Last year I was bold enough to move this new competition to Bangkok. Though the response was not bad, it is still my responsibility to uphold the name of Hong Kong BDFI Cup! As Hong Kong Ballroom Dancers International (HKBDI) was born on 14^th February under the influence of BDFI, I try to organize the HKBDFI Cup near it’s birthday, so 3^rd HKBDFI Cup was held on the Sunday - 16^th February 2014.

The venue - TST Kaifong Welfare Association Hall, was not commonly used for DanceSport competitions in HK, despite the fact that it is spacious with good shoe connection. 106 Solo dancers and 101 couples from Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, USA, Russia, China & HK took up the number tags. Most of them danced to their best due to the well-organized schedule & warm atmosphere. 60 events were enlisted in the Entry Form with 55 of them put in force - the record number of events from my 22 years of organizing competitions in HK or elsewhere.

The four major events were mostly dominated by foreign couples as follows :

Adjudicators found it not difficult to find the winners from three of these four events, only Open Amateur Latin’s 1st & 2nd couples were really close that the honour would easily be reversed in their next encounter!

2013 HKBDI All Year Round Champions TROPHIES & PRICE MONEY of different categories were presented in the evening dinner party before the two Open Amateur finals. The Open Amateur & Open Professional All Year Round Champions were offered two returned AIR TICKETS to compete overseas under HKBDI Flag. The 4th HKBDFI Cup is fixed on 15th February 15 at Hotel Regal Riverside, a smaller but more elegant venue!

Lawrence Chan
President, HKBDI

(a) Open Professional Standard Prize Presentation

(b) HK Professional Standard Prize Presentation

(c) Open Amateur Standard Champions Honour Dance

(d) Open Professional Standard Champions