October 11th, 2024
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British Professional Ballroom Champions
Mark and Olga met and started dancing together on February 9th, 2002 and 2 weeks later they won their first competition in the Under 21 Ballroom National Selection Competition.
By November of that year they were The British National Under 21 Ballroom Champions and semi finalists in the British National Under 21 Latin Championship and in the same year they won The UK Closed 10 dance Championship.
In 2003 they won The International Under 21 Ballroom Championship. In 2004 they became The British Open Under 21 Ballroom Champions. Later that year they entered the Adult Division and became runners up in The British National Ballroom Championship, a title they held for 4 years until finally in 2009 they became The British National Champions.
In 2010 they won The UK Closed Ballroom Championship and The British National Ballroom Championship for the second time. Also in December of that year they made their first final in The World Championship.
2011 was also a fantastic year for them, they won The Closed UK Championships for the second time and later on in November became 3 times British National Ballroom Champions In Blackpool!!!!
In May 2012 they finally broke into the semi final of the Open British Championships(open to the world) and finished 11th in that competition and then in July 2012 won the UK Closed Championships for the 3rd time.
In 2017 they became the British Professional Ballroom Champions and retained the title in 2018
Best tuition we have ever had. Wonderful holiday will definitely book again.
Tuition was brilliant, Mark was an excellent teacher not making you feel silly when you got things wrong!! Learnt so much. Great routines with extra tips. Brilliant holiday will definitely be back soon.
A very enjoyable dance weekend at the Durrant House Hotel, with our superb hosts, Paul & Carole. Food at the Durrant is good and the dance floor is a nice size; plenty of room to dance. Class tuition from Mark & Olga and great music to dance to in the evening.
As always organised brilliantly with great music and a lovely cabaret. We always enjoy Mark and Olga’s tuition, pitched just right, challenging but achievable.
Thank you for a fabulous holiday. Brilliant music and lovely company 😀 and amazing tuition