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WDSF bans Dancers for eight years !!!!
Wollongong ballroom stars have been banned from the national championships for the next eight years after getting caught up in a bizarre stoush with the sport's world governing body. Amateur champions Steven Grinbergs and Rachelle Plaas are among at least 14 couples banned from World DanceSport Federation events for falling foul of its code of conduct. The WDSF prohibits couples from dancing in events not on its official calendar. Grinbergs and Plaas were slapped with three separate bans after they danced in a series of "unregistered" competitions including the London Ball, Singapore Open, United Kingdom Open and The Star Ball in England. The most recent ban, issued by WDSF general secretary Shawn Tay on April 5, means they are suspended from all WDSF-sanctioned events - including the Australian DanceSport Championship - until 2020. Grinbergs said he and Plaas danced in the unregistered overseas competitions because they were among the oldest and most respected contests in the world. "The adjudicators are all ex-world champions and finalists," he said. "My heart lies with the tradition and where ballroom came from and where it should be." No-one at WDSF's head office, in Spain, answered the Mercury's call yesterday, nor were emailed questions answered. A code of conduct on the federation's website prohibits athletes from taking part in DanceSport competitions not listed on the official competition calendar, unless it is with written consent. It cites anti-doping concerns and disruption of the WDSF calendar as reasons, but goes on to say "grounds need not be given in the event of refusal". Don McRobert, president of Australia's governing body DanceSport Australia, concedes on its website that it "does not have the power to prevent the suspension of couples from an event registered with an international organisation". "Should couples wish to enter such events, they must abide by the rules of the international organisation," Mr McRobert wrote. About 48 couples boycotted the Australian Championships last year, when Grinbergs and Plaas and five other partnerships were banned over the same issue Event winners Matthew Rooke and Anna Longmore performed their honour dance draped in a yellow sash - dance code for a protest - and were afterward escorted out of the building. The issue has given pace to a worldwide movement - freedom to dance - and a new union-style Australian Competitive Dancers Association that has grown to more than 700 members. Rooke said the association was working with DanceSport Australia to find a solution, but larger numbers of dancers would continue to flout the code of conduct. Alan Shingler, who trains Grinbergs and Plaas at Wollongong's DanceSpace 383, said the arrangements were tantamount to "banning all the great competitions of the world". "If you played tennis it would be like banning Wimbledon or the US Open but allowing Kooyong." http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/dancers-banned-for-eight-years/2525117.aspx?storypage=1 UNBELIEVABLY SAD BUT TRUE ..... Posted on: 18-04-2012
Singapore SGDF and another body blow for WDSF
Singapore, home to Mr Shawn Tay WDSF General Secretary, and more bad news for WDSF. Singapore Dancesport Federation (SGDF) have lost their funding from the Singapore Sports Council. It is also reported in The Straits Times that SGDF have lost their Government recognition. The chickens are coming home to roost!! .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Dancesport, bodybuilding federations stunned by move 20 March 12 The Straits Times WHILE some national sports associations (NSAs) were cheered by the increase in their annual grants, others were left baffled at their annual funding allocation - or lack thereof - from the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) yesterday. The Singapore Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (SBBF) and Singapore Dancesport Federation (SGDF) were both excluded from the list of 48 SSC-funded NSAs, and will not receive any grants for the next financial year. The former had received between $100,000 and $200,000 and the latter less than $100,000 in direct and indirect grants the year before. 'The outcome definitely wasn't what we expected,' said SGDF president Sabrina Sim, who added that she was unsure why the association's proposal for funding was unsuccessful. 'But the show must go on - both the local and overseas competitions that we've planned for the year. 'We can't let the athletes suffer just because of this. That's not fair to them. We'll just have to work harder in finding alternative income, maybe look at sponsors or donations.' For the SBBF, president Rano Izhar Rahmat admits that big question marks now hang over the association's plans for the year. These include the National Bodybuilding Championships in July - for which the Kallang Theatre has already been booked, and which will cost about $15,000 to stage. Plans to send a team to compete in the Asian Championships in China in September also hang in the balance unless the SBBF can secure the $15,000 needed through sponsors. Said Rano: 'It's quite disappointing. We were planning something big for the national championships since this is the association's 50th anniversary.' He noted that SBBF's bodybuilders had posted good results recently, including three golds, a silver and a bronze at the last Asian Championships in Bangkok last year, and a gold and bronze at a regional tournament in Myanmar just last month. 'I believe we deserve something, some support that we need to send our team for exposure overseas,' added Rano. Both NSAs have indicated that they will appeal against SSC's decision Posted on: 11-04-2012
The 5th Donnie Burns Cup Open Dance Championships Finalists
The 5th Donnie Burns Cup Open Dance Championships Finalists Open Professional Ballroom: 1 Alexander Voskulchuk / Veroniku Egoruva Russia 2 Christ Wu / Bella Lei China 3 Masafumi Fujiwara / Emi Masuda Japan 4 Jang Hyun_Jin / Joh Hei-Yeol Korea 5 Yasufumi / Miwa Tsubouchi Japan 6 Jimmy Yek / Carol Kwong Hong Kong Asia Closed Professional Ballroom: 1 Masafumi Fujiwara / Emi Masuda Japan 2 Jang Hyun_Jin / Joh Hei-Yeol Korea 3 Yasufumi / Miwa Tsubouchi Japan 4 Xu De Zhong / Zhao Qun China 5 Kenneth Woo / Chan Pou Chu Hong Kong 6 Heah Kim Han / Chan Hiu Kuen Hong Kong Open Amateur Ballroom: 1 Sokolov Evgeny / Skibinskaya Alexandra Russia 2 David Klar / Lauren Andlovec Australia 3 Chang Zi Biao / Xin Yu He China 4 Johnston Lim / Nicole Tan Malaysia 5 Brian Ocana / Karla Ocana Philippines 6 Tam Kin Man / Kwok Lai Tze Hong Kong Asia Closed Amateur Ballroom: 1 Chang Zi Biao / Xin Yu He China 2 Johnston Lim / Nicole Tan Malaysia 3 Bernard Lim / Natalie Tan Malaysia 4 Gener Galang / Elena Lee Philippines 5 Orlando Arevalo / Patricia Chui Singapore 6 Tam Kin Man / Kwok Lai Tze Hong Kong Open Professional Latin : 1 Anton Sboev / Patrizia Ranis England 2 Ilya Borovskiy / Veronika Klyushina Hong Kong 3 Lenny Gouwerok / Laura Zmajkovicova Slovakia 4 Valera Musuc / Nina Trautz Germany 5 Charles Wang / Janet Hsiao Taiwan 6 Alexander Nishakov / Marina Goncharova Macau Asia Closed Professional Latin : 1 Charles Wang / Janet Hsiao Taiwan 2 Tony Yu / Sophia Liang Taiwan 3 Jiang Xiao Xiao / Li Lu China 4 Yasufumi / Miwa Tsubouchi Japan 5 Thotsaphon Sukhonthi / Napapatch Thanitanarakul Thailand 6 Chow Sum Wah / Wong Lai Fong Hong Kong Open Amateur Latin: 1 Stefano Oradei / Veera Kinnunen Sweden 2 Craig Monley / Sriani Argaet Australia 3 Lu Zhou / Yin Yi Mei China 4 Soler Yang / Elfriba Lee Taiwan 5 Johnston Lim / Nicole Tan Malaysia 6 Jefferson Pimentel / Natalie Tjokro Singapore Asia Closed Amateur Latin: 1 Johnston Lim / Nicole Tan Malaysia 2 Soler Yang / Elfriba Lee Taiwan 3 Jefferson Pimentel / Natalie Tjokro Singapore 4 Bernard Lim / Natalie Tan Malaysia 5 Veroy Ng / Wengche Lo Malaysia 6 Chan Chun Ting / Pang Ho Ying Hong Kong Posted on: 16-03-2012
PRICE MONEY DETAILS - "WINTERSTAR" and WDC AL Junior Festival
The National Dance League and organisers of the Winterstar event are proud to announce in the Professional and Amateur Ballroom and Latin the total fund of prize monies at the forthcoming Winterstar and WDC AL Junior Festival, held in Moscow on the 4th and 5th February 2012 will be as follows: 1 place. 30.000 RUB 2 place 20.000 RUB 3 place 10.000 RUB 4 place 5.000 RUB 5 place 4.000 RUB 6 place 3.000 RUB Please go to www.winterstardance.ru to enter online !!!! If you have any queries , please contact the organisers via the website. В категориях Профессионалы и Любители в европейской и латиноамериканской программе установлен призовой фонд: 1 место. 30.000 руб 2 место 20.000 руб 3 место 10.000 руб 4 место 5.000 руб 5 место 4.000 руб 6 место 3.000 руб Posted on: 31-01-2012
5TH December…3rd and the last day of the wonderful event…
5TH December…3rd and the last day of the wonderful event… ….The mood is excellent and spirits are high….on this early Monday morning.. Over the 3 days, this event saw around 1800 couples from 41 countries…WDC Amateur League is growing and growing fast…the reason for it is quite obvious, - WDC events are the best events and the best condition for competitors in the World. …on behalf of all adjudicators and competitors, - A HUGE THANK YOU goes to Sammy Stopford, Donnie Burns MBE, Heidi Burns, Fred Bijster and Barbara Mccoll…. “Barbara would like to say thank you to everyone for their support and making this event once again very successful and she hopes that next year they come again and bring their friends”. “Heidi would like say that we are so appreciative of the support from many countries around the world who have helped to make this event such a huge success in the terms of the quality of the dancing and the thousands who have participated. “ Monday Morning results: Disneyland Resort Paris Youth under 19 Latin championships: 1st Austin Joson and Gabriella Sabler, USA 2nd Kai Widdrington and Natalia Jeved, England 3rd Ivan Khudoly and Oleksandra Burakova, Ukraine 4th Aleksandr Dunaev and Anzhelika Prilutskaya, USA 5th Oleksandr Frantsen and Nikita Vlasenko, Ukraine 6th Paul Postolachi and Galina Voitenco, Moldova Disneyland Resort Paris Youth under 19 Ballroom championships: 1st Oleksiy Rotar and Kateryna Shylo, Ukraine 2nd Mikhail Zakharov and Elizaveta Yuzhakova, Russia 3rd Matthew Dean and Sophie Webb, 4th Rusu Jurie and Ceban Anna-Maria, Moldova 5th Bouauolta Giauluca and Oleva Kovalenko, Italy 6th Vasyl and Sofiya Schudlyk, Ukraine Open World Junior under 14 Ballroom championships: 1st Yan Stepanenko and Polina Ryabovil, Ukraine 2nd Lloyd Perry and Rebecca Scott, England 3rd Ignatiy Malkov and Anastasia Sidorova, Russia 4th Mikhailo Kalistov and Diana Miroshnichenko, Ukraine 5th Yevgeniy Patrushev and Ielyzaveta Chudakova, Ukraine 6th Pavel Potemkin and Etel Kobrina, Russia Open World Amateur Salsa Championships: 1st Jakub Mazuch and Michaela Gatekova, Czech Republic 2nd Surdo Alesandro and Maraschino Antonella, Italy 3rd Andrea Ibba and Veronica Arrais, Italy 4th Alex Robinson and Kirsty Sahota, England Open World Youth under 21 Ballroom Championships: 1st Oskar Wojciechowski & Karoline Holody (U.S.A.) 2nd Andrey Volkov & Anastasia Kravchenko (Russia) 3rd Sidney Chong & Sofiya Aksenchyk (England) 4th Angelo Gaetano & Clarissa Morelli (Italy) 5th Ruslan Kalyuznyy & Valeriya Kalishchuk (Ukraine) 6th Aj Pritchard & Chloe Hewitt (England) Open World Senior Over 35 Ballroom Championships: 1st Eric & Charlotte Voorn (Holland) 2nd Andreas Meijer & Jody Frease Meijer (U.S.A.) 3rd Dan Baxter & Janine Desai (England) 4th Mikhail Kotsar & Olga Melnik (Russia) 5th Patrick Cado & Carla Samogin (Italy) 6th Piero Stillitano & Caroline Malkinson (England) Open World Junior under 16 Latin Championships: 1st Yan Stepanenko & Polina Ryabovil (Ukraine) 2nd Ilya KashIrkin & Anna Mayorova (Russia) 3rd Luke Miller & Hanna Creswell (England) 4th Olexey Fedorov & Yelizaveta Kruk (Ukraine) 5th Puttipong Sahaifa & Sutatip Bunwilai (Thailand) 6th Oleksandr Kalenyuk & Oleksandra Troshyna (Ukraine) Open Disneyland Resort Professional Ballroom Championships: The crowed was ecstatic and so the dancing too; all the couples performed at their very best and it was just amazing to watch. Thank you…. 1st Mirko Gozzoli & Edita Daniute (Italy) 2nd Valerio Colantoni & Yulia Spesivtseva (Russia) 3rd Warren & Kristi Boyce (England) 4th Eldar Dzhafarov & Anna Sazhina (Azerbadzjan) 5th Wiktor Kiszka & Agnes Kazmierczak (U.S.A.) 6th Alessio Potenziani & Veronika Vlasova (Russia Open World Amateur Latin Championships… The level was extremely high from the first round…and when it got down to the top 12, it was simply too difficult to choose who to watch; every one of these 12 best couples were amazing… In the final some couples were so magical, it felt as if you were part of their dance story… Winners: Neil Jones & Ekaterina Sokolova (England) 2nd Mirco Risi & Maria Ermachkova (Italy) 3rd Kirill Belorukov & Elvira Skrylnikova (Russia) 4th Ferdinando Iannaccone & Yulia Muskhina (Italy) 5th Morten Lowe & Roselina Doneva (Bulgaria) 6th Dorin Frecautanu & Svetlana Borisova (Moldova) Thank you for being here, thank you for reading and thank you for being interested in us, the WDC Amateur League events. We wish Merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year and hope to see here, at Disneyland resort Paris World Championships in 2012!!!!! Posted on: 06-12-2011 |
