Warwick Varsity Competition 2009

22nd November 2009 at the Tower Ballroom in Birmingham.

Judges

Stan Page
Chris Vickers
Simon Cruwys
Allen Ford
Derrick Squires
Kevin Allcott

Schedule

10:30am Doors Open (floor available for practice)

11:30am Ballroom (first round to semi finals + finals)

3:00pm Latin (first round to semi-finals + finals)

6:30pm General Dancing
7:00pm Preparation time for team dancing

7:30pm Latin Demonstration

8:00pm Team walk on and competition

10:30pm Presentation

Dances

1 Beginner Waltz and Quickstep
2 Novice Waltz and Quickstep
3 Intermediate Waltz and Tango
4 Advanced Tango, Foxtrot and Quickstep
5 Ex-Student Tango and Foxtrot

6 Beginner Cha Cha and Jive
7 Novice Cha Cha and Jive
8 Intermediate Samba and Rumba
9 Advanced Samba, Rumba and Jive
10 Ex-Student Rumba and Jive

11 Open Paso Doble

12 Intervarsity Jive

The entry fee for the competition is £12 per person or £5 per spectator.

If you would like more information on the competition or would like to compete, please contact Varsity President, Sarah Walker.

Warwick Varsity 2008

Last year, over 440 student dancers from 13 UK universities competed at Warwick Varsity. The day kicked off with the Beginner's Waltz at 11.30am and dancers competed in 5 categories from beginner to advanced and ex-student in both Latin American and Ballroom.

2008 Team Competition Results:

Division 1
1st Place: Cambridge A Team
2nd Place: Cambridge B Team
3rd Place: Bristol A Team
4th Place: Oxford A Team
5th Place: Featherwaits A Team
6th Place: Cambridge C Team

Division 2
1st Place: Warwick B Team
2nd Place: Oxford G Team
3rd Place: Cambridge G Team
4th Place: Bristol C Team
5th Place: Durham/Featherwaites B Team
6th Place: Aberystwyth A Team

2008 Ballroom Competition Winners:

Beginners Waltz & Quickstep - 136 Ian Yenney & Partner (Oxford)
Novice Waltz & Quickstep - 268 Greg Lees & Rebecca Dean (Featherwaits)
Intermediate Waltz & Quickstep - 41 Hywel Room & Celia St-John-Green (Cambridge)
Advance Tango, Foxtrot & Quickstep - 135 Martin Bird & Sarah Ward Jones (Oxford)
Ex Student Waltz & Quickstep - 112 Alexander Hobbs & Tamara Thompson (Leicester)

2008 Latin American Competition Winners:

Beginners Cha Cha - 105 Andrew Evans & Kasia Marczak (Bristol)
Beginners Jive - 32 Adeeb Hossain & Marcella Cheung (Cambridge)
Novice Rumba & Jive - 43 Blaise Thomson & Eva Banik (Cambridge)
Intermediate Samba & Rumba - 29 Alex Clibbon & Helen Hanlon (Oxford)
Advanced Samba, Rumba & Jive - 264 Andrew Duke & Sarah Buckley (Bristol)
Ex Student Rumba & Jive - 112 Alexander Hobbs & Tamara Thompson (Leicester)
Open Paso Doble - 112 Alexander Hobbs & Tamara Thompson (Leicester)

For full Varsity 2008 results visit Scrutelle's pages here.