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Hazel Newberry

Hazel Newberry

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Hazel Catherine Newberry MBE is one of England's leading ballroom dancers and dance teachers. She was three times undefeated World Professional Ballroom champion, dancing with Christopher Hawkins
Christopher Hawkins
Christopher James Hawkins was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for High Peak constituency in Derbyshire from 1983 until he stood down in 1992. Born in Saffron Walden, his successor was Charles Hendry.-References:...

 (2002–2004). The couple also won the International Professional Ballroom Championship in London in 2002 and 2003.

Before this, she won both World and European Amateur Standard championships with Hawkins, in 1997.
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Hazel Catherine Newberry MBE is one of England's leading ballroom dancers and dance teachers. She was three times undefeated World Professional Ballroom champion, dancing with Christopher Hawkins
Christopher Hawkins
Christopher James Hawkins was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for High Peak constituency in Derbyshire from 1983 until he stood down in 1992. Born in Saffron Walden, his successor was Charles Hendry.-References:...

 (2002–2004). The couple also won the International Professional Ballroom Championship in London in 2002 and 2003.

Before this, she won both World and European Amateur Standard championships with Hawkins, in 1997. Her career as an amateur concluded with thirteen successuve victories in championship events in Europe and the USA, during 1997, including the World Games
DanceSport at the World Games
DanceSport has been part of the World Games since the 1997 edition. Among the disciplines, Standard, Latin and Rock'n'Roll.-Standard:-Latin:-Rock'n'Roll:...

.

From 2008, Newberry danced with Jonathan Wilkins. The two came second in the 2008 Embassy Ball World Cup Standard competition, behind Wilkins' former partner, Katusha Demidova, and Demidova's new partner, Arunas Bizokas.

In 2009 Newberry and Jonathan Wilkins came second in the WDC
World Dance Council
The World Dance Council Ltd , known as World Dance & Dance Sport Council Ltd until June 1, 2006, and as the International Council of Ballroom Dancing until 1996, was established at a meeting organised by P.J.S Richardson on September 22, 1950 in Edinburgh.Initially consisting of nine European...

 Professional Ballroom Championship, held in Japan. The winners were Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova. Newberry & Wilkins have now announced their retirement from competitive dancing.

Hazel Newberry was appointed MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business and Engineering* Mean Biased Error...

 in 2006.

Strictly Come Dancing


Newberry appeared in the second series of Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...

, partnering Quentin Willson
Quentin Willson
Quentin Willson is a British TV presenter and motoring expert, and perhaps most widely known as a presenter of the motoring programmes Top Gear, Britain's Worst Driver, and Fifth Gear.-Early years:...

. They were the first couple to be knocked out of the competition, and made the lowest score in Strictly Come Dancing, with a total of 8 out of 40 for their Cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha
Cha cha cha or Cha Cha Cha may refer to:* Cha-cha-chá , a style of Cuban dance music* Cha-cha-cha , a mexican and greek dance* Cha-cha-chá , a style of cuban dance...

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