17th Penang International Open Ballroom Dancing Championship 2011 - 27th Nov. 2010 (Saturday)

The 17th chapter of this now very well known championship had an overwhelming number of entries this year, the largest number in its history - 352 couples in total !! And together with the huge entry was its largest panel of adjudicators. This successful event is organized by the Malaysian Dancers Association (MDA) which is headed by Dato Dr Henry Ooi, the President of MDA together with the Penang State Government Tourism Board. This year the championship also included the 1st Penang ADC Amateur League Open Championship as part of its events. Its main sponsors were Penang State Government, SP Setia Bhd Group, Pensonic, Da Ma Cai, Astro & The Hour Glass.

The day had to start at 7am in order for us to complete all the events and the prize presentation of the day events had to be held in the foyer of the ballroom to allow the competition to continue inside the hall. Therefore I do not have the full list of champions for this championships so you'll have to be satisfied with the little that I do have.

Panel of Adjudicators

1. Mr Isao Nakagawa (Chief Adjudicator) - Japan

2. Mr Karl Breuer

3. Mr Michael Stylianos

4. Ms Kym Smith

5. Mr Akihiro Yokomichi

6. Ms Hidemi Yamamoto

7. Mr Ji Xiao Ming

8. Mr Manfred Wang

9. Ms Angel Long

10. Mr Soenarko Josodiharjo

11. Mr David Lee

12. Mr Geoffrey Chun

13. Mr Kenny Kwan

14. Ms Wanthanee Kanchana

15. Mr Ariel Llanillo

16. Ms Jane Liu

17. Mr Steven Tan

18. Mr Lawrence Chan

19. Mr Kenji Po

20. Sun Wei Ying

21. Zhang Xiang Guo

22. Mr Teng Hui

23. Mr Dharshan Vijesooriya

24. Mr Johnny Sucipto

25. Mr Edgar Borromeo

26. Yong-Ran Lee

27. Mr Jerry Abrate

28. Mr Teh Swee Guan

29. Mr William Lor

30. Datin Goh Suat Guat

31. Mr Anthony Keung

32. Mr Alex Lim

33. Mr Benny Chan

34. Ms Grace Chan

35. Mr John Lim

36. Mr Lee Boon Teong

37. Mr Tam Kong Choy

38. Mr James Ooi

39. Ms Josephine Seow

40. Ms Alice Hor

41. Ms Kelly Goh

42. Mr Michael Yeap

43. Mr Raymond Tee

44. Ms Irine Au

45. Ms Louis Low

46. Mr Chan Gim Choo

47. Mr John Lee

48. Mr Ooi Hock Seng

49. Ms Annie Oo

50. Mr Billion Yong

51. Mr Bong Yoon Chun

52. Mr Thomas Tan

Scrutineer : Mr Nixon Ong & team

LIST OF CHAMPIONS

Latin Professional Open : #6 Zhao Liang & Guo Xue (China)

Std. Professional Open : #30 Aleksander Zhiratkov & Irina Novozhil Ovapopovic (Russia)

Latin Asia Amateur : #266 Wu Hao & Qin Yi (China)

Std. Asia Amateur : #163 Johnston Lim & Nicole Tan (Malaysia)

Latin Pro. Asia Rising Star : #352 Liu Xiao & Wei Wei (China)

Std. Pro. Asia Rising Star : #316 Zhang Hao & Song Xiao Rong (China)

Latin Pro-Am C : #141 Loke Sze Hao & Yoko Takahashi (Malaysia)

Latin Pro-Am B : #141 Loke Sze Hao & Yoko Takahashi (Malaysia)

Std. Pro-Am C : #18 Chan Hung Ming & Liang Xia Xiang

Std. Pro-Am B : #336 Stanizlav Zelyanin & Lilian Wong (Singapore)

Latin Open Amateur : #4  Ma Jia Jun & Xu Qian (China)

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Congratulations to all our Champions ! I'm afraid that's all the results I have from this championship. If you need more information, feel free to contact the organizers - Malaysian Dancers Association at mdamy@streamyx.com