A team of 20 Hong Kong girls — nine from Sai Kung — has won second place in world Irish-dancing championships in Germany.
Catriona Newcombe, founder of the Echoes of Erin School of Irish Dancing, said the team had taken the runners-up position two years in a row. The Sai Kung girls taking part were Danielle Parker, Fionnuala Lenaghan, Alicia Sambrook, Carla and Celine Divry, Mica and Teya Jones, Jade Neale, Lucy Brown, Charlotte Lee and Farhana Greene.
In the solo European championships, Danielle came 3rd, Fionnuala 7th , Charlotte 8th, Farhana 10th and Alicia 12th, while in the solo world championships Farhana placed 7th, Fionnuala 8th and Danielle 4th.
“Most of the girls have only competed in two or three competitions previously,” Catriona said. “There are still very few competitions in Asia, but it is growing each year.”
Catriona said the girls from Echoes of Erin had split 150 awards between them at the European and World Irish dancing championships, “an outstanding achievement”.
In Hong Kong they will be hosting their fourth international competition this month with dancers coming from Ireland, China, Russia and Australia. Echoes of Erin has a school of Irish dancing in Sai Kung as well as branches elsewhere in Hong Kong. It was founded by Catriona who is a former European champion and runner-up world champion.
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