Results from Blackpool
About 200 couples started in the Senior Standard tournament of
the British Open Championship in the Winter Garden of Blackpool,
among them the world and vice world champions. Patrick &
Sabrina van der Meer reached the round of 24 and finished 15th.
Jörg & Ute Hillenbrand were the second best German couple and
were rewarded with the 7th place in their first Blackpool final.
The victory was refused to world champions Tassilo & Sabine
Lax; they had to defer to Marcello Daga/Marina Pau and finished
2nd.
In the Senior Latin tournament, three German couples were in
the final: The new couple Stefan Leschke/Leila Kessler from Berlin
prevailed and reached the 2nd place after the winners Petri &
Ulla Jarvonen from Finland. The prior-year winners Andreas
Hoffmann/Isabel Krüger were ranked 3rd. AS the third-best German
couple, Meik & Bianca Sauer reached the 7th place in their
first Blackpool final. Michael & Claudia Sawang reached the
semi final.
Under 21 Standard: Anatoliy Novoselov/Tasja Schulz reached
the quarter final and finished with the split 15th place.
Ivo Lodesani/Cathrin Hißnauer reached the quarter final of
the Blackpool Amateurs Ballroom and were ranked 18th.
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