South of England Dance Championships
11-13th April 2025
The South Of England Championships is a historical event that was previously run by Mary Richardson at the Lodden Valley Leisure Centre in Reading for many years.
It has always been run around the Easter period, Mary’s love of dance and children was second to none. She started a tradition of giving an Easter Egg to all juvenile and junior participants of the competition. She introduced two panels of high quality Adjudicators in Ballroom and Latin.
The event has grown from strength to strength over the years. Since 2022 Alex Ivanets and Lisa Bellinger-Ivanets took over the organisation and presented The South of England Championships in Oxford at the beautiful Oxford Town Hall. With Competitors travelling from all over the World to Oxford, the competition had a huge success. Alex and Lisa will do their best to maintain and develop the history of the South of England Championships in years to come as well as putting their own artistic flare to it.
