British National Championships 2006

lunedì 20 novembre 2006 8.38

Very well done to all concerned Organisers, Competitors and Adjudicators.

Only result I would reverse is 3rd and 4th in Pro Latin.  As always that is just my opinion.

 Good to see Paul Richardson compete in these championships again.  What  a shame they did not dance for England as second latin couple in the Team Match at Blackpool in May.

What a huge shame that European Professional Standard Championships were allowed to clash with the long published dates of the British Nationals.  The WDC should not have allowed this  which prevented top two English Couples from participating in "European".

Re: British National Championships 2006

lunedì 20 novembre 2006 14.24

Re: British National Championships 2006

lunedì 20 novembre 2006 17.24

Amateur Latin Results

Gregor and Lisa

Clive and Helga

Giovanni and Bryony

Steffan and Zeudi

Kerry Ann and Nuno

Loren and Jake

What a great and fiercly fought competition this was, very exciting to watch !

Re: British National Championships 2006

martedì 21 novembre 2006 7.26

I was a little surprised people were still complaining about the numbers n the heats

20/21/22 couples in a heat is part ofthe "history" of Blackpool.  

Competitors and parents should expect it and be prepared

The May Festival would be three weeks long if they only had 12 or 14 coupls per heat  :-)

For some this would still be too many.

Re: British National Championships 2006

martedì 21 novembre 2006 10.22

Each year there are always very similar comments.

A very experienced Adjudicator who has judged Blackpool many times told me

 "The biggest nightmare in the early rounds is not to find the good couples to mark as they stand out it is trying to be fair to the least bad of the rest".

I always think of those words when I sit and spectate for the 2 minutes of each dance and more and more it becomes clear what was meant..  Some couples you do not need to give those 5 or 6 (average) seconds and so you can give more to the others.  Sometimes in two seconds you can see that you cannot mark that couple and so you have a little more tme for the others.

What always amazes me is the length of time that some couples just stand bending knees, lifting arms and moving from one foot to the other etc.  All this is dance time lost and less opportunity to impress with dance ability.

At the "Open" in May there are hundreds of couples whom the judges have never seen in their lives

and these couples manage to get marked and progress.  

I apologise to any person that this may offend as I am not trying to be superior clever or controversial I simply state a judges view and I have observed..