Hazel Newbury MBE joins Egham Finals Training
report by Toni 17/06/07

We are in the 5th “term” of finals/stamina training at Egham and couples (otherwise now known as Team ‘O’) have really begun to show an improvement in their performance and stamina. In May, we invited along Hazel Newbury to give us some ideas on attitude towards performance in competition.



We started the evening with the usual structured warm up which was echoed with Hazel’s cheers of support and ‘get on with it’. After a swift team talk all couples performed their solo dances and then Hazel gave ideas on approach towards the first round.

The first round was in two heats and consisted of Hazel running around after couples who were slacking off. It was very impressive how she learnt everyone’s names so fast and was cheering them on along with the rest of the group. Team member Colin Adams said “you have no idea how good it feels to be dancing around a floor and have Hazel Newbury cheering your name’’.



Hazel really picked up on our team spirit and joined in with all the fun … unless you dropped your hold or stopped that is! After the Semi Final Hazel got an exhausted ‘Team O’ lying down on yoga mats and walked them through a visualisation exercise. They were visualizing dancing their way through Blackpool, dancing the best they ever had. Two members were so relaxed that they actually fell asleep (names removed to prevent embarrassment!). It took a few of them a while to get going again before they could dance their final.



Team ‘O’ is now 16 couples strong and is now at full capacity, However if you would like to join the waiting list please contact us via the EADA webmaster.