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News

News items will now be constantly updated during the month, and older items can be seen in the archive. Please note that the website is constantly being developed; some links are being constructed and the members' log-in section is not yet active.

UK Closed: Good luck to all competitors competing in the UK Closed in Bournemouth this weekend.  Online timetable.
Results now online

12 Jul 2010 - 23:50

Senior II NREs now 5-dance from the first round

Following problems that have been experienced with dances being ommitted from Senior II NREs by mistake, the Council has decided to change the NRE guidelines so that all Senior II NREs (Ballroom & Latin) will be a 5-dance from the first round, with immediate effect.  Promoters will be contacted in due course.

4 Jul 2010 - 17:42

PHIL HOLDING & DEBORAH TRUMAN

Phil & DebbieWe are sad to announce that Phil Holding has had to take a break from competitive dancing due to personal reasons.  Phil and Debbie have been England’s top Senior I Ballroom couple.

They won the British Nationals and UK Closed last year and have won all their ranking comps since last July.  They were placed 8th at the International Championships in 2009 and 7th at the British Open last month. 

Debbie is looking for a new partner and we wish them both every success.  They wanted to take this opportunity to thank EADA for the support they have received over the last 15 months and are disappointed not to be representing England at this year’s World Championships.

 

18 Jun 2010 - 23:04

MICHAEL FOSKETT & CARLA GARRATT

Michael & Carla, British National Junior Ballroom Champions 2009Michael & Carla would like to announce that they have now amicably terminated their partnership after 5 successful years together.

Carla is taking a break from dancing to concentrate on her GCSEs and drama. Michael is actively looking for a new partner to compete in youth Ballroom, Latin American and 10-Dance competitions.

Michael & Carla would like to thank everyone at EADA for the support they have given them over the years, and are very proud to have been England’s representatives at 5 Junior II World Championships.

 

17 Jun 2010 - 15:32

EADA would like to wish every success to Jamie and Vanessa le Tissier of Guernsey Amateur Dancesport, who have now turned Professional. We would like to thank Jamie for his work as GADA rep on the EADA Council.  Jamie and Vanessa will still remain involved with GADA, but Lesley le Tissier, GADA Secretary, will now be acting as the rep at Council meetings.
GADA's January 2010 Report

28 Jan 2010 - 01:21

 
EADA would like to wish Marco Cavallaro and Joanne Clifton, British National Champions 2008,  best wishes as they have decided to now dance for Italy.  We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them for all their achievements in the 8 years they have danced together for England. We would like to thank them for being such excellent ambassadors for English dancesport, representing England at least 7 times in World/European Championships.  We are delighted to announce that Marco & Jo have been nominated for a Carl Alan Ballroom/Latin Performers Award.

22 Dec 2009 - 00:13

Jonathan Wilkins and Hazel Newberry MBE announced their retirement from competitive dancing at the recent World Championships in  Tokoyo.   EADA would like to wish them  well and congratulate them on their achievements.

11 Oct 2009 - 19:58

EADA would like to wish good luck to John &  Linda West as they retire from competitive dancing and turn Professional, as well as congratulate them on everything they have achieved.

11 Oct 2009 - 19:44

Congratulations to AJ Pritchard & Chloe Hewitt who received  "The Classique De Danse Awards 2010" for recognition and services to dance in the Juvenile/Junior ranks. The awards were presented by Coronation Street`s Becky MacDonald at the ceremony last weekend at the Floral Hall in Southport  .Congratulations to Ben Hardwick & Lucy Jones who received the Amateur award and to Colin & Sandra Adams who received the Senior Award. The awards are sponsored by the Allied Dancing Association.

22 Jul 2010 - 09:30

Congratulations to Richard Still & Morgan Hemphill who have been selected to represent England in the World Cup Ten Dance event at the World Leisure Games 2010, to be held in ChunCheon City, Korea, on 28th August 2010

14 Jul 2010 - 11:20

Congratulations to Andrew Escolme & Amy Baker who came 3rd in the Amateur Rising Stars Latin competition at Wuppertaal in Germany.  They placed 16th in the IDSF open latin event.

Chris Leek & Clara Roy also went to Germany to compete in the Youth competitions and placed 19th in Ballroom and 30th in Latin.

8 Jul 2010 - 19:22

  Tyler Blah (from Bournemouth) and his new partner Taylor Curry (from Australia), have just won the Junior Open Australian Championships.  They won the FATD NCDC Canberra Junior Open in Ballroom and the 8-dance Junior Open and were placed 3rd in the Junior Latin. www.dancesport.org.au

They also won the Junior Ballroom Open to the world Dancesport championships in New Zealand and came 2nd in Junior Latin Open.

 Photo courtesy of dancesportphoto.net

 

27 Jul 2010 - 13:46

All Ireland Championships, June 2010
Congratulations to Simone Colella & Courtney Payne who are the All Ireland Youth Latin Champions and to Graham & Christine Candler who are the Senior II Ballroom Champions for 2010.

3 Jul 2010 - 23:45

Well done to Neil Jones & Ekaterina Sokolova who came 9th at the European Latin Championships in Ostrava, and to Ben Hardwick & Lucy Jones who placed 38th.
 

20 Jun 2010 - 11:46

John Townsend & Sabine Kuntze competed in the Polish Open in Olsztyn, making the Semi-Final and coming 11th out of 26 couples.
 

14 Jun 2010 - 21:12

EUROPEAN AMATEUR BALLROOM
Photographs from the European Amateur Ballroom Championships in Moscow in April 2010.

28 Apr 2010 - 21:46

FRENCH OPEN
Report by John Townsend from the IDSF event in Megeve

18 Apr 2010 - 19:26

WORLD JUNIOR BALLROOM:
The Chapmans report from the World Junior II Ballroom Championships in Moscow, plus a selection of photos.

13 Apr 2010 - 17:27

EUROPEAN YOUTH BALLROOM
Another excellent report; this time from the European Youth Ballroom Championships in Poland, by Joe Atkinson. 

13 Apr 2010 - 16:35

IVDO world dancesport: Reports are coming in from the Festival in Barcelona over Easter.  Full results are here
IDSF Report   clips of the Senior II and Pro comps will be appearig on Youtube soon
IPDSC Report
Reports from EADA members:

19 Apr 2010 - 15:31

EUROPEAN YOUTH LATIN
An interesting and detailed report on the European Youth Latin Championships in Moscow in March 2010 by competitor, Callum Sanderson.
 
 

13 Apr 2010 - 16:35

World Junior Ballroom Championships - a report by Tony Hunnisett
Tony Hunnisett was invited to adjudicate the IDSF World Junior II Standard Championships in Moscow in March.  Read his report of the competition here.

30 Mar 2010 - 23:24

Competition Day at Horsham - 7 March 2010

By Fides Matzdorf
 
This was only the second time we made it to Horsham (since it’s such a long way to go for us), but, just like the first time, we found it was well worth it!

13 Mar 2010 - 19:12

SEQUENCE TRAINING DAY, DECEMBER 09
Martin Bird, EADA Sequence Rep, reports on EADA's first Sequence Training Day.  The second sequence training day will be held on 23rd May in Birmingham.

26 Jan 2010 - 22:46

YORKSHIRE GUERNSEY FESTIVAL
By Robin Escolme

20 Oct 2009 - 22:32

Dates for the Diary

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31 July, 2010 (All day) NRE Stoke Read More...
1 August, 2010 (All day) Deadline for International Championships London Read More...
1 August, 2010 (All day) NRE Manchester Read More...
1 August, 2010 (All day) NRE Horsham Read More...
1 August, 2010 (All day) NRE Southport Read More...
8 August, 2010 (All day) NRE Leatherhead Read More...
14 August, 2010 (All day) - 15 August, 2010 (All day) Isle of Man Festival Isle of Man Read More...
28 August, 2010 (All day) World Leisure Games Korea Read More...
29 August, 2010 (All day) North of England Sequence Championships Kirkby Suite Read More...
3 September, 2010 (All day) - 5 September, 2010 (All day) UK & Ireland Wheelchair Dance Sport Championship 2010 Torquay Read More...