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The 8th SGDF Singapore Nationals DanceSport Championships will be held on Saturday 28 June 2008. This is the fifth successive Nationals that is being organised with a major Tertiary Institution, and it will again be jointly organised with Nanyang Technological University. This event will be held together with the 2nd Nanyang Technological University Tertiary DanceSport Championships. Tickets are available from the SGDF and dance studios at S$30, inclusive of a buffet dinner meal. Entry Forms available for download! More information and directional map here.

2007 JAPAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AWARDS (SPORTS AWARD) Mr Robert Ong, President of Singapore Dancesport Federation (SGDF) was presented with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), Singapore Foundation Sports Award FY2007 for his achievements and his tireless efforts in promoting Dancesport in Singapore. Mr Ong received his award at a presentation ceremony that took place on 10 December 2007 at the Singapore Arts Museum.

2007 IDSF WORLD LATIN CHAMPIONSHIPS The IDSF has nominated the following as Adjudicators of the IDSF World Latin to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 8 December 2007:   Heinz Spaeker (Chairman) Skaistute Idzeleviciene Diana Pedersen Erich Staeldi Robert Wota Viktor Nikovsky Frank Brangbour Verena Sulek Sabrina Sim John Kimmins - Germany - Lithuania - Denmark - Switzerland - Poland - Russia - France - Slovenia - Singapore - U S A

Information regarding the IDSF World Latin Championships is available.

7th SGDF SINGAPORE NATIONALS DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The 7th SGDF Singapore Nationals DanceSport Championships will be held on Saturday 29 Dec 2007. This is the fourth successive Nationals that is being organised with a major Tertiary Institution, and it will again be jointly organised with Ngee Ann Polytechnic. This event will be held together with the 2nd Ngee Ann Polytechnic Tertiary DanceSport Championships Tickets are available from the SGDF and dance studios at S$30, inclusive entry to a post-event party (till late!) This is a nationally ranked event, and all members are encouraged to participate.  Entry Form Here.

2007 IDSF WORLD YOUTH TEN DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 

The 2007 IDSF World Youth Ten Dance Championships will be held in Singapore on Sunday 26 August 2007, at the Raffles Ballroom of the Swissotel The Stamford Hotel. In conjunction with this prestigious event, the 20th Anniversary of the Lion City series of Championships will also be held on the same day. Tickets are now available from Shawn & Gladys DanceWorld, Tel 6336-2648 or 6339-2217. More information is available here, and Entry Form available for download.

2007 IDSF ADJUDICATORS' CONGRESS 

The next IDSF Adjudicators' Congress will be held in Singapore as follows:

The Congress is only open to members of the IDSF, ADSF, SGDF, IDJTA, APDC and IPDSC.

Applicants of IDSF Adjudicators' Licence MUST submit their application through their respective National IDSF Member Federations.

Members holding valid IDSF Adjudicators' Licences are reminded that you need to attend at least one Congress every three years.  In addition, wef 1 April 2006, all IDSF and IDSF-member sanctioned events will only use IDSF Licenced Adjudicators - this is in line with IDSF policies.

The STANDARD Lecture will be conducted by Mr Marco Sietas (Spain), and the LATIN Lecture will be conducted by Mr Peter Townsend (Australia).

The details and application are now closed (update 15 Aug 2007)

Burn the Floor returns to Singapore with their spectacular new production FloorPlay. This sizzling new dance show combines the extraordinary talent of twenty of the World's best Ballroom and Latin dancers with spectacular costumes and music, and features a collage of dance styles including Salsa, Rumba, Cha Cha, Waltz and Tango all with a modern edge.

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6th SGDF SINGAPORE NATIONALS DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 

The 6th SGDF Singapore Nationals DanceSport Championships will be held on Saturday 23 June 2007. This is the third successive Nationals that is being organised with a major Tertiary Institution.  The other such events were organised together with Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Singapore Polytechnic. This event will be held together with the 1st NTU Tertiary DanceSport Championships Tickets are available from the SGDF and dance studios at S$25, inclusive of a buffet lunch (S$15 for students with a valid metriculation card) This is a nationally ranked event, and all members are encouraged to participate.  More details here.

7th SGDF SINGAPORE OPEN DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 7th SGDF Singapore Open DanceSport Championships will be held in Sunday 11 March 2007. Online information now available. Tickets are now available.

NEW YEARS' MESSAGE FROM ADSF PRESIDENT MR KEIJI UKAI 
 

Dear Friends   I am delighted to send this message to all DanceSport friends on the beginning of the year, 2007.   The year of 2007, we have again Olympic family’s Games 2007. One is Macau Asian Indoor Games and another is Bangkok South East Asian (SEA) Games.

It is very nice that many DanceSport events are scheduled in 2007, for example, Asian Championships in Bangkok (April 21 & 22), Asian Pacific Championships in Seoul (May 13), Asian Youth Championships in Singapore (August 25, together IDSF World Ten Dance Championship), World Cup Standard in Shanghai (July 15), IDSF Grand Slam Finals in Taipei (December 1 & 2), IDSF Grand SLAM in Tokyo (March 18), IDSF Open Competitions (Singapore on March 11, Tokyo on March 21, Shenzhen on July 1, Hong Kong on July 8, Shanghai on July 15, Cebu on September 22, Kuala Lumpur on October 7). 

5th SGDF SINGAPORE NATIONALS DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS  

The 5th SGDF Singapore Nationals DanceSport Championships will be held on Saturday 16 Dec 2006. This is the second successive Nationals that is being organised with a major Tertiary Institution.  The first such event was organised together with the 1st Ngee Ann Polytechnic Tertiary DanceSport Championships on 6 May 2006. This event will be held together with the 1st Singapore Polytechnic Tertiary DanceSport Championships Tickets are available from the SGDF and dance studios at S$25, inclusive of a buffet lunch.

This is a nationally ranked event, and all members are encouraged to participate.  More details here.
 

TEAM SINGAPORE IN JOHOR 

Team Singapore DanceSport recently competed at the 4th Johor International DanceSport Championships on Saturday 21 October 2006, returning with an impressive medal haul of  3 Golds, 6 Silvers and 6 Bronze Medals.

A total of 62 competing athletes (31 couples), represented Singapore in events ranging from Adult, to Junior and to Juvenile (Under-12).

Congratulations to Melvin Tan & Sharon Tan for emerging Champions in the Open Latin event.

Check out the photos.

ARCHIVAL OF SGDF WEB PAGE BY NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD 

The National Library Board recently launched the Web Archive Services (W.A.S).

The SGDF website has been selected to be archived because "NLB has deemed this website to be an important part of Singapore's documentary heritage and would like it to remain available to researchers and generations of Singaporeans in the future."

You may visit www.nlb.gov.sg, select eResources and then select eArchives.

2006 IDSF WORLD CUP LATIN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Watch 560 of the World's Best DanceSport Athletes right at our doorstep. The 2006 IDSF World Cup Latin promises to be an event not to be missed.

The events will be held in two ballrooms simultaneously, for the very first time in South-East Asia, on Saturday 26 August 2006, at the Raffles & Stamford Ballrooms of the Swissotel The Stamford.

Tickets are still available - call 6336-2648 now.

Above is the media teaser for an exclusive article in The Straits Times ('URBAN', Thur 24 Aug 06), so don't miss it.

2006 IDSF ADJUDICATORS' CONGRESS 

The next IDSF Adjudicators' Congress will be held in Singapore as follows:

The Congress is only open to members of the IDSF, ADSF, SGDF, IDJTA, APDC and IPDSC.

Applicants of IDSF Adjudicators' Licence MUST submit their application through their respective National IDSF Member Federations.

Members holding valid IDSF Adjudicators' Licences are reminded that you need to attend at least one Congress every three years.  In addition, wef 1 April 2006, all IDSF and IDSF-member sanctioned events will only use IDSF Licenced Adjudicators - this is in line with IDSF policies.

The details and application are now closed. The following members have applied to attend the Congress:

TEAM SINGAPORE IN KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA)

Team Singapore DanceSport recently competed at the Malaysia Team DanceSport Championships on Saturday 15 July 2006.  The team returned with 1 Gold, 4 Silvers and 2 Bronze Medals. A very good result, considering the entire squad was made up of only tertiary club members (17 couples) and 1 pair of Secondary School children, and that this was their only 2nd competition for most of them.

Check out the photos.

2006 IDSF WORLD CUP TEN DANCE - ADJUDICATORS 

The IDSF has nominated the following as Adjudicators of the IDSF World Cup Ten Dance to be held in Chinese Taipei on 30 Sept 06 & 1 Oct 06:   Marco Sietas (Chairman) Lily Liu Christian Bradbury George Tan Hermann Goetz Robert Ong Vladimir Krivosheev Birgit Helbling - Spain - Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong - Malaysia - Austria - Singapore - Russia - Switzerland Information regarding the event is now available. Members wishing to compete please let the SGDF know before the Closing Date. Late entries will not be entertained.

Members are to note that the annual Taiwan International Open DanceSport Championships will also be held during the same period.
 

2006 IDSF ASIAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 

The 2006 IDSF Asian Pacific Championships will be held in Macau on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September 2006.   The Macau Open DanceSport Championships will also be held during the same period, and this will also include the Open, Youth and Senior events.   Information regarding the event is now available. Members wishing to compete please let the SGDF know before the Closing Date. Late entries will not be entertained.

2006 IDSF WORLD CUP LATIN - ADJUDICATORS 

The IDSF has nominated the following as Adjudicators of the IDSF World Cup Latin to be held in Singapore on 26 August 2006:
 

UNREGISTERED EVENT IN CHINESE TAIPEI (1 JUL 06, 6 AUG 2006) 

Members are to note that the following events to be organised in Taiwan are not sanctioned / registered by IDSF and ADSF:

1 July 06 - 1st ADC Cup Asian Open Championships
6 Aug 06 - IDU Asian Latin Open & Taiwan Open Championships

Members are advised NOT to participate, or adjudicate in the event.

UNREGISTERED EVENT IN HONG KONG (18 JUNE 2006) 

We have just been informed by Hong Kong IDSF that the President's Cup & 21st Creation Cup Asia-Pacific DanceSport Championships to be held in Hong Kong is not-registered.

Members are advised NOT to participate, or adjudicate in the event.
 

NEW IDSF LICENCED ADJUDICATORS 

The SGDF would like to welcome 2 new IDSF Adjudicators - Mr Algernon Tan (Dance With Me Academia) and Mr John Tan (John & Josephine Dance Creative).

MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR CARDED ATHLETES 

AXA Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd has been appointed as the insurers for spexMedic Insurance Scheme.

Please contact us for more details.

4th SGDF SINGAPORE NATIONALS DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 

The 4th SGDF Singapore Nationals DanceSport Championships will be held on Saturday 6 May 2006. Tickets are available from the SGDF and dance studios at S$25, inclusive of a buffet dinner. Entry forms are now available, and entries close on 15 April 2006 This is a nationally ranked event, and all members are encouraged to participate.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM IDSF HQ 

The following competitions are not recognised by our Malaysian IDSF member federation: 3rd A & C Malaysia International DanceSport Championships 2006, 1st & 2nd April 2006, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia Organiser: Alex Lim and Carmen Chuang IDSF Couples and Adjudicators are not allowed to participate in these competitions.

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Ticket Price: S$58 onwards

SPORTMAG (FEBRUARY 2006 ISSUE) 

DANCESPORT RULES! screams the headlines. The February 2006 Edition of SPORTMAG has an extensive Feature Story & coverage on dancesports in Singapore.  The articles and photos covered are in: a) Contents (Photos) (Page 4) b) Thinking Aloud - Dance Till You Can't Dance No More (Pg 8) b) Three Cheers For Team Singapore (Photos) (Pg 10 & 11) c) When Sport And Art Combine (Pg 32 & 33) d) Robert Ong -  Passionate About Dance (Pg 34) e) Photo journalism (Pg 35)

f) The Chemistry Of Dancing (Pg 36) - Xavier Lim & Riane Low
g) Sweating It Out With DanceSport (Pg 37) - Kelvin Toh & Rosanne Chong
h) The Golden Couple (Pg 38, 39 & 40) - Melvin Tan & Sharon Tan
i) Not Just Jiggin' About (Pg 41) - Ng Jun Ying & Germaine Gan
j) Born To Dance (Pg 41) - Leonard Heng & Lindsey Lum
k) Shawn Tay - Going International (Pg 42 & 43)

So what are you waiting for?  Get this issue from newstands for only S$5
 

2006 IDSF WORLD CUP LATIN CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The 2006 IDSF World Cup Latin Championships will be held on Saturday 26 Aug 2006 at the Raffles Ballroom (Swissotel The Stamford).  Together with this event will be the IDSF Open Standard category.

Please contact the SGDF for more details.

SpexMEDIC CLAIMS 

The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) provides medical insurance coverage for all carded
athetes under the spexMEDIC programme, to help pay for medical expenses incurred for
sports-related injuries.

Athletes concerned are reminded to submit their claims within 4 weeks of date of training accident.

2006 IDSF WORLD YOUTH STANDARD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The 2006 IDSF World Youth Standard Championships will be held on Saturday 22 April 2006, in Wels (Austria). The Championships will be held in conjunction with the Austrian Youth Open (Fri 21 April 2006 - Sunday 23 April 2006).

Please contact the SGDF for more details.

2006 IDSF ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The 2006 IDSF Asian Championships will be held on Sunday 16 April 2006, in Hong Kong.

The nominated athletes will be notified shortly.

2006 IDSF WORLD YOUTH LATIN CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The 2006 IDSF World Youth Latin Championships will be held on Saturday 15 April 2006, in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

Closing date for entries is 1st March 2006.

Please contact the SGDF for more details.

2006 SSC JOINT POLY ADMISSION SCHEME FOR SPORTSPERSONS 

The SSC Joint Polytechnic Admission Scheme for Sportspersons was established to recognise the efforts and sacrifices made by student athletes in their pursuit of sporting excellence. The scheme provides athletes a second opportunity to further their education in the polytechnic. Student athletes unable to command a place through the MOE Joint Admissions Exercise may apply through the scheme for entry into their chosen polytechnic. However, applicants will still have to fulfil the polytechnics’ minimum entry requirements.

We welcome applications for the scheme. The closing date for application is Monday, 13 February 2006. As the semester for the polytechnics start in April, it is critical that all applications must be endorsed by the NSA and submitted to SSC by the stipulated deadline. Late submissions will not be entertained.

In the interest of time, student athletes who are applying based on their 2005 ‘O’ level results, are also required to submit online application through the Joint Polytechnic Special Admission Exercise (JPSAE) conducted by the Ministry of Education. Under the JPSAE, polytechnics can admit up to 5 per cent of their annual intake of students based on their special talents and aptitude. Please refer to the polytechnics’ websites for more details.

Please contact the SGDF for details.

2006 SINGAPORE MILLENNIUM DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2006 Singapore Millennium DanceSport Championships organised by John & Josephine Dance Creative (Sunday 2 April 2006) is a sanctioned event.

Competitors in the Grade A Open, Grade A Closed (Asia Pacific) and Youth Open must be valid members of their respective IDSF member federations.  Singapore competitors in these categories are reminded to submit their membership renewals ($75 - 5-dances) to the SGDF (cheques to be made out to Singapore DanceSport Federation), to facilitate their entry processing.

All SGDF members are strongly advised to participate.

2006 ASIAN WORLD STARS DANCESPORT FESTIVAL 

The 2006 Asian World Stars DanceSport Festival will be held on Sunday 26 March 2006 in Tokyo (Japan).  The event will comprise the IDSF Open Standard & IDSF Open Latin.

Closing date for entries is 10 February 2006.

Please contact the SGDF for more details.

2006 IDSF ADJUDICATORS' CONGRESS 

The 2006 IDSF Adjudicators' Congress will be conducted on Saturday 18 March 2006, in Tokyo (Japan).  Members interested in attending the Congress are to contact the SGDF for more details.

Closing date is 10 February 2006.

8th TOKYO INTERNATIONAL OPEN 

The 8th Tokyo International Open DanceSport Championships will be held on Sunday 19 March 2006 in Tokyo (Japan).  The event will comprise the IDSF Grand Slam Standard, and the IDSF International Open Latin.

Closing date for entries is 31 January 2006.

Please contact the SGDF for more details.

2005 IDSF GRAND SLAM FINALS

Please follow this link for more information

Results of the IDSF Grand Slam Standard, IDSF Grand Slam Latin, IDSF Open Standard & IDSF Open Latin are now online.

Results of the 18th Singapore Lion City International DanceSport Championships are also available online.

RESULTS - 6th SGDF SINGAPORE OPEN DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Latest SGDF Rankings out now.

A small selection of the photographs can be found here .....or more from the website of the Official Photographer.

Some notable quotes:

"Another sellout event - thank you for the fantastic experience, SGDF"

"Amazing what a group of volunteers can achieve through passion - a truly marvellous event"

"It's the best dancesport event I've attended for a long time"

SPECIAL SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE FOR GUESTS OF EVENING EVENTS 

A Special Sponsorship package awaits all guests who purchase evening tickets to the 6th SGDF Singapore Open DanceSport Championships.   The package is worth S$260 for every $228, $168 or $128 ticket holder, consisting of the following: Free Facial Service (worth $160) Cash Voucher (worth $100) for purchase of Disseta products The voucher is generously sponsored by Disseta Pte Ltd

6th SGDF SINGAPORE OPEN DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
featuring 2005 IDSF ASIAN PACIFIC DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS

DUE TO OVERWHELMING RESPONSE, THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BEGIN AT 10:30am   INSTEAD OF  11:00am

The 6th SGDF Singapore Open DanceSport Championships will be held on Sunday 31 July 2005.  The event will also feature the 2005 IDSF Asian Pacific DanceSport Championships. The event will be held at the Padang/Collyer Room (Raffles City Convention Centre). Other events to be held include the IDSF Open Standard, and IDSF Open Latin, among others. This is a World-Ranking event (Grade A), while the other grades will be used for local SGDF Ranking purposes. A panel of international judges will be nominated by the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF). The event will host several superstars, both regionally and internationally, which includes Italy's Domenico Soale & Gioia Cerasoli (top left), the current IDSF World Standard Champion.  Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to catch them 'LIVE' in Singapore. Also in Singapore will be Maurizio Vescovo & Melinda Torokgyorgy (Hungary) (middle), current Hungarian National Champion and World Finalists; and Andrej Mosejcuk & Susanne Miscenko (German 10-Dance Champions) (bottom left). Others stars in Singapore include Michael Mendoza & Belinda Adora (Philippines), Matthew Rooke & Anna Longmore (Australia), Masaki Seko & Chiaki Seko (Japan), and Jonny Williams & Krystal Stuart (New Zealand). Countries participating include Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore. Tickets are now on sale at S$228, S$168, S$128 (inclusive of chinese dinner). MORE INFORMATION AND ENTRY FORM HERE.

The event is sponsored by:

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117th IOC Session - Singapore (2 July 2005 - 9 July 2005)

The 117th IOC Session is currently being held in Singapore, from 2 July 2005 - 9 July 2005. We are very honoured that the SGDF President has been invited to attend the Official Opening of this Session. The Singapore DanceSport Federation, being an affiliate of the Singapore National Olympic Council and Team Singapore, was invited to put up several exhibition performances to showcase the very best of dancesports in Singapore. Here we have pictures from the 1st and 3rd performances at http://www.dancesport.org.sg/2005OEP/oep.htm

9th MALAYSIA OPEN 2005 DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 9th Malaysia Open 2005 DanceSport Championships was held on Sunday 1 May 2005 in Kuala Lumpur. Organised by YS DanceSport Centre, the event is endorsed by the Malaysian IDSF Member, the Malaysian DanceSport Berhad, and is open to countries in the Asia Pacific region.

In the STANDARD Section (photo below), VASILY CHUPLY & PRISCILLA KWA emerged Champions in the Grade A Open event.

In the LATIN Section (photo below), MELVIN TAN & SHARON TAN emerged Champions in the Grade A Open event.  ROGER KWA & CONNIE TAN finished 3rd, and NG WEY KEEN & EDNA LEE finished in 6th position.

Other notable results was the Latin Junior Under-16 event (photo below), which was won by NG WEY KEEN & EDNA LEE. Finishing in 3rd Place was XAVIER LIM & RIANE LOW.

More than 20 couples from the SGDF took part in the event, competing in 10 categories, from Beginners' level to Grade A, garnering various good results in all events. This is an excellent reflection of the strict and disciplined training programme that the SGDF has in place, and is finally beginning to produce champions.

Congratulations to everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3rd SGDF SINGAPORE NATIONALS DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
RESULTS

Congratulations to all winners ...... the results and rankings are now available.

Look out for the next National Ranking event ..... coming soon..........

3rd SGDF SINGAPORE NATIONALS DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 

This is a nationally ranked event, and all members are encouraged to participate.

Selection for the upcoming SEA Games will continue to be based on results of nationally ranked events, organised or sanctioned by the Singapore DanceSport Federation.

The SEA Games DanceSport event will be run under the Rules & Regulations of the International DanceSport Federation, and all participants are required to be members of their respective IDSF national federations.

SINGAPORE - REGISTERED EVENT

All members are to note that the following event is registered with the Singapore DanceSport Federation:

EVENT:  The Singapore Millennium 2005
DATE:  Sunday 3 April 2005
ORGANISER: John & Josephine Dance Creative

Competitors in the GRADE A (OPEN), AMATEUR (CLOSED) and YOUTH OPEN events must be members of the respective IDSF national federations.

All members are strongly encouraged to participate in this event

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