CZECH POLE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014

Already the third Czech Pole Sport Championship was held in Prague on 13^th – 14^th June 2014. The venue was same as in previous years in Palace Theatre in the city centre. But this year tickets were sold out for the first time! As a sponsor from the very beginning of this championship we could see such a big improvement in both - organization and performance.

Here are some news of this year: this was first time when the men division, doubles and youth category were opened. Other already well known divisions were Amateurs, Professionals and Elite Women. This year championship was again divided into the two-day event. And because home of Dragonfly is in Czech Republic not far from Prague – our team was there! :-) We are very proud to say that the level of the competitors in Czech Republic increases very sharply and we hope in London at World Pole Sports Championship 2014 we will get some medals! :-)

Here are the results and congrats to all!

Kids:

Elizaveta Shevtsova

Aneta Janoudová

Natálie Pernická

Youth:

Daria Sheveleva

Marija Pečnikova

Adéla Průchová

Women Amateurs:

Olga Kozlova

Veronika Péková

Maria Guskova

Women Professionals:

Alexandra Kalousová

Pavlína Neveselá

Jitka Sitová

Men:

Huy Hai Nguyen

Roman Gemrot

Women Elite:

Růženka Halamková

Denisa Kudláčková

Anna Nikulina

Doubles:

Nikol Heyrovská, Petra Kijonková

Lenka Havelková, Jitka Sitová

Klára Kaňová, Nikola Palková

GERMAN POLE SPORT CHAMPIONSHIP 2014

Other event which we were part of was German Pole Sport Championship 2014 in Bochum. This championship was held in Variété et cetera on 9th June – it was Monday but national holiday so after the weekend the competitors were relaxed and showed incredible performance!

Vivien Feld who organized this championship is owner of 3 pole dance studios and knows what she does :-) So the whole day was exciting, everything was well organized and well situated - this day was very hot but there was an opportunity to relax outside and have some snack or drink. Well done!

Here are the categories and first 3 places of each – these competitors we will see again in London at World Pole Sports Championships 2014!  Congratulations!

Amateur Seniors Woman:

      1. Alina Metzner

      2. Claudia Roling

      3. Nadine Volmer

Amateur Youth:

 1. Tatjana Pizanis-Ellis

      2. Lea-Chiara Vogel

      3. Pauline Windschlügel

Professionals Seniors Woman:

      1. Sandra Jung

      2. Karolina Nogai

      3. Ekaterina Matkina

Elite Doubles:

     1. Simone Fluhr / Irina Mauch

     2. Sarah Christina Peys / Xuerao Zhang

     3. Diana Hoffmann / Nikola Apel

Elite Seniors Men:

      1. Ilya Ananyev

      2. Patrick Pausch

Elite Seniors Women:

      1. Julia Wahl

      2. Rania El-Azzami

      3. Anna Weirich

Elite Masters:

      1. Yvonne Haug

WORLD YOGA SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014, LONDON

Hi Dragonfly fans! This time yoga fans ;-)

This year was the first time ever Yoga Sports finals took place outside the US - in Europe. London is one of the best places to host such an event – many yoga studios, hotels, bars, restaurants and beautiful sightseeing. So when the competition is over, all the competitors and judges can enjoy buzz about the city. But back to business! :-)

World championship was held in Logan Hall in Central London on 31^st May – 1^st June 2014. 107 athletes from all over the world showed up! Skill level was just amazing and is getting better every year. Dragonfly team was more than proud to have one of our teachers from Bikram Yoga Ceske Budejovice studio on the podium! Other Bikram Yoga “celebrities” were among the judges or organizers headed by Rajashree Choudhury.

 

On Saturday semifinals started in the morning. Men and women showed their best and it was just wonderful spectacle. This year was not only first time in Europe but also first time where could take part also the champions from previous years. Familiar faces and world champions such as Joseph Encinia, Jared McCann or Gloria Suen stepped up on the podium again and left the audience with the mouth open. This exciting day finished up with top ten men and women in the evening. Somebody went to bed or relaxed other way and our team went to the city for a dinner and sightseeing – to celebrate our Veronika who got to the finals :-)

Sunday morning we dropped off Veronika at Bikram Yoga Highbury&Islington to get ready and warm up for the finals. Meanwhile we got back to the Logan Hall and watched Youth division – these girls and boys were pretty amazing! How flexible and strong at a time! Logan Hall began to fill up with the audience passionate about yoga. Especially the men division was a bit surprise but that is yoga – you have to calm down and demonstrate the best you got and sometimes you just can’t or something happens which disturbs you. Women division was thrilling especially for us, two Czech girls were in top ten and the whole Dragonfly team was sitting there silently and eagerly fingers crossed. In conclusion we got 7^th place and Bikram Yoga Prague studio 3^rd place. How happy we were!!

Here are the results, congratulations to all the participants!

YOUTH BOYS

RANK    NAME   COUNTRY           TOTAL SCORE

1             Delbaere-Sawchuk Danton        Canada 48.620

2             D’Quebec Alan Kane     USA       47.400

3             Basso Riccardo  Italy       45.370

4             Smets Ansel      Belgium               38.420

YOUTH GIRLS

RANK    NAME   COUNTRY           TOTAL SCORE

1             Sougata Jana     India      46.710

2             Ripley Holly        New Zealand     46.440

3             Martini Agnese                Italy       44.540

4             Fok Reiko Alice Japan    42.910

5             Patterson Aisha               Australia              41.800

6             Bansal Gargi       New Zealand     41.190

7             Wachauf Marlena           Austria 39.120

8             Smets Sophia    Belgium               38.460

9             Fort Ber Cristina               Spain     37.000

10           Massaccesi Mariana       Italy       36.860

11           Guzman Perez  Mexico 36.100

MEN

Rank      Name   Country               Score

1             Zeb Homison     USA       57.38

2             Jared McCann   USA       56.6

3             Erik Persson       Sweden               55.31

4             Jorge Eduard Rodriguez Moreno             Mexico 53

5             Joseph Encinia  USA       52.97

6             Mark Valenton Australia              51.66

7             Michael Tuang  Australia              50.56

8             Kanisorn Namchaiswadwong    Thailand              49.92

9             Alessandro Moura Venegas       United Kingdom              48.98

10           Juan Manuel Martin-Busutil       Spain     42.18

WOMEN

Rank      Name   Country               Score

1             Gloria Suen        USA       63.42

2             Gianna Purcell  USA       62.39

3             Anna Cadkova  Czech Republic 59.49

4             Lauren Martone              USA       57.34

5             Almania Colombo           Italy       56.06

6             Paulina Lawson                Mexico 55.84

7             Veronika Fiserova           Czech Republic 54.44

8             Fiona McNamara             Ireland 49.38

9             Karla Gonzalez  Mexico 47.67

10           Dippanita Mondl             India      42

 

We celebrated afterwards at the Vietnamese restaurant and with one day off – Monday shopping in London ;-) The way back is always more tiring, whole trip took almost 3000 kilometers! But we love travelling ;-) See you in London in 2 months at WORLD POLE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014!

Love, Petra

POLE FITNESS HUNGARIAN OPEN 2014

Pole Fitness Hungarian Open, an international championship has been accredited by IPSF since 2012 and is now a fully accredited and endorsed championship, which allows its top 3 athletes to qualify for the World Pole Sport Championship.

This year Pole Fitness Hungarian Open was held in Budapest in Budapest Arena from 10^th to 11^th May. Pole sport championship was a part of a whole day event – fitness expo. Hundreds of people showed up to watch, to try, to eat, to spend the day sporting.

Dragonfly team was there to support the event and enjoyed it very much! :-) Event organizers Liza Szabo and Orsi Pall prepared the event very well and invited Alessandra Marchetti, world champion, who was among the IPSF certified judges.

Here are the results, congrats to all competitors!

Novice:

1.) Patricia Nadasdi

2.) Niki Jancsovics

3.) Adel Gresiczki

Junior:

1.) Jazmin Petervari

2.) Fanni Cseh

Doubles:

1.) Judit Gabris-Baczako / Eszter Vagra

2.) Nóra Berthold / Zsuzsanna Toronyi

3.) Iris Heindl / Sandra Einfalt

Men:

1.) Jakub Kolasa

Women:

1.) Anna Chigarina

2.) Tetyana Lytvynova

3.) Maria Lovas

This was our first trip to Budapest. The capital city of Hungary is just beautiful! It is definitely worthy to visit, Dragonfly team highly recommends ;-)