9x Gold Medals for Latinissimo!

Latinissimo unstoppable - 2011 NZ Salsa Championships

Auckland, 19 November 2011 - The 2011 New Zealand Salsa Championships was held at the AMI Netball Center in St Johns, Auckland.

Latinissimo dancers came out in full force with 33 competitors entering in total. After months of reherasals, preparation, sweat and tears, Latinissimo managed an incredible 9x Gold medals, 2x Silver medals and 4x Bronze medals! The competition this year had many more categories than in previous years giving dancers of all levels and ages a chance of becoming a New Zealand Salsa Champion... and indeed Latinissimo dancers took every opportunity!

Results for Latinssimo:

1st Place - Improvers (Paul & Fran)
1st Place - Intermediate (Steve & Rebecca)
1st Place - Advanced (Enrique & Deepika)
1st Place - Amateurs (Enrique & Tania)
1st Place - Professionals (Gian & Masha)
1st Place - Salsa Teams (Latinissimo A-Team)
1st Place - Salsa Solo (Alyx)
1st Place - Ms Salsa (Deepika)
1st Place - Mr Salsa (Enrique)

2nd Place - Latin Showcase (Latinissimo D-Team)
2nd Place - Mr Salsa (Ricardo)

3rd Place - Adv category (Dharsh & Raluca)
3rd Place - Amateurs (Alyx & Carey)
3rd Place - Mr Salsa (Alyx)
3rd Place - Ms Salsa (Tamara)

5th Place - Latin Showcase (Latinssimo E-Team)

All Latinissimo dancers were ecstatic over the results!

Huge congratulations goes to Tania Mason who defended her Amateur title for the 3rd consecutive year! However, she could not have done it alone, her partner in 2009 & 2010 Alyx Ty and this year (2011) she competed with Enrique Johns.

Plus a very special shout to Ricardo Greco who was originally supposed to dance with Tania in the Amateur category, but due to some conditions of entry at the NZ Salsa Championships, he was not able to compete in the Amateur category, instead Enrique jumped in at short notice to dance with Tania.

Giancarlo & Masha remain undefeated in the Professional category for the 3rd consecutive year and Latinissimo's A-Team also remain undefeated in the Salsa Teams category.

All in all it was a weekend that many of us will talk about, remember and cherrish for some time to come.

See all photos HERE