacker the freedom to go faster without worrying about unintended scratches.  It all adds up to a very exciting step forward for the world of Sport Stacking.

The WSSA Rules Committee identified three areas that need to be changed.   Here they are:

Rule Change #1

Down stacking two stacks at the same time: 3-3-3, 3-6-3, Cycle

Two stacks may be down stacked at the same time.  All stackers must use both hands to begin down stacking the first stack in any sequence before beginning to down stack the second stack, and must use both hands to begin down stacking the second stack before before beginning to down stack stack the third stack. The third stack may be down stacked with one hand.

(Note: The rule still applies that in the up stacking phase, a stacker’s hands cannot be on two stacks at the same time, nor can a stacker simultaneously “up stack” one stack while “down stacking” another.)   

Rule Change #2

Hands on cups while stopping the timer: 3-3-3, 3-6-3, Cycle

A stacker’s hands may be in contact with the cups while stopping the Timer as long as the stacker does not hold (or appear to hold) any cups.

Rule Change #3

Turn and tap: Cycle

The “turn and tap” portion is no longer required. In the 1-10-1 phase of the Cycle stack,  once a stacker has placed the single cups—one up, one down—on each side of the nested column of 10, and then up stacked those 10, the single cups may simply be “picked up” and used to down stack the 10 into a 3-6-3. (If a stacker does “turn and tap,” there will be no penalty.)

Click here to watch a video that explains these rule changes.

You can also check out the complete  WSSA Sport Stacking Rule Book, which includes the most up-to-date sport stacking rules effective April 10, 2010.  These new rules will be in effect at the 2010 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships.

Chinese version of the rule changes can be found here

http://www.youtube.com/user/WrldSprtStackingAssn#p/a/u/0/Eqv6jDFDsfI

Our Hong Kong team training sessions have been tough at times with us working on decreasing times and although the stackers  in Macau are new to Sport Stacking it was a great show nevertheless from the Hong Kong team.

Hong Kong Team results were as follows.

Cycle Stack

Jeanie 1st
Tracy 2nd
Jessica 3rd

363 Stack

Jessica 1st
Tracy 2nd
Jeanie 3rd

333 Stack

Tracy 1st

Well done girls and we’ll see you at the next training session on Thursday April 15th 2010.

Contact Jennifer from Speed Stacks Macau at info@macauspeedstacks.com or call on +853 6206 1852

You can also get mofe information at their facebook site at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=293479223364

Get stacking and go and do your best and have a fun day out in Macau