25th Come Dancing Cup with various Breakthrough Innovations &Records
To celebrate the Silver Jubilee celebration of Come Dancing Cup ( the only Open DanceSport Championships in Hong Kong run for 25 consecutive years without any break ), organizers Lawrence & Gertrude injected some International & Promotional unique elements into 25th Come Dancing Cup :
(1) being chosen as one of 11 organizers around the World in 2017 to form the series championships of BDFI Countdown ( www.bdfi.org)
(2) being selected as the Hong Kong National Championship organizers of the World Pro-Am V.Waltz Championships held in Vienna in December 2017 ( www.AmazingDanceWorld.Info)
First time entry experiences were recorded as follows :
(a) the first Brazilian couple ever to dance in Hong Kong
(b) one Spanish Amateur Latin couple who had entered the 23rd, 24th & 25th Come Dancing Cup on 9/8/15, 7/8/16, 13/8/17 ironically & coincidently failed to turn up at all
(c) 17 couples from Philippines competed from Novice to Professional
(d) 33 Senior Ballroom couples (13 in Senior Over 50、20 in Senior Over 40)
To clash with Japan World Super Stars & WDSF German Open (as 13/8/17 was the only Sunday available at HK Convention & Exhibition Centre in August 2017), still 149 couples &75 Solo dancers showed up . Lawrence & Gertrude had to thank all other HK Dance Associations as no other local competition was held on the same day! Mutual respect, understanding & harmony seemed to be flourishing in Hong Kong DanceSport environment ! Lawrence & Gertrude are looking forward to witnessing & celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Come Dancing Cup !
Open Professional Standard : 1st Gaetano Iavarone & Emanuela Napolitano (Italy), 2nd Nencini Marcello & Maksimova Ekaterina (Brazil), 3rd Michael Reilly & Amy Reilly (China), 4th Mac Ko & Vesta Ko (HK), 5th Wang Chun Yen & Fanjiang Shixuan (Taiwan), 6th Hong Chung Kin & Huang Chun Loi (China), 7th Huang Ho & Carman Chui (China), 8th Yoshiaki Kitagishi & Tomoko Osanai (Japan)
Open Professional Latin : 1st Stefano Moriondo & Daria Glukhova (Italy), 2nd Mirco Risi & Svetlana Borisova (Italy), 3rd Anton Shoev & Patrizia Ranis (Russia), 4th Song Seuugwon & Kim Seulki (Korea), 5th Reid Baradas & Victoria Hayatid (Philippines), 6th Danny Huang & Jenny Huang (Taiwan), 7th Wang Chun Yen & Fanjiang Shixuan (Taiwan)
Open Amateur Standard : 1st Davide Morelli & Caroline Kjeldgaard (Denmark), 2nd Yeung Man Ching & Chiu Kit Ying (HK), Chen Xiang & Jessica Lo (China), 4th Chiang To & Silvia Yeung (HK), Chiu Kin & Wong Yuk Chun (HK), Chiang Yi Ting & Zeng Jian Jia (Taiwan), Niño Lito Otero & Joean Tan (Philippines)
Open Amateur Latin : 1st Darren Hammind & Milla Lykke (South Africa), 2nd Yeung Man Ching & Chiu Kit Ying (HK), 3rd Bacani Dovano Ip & Chow Cheuk Ying (HK), 4th Oscar Ng & Kitty Kong (HK), 5th Chiang Yi Ting & Zeng Jian Jia (Taiwan), 6th Ho Ho Yin Daniel & Lee Chun Jiffane (HK), 7th Emmer Albaracin & Gretchel Garcia (Philippines)
The 1st & 2nd Place of two Open Professional Finals were in contrast situations :
In Standard -, 1st place Gaetano & Emanuela danced with supreme class, super swinging movement & confidence while 2nd place Marcello & Ekaterina were new to the Professional. They were happy to make Runners-Up spot but not challenging for top spot at this stage.
In Latin - Stefano & Daria and Mirco & Svetlana were divided by marginal marks. They had different styles and results can be reserved in any future events.
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