This year’s World Championships 2012 was held at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, N. Ireland. There were more than 4,000 dancers competing over the week of 31 March to 8 April. It was a fantastic competition that resulted in reigning champions keeping their titles and a few new champions which was also great to see. [...]
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Great Britain Championships 2011
The Great Britain Championships once again was held at Butlins, Bognor Regis on 14 – 17 October. Dancers from Delaney Academy London and Prague attended the championships. The esteemed panel of adjudicators were Doreen O’Connor, Finbarr Conway, Brendan Lynch, Anthony Murnane, Mary Kay Heneghan, John Carey, Marie McGuigan, Ann Byrne Gibbons, Gerard McQuaid, Margaret Cleary, [...]
All Scotland Championships 2011
The All Scotland Championships was held in Glasgow on 6-9 October at the prestigious Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, venue of the 2010 World Championships. For the first time ever, the All Scotland Championships was a Secondary World Championships Qualifying event for dancers from the UK and Europe. Always an enjoyable and well-organised event, this year [...]
World Irish Dance Championships 2011
I have just arrived back from judging the 41st World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin, Ireland. It is the first time in 15 years that the Worlds have been back to Dublin and I have to admit it was a stellar event. The first evening, the Leinster Dance Teachers Association hosted the Teacher’s Reception complete [...]
European World Qualifiers
On 6-7 November in Stuttgart, the Mainland European World Qualifiers took place. Dancers from 20 countries throughout Europe competed at the event, each vying for a place to represent Europe at next year’s World Championships. Our dancers did very well winning 3 championships: Lucas Matera -1st Senior Mens Championship Maciek Skwarek – 1st 18-20 Men [...]
Great Britain Championships 2010
The Delaney Academy recently competed at the Great Britain Irish Dance Championships in Butlins, Bognor Regis. A team of Irish dancers from London and Prague travelled to the event to compete against dancers from the UK, Europe, Canada, USA and Australia. The 4 day event, organised and managed by the Southern England Regional Council, is as much [...]
All Scotland’s Championships
A week before the Great Britain Championships, a few dancers travelled up to Glasgow for the All Scotland Irish Dance Championships run by Noreen and James McCutcheon. This year the championships was held at the Hilton Hotel on Williams Street, central Glasgow. The venue was fabulous with good size stages and excellent facilities. As always, [...]
World Championships 2010
The World Irish Dance Championships took place on 27 March to 4 April 2010 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Dancers from all over the world qualified within their region in order to compete at this prestigious event. The competition was fierce and the nerves ran high for dancers, teachers and parents! The Delaney [...]
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