Double Dutch Contest Singapore Vol.1,
23 December 2011
Double Dutch Contest Singapore is part of a
world league and winners of DDCS will qualify to compete in DDCWorld
which will be in Tokyo in March 2012. Many years in the planning we
felt this was the right time to host Singapore's first international
rope
skipping competition. DDCS was a skipping extravaganza that previously
could only be
seen overseas.
This is one big reason that RSS organized and financed DDCS so that
our fledgling rope skipping environment will get a short in the arm but
it has been
successful beyond our wildest imagination. Already just 2 days after
DDCS two of our foreign leaders have pledge to come back for DDCS.v2
next year with teams. Furthermore, DDCS.v1 will
live on as part of a TV drama about a secondary school double
dutch team to be telecast
next year. A film crew was filming before, after and during DDCS.
It was wonderful to have high quality judges to
help run our debut DDCS. No doubt our DDCS workshop the day
before and DDCS morning meeting contributed to everyone just doing what
needs to be done at DDCS without a rehearsal. Beside the judges, DDCS
had other volunteers who helped
in one way or another. They are recognized at the end of this page.
DDCS is open
to teams from other countries and is the Singapore qualifying
competititon for DDC World. Japan, America, Malaysia, Hong Kong and
Singapore are represented in DDCS. Of these the latter 3 countries had
participating teams
and they are the top teams of their countries. We are really
fortunate to be able to show Singaporeans such high quality double
dutch. Then there was the awesome performance by 2 time world champion
Nick Woodard assisted by another world champion Shaun Hamilton and
Rachel Baby.
We invited everybody in Singapore to be involved in this DDCS project
and as a result more people are together for DDCS than ever before.
This is the sign of the times. The winners of DDCS will now proceed to
represent Singapore at DDC World in Japan in March.
Roger Yue Jr
Double Dutch Contest Executive Committee member
Rope Skipping Singapore president
Results
of DDCS Vol.1
Snapshot
of DDCS Vol.1
At 5pm a final briefing for teams at RSS before setting out to the
auditorium next door for DDCS. My assistant emcee is Jumping Jewels
Amanda. The competing Jumping
Jewels where acting in TV drama
earlier. The
film crew where filming at the auditorium from 12 noon and will carry
on after DDCS at 9pm to midnight.
DDCS began just after 6pm by introducing the teams one by one to the
audience. 12U Firecrackers, Flying kangaroos and West Grove - Whirling
Grovians.
These 3 team are acting in the TV drama. 19U Double Dutch Dancing
Queens and Jumping Jewels as themselves. The Wave Jumpers are real
actors who have been taking Double Dutch lessons at RSS.
19U Jelly Beanz is a secondary school team from their school
rope
skipping club.
The Open teams are Star Jumper from Malaysia, Da Crew Of Compound from
Hong Kong and Singapore's Bungeelistic.
The 12U Performance events began first. Flying Kangaroos are the
youngest team of 9 year olds.
Our highly experience judges using a playcard judging method. Chin HK,
Shaun Hamilton, Sadatoshi Watanabe, Nick Woodard and Don Lui.
DDDQ kicked off the 19U Performance event. I was interested to find out
how they felt after their jump and so I asked them.
The Jelly Beanz are all from the smartest class in their secondary
school. Didn't
say much though.
The Jumping Jewels have won 4 consecutive DDC competitions. Tonight
they are also the fastest team in the whole competition.
Wave Jumpers have made history by competing as an acting secondary
school team.
Next was the speed event for 12U & 19U. The same set of high
quality judges who judged the Performance event stepped on the stage
and judged the speed events.
Speed judges, Nick Woodard, Shaun Hamilton, Sadatoshi Watanabe and Chin
KH. Don Lui is not in photos. Jolyn is in-charge of scoring.
Our equipment boy, a Jumping Jewel, with his DDCS hairdo. He handles
the
MacBook for the backdrop projection and the speed display system.
Cameramen enjoying DDCS waiting for film opportunities.
The novice event, double under, was a crowd pleaser as we had two teams
on stage at once and their supporters could see the rising scores on
the speed display.
The Hong Kong boys started with sort of a prayer, suddenly they jumped
up and where on a roll...
.... with a gamut of crowd pleasing moves.
Bungeelistic's girls used to rope skip in primary school. They have not
double dutch in 10 years!!! The young man has never rope skipped till 2
weeks
ago. Fearless!.
The Malaysians have landed with Star Jumper's debut in a DDC. They
worked the crowd like pop stars.
Nick Woodard took the stage to show how he won the World Championships
twice. Then he decided to tumble over 7 kids. With Shaun and
Rachel he showed world class double dutch jumping. The audience
impression of double dutch and rope skipping was forever changed after
this.
Last event was the Open Speed.
Family of judges during 10 minutes break before award ceremony. Time
for autographs too.
Award ceremony with all teams on stage. We had beautiful podiums
for this. Amanda announcing the results with runner Ji Mei.
9 year olds Flying Kangaroos where surprise Performance champions
edging
out more experienced and older teams. Such a big achievment so young.
The judges gave out the awards.
Filming additional scenes after DDCS ended at 9pm. The TV drama
director requested that the audience stay back 30 minutes to act as
audience.
Our American judges waiting for filming to end. Security was provided
by
3 off-duty police officers.
Snapshot
of DDCS.v1 breakfast meeting.
RSS had the idea that this was an opportune time to talk about rope
skipping from our countries and performance/fusion double dutch. On the
morning of DDCS at the meeting we dicussed mostly double dutch for
about five and
half hours. We
all agreed that there should be opportunities to talk somemore. Those
at the meeting have a clearer mindset about performance/fusion
competititon format now. The next big DDC event, DDC World, will surely
benefit from this
meeting too. Sada of Japan suggested Japan could host another such
meeting at
DDCW.
Breakfast at the Prata coffeeshop downstair of Rope Skipping Singapore
at
8am on 23rd December. Our foreign friends enjoyed prata, thosai, apam.
tea tarek
and tea chino.
Shaun Hamilton talking about jump rope in America and World Jump Rope
to the
team leaders and judges of DDCS.
Sadatoshi Watanabe explaining the DDC concept and DDC World.
The participants at this reference point meeting that lasted for five
and a half hours without a break. That was how intense this first of
it's kind discussion went.
Snapshot after DDCS.v1
Chillin' past midnite after DDCS on Christmas Eve. Nick giving Rachel
pointers on her frog
The 3 Jumping Jewels who did not compete this time. Supper at about 3am
at the
Prata coffeeshop downstairs. Sada signing autographs for the Jewels
Durian was selling downstairs after supper. Jumping Jewels like durian.
Sada, well you can tell from his face it is not his favorite fruit.
DDCS volunteers
Judges
Sadatoshi Watanabe (DDC Executive Committee chairman)
Shaun Hamilton (World Jump Rope chairman)
Nick Woodard (Word Jump Rope ambassador USA)
Chin HK (Malaysia professional coach)
Don Lui (Singapore professional coach)
Scorers
Sheana
Elmira
Jumping Jewels: Jolyn, Ji Mei.
SHSS Rope Skipping Club: Clara, Bee Ting.
Emcees
Roger Jr
Amanda
Projector/speed display
Roger III
Certificates
Jumping Jewels: Ariel, Jolyn, Ji Mei
Parents of skippers
Mavis
Barry
Fiona
Richard
Benny
Educationist
Julie
Aileene
Nicole
Iris
Wahid
Cindy
Security
Hakim x3
Reynold
Others
Amutha (Singapore Heart Foundation)
Amy Canady (World Jump Rope director)
June (Jewels attire sponsor)
Salbiah (Judges day tour)
Yep Pheng
Rope Skipping Singapore home