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Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009


onyourtoes Joined on 12 Feb 2007 Total posts: 657	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:25 It will be interesting if Admin can confirm in due course but just running my eye down the couples in the Amateur Rising Stars it seems entries from Russia are down from 2008. This would be in line with the reports of couples being placed under pressure not to compete. German Amateur entries at Blackpool for some years have been declining. Partly this is because the IDSF involved German organisers are attempting to claim that for Amateurs the "GOC" is more important than "The British". Perhaps true for some Russians and Germans but not for the rest of the world and those who want to dance against "the best".
admin Joined on 14 Feb 2001 Total posts: 2,192	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Tuesday, 02 June 2009 17:44 Finally, I have found some time to do the statistics, and I think it did not change a lot from last year. Here it is:Blackpool 2009 All 1528 Italy 252 Japan 165 Russia 134 England 104 Germany 97 USA 90 China 79 Ukraine 56 Poland 46 Netherlands 42 Korea (South) 41 Finland 35 Denmark 28 Canada 28 Australia 24 Austria 23 Czech Republic 23 Taiwan 23 France 21 Portugal 20 Spain 16 Estonia 16 Hong Kong 15 Bulgaria 11 Sweden 11 South Africa 11 Slovenia 9 Switzerland 9 Hungary 9 Lithuania 9 Singapore 8 Israel 6 Slovakia 6 Thailand 6 Belgium 6 Latvia 5 Norway 5 Greece 4 Malaysia 4 Romania 4 Wales 3 Byelorussia 3 Ireland 3 Croatia 3 New Zealand (Aotearoa) 2 Philippines 2 Moldova 2 Azerbaijan 2 Serbia 2 Scotland 2 Turkey 1 Macau 1 Malta 1 Blackpool 2008 All 1555 Italy 259 Japan 201 Russia 156 England 97 Germany 95 USA 91 China 88 Ukraine 62 Netherlands 39 Poland 35 Australia 35 Korea (South) 35 Canada 29 Denmark 29 Finland 29 Czech Republic 22 Taiwan 21 France 18 Spain 18 Estonia 16 Austria 14 South Africa 13 Belgium 12 Latvia 10 Sweden 10 Slovenia 10 Portugal 10 Hungary 8 Bulgaria 7 Singapore 7 Thailand 6 Norway 6 Switzerland 6 Hong Kong 6 Lithuania 6 New Zealand (Aotearoa) 5 Iceland 4 Slovakia 4 Serbia 4 Wales 3 Romania 3 Scotland 3 Croatia 3 Ireland 2 Israel 2 Byelorussia 2 Greece 2 Philippines 2 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Albania 1 Azerbaijan 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Luxembourg 1 Moldova 1 Macau 1 Malaysia 1 Indonesia 1 Kazakhstan 1
onyourtoes Joined on 12 Feb 2007 Total posts: 657	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Wednesday, 03 June 2009 15:20 Thank You Admin. As usual fantastic and informative service.
ibnito Joined on 03 Sep 2005 Total posts: 24	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Thursday, 04 June 2009 11:12 Thank you so much Admin
admin Joined on 14 Feb 2001 Total posts: 2,192	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Friday, 05 June 2009 04:35 To those who are interested in checking untested features You can try going to http://dancesportinfo.net/SLStatistics.aspx?CompId=7141 You have to have Silverlight installed for this. If you do not have it installed, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx first. You can replace CompId=xyz by EventId=nnn to check countries in one event. There are a lot of surprises on our site . Have you tried for example konami codes on our home page?
ballroomuk Joined on 21 Oct 2008 Total posts: 9	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Friday, 05 June 2009 10:51 Re: the original post - is it also possible entries from certain countries were down due to financial issues? For example - from the stats provided by Admin, Iceland had no couples in 2009, which could be explained by their currency falling off a cliff.
admin Joined on 14 Feb 2001 Total posts: 2,192	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Friday, 05 June 2009 13:11 Another possible reason is the swine flue. I have heard that some Japanese couple did not come being afraid of that. In any case difference in numbers is around 2%, i.e. can be treated like a statistical error, so in my opinion this year Blackpool was as successful as previous year.
onyourtoes Joined on 12 Feb 2007 Total posts: 657	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Friday, 05 June 2009 20:49 Can someone explain what financial crisis and swine flu have to do with POLITICAL PRESSURE ? Do we know from which of the divided Russian organisations the couples came? Personally I am grateful that it failed and Blackpool was as succesful as before. Now we just need all couples to dance 2009 Cervia Italian Open, 2009 Assen Dutch Open and the WDC Am League 2009 World Champs in Paris and we know that a better world is there. Lets put a stop to illegal acts.
sunshine2 Joined on 02 Dec 2007 Total posts: 32	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Friday, 05 June 2009 22:09 I noticed less visitors, not as many spectators standing to watch the excellent professionals on Friday night as in the prior years . Indication of a lower turn out/ interest ??? Do not believe Japanese dancers were detered by political pressures. Pork sales are down in Japan, Japanese and Chinese are panicking about swine flu. Financial situation has resulted in spending cut backs. Answer: POLITICAL PRESSURE has little , if not anything to do with the above. Good try.
onyourtoes Joined on 12 Feb 2007 Total posts: 657	Re: Russia and Blackpool 2009 Friday, 05 June 2009 22:12 sunshine2 I noticed less visitors, not as many spectators standing to watch the excellent professionals on Friday night as in the prior years . Answer: POLITICAL PRESSURE has little , if not anything to do with the above. ---- The scientific basis for this conclusion is???? Answer: POLITICAL PRESSURE has little , if not anything to do with the above. FACT. For financial reasons many Amateurs now depart Blackpool at completion of their events as do many Latin couples. Simple if you think about it and nothing at all to do with overall attendance/entries and audience on final night ....................or political pressure not to be there from the outset. Do not forget Blackpool has grown from a 5 day Festival to a 7, then 8, now 9 day event. Anyone know how many Russian couples came from OUTSIDE DSFR? P.S. Still trying to work out the significance of sunshine2 Good try. ---- Question for you sunshine2. If there was political pressure not to attend Blackpool - would what you describe not be the result?