Blackpool Swingmasters Results

[Dance Demon]

Seems like Scotland fared well in the comps....

David Higgins & Rachel Martino (?) 1st Intermediate Jack & jill
David higgins & Lisa Ferrie 2nd Strictly Swing
James McLaughlan &Claire Adams 4th Intermediate jack & Jill
Michelle Edwards 1st Newcomer Jack & Jill
Tim Rutherford 3rd Newcomer Jack & Jll

Weel done all...

[Brian Doolan]

Seems like Scotland fared well in the comps....

David Higgins & Rachel Martino (?) 1st Intermediate Jack & jill
David higgins & Lisa Ferrie 2nd Strictly Swing
James McLaughlan &Claire Adams 4th Intermediate jack & Jill
Michelle Edwards 1st Newcomer Jack & Jill
Tim Rutherford 3rd Newcomer Jack & Jll

Weel done all...

Well done to all of you for giving Scotland's dancers something to be proud of, I was lucky enough to be there and see it, thanks DD for posting the results.

[Dottie]

Thanks for posting the above results.
Does anyone have any more results?

[Caro]

Thanks for posting the above results.
Does anyone have any more results?

I know Steve Hall (DS87) got 2nd in Novice JnJ (which was won by a French couple, Alexandre and Julie), and won the Open Strictly with Sarve.

Dora (French) placed (may be 2nd?) in int JnJ, Amy and Eric got 3rd.

[Superstar]

Also Lynsey watt and John Lusby bothe from Scotland got through to novice j&j

had a great weekend!!

[Brian Doolan]

Here's an open request to those who attended the Blackpool weekend, please.

The DJ played a great R&B (WCS) remix of The Beatles - Come Together on Saturday and I meant to ask him what mix it was but forgot, does anybody remember the track and perhaps know it? I've tried loads of tracks on Spotify but can't find it.

thanks in advance,

Brian.

[Peaches]

Also Lynsey watt and John Lusby bothe from Scotland got through to novice j&j

had a great weekend!!

A great weekend of workshops and top teachers, great to see so many scots gettin into finalsand doing so well.

Congratulations to all of you

[Zebra Woman]

Here's an open request to those who attended the Blackpool weekend, please.

The DJ played a great R&B (WCS) remix of The Beatles - Come Together on Saturday and I meant to ask him what mix it was but forgot, does anybody remember the track and perhaps know it? I've tried loads of tracks on Spotify but can't find it.

thanks in advance,

Brian.

I wasn't there so I'm only guessing..

Could it be 'Come Together' by Michael Ruff?

It's another of Miguel's discoveries .
I have played it at least 3 times this year - VLV, Southport Scorch and Lux. Great track.

ZW

[robd]

Open Strictly Swing

1 - Steve Hall (DS87) & Sarve Didar
2 - David & Lisa (see above)
3 - Pete Fradley and Amy Muncaster
4 - Eric & Dora from France
5 - Myself & Kirsty Shelton

I don't remember the J'n'J results (since I didn't even make the preliminary cut I am doing my best to forget them!)

The comps were run pretty well IMO and it was interesting to be able to see the scoring from the individual judges posted (though you could not identify which judge had given which score) In the Strictly there was quite a wide divergence of ranking. Kirsty and I had 2 judges ranking us 10th (of 13) and others ranking us 5th, 4th and 3rd respectively. Others were similarly diverse and it showed the margin between a placing and non-placing was pretty thin.

On the whole I thought the event was OK. Ultimately a dancing event is about dancing and I had some good dances over the course of the weekend. The Swing Hotel, much like Blackpool itself, was a bit of a sh*thole to stay in but it was good to have another venue to go and dance until the very early hours after the main venue closed. The permanent flooring at the main venue was awful and sticky but the temp flooring covering half the space was fine, if a little fast. Music had it's ups and downs. As at Weston the French contingent added a vociferous and talented extra dimension. I was disappointed not to get a dance with Jennifer DeLuca on Friday as I didn't see her out much after that. It's the first time I have seen Maxence Martin dancing in person and he is very good to watch, extremely talented.

Most annoying part of the weekend was paying £17 for three days parking only to drive out of the car park and find the barriers were up anyway so could have left without paying

Funniest part of the weekend was Msfab walking off at least twice from a dance with Michael Kielbasa who was doing his best to embarass her.

This event moves next year from Blackpool to Manchester so will be interested to see if a similar package is put together for the Swing dancers.

[AussieJ]

The complete results listing for the 2009 SwingMasters competition

NOTE: I know some of the competitors' forum names, but not others - hence, my apologies to those forumites whose forum names aren't attached to their respective placings below If the moderator happens to know of any competitor's forum name, feel free to edit the list.


Open Strictly Swing

1. Steve Hall (DS87) & Sarve Didar
2. David Higgins & Lisa Jane Ferrie
3. Peter Fradley & Amy Muncaster
4. Eric Alhomme & Dora Makhlouf
5. Robert Day (robd) & Kirsty Shelton
6. Alexander Biesse & Julie Baltar
7. Lam Duy Nguyen & Lucy Chapman
8. Maxence Dubois & Leslie Gueyraud
9. Thomas & Virginie Escaravage
10. Paul Buckley & Anita Mason
11. Benjamin Folch & Melodie Chardonnet
12. Stuart Gunter & Michelle Fletcher
13. Vincent Goupilleau & Fred Perchelet

Newcomer Jack & Jill

1. Vincent Goupilleau & Michelle Edwards
2. Alex Cioffi & Gabrielle Claisse
3. Tim Rutherford & Julie Dupin
4. Jonathan Uy (AussieJ) & Lesley Wyrill
5. Kulwant Dhell & Fleur Keyes
6. Steven Lewis & Miriam Atkinson
7. Joachim Skold & Gillian Cordingley
8. Stewart Warren & Susan Denton
9. Carlos Garcia & Fred Perchelet
10. Vincent Goupilleau & Morag Cassidy

Novice Jack & Jill

1. Alexander Biesse & Julie Baltar
2. Steve Hall (DS87) & Aude Michon
3. Francois Gastine & Leanne Forsen
4. Stuart Gunter & Anne-Laure Rousseau
5. Lam Duy Nguyen & Sarve Didar
6. Paul Buckley & Kirsty Shelton
7. Ross Carlin & Teresa McClymont
8. John Lusby & Anna Lumsden
9. Benjamin Folch & Lynsey Watt
10. Randal Boyd & Manal Aboun
11. Olivier Deprez & Melodie Chardonnet

Intermediate Jack & Jill

1. David Higgins & Rachel Martino
2. Matthew Oakley & Dora Makhlouf
3. Eric Alhomme & Amy Muncaster
4. James McLauchlan & Claire Adam
5. Hung Nguyen & Melanie Boyle
6. Paul Harris & Laetitia Boidevaix
7. Peter Fradley & Nicole Lafferty

The competition had an international look & feel to it, with Rachel McEnaney announcing each competitor with their country of origin - England, Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Norway Sweden, U.S.A., France, and Australia

The crowd cheering (thanks mainly to the very vocal and flag-waving French contingent) was fantastic - especially when each of the competition dance tracks were played, just about everyone hollered, whooped, and clapped to the beat. Very electric! In fact, the noise levels was reminiscent of what I experienced at the UK WCS Championships at Weston-super-Mare back in April.

As Dance Demon said, Scotland had a great run in the comp with many placings in all four categories, e.g. Ross Carlin & Teresa McClymont (Novice J&J). Despite my admittedly scant WCS competition experience, I thought the standard of dancing was very high - so I say, "WELL DONE!!!" to everyone who competed, awesome stuff!!

And on a personal note, I'm still in shock that I got 4th place in Newcomers J&J