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Newsflash

EADA Press Release: Statement from the EADA President February 2010
The English Amateur Dancesport Association wishes it to be known that all Amateur competitions to be held in the United Kingdom in 2010 have their full support and approval.  We would encourage ALL competitors worldwide to take part.  This includes the Junior British, Open British and the International Championships.

It was disappointing that not all competitors were able to be with us for our Amateur Championship, the United Kingdom Open.  We are delighted that Dance News Special Projects continues to run this on our behalf and sincerely hope that we can welcome you all to this prestigious international event in 2011.

 
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8 Feb 2010 - 22:20

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.

Announcements

Congratulations to MJ Latin, dancers from the Fever Latin Formation Team, Preston, trained by Stephen & Rachel Holland, who have made the final of Sky's Got to Dance.
 
 
6 Feb 2010 - 00:10

NRE CHANGE OF VENUE 21ST FEBRUARY
David Trueman has had to change the venue of his competition on 21st February from Bloxwich to the Cheslyn Hay Sport Centre, Saredon Rd, WS6 7JQ.  NREs for Juvenile Ballroom, Youth Ballroom and Senior I Ballroom are to be held at this event.
27 Jan 2010 - 13:17

EADA's webmaster sincerely apologises for the long outage of the website.  We are making every effort to make sure this does not happen again.

Why did it happen?

The new website was built on a temporary server provided by another provider, as the old server did not support the Content Management System (or any CMS for that matter) that we wished to move to.  There was then a physical hardware failure on the server.
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21 Jan 2010 - 23:33

Hello and Goodbye

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.
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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.
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11 Oct 2009 - 19:44

EADA Home and Away

Congratulations to Kieron Brown & Claire Howard-Robinson who have been selected to represent England in the Senior I 10-dance World Championships in Palma, Mallorca in May.
 
The following English couples will also be attending: Ramen Sen & Fides Matzdorf (acting as reserve couple); Ian & Penny Crampton; Gordon & Debbie Maguire
8 Feb 2010 - 22:08

Congratulations to Gordon & Debby Maguire and Peter & Christine Worthington who have been selected to represent England at the World Senior II Ballroom Championships in Sitges (near Barcelona) in April.
The following other English couples will also be attending: John Hyam & Jennifer Selmes (who will act as the reserve couple); Colin & Sandra Adams; Steven & Marilyn Cooper and Paul & Nina Dodds.
8 Feb 2010 - 21:51

Congratulations to Colin & Sandra Adams and Steve & Tina Holes who have been selected to represent England at the World Senior II Latin Championships in Sitges (near Barcelona) in April. 
The following English couples also plan to attend: Gordon & Debby Maguire (who will also act as reserves); Steve & Marilyn Cooper; Michael Brown & Katie Williams and Paul & Nina Dodds.
 
8 Feb 2010 - 21:48

Congratulations to George Bowyer and Zoe Stacey who have been selected to represent England at the World Youth 10-dance Championships in Toronto in April. Tabari Salmon and Sophie McCoy are reserves.
22 Jan 2010 - 14:38

Competition Reports

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.
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26 Jan 2010 - 22:46

YORKSHIRE GUERNSEY FESTIVAL
By Robin Escolme
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20 Oct 2009 - 22:32

Horsham 11 October  by Pat Fortin
We spent a lively day at the Jeanette Winter competition held at Horsham.  We enjoyed super dancing from the 12 Youth couple entries for the EADA Ten Dance and with the current top couples leaving the Youth scene in December this promises to be an exciting National Ranking event for the top places in 2010. 
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17 Oct 2009 - 21:33

 

The International Grand Ball 2009 - San Francisco
by Katherine Giannini
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2 Sep 2009 - 10:26

Leatherhead Sunday 9th August

by Pat Fortin

We had a really good day and it was a busy competition, with lots of good dancing.
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13 Aug 2009 - 11:13

Another fabulous competition report, this time about the All Ireland Championships 2009, by Maria Roy (text) and Heather Heaney (pictures).
See the attached PDF.
22 Jul 2009 - 09:02

A competition report from Canda
by Carl Olson

When we asked EADA if there would be any objection to entering two competitions in Canada, they asked if I would do an article telling you about our experiences, and it was an experience.
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22 Jul 2009 - 08:21

Fabulous competition report from Stephane Roy from III International Dance Olympiad 2009 - Platja D’Aro - Spain - a real visual treat! - PDF Report now viewable!
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24 May 2009 - 09:09

Dates for the Diary

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14 February, 2010 (All day) Freestyle comp Stockport Read More...
14 February, 2010 (All day) NRE Birmingham Read More...
20 February, 2010 (All day) Southern & Northern Universities Dance Competiton Peterborough / tbc Read More...
21 February, 2010 (All day) Sequence comp Walsall Read More...
21 February, 2010 (All day) NRE Cheslyn Hay Read More...
21 February, 2010 (All day) NRE Leatherhead Read More...
27 February, 2010 (All day) Inter Varsity Dance Competition Blackpool Read More...
28 February, 2010 (All day) Sequence Comp Hednesford Read More...
28 February, 2010 (All day) NRE Romford Read More...
6 March, 2010 - 10:30 - 17:30 EADA Council Meeting EADA Office Read More...

Any Training Days above, with the exception of BY INVITATION ONLY events, are open for members to apply for. Venues and dates may be subject to change in exceptional circumstances. Please book in advance by contacting Keith on training [at] eada [dot] org [dot] uk.