The intercontinental Stage Magic Championships, started with a tribute to those of our family who had passed on and would be greatly missed at Blackpool this year. Ali Bongo, Pat Page and Mahka Tendo. The championship itself was quite short this year, with just five entrants.

Dave Allen & Carl Charlsworth (UK)
Jung Min Lee (Korea)
Hyung Joom Kim (Korea)
Mist (UK)
Sandro Ricoli (Austria)

I dont think the standard was as high as last year, although as always with Korea the level of manipulation skills was very high. Mist suffered from some bad angles from the circle and (presumably the balcony) which exposed a few of their illusions.

The results placed the entrants as:

1st Place - Hyung Joom Kim (Korea)
2nd Place - Jung Min Lee (Korea)
3rd Place - Sandro Ricoli (Austria)