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Varsity - 7th May (Trinity)

The Dark Blues returned victorious with an astounding end to the season, winning the Varsity Match for the 6th year in a row and the B Team remaining unbeaten for a decade.

Click on the link for the Varsity Match A Team results or the B Team results.

Varsity Opens results are available here.

Outline of A-Team results:

Overall Results
1. Nick Faull "Foul" & Ju Min Wong
2. Sugata Kaviraj & Andrea Zitna
3. Ian Watson & Camilla Sen
4. Arvi Luoma & Caroline Potter
5. Robin Schlinkert & Claire Wrathmell
8=. Christoph Ortner & Kimberley Brownlee
10. Matthew Jones & Phillipa Underwood
11. Ozekia Uhiara & Marianna Ofosu

Ballroom Results
1=. Nick Faull & Ju Min Wong
1=. Sugata Kaviraj & Andrea Zitna
3. Ian Watson & Camilla Sen
4. Robin Schlinkert & Claire Wrathmell
6. Christoph Ortner & Kimberley Brownlee
9. Arvi Luoma & Caroline Potter
11. Ozekia Uhiara & Marianna Ofosu
12. Matthew Jones & Phillipa Underwood

Latin Results
1. Nick Faull & Ju Min Wong
2. Arvi Luoma & Caroline Potter
3. Sugata Kaviraj & Andrea Zitna
4. Ian Watson & Camilla Sen
6. Matthew Jones & Phillipa Underwood
7=. Ozekia Uhiara & Marianna Ofosu
11. Christoph Ortner & Kimberley Brownlee
13. Robin Schlinkert & Claire Wrathmell

Best Varsity Couple: Nick Faull & Ju Min Wong (also Best Oxford Overall)
Best Varsity Ballroom Couple: Joint, Sugata Kaviraj & Andrea Zitna and Nick Faull & Ju Min Wong (also Best Oxford Ballroom)
Best Varsity Latin Couple: Nick Faull & Ju Min Wong (also Best Oxford Latin)
Best Oxford Newcomer: Christoph Ortner & Kimberley Brownlee
Black Horse Trophy: Ozekia Uhiara & Marianna Ofosu
Richardson-Cuniffe Trophy: Reubens Arasaratnam & Sarah Ward Jones

Outline of B-Team results:

Overall Results
1. Alex Hobbs & Karen Zieger
3. Kevin Skelton & Alice Pocklington
6. Henry Newman & Jocelyn Paulley
7. Simon Edkins & Parvy Vis Nathan
8=. King Bin Tan & Sarah Hobbs
10. Paul Brand & Alison Gray
11. Reubens Arasaratnam & Sarah Ward Jone
13. Daowei Zhan & Emma HayesBest B Team Couple: Alex Hobbs & Karen Zieger (also Best Oxford Overall)
Best B Team Latin Couple: Alex Hobbs & Karen Zieger (also Best Oxford Latin)
Best Oxford B Team Ballroom Couple: Alex Hobbs & Karen Zieger
Best Oxford Newcomer: Henry Newman & Jocelyn Paulley

Congratulations to the following OUDC women receiving awards:

Blue
Ju Min Wong (Brasenose)
Camilla Sen (St. Hugh's)
Andrea Zitna (New)
Claire Wrathmell (Trinity)

Half Blue
Kimberley Brownlee (Corpus Christi)
Marianna Ofosu (Linacre)

1st Team Colours
Caroline Potter (Queens)
Phillipa Underwood (Exeter)

2nd Team Colours
Alice Pocklington (Queens)
Parvy Vis Nathan (Somerville)
Sarah Hobbs (Wycliffe Hall)
Alison Gray (Balliol)
Sarah Ward Jones (St. Johns)
Emma Hayes (Keble)

Mens awards will be announced in 7th Week.

IVDC (The Nationals) - 12th March (Hilary)

Held at the infamous Blackpool Winter Gardens, host venue to the annual British Open, the Nationals took place on Saturday 12th March. 27 universities had entered the competition representing the entirety of the university dancesport circuit.  Cambridge A and Bristol A had been tipped as the closest rivals to the Oxford A Team, looking to defend their title.

Oxford saw great success throughout the day with Oxford represented in every single final. In the Novice Standard Paul Brand & Alison Gray placed 3rd, Henry Newman & Joss Paulley placed 4th and Simon Edkins & Parvy Vis Nathan placed 5th. The Intermediate final also consisted of half Oxford couples, Alex Hobbs & Karen Zieger (2nd), Ozzi Uhiara & Ailsa Longmuir (3rd) and Joe Coulson & Sarah McGinley (5th). Advanced Standard saw yet another astounding victory for Oxford with all 6 couples in the semi-final and star couple Nick Faull & Ju Min Wong as National Advanced Standard Champions and Sugata Kaviraj & Cécile Défossé placing 4th.

In the Latin section, again the Blues shined through. Sahaj Kothari & Mila Gorokhovich placed 4th in the Novice. The Intermediate competition had three Oxford couples in the final, Sugata Kaviraj & Cécile Défossé (6th), Ian Watson & Camilla Sen (5th) and Kevin Skelton & Alice Pocklington (3rd).  In the Advanced - possibly the most highly contested of events - Oxford had 4 couples in the semi-final with Alex Hobbs & Marianna Ofosu making the final amongst extremely strong open circuit couples from other universities.

Robin Schlinkert & Claire Wrathmell won the coveted "Most Promising Couple" award.

The Beginners' Team had couples in the final of every dance, most notably the Standard discipline with the Waltz final containing 3 couples.

The Team Match

The entire Oxford Blues Team made the semi-final of the Team Match (the top 12 teams in the country). The D Team improved on the previous year's performance placing 12th and the C Team only just missed the final placing 7th.

The Oxford B-Team had an astounding day beating Imperial A, Cambridge A & Cambridge B Teams placing 3rd in the Team Match. The Oxford A Team could not quite grab the 1st place by only one point to Bristol's A Team, however the entire team danced exceptionally and the results were impressive. As a consequence of the day's performances, Oxford won the B, C & D Team trophies and consequently won the overall IVDC Champions trophy.

The IVDA Committee threw away the Team Match results by accident so a breakdown can never be made available.

SUDC (Southern Nationals) - 27th Feb. (Hilary)

SUDC saw a large number of amazing dancers returning to the Uni Circuit. The standard of the both the Advanced Latin and Advanced Ballroom impressed everyone. This Sunday was the toughest day for the Oxford Team with few couples seeing good results, however those who did, shined through. Nick & Ju Min beat the incumbent ballroom couple from Cambridge, Paul & Vesna, for the first time in Advanced Ballroom and defending Quickstep Champions, Ian & Cecile took 1st & 2nd place in the Team Quickstep Final. The best Team results of the day came from the Oxford C Team who placed 6th tying with Imperial's A-Team - an astounding performance.

The Beginners' Team were dominant in the Semi-finals yet found it difficult to get couples into the finals. However the Beginners' Quickstep final saw 3 Oxford Couples placing well.

A Team Trophy: 2nd Oxford
B Team Trophy: 2nd Oxford
C Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
D Team Trophy: 1st= Oxford

TEAM MATCH BREAKDOWN:

NOTABLE OPENS RESULTS:

Sheffield - 12th Feb. (Hilary)

Yet another outstanding victory for the Blues.

A Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
B Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
C Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
D Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
E Team Trophy: 1st Oxford

TEAM MATCH BREAKDOWN:

NOTABLE OPENS RESULTS:

Warwick - 21st Nov. (Michaelmas)

The team returned from Nottingham early on Sunday morning with another coach-load full of trophies including all team, advanced and beginners events!

As well as winning all the Beginners events, Oxfords dominance in the opens was clearly visible, maybe most of all in the Advanced Latin section, where the final was an all-Oxford affair!

A Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
B Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
C Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
D Team Trophy: 1st Oxford
Overall Team Match: 1st Oxford

Warwick - 21st Nov. (Michaelmas)

On Sunday Oxford took a huge haul of Trophies home from the first big university competition of the year in Warwick. Every final seemed to have at least 3 or 4 Oxford couples in it, but the biggest result came in the team match.