Sixteen dancers from Welkom’s Studio1 dance school formed part of the South African Country and Western Dancing (SACWD) team that took part in the World Championships in Belgium.
The championships occurred between 6 and 8 July.
The dancers did well and were mostly placed among the top five globally, in their respective categories.
- The placings were: Loretta Rossouw X Line Dance, Intermediate Silver Open, fifth;) Laetitia Keogh X Pro-Am Couple Dancing, Novice Silver, first;
Modern Line, ACE Chrome, third;
- Line Dance Intermediate, Silver Open, fourth; Nigella Siebert X Line Dance, Intermediate Teen Female, first;
- Line Dance, Intermediate Teen Open, first); Milandri Esterhuizen X Line Dance, Novice Youth Female, first;
- Modern Line, Basic Kids, first; Maryna Botha X Line Dance, Intermediate Youth Female, first;
Modern Line, ACE Teen, first;
Pattern Partner, Teen, first;
- Line Dance, Intermediate Youth Open, first; Jo-Ann Dennis X Line Dance, Novice Youth Female, second;
- Classic Couples, Newcomer Teen, first; Annaline Bakker X Line Dance, Advanced Gold Female, second;
Classic Couples, Novice Silver, first;
- Line Dance, Advanced Gold Open, fourth; Andrea Esterhuizen X Line Dance, Novice Diamond Female, fifth; ) Sumei Goussard X Line Dance, Newcomer Silver Female, fourth;) Luzandri Adamson X Line Dance, Novice Adult Female, fourth;
Pattern Partner, Adult, first;
Pro-Am Couple Dancing, Novice Adult, second;
- Modern Line, Basic Adult, third; Mathew Delport X Line Dance, Intermediate Adult Male, first;
- Line Dance, Intermediate Adult Open, first; Tiaan Brummelkamp X Line Dance, Intermediate Crystal Male, first;
Modern Line, ACE Chrome, second;
Line Dance, Intermediate Crystal Open, first;
Pro-Am Couple Dancing with Laetitia Keogh, first;
- Pro-Am Couple Dancing with Loraine Laubscher, first); Johan Labuschagne X Line Dance, Stars Sapphire Male, first;
Classic Couples, Novice Silver, first;
- Pro-Am Couple Dancing with Luzandri Adamson, second; WJ Dennis X Line Dance, Novice Adult Male, second;
- Pattern Partner, Adult, first; Thomas Hughes X Line Dance, Novice Teen Male, first;
Classic Couples, Newcomer Teen, first;
Pattern Partner, Teen, first;
- Modern Line, Basic Teen, fifth; and Loraine Laubscher X Line Dance, Novice Gold Female, fifth;
Pro-Am Couple Dancing, Newcomer Gold Female, first.
