Though the Junior International Championships’ (JIC) series of events are drawing significantly fewer competitors than they did when it all began, three or four years ago, they do continue to ‘fit the mold’ created by Ra Hanna, who, after Stop #1 of the fifth season (Jan. 10-11), noted that his JIC group of juniors “have the opportunity to go to other venues to compete.” “The kids in the JIC are the serious ones,” he added. “They want to cross that ‘bridge’ to make a transition to the pros.” In many ways, the original JIC group was the first of its […]
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