Record

Performance TitleInternational Ballroom Dancing Championships 1961, in aid of The Friends of Jewish Agricultural Training
Performance Date2 November 1961
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time18:30
Main PerformersInternational Professional Championship Contestants:
Eric Rowland and June Carloss,
Eric Lashbrooke and Norma Graves,
Paddy Shanahan and June Wilding,
Ken Bateman and Blanche Ingle,
Bob Johnson and Audrey Adams,
Joe Pearce and Joan Pearce,
John Herlie and Betty Herlie,
Patrick Button and Gladys Fortune,
Hugh Fowler and Jill Lawrence,
Dixie Dean and Helen Dean,
Wilfred Briegal and Josephine Franklin,
Reg Burrows and Hilda Stirling,
Benny Tolmeyer and Sylvia Sylve,
Johnny Mac and Jacqueline Creig,
Michael Needham and Monica Dunsford,
Bob Selfe and Anne Davies,
Stan Page and Beryl Holland,
Freddie Clarke and Pauline Elton,
Eddie Noyce and Muriel Noyce,
Sammy Harris and Pearl Rudd,
John Irvine and Jean McCorry,
Andy Fox and Beryl Wilson,
Bob Awford and Joan Awford,
Ron Stevens and Joyce Hollingsworth,
Don Morrell and Joy Morrell,
Ronnie King and Sheila King,
Eric Donaldson and Edna Barnett,
Norman Burke and Patricia Burke,
Bill Todd and Greta Todd,
Alan Cray and Meryl Marner,
Tony Lord and Dorothy Lord,
Harold Russell and Patricia Rees,
Bob Burgess and Doreen Freeman,
Wally Clarke and Wyn Roche,
Douglas Stewart and Valerie Lown,
Peter Eggleton and Brenda Winslade,
Bill Phillips and Rose Phillips,
Ron Trenfield and Jean Trenfield,
Raymond Draper and Molly Mackenzie,
Anthony Goodyear and Valerie Goodyear,
Jack Liddell and Jessie Davis,
Tony Clark and Gladys Mortimer,
Alfred Kendall and Pattie Mack,
Ray Reeves and Rita Hunter,
Fred Boultwood and Joyce Boultwood,
Bill Irvine and Bobbie Irvine,
Horace Parker and Pauline Parker,
Roy Knight and Mary Knight,
Desmond Ellison and Iris Flynn,
Norman Gonsal and Dorothy Laney,
Gerhard Sandner and Monica Dorner,
Flemming Horning and Eva Horning,
Wim Voeten and Jeanne Assman,
Walter Kaiser and Marianne Kaiser

International Amateur Championship Contestants:
Michael Gray and Shirley Mulholland,
Anthony Hurley and Fay Saxton,
Dennis Winyard and Eileen Barclay,
George Smyth and Carole Huson,
Anthony Etherington and Brenda Clough,
Les Comber and Irene Allen,
Dennis Room and Joyce Room,
Bryan Isaac and Gaye Biffen,
Noel D Tribe and Barbara Berryman,
Derek Green and June Aspland,
Alan Fisher and Carol Frost,
Bob Adam and Patricia Fletcher,
Mr M Tailby and Mrs M Tailby,
Edward Norman and Gladys Norman,
Byron Charlton and Glenda Church,
Peter Powell and Joan Powell,
Cruddas and Audrey Salmon,
Syd Carr and Glenys Baxter,
Peter Hughes and Joy Hughes,
Raymond Watson and Elaine Vieyra,
Holly Lyons and Margaret Swingler,
Ron Hainsworth and Fay Coates,
George Coad and Patricia Thompson,
Graham M Strowbridge and Patricia M Carder,
David Gilbey and Vivienne Hawley,
Ken Rayner and Doreen Proffitt,
Charles Ellis and Maureen Canavan,
Sid E and V M Wells,
Derek Squires and Peggy Callaghan,
Norman Bell and Dorothy Bell,
Brian McNelly and Ida McNelly,
T Dudden and B Dodd,
Bryan Considine and Diane Barron,
Peter Hopkinson and Joan Hinton,
Paddy Stewart and Eira Stewert,
Frank Binmore and Brenda Binmore,
Mr Ian Ranilson and Mrs Ian Ranilson,
Roy Thomas and Sylvia Thomas,
Ernest Pantling and Pearl Allan,
Roy French and Sheila French,
Ken Otter and Irene Otter,
John Westley and Betty Westley,
Bill Haynes and Daphne Norris,
George Maitland and Sylvia Maitland,
Ray Moore and Sheila Moore,
Leslie Banks and Daphne Day,
Denis Gee and Brenda Barnes,
Geoffrey Baker and Sheila Baker,
John Roberts and Anne Graham,
Jim Nash and Barbara Gazzini,
John Donaldson and Sylvia Dearden,
Jack Reavely and Anne Reavely,
Brian Surtees and Jacqueline Surtees,
Gordon Reuell and Bunny Seal,
Tony Wilson and June Eyre,
George Pitkeathley and Isabell Pitkeathley,
Seth Thomas and Mary Endacott,
Robert Pollock and Ethel Waring,
Dave Stevens and Vicki Stevens,
John Janish and Patricia Janish,
Terry Fielden and Sylvia Rimmington,
Ernie Chatt and Myra Chatt,
David Osborn and Yvonne Osborn,
Rodney Weeks and Sandra Warne,
Kit Hallewell and Phyllis Hallewell,
Robin Clarke and Betty Aldridge,
Bryan Allan and Edna Allen,
Mervyn Higgins and June Hunt,
Charles Butterworth and Joan Butterworth,
Terry O'Connell and Denise O'Connell,
R Wood and M Downton,
John Soones and Pauline Pugh,
Rodney Chance and June Chance,
Herbert Thornburn and Gladys Thornburn,
Tommy Gray and Norma Saville,
Adrian Leigh and Brenda Forward,
Eric Halstead and Barbara Meadows,
Len Armstrong and Elaine Welch,
Frank Venables and Carole Akers,
Mr P Kleinhout and Mrs P Kleinhout,
Ron Shelton and Pat Murray,
Mr Leon Leonard and Mrs Leon Leonard,
John Poulsen and Bente Poulsen,
Monsieur Louis Laurent and Madame Louis Laurent,
Henk Holshuijsen and Rita Holshuijsen

Duel of the Giants:
John Del'Roy and Maria Dass,
Felipe Mayhew and Olga Koch

The Israel Trophy - Latin American Professional Trophy (Four Dance Contest) Contestants:
Walter Kaiser and Marianne Kaiser,
Robert O'Hara and Margaret O'Hara,
Peter Cornish and Molly Berry,
Gerhard Sandner and Monica Dorner,
Anthony Goodyear and Valerie Goodyear,
John Betts and Toni Tynegate Smith,
Harry Tonkin and Patricia Viccars,
Jimmy Hulbert and Carol Dourof,
Roland Brown and Viccy Bryman,
Russell Page and Doris Barker,
Georg Constatine and Janice Grahame,
Norman Burke and Patricia Burke,
Jeffrey Horton and Jean Hollidge,
Michael O'Hagan and Anne O'Hagan,
Tommy Ravelle and Prudence Ravelle,
Jimmy Pearson and Rene Keay,
Harold Hulley and Doreen Edwards,
Stanley Jackson and Maureen Lait,
Bob Burgess and Doreen Freeman,
John Holloway and Ruby Renard,
Peter Varley and Diana Talbot,
Val Gomez and Lynne Hayward,
Christopher Wilson and Pearl Pedder,
Bill Phillips and Rose Phillips,
John Knight and Joan Knight

The Jewish Observer Trophy - Latin American Trophy (Four Dance Contest) Contestants:
Robert Taylor and Anita Gent,
Monsieur Louis Laurent and Madame Louis Laurent,
John Poulsen and Bente Poulsen,
Arthur Harrison and Joan Harrison,
Desmond McIntyre and Janet Wade,
Ronald Smith and Jill Stevens,
Steve Lovegrove and Jeanne Burminster,
Colin Mayhew and Ann Lawson,
Eric Read and Ann Read,
Peter Brown and Marion Brown,
Bill Bonning and Iris Bonning,
Leonard Thwaites and Valerie Ritter,
Ronald Fox and Maureen Fox,
Jarvis West and Cynthia Wilde,
Dennis Cattermoul and Edna Cattermoul,
Reginald Brown and Shirley Hawkins,
Ron Brandon and Carol Burrage,
Ray Watson and Elaine Vieyra,
Adrian Leigh and Brenda Forward,
Alan Shaw and Anne Tinkley,
Ray Sadler and Bridget Powell,
Peter Davis and Gwendolyn Sales,
Lawrence Frank and June Poynter,
Roy Harris and Jan Vincent,
Ted Conway and Pamela Boyling,
Derek Hilliard and Sheila Hilliard,
John Moase and Maureen Moase,
Ken Cook and Audrey Cook,
Peter Hopkinson and Joan Hinton,
Peter Bower and Pam Peters,
Rex Wooding and Joan Wooding,
Patrick Donaghey and Betty Mangan,
Arthur Edward Stewart and Dorothy Maureen,
Barney Conway and Evelyn Hislop,
Frank Witham and Susan Tarr,
Colin MacLeod and Anne Hickey,
Roy French Sheila French,
Desmond Grey and Elaine Grant,
Gerald Vail and Irene Bateman,
David Hamnett and Carole Rose,
James McAtear and Betty McCall

Elsa Wells Trophy - Juvenile Trophy (Four Dance Contest) Contestants:
Michael Cunningham and Lyn Nettleton,
Keith Hewitt and Cheryl Davies,
Alan Buxton and Susan Mead,
Leslie Learoyd and Francis Spires,
Raymond Stone and Janice Barb,
Alan Tite and Pamela Anderson,
John Taylor and Diane Green,
Geoffrey Minor and June Ambridge,
Barry Sharp and Janice Jones,
Richard Parkin and Denise Holly,
Kim Goodman and Gillian Smith,
Stuart Nicholson and Christine Ormerod,
Carl A Mills and Wendy Ann Richardson,
Barry Akers and Janet Akers,
Bari Cotter and Ann Poulten,
Roger Harris and Susan Pickard,
John Lambert and Kathleen Baines,
Terry Sharwood and Jennifer Farmer,
Michael Hatchwell and Cynthia Avery,
David Bowles and Pamela Lort,
Peter Wrigglesworth and Cheryl Pearce,
Roderick Walford and Marion Slark,
Martyn Goddard and Patsy Sullivan,
Peter Henderson and Sandra Gerard,
Clive Storer and Pauline Musgrave,
Derek Diamond and Vivienne,
John Learoyd and Linda Norris,
Raymond Root and Linda Reynolds,
Michael Barr and Beverly Scobie,
Dennis Rooner and Wendy Rooney,
Michael Webb and Carol Webb,
David Groves and June Hill,
Paul Harwood and Pauline Bennett,
Gerald Lynch and Vanessa Benton,
Alan Fletcher and Gillian Tarling,
Bruce Cawley and Sandra Parr,
Neville Smith and Brenda Whiteside,
David Allen and Jacqueline Heyes,
John Moulder and Susan Harris,
Peter Hards and Janice Dumbleton,
Barry Uden and Patricia Howe,
Cyril Sutton and Yvonne Borrows,
Rodney Johnson and Christine Elliott,
Allen C.Bennett and Christina L Chandler,
John Thompson and Jennifer Cockerton,
Bernard King and Avis Parkinson,
Roger Newbon and June Short,
Michael Smith and Judith Watts,
Patrick Johnson and Christine Bedford,
Barry Hobbins and Vivian May,
David Bowshell and Valerie Stoveld,
Malcolm Bennett and Marilyn McDonald,
Tony Morton and Pamela Watson,
Dennis Mitchell and Carol Atkinson,
Thomas Nanong and Brenda Smith,
Geoffrey Petit and Madeleine Audrey,
Rodney Bailey and Wendy Flower,
Paul Roberts and Irene Pereira,
Richard Hopkins and Jennifer Davis,
Henry W Bradbury and Suzanne Elmead,
Tony Jones and Sylvia Moreton,
David Farmer and Carol Downing,
Geoffrey Parkes and Linda Till,
Philip Kirk and Janet Wright,
David Ratcliff and Jacqueline Morris,
John Batterbury and Mary MacBeth,
Adrian Ayscough and Denise Ayscough,
James McVicar and Linda Crane
Secondary PerformersPeter Morrison - prize giver
Orchestra or BandCyril Stapleton and His Orchestra,
Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra,
Edmundo Ros and His Latin-American Orchestra
Set List'Hatikvah',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC television at 23:25. Elsa Wells and Brian Johnston provided television commentary alongside presenter John Vernon.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1961/137)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1961/137International Ballroom Dancing Championships 19612 November 1961
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Utolakeat_MamThe Ninth International Ballroom Dancing Championships 1961, in aid of The Friends of Jewish Agricultural Training1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7891Wells; Elsa (fl 1920s-1960s); British dancer, dance coach
DS/UK/8590Stapleton; Cyril (1914-1974); English violinist, jazz bandleader
DS/UK/3643Silvester; Victor Marlborough (1900-1978); English dancer, author, musician, bandleader
DS/UK/2947Ros; Edmundo William (1910-2011); OBE; Trinidadian musician, singer, bandleader
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