SUSUPA Dance Do It Again

Following a recent article on the tremendous success of SUSUPA Dance, the dance squads have shown that their talent is not in short supply after another clean sweep of success […]


Following a recent article on the tremendous success of SUSUPA Dance, the dance squads have shown that their talent is not in short supply after another clean sweep of success at the Bristol Friendly held at Merchants’ Sports Centre.

The dancers competed against several other universities: Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Kent, Royal Holloway and Swansea.

A full list of their results is below:

Ballroom

Beginner’s Waltz
Jon Males and Emily Derrick – 2nd
Lachlan Douglas and Ellie Pellow – 3rd
Anthony Yau and Yvonne Chan – 6th

Beginner’s Quickstep
Jon Males and Emily Derrick – 2nd
Lachlan Douglas and Ellie Pellow – 3rd

Novice Ballroom
Gareth Ward and Cindi Smit – 1st
Chris Power and Nicola Knight – 3rd
Alex Price and Emma Waddell – 5th

Ex-student/Advanced ballroom
Joseph Roffey and Hannah Moore – 3rd
Roman Bruck and Fiona Davey – 4th

Beginner and Novice Viennese Waltz
Gareth Ward and Emily Derrick – 1st
Chris Power and Shannon Dudley – 3rd
Ollie Woods and Vikki Chinchen – 5th
Dominic Hedouin and Nicola Knight – 7th

Intermediate and Advanced Viennese Waltz
Joseph Roffey and Hannah Moore – 3rd

Latin

Beginners Cha
Lachlan Douglas and Ellie Pellow – 3rd

Novice Latin
Chris Power and Hattie Cooke – 1st
Gareth Ward and Shannon Dudley – 2nd

Intermediate Latin
Jake Verma and Hannah Desborough – 4th

Beginners and Novice Basic Rumba
Chris Power and Hattie Cooke – 1st
Gareth Ward and Emily Derrick – 3rd

Intermediate/Advanced Basic Rumba
Konstantinos Kontogiannis and Fiona Davey – 2nd
Hayden Phyo and Hannah Moore – 5th

Beginner’s team match

Waltz
Jon Males and Emily Derrick – 2nd

Cha
Anthony Yau and Yvonne Chan – 2nd
Kat Burleigh and Becca Norman – 6th

Quickstep
Lachlan Douglas and Ellie Pellow – 1st
Peter Nixon and Sam Shipperley – 3rd

Jive
James Graham and Nina Cherian – 6th

Southampton beginners team A = 2nd, Southampton B = 7th (with an incomplete team!)

Advanced team match 

Waltz – Southampton A (Gareth Ward and Fiona Davey) – 3rd

Cha – Southampton A (Konstantinos Kontogiannis and Harrie Hole) – 4th

Quickstep – Southampton A (Jake Verma and Hannah Moore) – 3rd

Jive – Southampton A (Hattie Cooke and Hannah Desborough) – 4th

Southampton A team = 3rd out of all the teams

The victorious dancers found time for a photo. Credit, Steve Young

Congratulations to all involved, it’s clear that SUSUPA Dance really does still have so much to offer PA and continue to go from strength to strength.