International Senior Cup and Snowball Classic

7 competitions in the last 9 weeks!  It was a hectic pace that tested us both mentally and physically.  We traveled to various countries and then finally back home to Vancouver for the Snowball Classic.  Just a week before, we were in Bologna for the International Senior Cup and finished 7th out of 29 couples.  We would have loved to make the finals and top 6, but considering the caliber of the competitors, we were thrilled to be amongst the top senior dancers in the world.  

Coming home after a long training trip is always stressful as the pressure and expectations are waiting.  Arriving two days before the competition did not give us enough time to recover from the jet lag, but we refused to use that as an excuse.  We were happy and proud to defend our Senior Championship title and to be the top BC Adult standard couple for the second year in a row.  This was our last competition this year, and it's an amazing feeling to be challenged regularly, to face it, and to defeat it.

  

Platja d'Aro 2014

Platja d'Aro, a small beach resort town in Spain, is one of our favorite cities to visit and compete in. Before arriving in Spain, our travel day started very early in Molinella. Often times, things don't go exactly as planned and today was one of those days. We walked to the train station not knowing it was a national holiday in Italy and the trains were on a limited schedule. We would miss our flight if we waited for the next train, so we had to pay someone to drive us to the airport. We made it on time, but the flight was delayed for almost an hour. When we arrived in Barcelona, we missed our bus to Platja D'aro because of the flight delay and had to wait at the airport for another 2 hours for the next one. It was another 2.5 hours on the bus before finally arriving in Platja d'Aro at 8:30 pm. It was our third time here, and we made our third finals this trip, and finished third!  #Dancesport #tonyandgloria #competition