Victoria Harbour Yoyo Competition 2009 ended this evening at Ma On Shan Plaza.

Total of 28 candidates, race for 20 prizes in 6 divisions. 19 out of 20 prizes were finally awarded, which included: 1A 1st-3rd places, 2A 1st-2nd places, 3A 1st-3rd places, 4A 1st-3rd places, 5A 1st-3rd places, JF 1st-3rd places, Creativity Award, Superb Junior Award.

We are now busy in processing the videos for all of you to review our event, so please be patient and wait for our official contest videos.

The final result with ranks and scores will be posted in these few days.

Besides the yoyo competition, we had also awarded 3 photographers who was chosen for the 3 best yoyo photos published in the Here We Snap! yoyo photography forum. The result can be reviewed at the “Here We Snap! Award 2008” page.

Organized by Here We Yo!, the Victoria Harbour Yoyo Competition received support from the Hong Kong Federation of the Youth Groups, and sponsored by 44re:creation, China-Yu, CLYW, Duncan, G-String, KOBEYO, Onedrop, SAVEDETH, throwdevice.jp, YoyoFactory, YoyoGuy.com, YoyoNation.com, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, Ma On Shan Plaza.

The event was well received, attracting over six hundred spectators within the 6-hour-event.

Thanks all the sponsors for supporting us. Without your great help, our event won’t be adorned. And we also congratulate all the winners.

Here is the great backdrop of the competition, take a look before the race begins.

Click the image to enlarge:

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The candidate list has been released. All yoyo players on the list are confirmed for a place in the contest.

Please check the Candidates page for detail. And also be reminded to check the timetable.

The timetable of the yoyo competition has been released. Please refer to Schedule page for detail.

For all candidates, please come to the registraton counter 30 minutes BEFORE the division begins.

The judge crew of VHYC 2009 has been confirmed, which includes 3 committee members of Here We Yo!, and 3 Duncan Crew Worldwide members.

Each candidate will be judged by five of the six judges at the same time. All judges will provide a score at the same ratio after each candidate’s freestyle performance. And each candidate’s final score is balanced by a formula to ensure the fairness of the result.

For detail about the judge crew, please check the Judge page.

The deadline for registration is 13 February 2009 00:00. Which means all candidates should send us the registration email on or before 12 February 2009 23:59.

Get yourself and your yoyos ready for the contest and good luck!

Junior Freestyle division (JF) candidate can choose one yoyo style (1A-5A) to perform a 3-min-freesytle. But you cannot choose that style again while joining the Open group. This prevents one candidate from performing two times on the stage, thus fair for other yoyo players.

We use the same scoring standard for JF and Open, and those are 3-min-freestyle performances. Therefore the score of JF and Open can be easily placing on the same list of the same style. But this mixed place is for your reference only, your place will not affect the Open group’s final result.

If your JF score has got into the first-three-place of the Open group, you will be awarding with a special gift.

Example:

Chris has joint the JF and performed 1A yoyo style on the JF stage. Then Chris will not be able to choose 1A Open, but still he can choose other 4 styles if he wants to join the Open. (i.e. 2A-5A)

And Chris’s JF score will be placed in JF final result, and that score will also be place in 1A Open for reference. If Chris’s score is high enough for him to get into the first-three-place of 1A Open, he will be awarding with a special price. But the 1A Open’s first-three-place will not be affected.

Tips:

If you have decided to perform 1A and 2A yoyo style on the stage, and you have a higher confident in winning 1A. In this case, you better play 1A as Open and 2A as JF. Such that you may win 1A and become 1A Champion. But if you have chosen 1A in JF and win, you are only awarded as JF Champion, not the 1A Champion.

Of course, you can play both 1A and 2A Open, without joining JF. But remember the Open group is open for public, which means full of skilled-candidates too. Don’t push yourself too hard and make use of your JF privileged while you are still young enough to join it.

This year, Victoria Harbour Yoyo Competition (VHYC) will be held on 14th February 2009 at Ma On Shan Plaza by Here We Yo!

The competition includes 5 divisions: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, and 5A. There will also be a Junior division for the youth to contest.

All information about VHYC 2009 will be posted here. For any enquiry, feel free to discuss at the official forum.