After staying overnight in Ho Chi Minh City, the Japanese contingent and I caught the only flight into Qui Nhon which departs at 7:10am *yawn*. The airport in Qui Nhon is very reminicent to the airport in Ipoh back in the 1960's (see photos). We then had a 45 min bus ride to the official hotel which is situated right across from the public beach. After managing to catch a nap to recover from our very early start, the working committe had a briefing to discuss the next 3 days.
Day 1 (28th) would be a 'teaser' for the public to help educate them on Dancesport and also to welcome our foreign competitors and adjudicators (see videos) It included several traditional performances by our hosts which were rather interesting. Day 2 (29th) was an evening of workshops (Alex Lim - Standard and Mr & Mrs Ota - Latin) and Dancesport demonstrations by 20 couples from both the local and international contingents. Very entertaining and educational for everyone. We had a lovely dinner after that at a beautiful private restaurant. Day 3 (30th) was the actual day of the competition. After a rough start where the international working team discovered how unprepared the local working committee was, we put in emergency plans and got everything moving and educated our local team on the methods and protocols of an international championship with 'on the job' training. It ended well and not too far off from our scheduled time. We wrapped up with a farewell dinner at the official hotel with all the competitors and adjudicators. Here are the details of the competition.
Panel of Adjudicators :
Dato Dr Henry Ooi - Chief Adjudicator (Malaysia)
Mihoko Hattori (Japan)
Wanthanee Kanchana (Thailand)
Alex Lim (Malaysia)
Hironori Ota (Japan)
Kenji Po (Hong Kong)
Takuhide Takeda (Japan)
Juliana Foo (Hong Kong)
Mikiya Higuchi (Japan).
Results - Standard Events :
Grade D (Beginners W,T) - Zhang Lei & Penn Chan (Hong Kong)
Grade C (Juvenile W,T,Q) - Nguyen Tuan Dat & Phan Nguyen Quynh Huong (Ha Noi)
Grade C (Senor 35 W,T,Q) - Yang Li & Cheung Ah Mui (Hong Kong)
Grade C (Junior W,T,Q) - Nguyen Tuan Dat & Phan Nguyen Quynh Huong (Ha Noi)
Grade B (Open W,T,F,Q) - Jeerasak Watanarom & Chonlada Thaneeroj (Thailand)
Grade A (Open W,T,V,F,Q) - Yuta & Kumiko Nakagawa (Japan)
Results - Latin Events :
Grade D (Beginners C,R) - Pham Bao Long & Nguyen Hoai Huong (Ha Noi)
Grade C (Juvenile C,R,J) - Vu Hoang Anh Minh & Le Hoang Ha Ly (Ha Noi)
Grade C (Senior 35 C,R,J) - Vi Manh Cuong & Vu Minh Hang (Hai Phong)
Grade C (Junior C,R,J) - Phongsiri Saengmani & Piyathida Teerasartsilp (Thailand)
Grade B (Open C,S,R,J) - Phongsiri Saengmani & Piyathida Teerasartsilp (Thailand)
Grade A (Open C,S,R,P,J) - Hirotsugu Sanada & Aiko Nakano (Japan)
The couples from Vietnam showed great promise to break into the international Dancesport scene and I look forward to seeing them out and about very soon.
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