Southend was the perfect setting for BJC 2012 – just the right amount of seaside glamour and hospitality to keep everyone happy. Thanks go to all the Essex residents for tolerating the enormous influx of jugglers, hoopers, poi spinners and general oddballs whose wonderful bizarreness make BJC such a special event. Each day (and night) seemed to be packed. You didn’t have to walk far to find the British Kendama Open, workshops in every imaginable prop, renegade shows or incredible stalls. Personal highlights for us include some late night club passing with Gora, tandem mini-bikes, more German Wheels in one place than we’ve ever seen and the 25th year award show (well done everyone that received an award). Congratulations also go to this year’s BYJOTY winner – That 5 club flash whilst unicycling was one of the most impressive things we’ve seen in quite a while, but personally we preferred the unicycle-meets-breakfast-cereal stunts performed at the renegade show. The Juggle Dream Uglies proved themselves to be prop of the convention at the Oddballs Stand, with everyone trying their hand at some WJF-style numbers juggling. There were plenty of other fun, new things to play with like Isolation Bars and Concept Diabolos. Donald Grant was an ace compere on the Saturday night, with a line up that is going to be hard to beat next year. Public Show highlights included a flawless Gandini LED show, the weird but hilarious Matthias Romir and our personal favourite Tony Pezzo with his beautiful yet totally tech ring juggling. The fact that he’s so young and so accomplished set the tone for the whole BJC this year. Each day we felt inspired (and perhaps, dare we say, intimidated) by the amount of seriously young jugglers pulling off tricks we’ve only ever dreamt about. As well as being an important event on every juggler’s social calendar and a great excuse to spend all day juggling, BJC proved itself vital for nurturing and encouraging young jugglers to keep pushing themselves whilst giving all the old faces a run for their money.
What more to say than roll on EJC 2012

Hello everybody! We hope you are all heading over to Southend this weekend for the 25th Anniversary of the British Juggling Convention! There will be more fun things to do there than you can shake a club at. From unicycle workshops to The Ladybird Projects very own Big Top, all the way to a Pub Quiz for the adults, if you are a fan of anything to do with any aspect of juggling then this is the place to be this weekend. There will be plenty of stalls to buy props from and workshops to show you how to make the most of them. Our stall will stock most of our favourite quality products for the same competitive prices. So if you’re stuck for something to do then head on down, and don’t forget to come and say hello to our friendly staff at the Oddballs stall. For prices please go to http://www.bjc2012.co.uk/prices.php

Hello again friends, we hope you all had as wonderful a Christmas and New Years as we did! 2012 is destined to be the year of the juggler, so lets get straight down to whats new, shall we? For a little while now the new Juggle Dream Cyclone Quartz has been on our website, and we couldn’t be happier with it. The next generation from the original triple bearing Juggle Dream Cyclone, this little beauty has a 20mm axle which makes finger grinds and passes a doddle. The internal ball bearings allows for a much longer spin time than the standard diabolo – up to 20 times longer! It’s hard, translucent cups make for a stable spin, and when combined with Juggle Dream LED kits looks simply stunning (if we do say so ourselves). At only £17.99 we cannot recommend this diabolo highly enough. Why not check it out?

Well hello there Oddballers! Arent we full of the festive spirit over in our Santas workshop of juggling delights? As our regulars may have noticed (and its rather hard not to with a giant flashing banner on the home page), we have quite a few Christmas deals for you. Whether you’re finding a beginner diabolo to keep your little ones occupied over the holidays, treating a juggling friend to something special, or simply treating yourself just because you can, we’re sure to have the right deal for you! For instance take the deal we have for 5 of our LED glow balls for £29.99, we can save you £14.96! Or for those diabolo enthusiasts we have 2 Taibolo V2’s, a DVD, handsticks and string for just £60, saving £15.95 – this one is sure to have your loved ones Feeding the Sun long into the new year. Merry Christmas happy shopping!