The World Welcomes 2012

Posted on January 1, 2012 by p3t3rP4n

The 2012 New Year was ushered in around the world with some spectacular fireworks displays.

Sydney have of course established the precedent for amazing displays on New Years Eve and they didn’t disappoint. But it is clear there is now some competition with great shows in London, Dubai and Rio thrilling millions of people.

Sydney

With the prospect of the fireworks at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and of course the next World Fireworks Championship, 2012 promises to have much for the ‘pyro-fan’.

London

Dubai

Berlin

Rio de Janeiro

Taipei

Hong Kong

Let’s face it if you are going to do some serious celebrating you’ve just got to have fireworks!

Happy New Year.

Honourable Mention – Reykjavik, Iceland

We include this clip, not because it is a co-ordinated display, but for the enthusiasm of the Icelandic people of Reykjavik setting of their own fireworks at home. Wow! Way to go!

(Thanks to Cindy Cheung – Vulcan – for the suggestion).

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The Result – Video Released

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Kris

This is the last of our video magazines. It covers the result of the Oman World Fireworks Championship 2010, and the award of the top prize to Lacroix-Ruggieri.

We hope that you’ve enjoyed the video coverage of the 2010 Championship.

We’d like to give an especial thanks to John Bonham-Carter who has done such a fantastic job filming, directing, scripting and editing our magazines.

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The Judges – Video Released

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Kris

We are pleased to announce the release of our video magazine about our 6 judges and how they chose the Oman World Fireworks Champion.

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Lacroix-Ruggieri Video Released

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Kris

We are pleased to release the sixth of our video magazines on our competitors. This covers Lacroix-Ruggieri, our final contestant and the Oman World Fireworks Champion 2010. They gave an amazing display, and this video gives some insight as to how they achieved their success.

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Panzera Video Released

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Kris

We are delighted to release the fifth of our video magazines. This looks at the display by the Italian Competitor Panzera.

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Photo Competition Winner!

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Kris

The standard of the photographs submitted during our blog competition has been of an exceptional standard, and picking a winner has been an extremely difficult task. All us here at The World Fireworks Championship would like to thank you for taking part, and sharing your wonderful photos with us all.

However, there must be a winner, and we’re pleased to announce that the top prize goes to Mayur Kakude for this fantastic shot from Zambelli’s performance:

OWFC2010 Competition Winner

The Winning Shot (C) Mayur Kakude

Congratulations!

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Zambelli Video Released

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Kris

Well Christmas and the New Year have delayed the release of our latest video magazine for The Oman World Fireworks Championship. This one looks at our fourth Championship competitor, Zambelli, from the USA.

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Championship Winner Announced

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Kris

At a glittering awards ceremony last night the Oman World Fireworks Champion was announced.

By a unanimous judging decision, top spot went to Lacroix-Ruggieri.

The winning Lacroix-Ruggieri team

The winning Lacroix-Ruggieri team

The judges commented that the standard was so high it was difficult to choose between the teams, especially for the runners-up spot, so they announced a tie for second place, naming Panzera and Vulcan.

Panzera, represented by Maria Grazia Gerbaudo, and Vulcan, by Ewan Cheung

Panzera, represented by Maria Grazia Gerbaudo, and Vulcan, by Ewan Cheung

All the team received fabulous trophies in recognition of the amazing displays they put on. We like to think that everyone in the Championship was a winner.

All the winning teams

All the winning teams

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The three musketeers

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Ed

Three guys, who at various times have played key roles in making the Championship happen, are worth a ‘mention in despatches’.

Robert Denman has been our technical Consultant and Site Manager. No one is quite sure where he gets his energy from, but he has been a colossus in making the six displays happen. He really does deserve to be called ‘Big Rob’.

Rob Denman

Rob Denman

Kristofer Field, Competitor Liaison Manager and Blogmeister, has had the enormous task in Muscat of making sure we all got rooms and we ended up where we needed to be, when we needed to be there. An amazing logistical exercise which he’s carried through with great good humour. (Even the cancelled flights to Heathrow because of snow!). He will forever more be known as Mr Kris.

Kris Field

Kris Field

Vasudevan (Vasu), from the shipping line Maersk, called numerous people around the globe, and used up favour after favour to get our six pyrotechnic containers into Oman. He never flapped, always knew it was possible, and was utterly professional.

Vasu

Vasu

They may not have got trophies but they deserved them as much as the Competitors.

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Job Well Done!

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Ed

Mubarak Al Busaidi, CEO of Al Taseheel Al Wataniya, and Mark Wooding, CEO of World Fireworks Championship Limited, will be catching up on much needed sleep after the closing Awards Ceremony.

Mark and Mubarak

Mark and Mubarak

Family friends for over 30 years, they’ve spent the last 18 months making the dream of the Championship come true.

“It’s been an amazing journey,” commented Mark. “I’m so proud we, and the Competitors, delivered such an amazing event for Oman’s 40th National Day.”

“We’ve proved countries working together can do something good,” added Mubarak. “Making our dream come true has been so special.”

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