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Muni is fun... and lack of sun adds a whole new edge to it.  The result is lots of laughter.

On Monday evening a hardy bunch of riders from JUST went for a ride up on the North Yorkshire moors for a Muni ride in the dark.



Even though it was a relatively clear night, it was way too dark to ride without lights when in the woods, even on the moor tops it was a challenge to work out what was a hole and what was a stone.  To say nothing of working what was soft mud and what was sold ground.  So lots of UPD's

We have just got in the unicycles from the JUST unicycle club for maintenance and repair while the clubs venue is closed for the summer.



The picture shows only some of the batch needing work on them, luckily we have Cameron Peacock in to help us, even so this is going to be a long slow job.

This weekend 60 Unicyclists took part in a 24 hour unicycle endurance event in Middlesbrough. The idea was to ride around the track as many times as possible in 24 hours! People really took to the challenge and they collectively rode 4582Km! The equivalent distance to riding across America!



The winner was Aaron Moran who amazingly rode 301km! David Knowles came second with 245km and Ross Atkins came 3rd with 223km. A special mention to Susan Boe for riding 161km and was the first lady. The youngest rider was nearly 3 years old (Grace Devereux) One of the oldest rider (Richard Jeal) rode an amazing 170km. Cameron Peacock won the under 16's riding an impressive 190km.

               They were raising money for St Teresa's hospice for a unicyclist from their club who sadly lost his life to cancer. They have raised over £1000 so far and this figure is growing every day! I think you will all agree that it was a massive accomplishment and well done to everyone who took part. Great to see so many riders in one place. Everyone came together and the atmosphere was incredible.

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Fancy being part of a great event that could see us collectively ride over 2700km? Or come and battle it out for the individual title and win up to £100? Two years ago we rode 2743 km collectively and this year we would like to break that record. Do 1 lap or 100 laps it doesn't matter, it all counts! Find out more and register here

Here are a few photos from the last time we did this event in 2012

We are raising money for St Teresa’s hospice in memory of our friend Mike Berriman. Mike is greatly missed at our unicycle club. There are sponsorship packs available for any one who would like to raise money for St Teresa’s hospice, who cared for Mike.Please Email [email protected] if you would like a pack.
We also have a JUST giving page for those who would like to give a donation or to send the link to family and friends for sponsorship.

Video from 2012

Juggling & Unicycling Stockton-on-Tees are running another 24hr event after success of the 2012 event.  The aim is to get as many Unicyclists as they can riding round the Middlesbrough Cycle Circuit – Prissick Park for 24hrs. "Whether you do 1 lap, 10 laps or 100 laps come and join in, even JUST for half an hour." Everyone will be starting at 1pm on July 26th and finishing the following day, July 27th at 1pm. There will be prizes for many different categories. Plus if you register before the June 29th you are able to get a event t-shirt, which we think looks awesome.

Check out the JUST's site for all the details on the event and registration page.

www.justonline.org.uk



 

 

Cameron Peacock, Dan Kent and Elliott Bateman were in Stockton for a day's riding to get some photos and to do some filming which lead to a lot of random and painful times. Falling of unis, landing new stuff and unicycle maintenance! Thanks to Jessica Dunn for doing photography.

Last night was the Opening event for the 25th Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF).  Prometheus Awakes has been specially created for the year of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.  The Performance Started with the rise of the 8 metre tall figure Prometheus. 





The performance involved a cast of over 60 Disabled and non-disabled volunteers drawn from Stockton and the north east, this included a handful of the local JUST club members. 



All in all an very spectacular start to the festival



 The Festival runs until the 5th of August, Check the SIRF website for programme details.

JUST Unicycle club have set a new world record by collectively unicycling 2743.5k.





Eighty-five riders took part in the record-breaking ride. The youngest rider was six and she managed an amazing 26k! She came across from Blackpool and had only learned to ride two weeks before the event! It was phenomenal.



Our very own Paul stacey did the greatest distance at 236k! Well done Paul! What a machine!



Everyone had fun and people even made the effort to dress up for the occasion



Not even the pouring rain put people off..



You can see the full results table here http://www.justonline.org.uk/eb24hourresults.html

Our local club JUST (Juggling Unicycling Stockton-on-Tees) together with Five Rings Circus played a large part in the parade that brought the Stockton Festival to an end.



Here are some photos from the parade as you can see the theme was yellow and white, congratulation so everyone that turned up and made the parade such a success.











For more photos please see JUST's Facebook page

Here is a video of our very own Cameron Peacock from the J.U.S.T Club doing what he does. Check out he's back garden extremely dedicated, bet his mother loves it... Look out Joe Baxter!