Congratulations to all of the Murray Academy dancers, their parents and the teachers on our results at this year’s World Championships!! And a special congratulations to our two podium placers — Brigid O’Connor, 2nd in U11 and Kate Babcock, 5th in U18! This year 18 of our 20 qualifiers attended. Our students earned four World medals (three more than any other New England Irish dance school in girls’ competitions) and four additional recall medals, giving us a total of 8 individual medals, the highest total in New England for girls! We are proud of having 45% in the top 25-35% (recall) and 67% in the top half of their competitions. With competitions that were between 140-190 competitors, all at 3 at a time for the first two rounds, these are amazing results!! We are so proud of our girls!
Competition Results
New England Oireachtas—November 2015, Providence, RI
Congratulations to all of the Murray Academy dancers, families and teachers on our best results ever at this year’s regional championship!! Out of the 12 girls’ competitions that we competed in, we had 4 winners, 4 runner ups, and 20 Qualifiers, along with 15 in the top 5 and 24 in the top 10! Results are summarized as follows:
Solo Results:
4 Winners
4 Runners-up
20 World Qualifiers
15 Dancers in the top 5
24 in the top 10
32 in top 20
Recall rate of 83%
Traditional Set Results:
1 Winner
2 Runners-up
6 in the top 5
14 in the top 10
Recall rate of 74%.
In team competitions, we had 6 teams in the top 5, and 13 teams in the top 10, including five 8 hand teams. Our dancers were amazing!
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North American Championships—July, 2015, Providence, Rhode Island
Congratulations to all of the Murray Academy dancers, families and teachers on our success at this year’s North American championship!! Results are summarized as follows:
Kate Babcock – U17A National Champion!
Clare MacRitchie – U16B Runner-up
11 World Qualifiers
4 Dancers in the top 5
9 in the top 10
12 in top 20
U13 team placed 15th out of 53 teams
Overall recall rate was 63%