News Archive 1998

GOLD MEDALIST
Congratulations to Mark Lin & Ruby Chang representing Chinese Taipei on winning the gold medal in the 13th Asian Games Standard Dance Event!!!
Full results are now available on this website.

Standard Dance Event				Latin Dance Event
	Mark Lin Ruby Chang				Surachai Sriprapat Weerawan Sripapat
Shen Yi Huang Wenjuan	1			Danny Tsai Jenny Chiu	1
2		Wang Yi Duan Baohua		2		Michael Ma Shirley Wang
		3				3

BENNY TOLMEYER CUP RESULTS
The results for the 1998 Benny Tolmeyer Cup in Taiwan are available now.

CHAMPIONHSIP RESULTS
One of the biggest dance championship in Hong Kong (International Ballroom Dancing Championships of Hong Kong 1998) which included nearly 250 couples from 18 different countries was finally concluded on the 6th December 1998. Partial results are available at our website's result page.

HONG KONG REPRESENTITIVE FOR TVB CHAMPIONSHIP
Shuen Nin Wai and Cheng Shuet Mui (Standard) and Lai Kim Ching and Flora Lam (Latin) were selected on 6th December 1998, in additional to Hau Sek Ki and Law Lai Yin (Standard) and Yim Wai-tak and Chan Hok-fung (Latin), to represent Hong Kong at the TVB Asian DanceSport Championship on the 31st of December.

BIG PRIZES
Big prizes were handed out at an amateur dancing competition on the 30th November 1998. Teddy Kwok and Connie Ngai won the first prize (HK$5000 cash, HK$5000 dinner coupons and a gold trophy weighing 5 taels of gold) dancing the rumba. Sam Sze and Carmen Leung came second dancing rock n' roll, Charles Tung and Diana Hang came third dancing the Rumba.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
The results for the '98 DanceSport Grandprix in Kyushu, the IDSF World Latin Championship Bremerhaven, Germany, the 1998 Benny Tolmeyer Cup in Taiwan and the 11th Hong Kong Open Latin Championship are now avaliable on our results page.

TEA DANCES
The China Tee Club will be hosting Afternoon Tee Dances every Saturday from 14th November. The host will be an instructor from Teresa Dance Studios.

ASIAN GAMES REPRESENTATIVE
The following couples have been selected to represent their respective countries at the forthcoming 13th Asian Games Dancesport  Events :

NEW BDFI HONG KONG DIRECTTOR
Congratulations to Nick Fok, who has received unanimous vote in favour (among two applicants) from the International Council of Directors of The Ballroom Dancers' Federation International (BDFI) and appointed as the International Director of BDFI in Hong Kong with effective from 9 October 1998. BDFI is an international organisation whose objectives are to promote the spirit of good fellowship and sportsmanship and to protect and advance the interests of competitors, demonstrators, coaches, teachers, adjudicators, scrutineers and promoters internationally. As the International Director of Hong Kong, Mr. Fok is entrusted to promote BDFI and its objectives in Hong Kong.

AFFILIATES
Here's the recap of associations in Greater China which have ties with or affiliated to international dance organizations:

ASIAN RANKING COMPETITION
The '98 DanceSport Grandprix in Kyushu is scheduled to be held in Oita Kyushu, Japan on Sunday, 15 November 1998. This competition includes the LACD Cup Latin and LACD Cup Standard events which are designated as Asian Ranking events, and are open to all Asian competitors. 

CREATION CUP
The 12th Hong Kong Open Ballroom and Latin Creation Cup Championship presented by Creation Dancing Association held in Regent Hotel's Ballroom on Sunday, 25 October 1998 will include a performance by Italian Professional Latin Champions Sandro Cavallini & Hanna Karttunen.

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