Unicon day 3 and 4

Hannah wasn't well yesterday and so had a morning back at the apartment resting. Jacqui took the opportunity to go to the Mounts workshop, and learnt some really impressive mounts (inlcuding a jump mount, where you hold the unicycle in your hands and then jump directly onto the pedals and seat - it looks very impressive). She is now teachng Hannah the mounts she learnt.

Australia then played in the hockey tournament. In the end Jacqui and Hannah weren't needed (although they'd brought their hockey sticksalong), as there were enough people to play. As a mum I was relieved as the games were pretty rough at times. We had great fun cheering on the Aussie team, who didn't do so well (they only had 1/2 their regular players, as many couldn't make it to unicon).

Steve had to stay behind at the apartment to finish the conference paper he is giving three days after we get back to Australia. He has finally finished it (at 2am).

This morning was a marathon, which the girls weren't competing in, so we took the opportunity to do some sightseeing. We took a canal boat tour of the city & saw some beautiful areas and got a glimpse of the little mermaid.

This evening we all attended a workshop run by a lady who is doing her PhD on Unicycling as a motivator of young people in the education system, which was very interesting. We also watched the expert level freestyle single routines, which were amazing (but not as much fun as the pairs routines).

We also got to chat to the Israeli team, who swapped shirts with us. So far we've swapped shirts with the Korean, Swiss, Hong Kong, German, UK & USA teams. The Australian shirts have been very popular.

Tomorrow will be another practice day for Hannah & Jacqui, as the competition will be mainly uni-basketball, hockey, flatland & group routines.

Photo 1 - this is the Australian Team (without Steve who was working at the apartment). Hannah & Jacqui are the only freestyle competitors, with the rest of the team mainly being into Hockey, distance events, races & trials (jumping on and off things).

Photo 2 - us on the canal trip around Copenhagen.