Nine Balls

An Unofficial, Informal List of Personal Records
Last Updated - 2000/10/28
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#:NAME: 9 -BEST 7 -BEST PROPS USED: SOURCE:
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1 Toby Ayer 20 200+ large squeeze-its N2 - email
2 Cyril Bartolo 16 N3 - Ben S.
3 Ben Beever 40+ ~500 50 gram, 2 inch 'Barnesy Balls' (millet filled, very saggy) N2 - email
4 Bob Behsman 9 N3 - Ben S.
5 Dan Bennett 25 300+ fergie bags N2 - in person
6 Bill Berry 15 40+ ? beanbags N2 - in person - Lodi
7 Todd Blair 9 N4
8 Peter Blanchard 44 259 2.3" cotton fergie bags N2 - email
9 Charles Brookman 18+ ? 70g fergie bags N3 - David Cairns
10 Ken Burke 36+ ? (45 throws) N3 - Ben S.
11 Luke Burrage 9 30-40 ? 50 gram, 2 inch 'Barnesy Balls' (millet filled, very saggy) N2 - email
12 David Cain 9 squeeze-its N4
13 Matt Cantrell ~35 weighted tennis balls N3 - Ben S.
14 Ed Carstens 20 100+ fergie bags N2 - email
15 Joey Cousin 40+ ? leather fergie bags N2 - in person
16 Jeffrey Daymont 9 N2 - in person
17 Andrew Denton 9 150+ ? W2 - Ben S.
18 Nathan Dorrell 30+ ~300 2.5" homemade beanbags N3 - Gary Varney
19 Michael Ferguson 28 ~200 fergie bags N2 - rec.juggling
20 Alan Fetters 9 N4
21 Dick Franco 9 N2 - email
22 Sean Gandini 27 ~270 N2 - email
23 Jason Garfield 43 402 LaDue beanbags N3 - Alan Morgan
24 Anthony Gatto 194 1000+ "super pinkies" (thrifty balls) D2 - Juggler's World Summer '92, p.24
25 Steven Geddes ~16 ? N3 - Ben S.
26 Matt Gerdon 9 52 homemade cloth beanbags N2 - email
27 Billy Glidden 9 N3 - Ben S.
28 Fritz Grobe 9 LaDue beanbags N2 - in person
29 Paul Halter 11 37 2.15" cloth beanbags W2 - Dan Kane
30 Morten Hansen 24 N2 - in person
31 Steve Healy (aka JAG) 13 44 flying clipper 8-panel suede bags N1
32 Mo Hendon 9 ~50 2.3" corduroy fergie bags W2 - Zac West
33 Steve Holditch 33 ~400 2.5" ultra leather fergie bags N2 - email
34 Nathan Hoover 9 32 2.2" corduroy fergie bags N2 - email
35 Rudy Horn 18 70 Small balls - size of a squash ball N3 - Michael Horn
36 Josiah Jones 22 N3 - Gary Varney
37 Jack Kalvan 13 ~110 small fergie bags V2 - in person
38 Dan Kane 15 75 2.15" cloth beanbags W2 - Paul Halter
39 Kristian Kristof 13 107 medium beanbags ~6.5 cm N2 - Email
40 Victor Kee 25+ ? large stage balls W3 - Ruslan Fomienko - Ben S.
41 Rod Kimball 12 N3 - Ben S.
42 Sue Kirby 45+ ? W3 - Fran Favorini - Matt Gerdon
43 Arthur Lewbel 14 ~135 todd smith beanbags N2 - email
44 Ola Löfberg 10 35 2" beanbags N2 - email
45 Albert Lucas 9 N4
46 David Lucas 9 N4
47 Hanna Lundgren 14 leather fergie bags N2 - in person
48 Randy Lyman 9 N4
49 Haggis MacLeod 18+ ? N3 - Ken Chu
50 Darin Marriott 24 ~144 2.5" fergie bags N2 - email
51 Rick Moll 9 140+ juggler's prop shop bags (plastic fill) N2 - email
52 Alan Morgan 19 195 2.3" corduroy fergie bags N2 - in person
53 Dave Morton 13 N3 - Ben S.
54 Leif Pettersen (aka Mayja Flinch) ~25 ~75 2.2" cotton fergie bags N2 - email
55 Gregor Popovich 18 D2 - Juggler's World 37.4 p.9
56 Mike Price 9 N4
57 Steven Ragatz 9 N2 - rec.juggling
58 Tony Robbins 9 N4
59 David Sallee 9 N3 - Ben S.
60 Bruce Sarafian 61 2.25" juggler's prop shop bags V2 - in person
61 Ben S. 13 93 2.25" juggler's prop shop bags N2 - in person
62 Scott Seltzer 12 99 3" cloth beanbags, loose fill N2 - email
63 Jimmy Shafer 23 W2 - Gary Varney
64 Donnia Ray Smith 9 ? D2 - Juggler's World 37.1, Spr. '85, p.14
65 Scott Sorensen 30 200+ medium cotton fergie bags N2 - email
66 Jon Stadler 9 N3 - Ben S.
67 Neil Stammer (aka Andrew Allen) 27 ~360 N3 - H. Nuttall
68 Jim Strinka 14+ ? D2 - Juggler's World 34.2, Feb.? '82
69 Jim Swenson 9 35 2.4" ultra-leather fergie bags N2 - email
70 Geoff Thorpe 9 N3 - Ben S.
71 Bruce Tiemann (aka Boppo) 21 240 2.4" leather fergie bags N2 - email
72 Dana Tison ~35 ~360 juggler's prop shop bags N2 - email
73 Eric Uhrhane 11 2.2" cotton fergie bags W2 - Gary Varney
74 Rob Vancko 9 N4
75 Gary Varney 9 65 2.3" leather fergie bags N2 - in person
76 Tobias Vesterlund 9 43 2.4" ultra-leather fergie bags W2 - email
77 Dave Ward 9 50 2.3" corduroy fergie bags W2 - Boppo
78 Greg Warrington 21 202 75g homemade beanbags N2 - email
79 Robert York 9 D2 - Juggler's World 34.2, Feb.? '82
 
JUGGLERS OF THE PAST:
80 Pierre Amoros 18+ ? billiard balls D2 - 4000 Years of Juggling Vol. I, p. 90
81 Tom Knox-Cromwell (Chinko) 9+ ? D2 - Juggler's World 39.2
82 Lucy Gillet 9+ ? D2 - 4000 Years of Juggling Vol.I, p.223
83 Jenny Jaeger 9+ ? small balls - performed P2 - 4000 Years of Juggling (Vol.I, p.226)
84 Frank LeDent 18+ ? "the mysterious american" D2 - Juggler's World 39.2
85 Bengt Magnusson 18+ ? N2 - rec.juggling
86 Bobby May 9- ? D2 - See footnote #2
87 Enrico Rastelli 9+ ? possibly skipped to 10? D2 - 4000 Years of Juggling
88 Dick Richton 9+ ? D2 - Juggler's World 39.4
89 Massimiliano Truzzi 18+ ? performed regularly P2 - Natural History 12/79, p.51
90. Xiong Yiliao 9+ ? China 221+? B.C. D2 - Zhuang Zi by Xu Wugui, Chapter 24

Footnotes:

1. Sergei Ignatov is described in 4000 Years of Juggling Vol.II, p.100 as doing a flash of 9 balls caught in nets. However, I asked Sergei and Karl Heinz Ziethen about it and they both said it was a mistake, that Sergei has never worked on nine. I personally believe that, given some beanbags instead of those huge stage balls, he could flash nine with little effort.

2. Juggler's World Spring '90, p.30
However, in the documentary by Lippe, May only mentions doing 8.

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