Thursday, 23 February 2012

Australian Gymnasts Win Prizes At Monte Carlo


Two seventh generation members of the famous Ashton Circus family earned massive applause and prestigious awards at the first ever New Generation International Circus Festival held in Monte Carlo earlier this month, Feb 2012.

Jordan and Merrick Ashton performed a comedy knockabout act and Merrick a slack-wire presentation.

They won three awards:
A.    1st prize “Prix Jury Junior International” for their knock-about comedy table act.
B.     Bronze Clown also for this act
C.     Prix Erich Rozewicz for Merrick’s slack-wire act.

New Generation International Circus Festival
Other competitors came from Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Switzerland, China and Monaco. So you can appreciate they were the only representatives selected from the southern hemisphere ! Congratulations to these two young Australians!

(More information available from the Oceania press representative for, and founding Director of, the World Circus Federation – John Le Mare    john@aladdins.com.au )

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