UK Open 2009 - Wednesday

Latin and Ballroom competition
England - Bournemouth
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Category International Style Latin - Ballroom

Amateur Latin
It was a well attended event today and the final danced in the evening attracted lots of interest. The hall was absolutely packed and the dancers were cheered by the crowd. The first place was taken, as expected, by Stefano Di Filippo & Anna Melnikova from Italy who gave a really strong performance in the final round. The second place went to the Russians Alexei Silde & Anna Firstova. Also from Russia, Andrei Zaitsev & Anna Kuzminskaja were placed third. The rest of the final comprised of one couple from Slovenia, Croatia and Denmark.

Professional Standard(Ballroom)
It was a beautiful competition tonight and a pleasure to watch. It looked like a close match between the three top couples, we will see the individual judges marks later to check how close! The first place went to the World champions Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti from Italy who shown a particlarily good performance during the final round. One the second place were Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova who represent USA. And the third place was taken by our own English Jonathan Wilkins & Hazel Newbury who were of course delighted with this result. Another couple from USA and two Italians completed this final