Great Britain Irish Dancing Championships 2011
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The last major Irish dancing championship of 2011 and the second oldest major Irish dancing championship in the world, the Great Britain Irish Dancing Championships were hosted by the Southern England Regional Council and took place at the Butlins Resort in Bognor Regis Saturday through Monday.

Reels, slip jigs, hornpipes and treble jigs were performed on stage with live music to determine those Irish dancers who qualified for the third and final recall round. During the recall round, Irish dancers scoring in the top half of their age group danced individual contemporary sets. Adjudicators from all over the United Kingdom and the United States traveled to Bognor Regis to select the very best Irish dancers from among all the competitors. ADCRGs Doreen O'Connor, Finbarr Conway, Brendan Lynch, Anthony Murnane, Mary Kay Heneghan, John Carey, Marie McGuigan, Ann Byrne Gibbons, Gerard McQuaid, Margaret Cleary, Liam Harney, Margaret Robinson, Mona Roddy, Kathleen Murray and Russell Beaton surely had their work cut out for them with the level of dancing exhibited on three stages.
Congratulations to the Irish dancers and their families and teachers from Feis America on the fantastic North American results! Here are the names, schools and locations of the North American Irish dancers who placed at the 2011 Great Britain Irish Dancing Championships:
Girls under 10
11 Olivia Nachtigal Mattierin : Western Region, Canada
14 Cosette deBourbon Regan-Rankin : Mid America Region, USA
26 Kasey Methven Broesler : Mid Atlantic Region, USA
27 Ciara Blomberg Goulding : New England Region, USA
Boys under 10
3 Patrick Grant Butler Fearon O'Connor: Eastern Canada
 
Girls under 11 (No North American Boys under 11)
6 Ava-Marie Schroder Mattierin: Western Canada
12 Ceili Davey Mattierin: Western Canada
20 Mary Teresa Diesslin Martin Percival: Colorado USA
 
Girls under 12 (No North American Boys under 12)
15 Londyn Nachtigal Mattierin : Western Region, Canada
23 Jesse Marlow Houston Academy : Western Region, Canada
27 Isabella Simms Goggin-Carroll : Eastern Region, Canada
Girls under 13
4 Melanie Valdes Petri: Mid Atlantic Region, USA
13 Mary Kate Guinan Mulhern : Mid America Region, USA
17 Aislinn Bevill Pender-Keady : New England Region, USA
29 Siobhan O'Brien Goggin-Carroll : Eastern Region, Canada
35 Kayla Ruggle McGinley Academy : Eastern Region, Canada
36 Kelley Methven Broesler : Mid Atlantic Region, USA
 
Boys under 13
6 Owen Luebbers Broesler: Mid Atlantic Region USA
 
Girls under 14
15 Hannah Campbell Goulding : New England Region, USA
20 Giovanna deBourbon Regan-Rankin : Mid America Region, USA
24 Devin Byrne Butler-Fearon-O'Connor : Western Region, Canada
28 Harper Mills O'Shea-Chaplin : New England Region, USA
Boys under 14
6 Jonathan Detullio Petri : Mid Atlantic Region, USA
Girls under 15 (No North American Boys under 15)
23 Olivia Depalo Pender-Keady : New England Region, USA
28 Mackenzie Goggin-Wade Goggin-Carroll : Eastern Region, Canada
3 Mackenzie Mahler Blakey : Western Region, Canada
4 Amanda Probert Claddagh : Western Region, USA
7 Kellyn Berrigan Pender-Keady : New England Region, USA
 
Girls under 16 (No North American Boys under 16)
9 Brooke Ezekiel Goggin-Carroll : Eastern Region, Canada
12 Erika Cocco Penk-O'Donnell : Western Region, Canada
23 Brenna McDonnell Penk-O'Donnell : Western Region, Canada
29 Keara Heckmann O'Connor O'Brien : Western Region, Canada
 
Boys under 17
4 Brian Perry-Carrera Butler Fearon O'Connor
7 Fred Nguyen De Danaan: Western Canada
Girls under 17
3 Gabrielle Corrigan Penk O'Donnell: Western Canada
9 Brigid Rosendale O'Grady-Quinlan: Pennsylvania USA
12 Taylor Smyth Pender Keady: Connecticut USA
21 Mary Byrne O'Shea-Chaplin: Massachusetts USA
23 Brianna Sheehan O'Shea-Chaplin: Massachusetts USA
Girls under 18
8 Brianna Treacy Mullan Davis Academy : Mid Atlantic Region, USA
11 Bridget Teeking Gilleoghan : New England Region, USA
12 Courtney Otis Inishfree : Mid Atlantic Region, USA
Boys under 18
2 Nick Paulson Broesler: Mid Atlantic Region USA
7 Lucas Lawton Short: Eastern Canada
 
Ladies under 20 (No North American Men 18-20)
2 Olivia Griffin Butler Fearon O'Connor: Eastern Canada
5 Candice Corrigan Penk O'Donnell: Western Canada
6 Rebecca Bell Mattierin: Western Canada
8 Ashley Davidson Butler Fearon O'Connor: Eastern Canada
Senior Ladies
12 Jessica Bell Mattierin : Western Region, Canada
15 Alana O'Brien O'Shea-Chaplin : New England Region, USA
17 Natasha Woytiuk Short : Eastern Region, Canada
18 Tehya Baxter Butler-Fearon-O'Connor : Western Region, Canada
21 Ashleigh Hopkins Inishfree : Mid Atlantic Region, USA
Senior Men
7 Patrick Rosendale O'Grady-Quinlan: Pennsylvania USA
 
Special thanks to Leanne Nelson and her team from the Reel Photo Company who did such an amazing job with the FREE live commentary and terrific photos!
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