Fabdancers are British Isles champions

Date published: 07 May 2019

Rochdale’s Fabdance Centre danced their way to the top of the leaderboard at the British Isles Championships in Wales over the first weekend of May.

The Rooley Moor Road dance school competed against dance schools from across England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and even Norway over the weekend in Prestatyn.

The under 12 team ‘The Unknown’ walked away with a first place in the freestyle section and second place in the slowdance category.

Under 6 beginner Cienna Kyle, a pupil at Meanwood Primary School, walked away with first place in slowdance, second place in hip hop, second place in solo disco, sixth place in the Grand Prix freestyle and fifth place in the grand finals disco. She performed well with this being her third competition.

Fiona Briddon, principal teacher and owner of Fabdance Centre, said: “I have always been proud of all our pupils from the dance school in competitions but never in a million years did we expect these results.

“I would like to personally thank Morrison’s at Kingsway Rochdale for all our fundraising with bag packing to be able to attend, plus our sponsorship from the Oxford pub on Whitworth Road and Norwest Industrial Roofing for providing our compsquad uniform.”

She added: “We really do appreciate the love and support from these companies. This was our first time competing on this level with it being their first competition for many of our students: we went with no expectations and every student came away with at least one or more trophies, sashes, and t-shirts.”