The Australian Institute of Magic is pleased to announce the first ever FISM Oceania Championships of Magic will be held in Melbourne, Australia from July 9-10, 2011.
There will be two categories of competition open to all ages – Stage Magic and Close Up Magic – and the winner of each category will be awarded respectively:
The title ‘FISM Oceania Champion of Stage Magic’
plus a prize package courtesy of ‘The Australian Institute of Magic’ worth $4,000 each including:
- FISM Oceania Stage Magic Champion Trophy
- Guaranteed entry in the FISM 2012 WCM
- Return Airfare to Blackpool, UK
- FISM Registration
- FISM Competition Entry Fee
The title ‘FISM Oceania Champion of Close Up Magic’
plus a prize package courtesy of ‘The Australian Institute of Magic’ worth $4,000 each including:
- FISM Oceania Close Up Magic Champion Trophy
- Guaranteed entry in the FISM 2012 WCM
- Return Airfare to Blackpool, UK
- FISM Registration
- FISM Competition Entry Fee
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Registration forms will be downloadable from this page on January 1, 2011 and entries will close on June 11, 2011.
Entry fee will be $80.
‘Oceania’ is defined as according to Wikipedia
According to FISM requirements, entrants must be members of The Australian Institute of Magic. ‘Associate Membership’ will be available at time of registration for $30.
The FISM OCM Jury will include at least two FISM WCM Jury Members.
Does the entrant have to permanently reside within Oceania? Can the entrant live outside of Oceania and still be eligible if they are sponsored by an eligible Oceanic club/association?
From Eric Eswin, International President of FISM:
“The aim of the FISM Oceania Championships of Magic is to select the magic champion of the member-societies in Oceania. For the moment that is only the AIM.”
However, “if a member of the AIM lives in Europe, he can only participate in the FISM European Championshis of Magic, if at the same time he is also a member of a European member-society!”
As the AIM wishes to open this Championship up to all magicians living in the Oceania region, anyone who would like to compete in the FISM Oceania Championships of Magic 2011, and is not an AIM member, will be granted temporary AIM membership in order to allow them to compete in accordance with FISM rules.
Anyone living outside the Oceania region should compete in either the African, Asian, European, Latin American, or North American Championships, accordingly.
Great – thanks for clearing that up.