For our tournament couples the weekend was from January 21 and 22, 2023 the common ones State championships Berlin/Brandenburg at.
Among others went to this tournament Samu Kirschke and Nele Willborn. It was only their second tournament for both of them. In the children’s ID they danced their way to 3rd place in the overall tournament and were thus National champion. In the older age group, children II D, they were Vice national champion.
Also Maksym Drozdovskyi and Evelina Thaens started in two age groups. In the younger class, the Juniors II D, they came second in a strong overall field of Berlin couples and therefore won National champion. In Youth D, the older class, they achieved 3rd place in the overall tournament Vice national champion.
With these great placements they were promoted to the next higher class, the C class. In this class they danced to 9th place in the Junior II and shared 10th/11th place in the Youth category. Place and thus collected the first points in this new class.
Also Lukas Stapelmoor and Lilly Sue Lutz competed in Junior II D and Youth D. They achieved third place in the overall tournament, just behind Maksym and Evelina Vice national champion. In the older class they narrowly missed the final and came fourth.
Lukas and Lilly also moved up to the C class. There they finished 12th in a very strong field in the Junior II category and tied for 10th/11th in the youth category together with Maksym and Evelina. Place.
Fabrice Renné and Chantal Chatalow danced in the same age group. In the Junior II D they narrowly missed the final and came seventh in the overall tournament and fifth in the Brandenburg ranking. In Youth D, they came sixth in the overall tournament and fourth in the Brandenburg ranking.
In addition to our children and youth pairs, two of our adult pairs also went to the state championship in Berlin. For some time now, the senior classes have been called “Masters”.
Georg Winzer and Anke Schneider danced their way into the Latin dances at their tournament debut Vice national champion title in Masters II B.
Stefan Scholz and Anna Lunk were in the Masters II B National champion and were allowed as Tournament winner dance in the Masters A class, where, completely unexpectedly, they also met National champion-title danced. The tournament victory in the Masters A class with first place across all five dances was completely surprising.
We congratulate all of our couples on these great results.