World Pole Dance the scores and placings of the best pole dancers in the world

World Pole Dancing Champions all set to enter the Olympics

New category - synchronised doubles running order (on two static competition Rpoles - one 38mm- one 50mm Rpole)
113 1.Masayo Okamoto, Kazuya Japan
122.5 2.Kate Johnstone & Bendy Kate United Kingdom 2nd Place
126.5 3.Ilka Martina Bardoczy & Barbara Palmaffy Hungary 1st Place
106.5 4.Ana Laura Brito & Cecilia Ines Vozza Argentina
119.5 5.Michelle Shimmy & Matty Shields Australia 3rd Place 116 6.Olga Gordienko & Valintina Chervakova Russia

Best Pole tricks Ilka Martina Bardoczy & Barbara Palmaffy - Hungary
Best Entertainer Kate Johnstone & Bendy Kate – UK
Best outfit/costume Olga & Valentine – Russia


Male competitors in running (one spinning 38 Competition Rpole – one static 50mm Competition Rpole)
141 1.Loic Lebret France 3rd place
105.5 2.Alejandro Cuchallo Argentina
119 3.Fernando Esteban Lopez Avelar (Ferios) Mexico
153 4.Keem Martinez United Kingdom 2nd Place
173 5.Evgeny Greshilov RUSSIA 1st place
111.5 6.Davide Zongoli Italy
138.5 7.Matty Shields Australia

Best Pole tricks Evgeny – Russia
Best Entertainer Evgeny - Russia
Best outfit/costume Loic – France


Female singles (one spinning 38 Competition Rpole – one static 50mm Competition Rpole)

Joining last year’s No 2 seed – In running order

185.5 1 Maria Luz Escalante – Argentina
Group A
181.0 2 Elena Shishkova – Russia
197.0 3 Karry Summers – New Zealand
172.5 4 Valeria Bonalume - Italy
Group B
168.0 5 Yevgeniya Stocklin – Switzerland
188.0 6 Angela Kulegina – Russia
178.5 7 Elizabeth Munoz – South America
Group C
220.5 8 Alesia Vazmitsel – Belarus 1st Place
202.0 9 Alessandra Marchetti – Italy
170.5 10 Shanyn Pollard – Canada
Group D
212.0 11 Laurence Hilsum – France 2nd Place
206.0 12 Zoroya Judd – USA
206.5 13 Hanka Venselaar – Holland 3rd Place

Best Pole tricks Hanka - Holland
Best Entertainer Zoroya - USA
Best outfit/costume Alesia Vazmitsel - Belarus

International finals judges
Kay Penney - Head Judge UK
Alma Pirner - Hungary
Pippa Caesar - UK move syntax
Reiko Suemune - Japan
Fawnia Dietrich - USA
Jamilla Deville - Australia
Daniela Baumann - Switzerland
Jenyne Butterfly - USA

Judging criteria World Pole Dance Move Syntax coordinator

Pippa Caesar Move Syntax Coordinator World Pole Dance 2011 – Budapest

It was my second time to the worlds, 2 out of 3 is pretty good! I didn't make it to the first as it was in Jamaica and that's a bit far.... In 2010 I was very kindly asked by Kay Penney, head judge, to be an accompanying judge at the preliminaries. I was very honoured to have been asked, I don’t perform and I don't compete (I did compete, once back in 2008 and almost exploded with fear and nerves. It’s not an experience I want to repeat, I just needed to know how it felt to be on the stage and be judged, so I would be able to speak from experience and inform my students, should they want to compete). I am not well known, not super flexible, I can't train daily and I am on the more 'advanced' side of 35, but I have been a student of pole since 2006 and been instructing since 2008, and I am also a HUGE fan of pole and of polers.

I am an official 'pole-slag' (loving everything about it and everyone who does it) and have trained with, under and alongside some of the world’s best. I am empowered by every single student, performer, competitor, instructor and judge that I meet in this industry. I am a human Pole-Sponge...And I was blown away by the standard of the competitors last year. It was a hard job to judge that 1 preliminary heat. I was watching each performance like a hawk, checking toes, technique, strength, trick standard, lines, grace, innovation, presence, form and entertainment. I spent every one either grinning like a Cheshire cat or gawping with my mouth agog, and most of the time, BOTH! I have attended judging courses and am passionate to represent each competitor to the best of my ability

The final in 2010 was simply outstanding, my team (who made it out to Zurich) and I loved every second! We had tears, we had laughs, we had some serious 'stalker' face photographs with our poling idols and we agreed to make a trip back the next year.

This year, Kay asked me to judge at the prelims and at all the heats of the final as Tricks Syntax Co-ordinator, a position usually held by the pole-guru Deb Riley - UK, so I was blown away and under immense pressure! I did LOADS of homework, checking doubles, male, Chinese and single pole routines on youtube and facebook. I sat for hours on end with a pen and scribbled every move, transition, trick and spin down, I noted if toes were pointed, if lines were clear, how long positions were held for - counting the seconds on an iron x, and a flatline sm. I created a code for moves that would be seen a lot in performances, LH for leg hang, TG for twisted grip, X for iron X, J for Jade, JD for Jade Drop. I invented codes for a move or trick or transition that was new to me, and another code for an extremely hard move. And I sat and tried to memorise moves from all over the world. It didn’t matter if I called a Scorpio a Gemini or even if I called a butterfly a Frank, as long as I always called it the same thing consistently throughout the competitions.

AND HOLY SMOKES was my right hand abused that night?!!! New tricks left right and centre, incredible doubles moves, mind bendingly hard holds and lifts..... One hold was held for an outstanding length of time, over 12 seconds I seem to remember!

I simply cannot express how amazing it was to be on that top table of judges, shoulder to shoulder with some of my pole Heros and such incredible talent. Every single competitor performed to their utmost maximum and I was brought to tears during 3 performances! (Which made writing the moves down even harder!) I had lactic acid build up in my thumb and forefinger and almost burnt a blister on the side of my hand from it moving across the desk as I wrote. I got dry eye staring at the stage and performers by trying not to blink during complicated tumbles and combinations. I gawped at the performers with stalkerish intensity. Doubles, Males and Females. I wrote down tricks, moves and transitions from all performances and I was tested to the limit with the unprecedented amount of talent and innovation.
I cannot wait for next year and I cannot wait to see the moves so gracefully introduced to pole on that night being emulated at the new few competitions I am judging. The event was so well managed and executed, thanks to Dollhouse and Pole Passion’s seamless integration with the polers and the non pole performers of the night. I was present at pole history and I was there with some of the most talented people in the business. Humbled and over awed? Yes, every single second.
Huge congratulations to everyone who took part, who competed and didn’t make it to the final, to the family and friends of the competitors, to the judges and most of all to everyone backstage who made it all happen. It was an incredible event, and I am so very happy to have played my part at the World Pole Sport and Fitness Championships 2011.

Pippa Caesar - Polenastics UK
www.worldpoledance.com

Jenyne Butterfly judges the finals at World Pole Sport and Fitness

Jenyne, also known as Butterfly, has been a professional pole dancer for 10 years. She
first began pole dancing, which then led her to other circus aerial apparatus and it was
then she truly discovered her love for flying. The focus of her life became performance
art and she moved to Las Vegas. Jenyne acquired positions performing in the shows Le
Reve (produced by Cirque du Soleil director Dragone) and for world famous DJ’s such
as Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, and David Guetta. She teaches and performs on trapeze, hoop,
fabric, rope, hammock, straps, bungee, and she created the first female aerial pole act.
Jenyne won the first ever US Pole Dance Federation Champion and then placed 2nd in
the World. She is currently available for instructional workshops, performances, hosting
special events, and judging competitions. Jenyne recently visited places such as Australia,
Russia, Canada, England, Scotland, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
Caribbean.
Jenyne is an innovative mentor in pole safety and fitness programs, as well
as federations supporting the growth of pole dance. She is honored to be recognized for
her passionate and dedicated leadership in this amazing industry.

for more information about world pole sport visit www.worldpoledance.com

Jenyne seen here with Loic Lebret France chmapions and 3rd Place in the mens division

THE RESULTS World Pole Sport & Fitness 2011 - World Pole Dance Championships

The first time in history the two new categories of Male and Synchronised Pole Doubles joining the Female singles category at the World Pole Dance Championships in Budapest on 1st October 2011
Alesia Vazmitsel taking the crown

Over 70 competitors applied this year from 24 countries culminating at the finals of


World Pole Dance in Budapest on 1st October at BVUSS, “Budaörsi Városi Sportcsarnok,
Uszoda és Strand”
2040, Budaörs,
Hársfa Street 6.
Hungary

The three competitons starting with the doubles category

Doubles running order (on two static competition Rpoles - one 38mm- one 50mm Rpole)
1.Masayo Okamoto, Kazuya Japan
2.Kate Johnstone & Bendy Kate United Kingdom 2nd Place
3.Ilka Martina Bardoczy & Barbara Palmaffy Hungary 1st Place
4.Ana Laura Brito & Cecilia Ines Vozza Argentina
5.Michelle Shimmy & Matty Shields Australia 3rd Place
6.Olga Gordienko & Valintina Chervakova Russia

Best Pole tricks Ilka Martina Bardoczy & Barbara Palmaffy - Hungary
Best Entertainer Kate Johnstone & Bendy Kate – UK
Best outfit/costume Olga & Valentine – Russia


Male competitors in running (one spinning 38 Competition Rpole – one static 50mm Competition Rpole)
1.Loic Lebret France 3rd place
2.Alejandro Cuchallo Argentina
3.Fernando Esteban Lopez Avelar (Ferios) Mexico
4.Keem Martinez United Kingdom 2nd Place
5.Evengy Greshilov RUSSIA 1st place
6.Davide Zongoli Italy
7.Matty Shields Australia

Best Pole tricks Evegnya – Russia
Best Entertainer Evegnya - Russia
Best outfit/costume Loic – France


Female singles (one spinning 38 Competition Rpole – one static 50mm Competition Rpole)

Joining last year’s No 2 seed – In running order

1 Maria Luz Escalante – Argentina
Group A
2 Elena Shishkova – Russia
3 Karry Summers – New Zealand
4 Valeria Bonalume - Italy
Group B
5 Yevgeniya Stocklin – Switzerland
6 Angela Kulegina – Russia
7 Elizabeth Munoz – South America
Group C
8 Alesia Vazmitsel – Belarus 1st Place
9 Alessandra Marchetti – Italy
10 Shanyn Pollard – Canada
Group D
11 Laurence Hilsum – France 2nd Place
12 Zoroya Judd – USA
13 Hanka Venselaar – Holland 3rd Place

Best Pole tricks Hanka - Holland
Best Entertainer Zoroya - USA
Best outfit/costume Alesia Vazmitsel - Belarus

International finals judges
Kay Penney - Head Judge UK
Alma Pirner - Hungary
Pippa Caesar - UK move syntax
Reiko Suemune - Japan
Fawnia Dietrich - USA
Jamilla Deville - Australia
Daniela Baumann - Switzerland
Jenyne Butterfly - USA


All contestants arrived at BVUSS from 8am for their registration and dress rehearsals from 8-11am pole practice took place then the professional hair and makeup artists were available for the whole team followed by a complete dress rehearsal
Many more sponsored joined the set up this year with Rpole being the main competition Pole Sponsor with their professional stainless steel poles now used in all three world championships There was the first time for many to have a test and feel of the revolutionary pole, now labelled the lightest and most portable and versatile pole in the world during the afternoon there were many interviews with media interest from China USA UK and Europe even the Wall Street Journal has a representative present
The main doors opened at 4pm to the lavish auditorium with the shows beginning at 5pm starting with the Japanese synchronised male and female couple
At 5pm we saw the Grand Opening by the two compares and Kay Penney's opening speech referencing working and placing the foundations towards an Olympic status. Kay also owner and founder of World Pole Dance and Pole Passion UK www.polepassion.com since 2003

The three Competitions were in the following order with a crowd of over 2000 present with many more thousands watching on youtube and facebook
Doubles
Male singles
Female singles

The competition finished at approximately at 11.30pm with an emotional award ceremony
with Alesia Vazmitsel representing Belarus, NOW crowned the new world champion in the female category
Evengy Greshilov from Russia winning the males category and Ilka and Barbara from Hungary taking the synchronised doubles category win

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prelim running order a/b/ and c's went through to finals

30 September 2011

Group A FEMALE SINGLES

TIME - Thursday 29th Sept


UK - Jess Norris

Germany - Zuzanna Fuckikova

Hungary - Krisztina Nemesvári

Russia - Irina Savina

Japan - Meng Yifan

a) Russia - Lena Shishkova

b) New Zealand - Karry Summers

c) Italy - Valarie Bonalume

judges -
fawnia Dietrich - USA
simona Nocco - Italy
jamilla Deville - Australia

Group B FEMALE SINGLES

TIME - Thursday 29th Sept

a) Switzerland - Yevgeniya Stoecklin

b) Russia - Anghela Kulagina

Argentina - Zulma Viveana Morales

c) South Africa - Elizabeth Munoz

Ireland - Katherine White

Russia - Veronika Mikhaylova

Australia - Michelle Shimmy


Judges
Jenni gooch - UK
Simona Nocco - Italy
Jamilla Deville - Australia


Group C FEMALE SINGLES

TIME - Thursday 29th Sept


U K Justine Mclucas

a) Belarus - Alesia Vazmitsel

b) Italy - Alessandra Marchetti

South Korea - Nayoung Choi

Belgium - Sarah Cavenaile

Russia - Erika lakovleva

France - Doris Arnold

c) Canada - Shanyn Pollard

Judges
Pippa Caesar - UK
Mara Latasa Saloj - Sudo America Puru
Fawnia Dietrich - USA



Group D - FEMALE SINGLES

TIME - Thursday 29th Sept
Japan - Yukari Makino Cooperstock
a) French - Laurence Hilsum
b) USA - Zoraya Judd
Ukraine - Nataliya Tatarinceva
Russia - Julia Irinina
Austria - Mona Abinger
South Africa - Vanessa Clack
c) Holland - Hanka Venselaar
Russia - Elena Artmonova

Judges
Pippa Caesar - UK
Valeria Parsai - Italy
Aimee Lawson - UK

Over 70 competitors applied this year from 24 countries

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