UK CLOSED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At the recent closed championships Oliver Beardmore and Maria Allen achieved 4th place vin the under 12.

Since that date they have continued to progress and are currently ranked number 1 in the country in the ballroom & latin BDF charts.

Streetfest

At the Streetfest Festival held on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th July Robyn Grimes from Yeovil Dancentre won the extra competition put in on the Saturday and the overall all ages winners on the Sunday were Maria Allen (age 9) and Kayleigh Andrews (age 8). Maria & Kayleigh are trained at the Yeovil Dancentre and will now be doing a display in September at the Weston Super Mare Streetfest - they will also be swithing on the Christmas Lights in Yeovil this year.

The judges at the Streetfest on Sunday were Nemesis, Ashanti and Akai and they picked Maria and Kayleigh from 25 acts.

UK CLOSED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At the recent United Kingdom Closed U12 Championships (one of the largest and most prestigious competitions for U12 in the country)Oliver Beardmore & Maria Allen from the Yeovil Dancentre achieved 7th place in the Latin 4 dance and in the U11 2 dance they were 2nd.

This up and coming couple were marked 1st by three judges in the U11 and are hoping to make the British National Finals later in the year and make the British Team.

LEN GOODMANS CAMBER SANDS

A large noumber of pupils from the Alen School of DAnce based at the Yeovil Dancentre attended Len Goodmans - from Strictly Come Dancing - competition at Camber Sands. It was a weekend full of competitions with pupils from the Allen School of Dance taking numerous prizes including 15 first places - 7 second places and 11 third places.

Further photos can be seen on our website.

Charity Team Match Day

Sunday February 7th saw the Yeovil Dancentre charity team match day in aid of the Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance and the Haiti earthquake disaster. Top independent adjudicator Julie Williams from Wales came down to judge all the competitions. There were team matches in under 12, under 16, 16 to 35 and over 35. Each team was made up of 4 couples from pupils of the Yeovil Dancentre. There were also numerous couple competitions with trophies for all finalists sponsered by conexions.

The day was a real fun day with over 150 people paying to take part or watch the competitions - over £1700 was raised for the charities.

SUPADANCE NATIONAL FINALS

The finals took place at Camber Sands holiday village over the 1st weekend in November. Most of the best dance schools in the country were represented in what was a packed weekend. The parades of each school started on the Friday night with fun competitions taking place straight afterwards. The serious business started early Saturday morning and the competitions followed to the programme to the minute. The day was exceptionally busy with the 4 dance competitions for all age groups and team match semi finals. The semi finals and finals of the couple events took place on Saturday night when the Yeovil Dancenctre were well represented and took 1st place in the under 12 throuh Harriet Pitman & Summer Genes and 1st place in the under 16 through Gabrielle Nardiello & Naomi Genes.

The competitions carried on through to Sunday - which was again another very busy day (not finishing to late Sunday night).

The Yeovil Dancentre were represented in all age finals (except the 16 to 35) in all divisions.

Seen above are the Southern area winners for 1st & 2nd division in the under 12 catergory.

October Supadance Leg 4 team match

The last team match of the year (before the National Finals) took place at Frimley Green (the home of the World Dart Championships as well as the home of the Superdance Southern Area)took place on October 4th.

The Yeovil Dancentre teams performed exceptionally well with the following results:

Under 12 1st Division
1st Place Yeovil Eagles -
Under 12 2nd Division
1st Place Yeovil Falcons

Both these teams not only won the team match but are crowned Southern Champions for 2009!

Under 16 1st Division
1st Place Yeovil Eagles

Another fantastic result which although did not win them the league this year it has given them the runners up spot and a real chance of winning the National Finals in November.

Under 16 2nd Division
Yeovil Kestrels 3rd place
A very creditable performance and the highest placing they have received all year.

All Ladies 1st Division
2nd Place - Yeovil Eagles
Again a good performance giving the team 2nd in the league for the year.