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NON-REGISTERED EVENTS IN ASIA (JULY 2010 - SEPTEMBER 2010)
The following events are not registered by the respective national IDSF-member federation. 
The IDSF Presidium may take action against any athlete, adjudicator or other official, person or body associated with IDSF or an IDSF Member, who participates in this competition in any way, without any further notice to any of them.
 
City, Country Event Date
Bangkok, Thailand
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand International Ballroom Dancing Championships
1st Ballare International Dance Championships
8th Crystal DanceSport Championships
Singapore Merlion International DanceSport Championships
Sat 11 Sep 2010
Sat 4 Sep 2010
Sun 29 Aug 2010
Sat 24 July 2010

NOTICE FROM SLOVENIAN DANCESPORT FEDERATION 
Members are to note the following notice from Mr Drago Sulek, President of the Slovenian DanceSport Federation:

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Let me inform you that the Disciplinary Council of Slovenian DanceSport Federation has taken the decision to suspend  Jurij Batagelj from participating at all national dancesport competitions as well as all international competitions where he should represent Slovenia (more precisely Slovenian DanceSport Federation) for 3 months from June 20 till September 19, 2010"

All members are advised not to invite the said athletes to your championship during this period.

NEW IDSF PRESIDIUM 
At the recent IDSF Annual General Meeting held in Vienna, Austria on 12 & 13 June 2010, the new Presidium consists of:
 
President Mr Carlos Freitag (Spain)  
1st Vice-President Mr Lukas Hinder (Switzerland)  
2nd Vide-President Ms Natasa Ambroz (Slovenia)  
General Secretary Mr Shawn Tay (Singapore)  
Treasurer Mr Tony Tilenni (Australia)  
Sports Director Mr Marco Sietas (Spain)  
Ordinary Member Mr Pavel Dorokhov (Russia)
Mr Michael Eichert (Germany)
Mr Jim Fraser (Canada)
Mr Ferrucio Galvagno (Italy)
Ms Heidi Goetz (Austria)
Mr Keiji Ukai (Japan)
 

At the same meeting, Mr Heinz Spaeker who has been with the IDSF the past 16 years, has decided to retire as IDSF Sports Director. He is now an Honorary Member of the IDSF.


IDSF ADJUDICATORS' CONGRESS 
Singapore will be organising an IDSF Adjudicators' Congress on Sunday 4 July 2010. Please contact your National IDSF Member Federation for more information.
 

NON-REGISTERED EVENT IN SINGAPORE 
All members are to note that the 11th Stardust DanceSport Grand Prix to be held on Sunday 27 June 2010 in Singapore is not registered by the Singapore IDSF-member body, the Singapore DanceSport Federation (SGDF).

The IDSF Presidium or the ADSF may take action against any athlete, adjudicator or other official, person or body associated with the IDSF of an IDSF member, who participates in this competition in any way, without further notice to any if them

NEW DATE FOR THE "KING'S CUP" THAILAND OPEN 2010 
All members are to note that the new dates for this event is now Saturday 31 July 2010 & Sunday 1 August 2010.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE "KING'S CUP" THAILAND OPEN 2010
 
All members are to note that due to the escalating political unrest in Bangkok (Thailand), the organisers have decided to postpone the "King's Cup" Thailand Open 2010 to a later date. Mr Sittichai Preyadara, General Seretary of the Thailand DanceSport Association, expresses his deepest apologies to all the adjudicators, officials and competitors for any inconvenience caused.

NON-REGISTERED EVENT IN SINGAPORE 
All members are to note that the Global Cup International Dance Competition 2010 to be held on Saturday 1 May 2010 in Singapore is not registered by the Singapore IDSF-member body, the Singapore DanceSport Federation (SGDF).

The IDSF Presidium or the ADSF may take action against any athlete, adjudicator or other official, person or body associated with the IDSF of an IDSF member, who participates in this competition in any way, without further notice to any if them

WHY ITALY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN BLACKPOOL 2010 
The following two documents were received from the Italian DanceSport Federation (FIDS) on why Italy will not be participating in Blackpool.

a) Why Italy will not be participating [Download]
b) "FIDS is right" by Mirko Gozzoli [Download]

NON-REGISTERED EVENT IN MALAYSIA 
All members are to note that the ADC Amateur League Open Dance Championships to be held on Sunday 9 May 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is not registered by the Malaysian IDSF-member body, the Malaysian Professional Dance Council (MPDC). 

The IDSF Presidium or the ADSF may take action against any athlete, adjudicator or other official, person or body associated with the IDSF of an IDSF member, who participates in this competition in any way, without further notice to any if them

2013 EAST ASIAN GAMES (CHINA) 
Latest information from the Chinese Olympic Committee) - the 6th Eastern Asian Games will be held on October 2013 in Tianjin City,China.

The following 20 sports have been included: Swimming, Track and Field, Badminton, Gymnastics, Basketball, Bowling, Cycling, Football, Hokey, Judo, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Fencing, Baseball, Wushu and DanceSport.

On this Mr Keiji Ukai (ADSF President) mentioned that both Macau & Hong Kong must also be congratulated on organising the successful 4th East Asian Games (2005) and 5th East Asian Games (2009) respectively, and thus laid the paths for future inclusion of DanceSports into the East Asian Games.


NON-REGISTERED EVENTS

The following events are not registered by the respective national IDSF-member federation. 
The IDSF Presidium may take action against any athlete, adjudicator or other official, person or body associated with IDSF or an IDSF Member, who participates in this competition in any way, without any further notice to any of them.
 
CITY, COUNTRY EVENT DATE
Jakarta, Indonesia
Manila, Philippines
Tokyo, Japan
Macau, Macau
Seoul, Korea
Taipei, Taiwan
Quynhon, Vietnam
The Queen's Cup Ballroom Dancing Championships
The 3rd Philippine StarBall
Asian Open (2010 Asian Dance Tour)
Macau Open (2010 Asian Dance Tour)
Korea Open (2010 Asian Dance Tour)
Taipei Open (2010 Asian Dance Tour)
2010 Vietnam Open
23 January 2010
13 February 2010
21 February 2010
27 February 2010
1 March 2010
6 March 2010
13 March 2010


2009 EAST ASIAN GAMES (HONG KONG) 
Held once every four years, the East Asian Games (EAG) is a major event in the Asian international sports arena. The first EAG was held in China (Shanghai) in 1993, followed by Korea (Pusan) in 1997, Japan (Osaka) in 2001 and Macau in 2005. The 5th East Asian Games will be held in Hong Kong from 5 - 13 December 2009.

The DanceSport events will be held on Sunday 6 December 2009, at the Hongkong International Trade & Exhibition Centre

WDC AMATEUR LEAGUE OPEN AMATEUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - PARIS 
The 2009 WDC Amateur League Open Amateur World Championships scheduled to be held at Paris, Euro Disney, France on December 4-6, 2009, is not granted by IDSF and is not registered by the IDSF Member for France, Comite National de Danse Sportive (CNDS). Accordingly the IDSF Presidium may take action against any athlete, adjudicator or other official, person or body associated with IDSF or an IDSF Member, who participates in this competition in any way, without any further notice to any of them. - Marco Sietas (IDSF Gen Secretary)


SBTDA INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS 
All IDSF and ADSF members are to note that the SBDTA International Ballroom Dancing Championships, to be held on Sunday 13 December 2009 in Singapore is not sanctioned by the IDSF, ADSF or SGDF.  All members and officials are advised not to participate.


DANCESPORT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 16th ASIAN GAMES 

The 16th Asian Games (or XVI Asiad) will be held in Guangzhou, China from Friday 12 November 2010 to Saturday 27 November 2010. Guangzhou will be the second city in China to host the games after Beijing in 1990. 41 events are scheduled to be contested, making it the largest Asian Games ever.

DanceSport is officially included as one of the medal sports in the XVI Asiad.

Follow this link to the Official Website.


1st KULAI OPEN DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 
The 1st Kulai Dancesport Championships will be held on 13th December 2009 at Tropical Garden Restaurant, Kulai, Johor and opened to members of MPDC and respective associations under IPDSC and IDSF. This event is organized by DS Dance Studio and registered with MPDC. Details are found on the Malaysian Professional DanceSport Council (MPDC) website.

MALAYSIA HAS NEW IDSF MEMBER 
The ADSF General Meeting held on Sunday 8th Nov 2009 in Hanoi, Vietnam, passed the resolution to accept the Malaysian Professional DanceSport Council (MPDC) as a Provisional Member of the ADSF, thanks to the support from ADSF General Committee and Members. Members of the ADSF look forward to working with Mr George Tan (President MPDC) in the near future.

IDSF-IPDSC JOINT PRESS RELEASE 

IDSF President Carlos Freitag and Daniele Tondon, the new President of the International Professional DanceSport Council (“IPDSC”), have agreed in principle to begin the next stage of IDSF’s VISION 2012 Programme to create a new IDSF Professional Division as follows [read more]

 
OTHER NEWS
IDSF PRESS RELEASES  
IDSF-IPDSF Joint Press Release
Carlos Freitag Elected ARISF Vice-President
DanceSport At The 2009 World Games

2009 Blackpool Junior Festival
ARISF Does Not Support European Games
EDC 2009 In Baku, Azerbaijan
COMPETITION RESULTS  
IDSF World Standard (Aarhus, Denmark)
IDSF World Cup Standard (Vienna, Austria)
3rd Asian Indoor Games (Vietnam)
IDSF World Latin (Maribor, Slovenia)
IDSF World Youth Ten Dance (Russia, Moscow)
IDSF World Ten Dance (Platja D'Aro, Spain)



The ADSF is a member of  the International DanceSport Federation and the Olympic Council of Asia