WBC London 2010, 23-25 June at Olympia - LIVE STREAMING

[CakeBoy]

The World Barista Championship 2010 takes place at the Caffe Culture event at Olympia in London from 23-25 June between approximately 0930 and 1800 BST each day.

As everyone knows, the current World Champion is our own Gwilym 'The Cap' Davies, and amongst those competing this year are fellow TMCers, Colin Harmon (Irish Champion) and John Gordon (UK Champion). Both will be using Has Bean roasts, so expect even more frenetic rushing about from the ginger one in the 'shirt'.

Full details of competitors, running order and live internet streaming will be added in due course.

Meanwhile, why not visit the official WBC site, and you can still register for free tickets for the Caffe Culture show, but don't leave it until the last minute or you may end up having to pay for entry.



Live streaming link: http://www.livestream.com/worldbaristachampionship2010

[CakeBoy]

Running Order (Competitor Number, Time, Name, Country - All Times Local):

Wednesday 23rd June – Day One – Round One
01 0847 Agne Dirsaite, Lithuania
02 0904 Mie Nakahara, Japan
03 0921 Izabela Popiolek, Poland
04 0938 Manish Gurung, India
05 0955 Kenny Burssens, Belgium
06 1012 Syria Mwanza, Zambia
07 1029 Nikolay Litov, Bulgaria
08 1046 Luciano Marcolino, New Zealand
09 1103 John Gordon, United Kingdom
10 1120 Mbabazi Roberts, Uganda
11 1137 Nadya, Russia
12 1154 Goran Huber, Austria
13 1211 Sille Kuttner, Estonia
14 1228 TBC, Germany
15 1245 Francesco Sanapo, Italy
16 1302 Stefanos Domatiotis, Greece
17 1319 Nenad, Serbia
18 1336 Vikram Kashyap, United Arab Emirites
19 1353 Petre Mares, Romania
20 1410 Yara Castanho, Brazil
21 1427 Fabrizio Sencion, Mexico
22 1444 Ishan Natalie, South Africa
23 1501 Alejandro Mendez, El Salvador
24 1518 Michael Phillips, United States of America
25 1535 Joona Suominen, Finland
26 1552 Scottie Callaghan, Australia
27 1609 Chung-Iun Chang, Taiwan
28 1626 Søren Stiller Markussen, Denmark
29 1643 Stanislav Cibula, Slovakia

Thursday 24th June – Day Two – Round One
30 0845 Keith Loh, Singapore
31 0902 Ji-wook Choi, Korea
32 0919 Anna Kappeli, Switzerland
33 0936 Benyapa Naowan, Thailand
34 0953 Yungul Zhou, China
35 1010 Engin Kasai, Turkey
36 1027 Anthony Calvez, France
37 1044 Anastasiya Solopikhina, Ukraine
38 1101 Jimmy Njoroge, Kenya
39 1118 Colin "The Giant" Harmon, Ireland
40 1135 Ingibjorg Ferrer, Iceland
41 1152 Gustavo Castro, Argentina
42 1209 Kyle Straw, Canada
43 1226 Mauricio Romero, Colombia
44 1243 Emil Eriksson, Sweden
45 1300 Auren Chacon Leiva, Costa Rica
46 1317 Matija Mrkac, Croatia
47 1334 Raul Rodas, Guatemala
48 1351 Sander Schat, Netherlands
49 1408 Ana Lucia Hawit, Honduras
50 1425 Oda Misje Jaug, Norway
51 1442 Tereza Bala, Czech Republic
52 1459 Javier Garcia, Spain
53 1516 Attila Molnar, Hungary

The top twelve from the two days of Round One competition go through to the Semi-Finals, to be announced 1615 - 1715 local time.

Friday 25th June – Day Three – Semi-Finals & Final
0830 - 1200 Semi-Finals (Semi-Finalists 1 - 12)
1245 - 1330 Finalists announced (Top 6 of the 12 Semi-Final competitors qualify)
1430 - 1655 Final (Finalists 1 - 6)
1715 - 1800 Announcement of World Barista Champion 2010 & Awards Ceremony


Edit: The competitors from Nicaragua, Tanzania and Rwanda dropped out and have been removed from the list. Subsequent competitors have been moved up one, or in some cases two, timeslots as a consequence. Please refer to the edited list above for new start times.

[dunkster]

Alex Redgate (awlred here), Glenn Watson and myself will be blogging throughout the WBC here:

http://wbc2010.tumblr.com

We welcome your feedback, suggestions for content and general thoughts and comments.

Also if anyone wishes to contribute please let me know via a PM or email.

Thanks and see you there,

Andrew

[Jurgen]

Just managed to register (for a free ticket).

Anyone going on Wednesday?
Unfortunately, I will only be able to go after work. Should be getting there around 4:45. Most of the WBC should be finished by then, but at least I should have the chance to browse a bit.

Does anyone know if it's fine to take photos?

Rgds,
Jurgen

[AlexV]

The start times each day are before the show starts at 9:30. Will we be able to get in to watch the first few of the day?

[dunkster]

Cakey: Nicaragua, Tanzania, and Rwanda had to drop out so times will shift up

[CakeBoy]

Cheers Andrew, list edited accordingly

[Gouezeri]

Oi Mark, we need to put together a list for the AWC as well, so that we all know when to turn up to cheer for the Hoff and jeer at the Hooligan.

[CakeBoy]

The semi-finals lineup has been announced. We will post the full list of 12 shortly. TMC'er Colin Harmon has made it through. Congratulations to him and dest wishes for tomorrow

A mention for John Gordon as well. He performed impressively yesterday and was thought to be a certainty for qualification. A tough break for an excellent UK Champion.

[CakeBoy]

The full semi-finals lineup, in running order, taking place on Friday between 0830 and 1200, with the final (the top six qualify) to follow in the afternoon:

Soren Stiller Markussen, Denmark
Raul Rodas, Guatemala
Fabrizio Sencion, Mexico
Kyle Straw, Canada
Ana Lucia Hawit, Honduras
Michael Phillips, USA
Scottie Callaghan, Australia
Yara Castanho, Brazil
Thomas Schweiger, Germany
Colin Harmon, Ireland
Alejandro Mendez, El Salvador
Stefanos Domatiotis, Greece

[CakeBoy]

2:00pm – 4:55pm Finals Round (Finalists 1-6, in competition order)

Colin Harmon, IRELAND,
Soren Stiller Markussen, DENMARK,
Scottie Callaghan, AUSTRALIA,
Michael Phillips, USA,
Stefanos Domatiotis, GREECE,
Raul Rodas, GUATEMALA

Go Colin!

[CakeBoy]

A superb performance by Colin followed by an interview with The Hoff in which he said "Coffee saved me from a life of mediocity". Got to love him. In fact reading the stream chat, the whole world loves him. Top man

[Bombus]

Damn straight Cakey

[Gouezeri]

Colin and Steve both seem really happy. From only 10 feet away Colin seemed in his element. Well done mate! Just need to see how Walsh has done now.
If anyone sees me, do come up and say hi. I am all booked up for interviews though, thank-you gwilym

[CakeBoy]

Good man