22nd Best of Best HK Open DanceSport Championships
The last HKBDI Ranking Competition in 2021, The 22nd Best of Best HK Open DanceSport Championships on 27/12/21 (“22ndBOB”), was also the last Dancesport competition in Hong Kong in 2021. It was smoothly completed despite the sudden drop in temperature with Entry Data : - 160 Solo dancers ; 8 groups of Synchronized dancers; 80 couples. Taking into considerations the very tight schedule in the three 2021 completed Ranking Events on 519, 627 & 822, it was announced in advance that to enter after the 12/12/2021 deadline was due, admin fees needed to be charged. On 20/12 & 21/12, over 20 Solo dancers applied for late entries. I asked them to confirm and pay before midnight on 21/12. Some of them confirmed & paid with admin fees. However, more than 10 Solo dancers who confirmed late entry after midnight on 21/12 was rejected. Their late entries with admin fees was not accepted.
I was most gratified for 22nd BOB for 2 couples. They originally wanted to withdraw. With my encouragements, they decided to continue the competition. Over the 29 years of organizing competitions, I would not mind when couples withdrew from the competition. But these 2 couples had special meanings to me. For 1st couple : Eric Wong & Teresa Shum, I entered them in 2019 Blackpool's Senior Over 50 Latin, and as a result, they won the historical Blackpool Championship for Hong Kong for the first time ever! For 2nd couple : Popov Kyrylo & Chow Cheuk Ying Tracy, they were the last HK couple I took to compete overseas in December 2019 before the pandemic lockdown. Kyrylo had come to HK from Ukraine for many years and competed with Tracy under HK banner. In January 2022, he returned to Europe to study. I made special arrangements for them to do a Farewell Dance on 27/12/21.
Lawrence Chan
(a) Pro-Am 5-Dance Latin Champions Sergei Maksiuta & Winnie Ooi ;
(b) Open Amateur Latin Champions馬學謙/梁子 ;
(c) Open Amateur Standard Champions Popov Kyrylo & Chow Cheuk Ying ;
(d) Adjudicators ;
(e) Open Amateur Standard prize presentation ;
(f) Open Amateur Latin prize presentation,
(g) Senior Latin 5-Dance Champions Eric Wong & Teresa Shum ;
(h) HK Professional Latin Champions Anson Au & Yankee Ng
Lawrence Chan