Professional Team Match 2001

Every year the Professional Team Match is the thriller of the Saturday. Many times the competing couples use this team match not only to entertain the audience but also to show how well they are prepared for the Open British. They try to get as much as supporters behind them on this Saturday eve Team Match.

Teams

Japan

CAPTAIN: MR HAJIME MASUOKA
MODERN: HIROFUMI & KYOKO AMANO
KOJI & KUMIKO HIYAMA
LATIN: AKIRA HOJO & MASAMI SUDA
AKIJI MINEGISHI & KYOKO MIWA

Italy

CAPTAIN: MR GIANNI NICOLI
MODERN: FABIO SELMI & SIMONA FANCELLO
MASSIMO GIORGIANNI & ALESSIA MANFREDINI
LATIN: ALLAN TORNSBERG & SERENA LECCA-DANZA
GIACOMO STECCAGLIA & MELISSA DEXTER

USA

CAPTAIN: MR LEE WAKEFIELD
MODERN: JONATHAN WILKINS & KATUSHA DEMIDOVA
IGOR & IRINA SUVAROV
LATIN: BILL SPARKS & KIMBERLEY MITCHELL
GARY & DIANA MCDONALD

Great Britain

CAPTAIN: MRS BOBBIE IRVINE MBE
MODERN: CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS & HAZEL NEWBERRY
TIMOTHY HOWSON & JOANNE BOLTON
LATIN: MATTHEW & NICOLE CUTLER
PAUL KILLICK & HANNA KARTTUNEN

Adjudicators

MR DAVE CAMPBELL, SOUTH AFRICA
MISS PETA ROBY, AUSTRALIA
MR GERD WEISSENBERG, GERMANY

The Results

1. Great Britain 297.8 Points
2. Italy 297.3 Points
3. USA 289.4 Points
4. Japan 289.3 Points