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Date Posted: 00:21:17 04/07/26 Tue
Author: qualifying space transfer
Subject: Many English qualifiers and top dancers missing at the worlds.

This is not critical of the dancers that didn’t attend world as I expect the cost is very difficult right now for many.

My DD was very close to qualifying this year, we watched her agegroup and there were so many missing. I understand dancers want to dance their regional and secondary qualifier but it would be so much fairer if places could be passed down for those not able to travel.

We watched the Under 15 girls. The North East region had 7 qualifiers, 3 didn’t dance including the runner up who is a globe holder. The South East region had 7 qualifiers, 4 didn’t dance including the runner up who recalls at all majors. The West Midlands region had 5 qualifiers, 2 didn’t dance including the runner up who recalls at all majors, the North West region had 6 qualifiers and again several didn’t dance.

There were ten English qualifiers missing and those ten spaces would have been allowed others to participate in the worlds for a change. Surely it better for CLRG to allow this as they make money from the additional entries and most of the ten that were missing hadn’t entered anyway.

Please think about changing the rules. Is it common for this many American or Canadian dancers to miss the worlds when it’s in Ireland? Is there any system in place to hand down qualifying spaces?

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And if your idea were implemented, others would come on here blaming CLRG for a shameless cash-grab. -- Henry Fjord, 02:04:40 04/07/26 Tue
Probably 95% of Australian and New Zealand dancers do not attend worlds every year. Many qualifying dancers never attend worlds as it's just too expensive. So I'm sure there are many US and Canadian dancers in the same boat. (NT) -- Australian Mum, 04:19:23 04/07/26 Tue
Boohoo. I’m sorry but it’s the WORLD championships and there are qualifying competitions for a reason. For the BEST dancers to compete. It makes a mockery of it if the 3rd, 4th, 5th or whatever in line are handed consolation spots bc better dancers don’t attend (NT) -- Who wants to watch that?, 04:51:39 04/07/26 Tue
MidAmerica usually has about 20 dancers qualify each year and maybe 15 can travel overseas EVERY YEAR for Worlds. Yes it sucks when people who qualified don't go and the next inline could afford it, but this is an expensive sport. Was nice to see one in US every once and a while. (NT) -- U15 Mom, 05:20:03 04/07/26 Tue
There are already 3 qualifiers available annually to every dancer. That is in addition to extra places for WMH and worlds judging conflicts. -- More inside, 06:17:14 04/07/26 Tue
- My daughter once missed by one(MAR), she was disappointed but I was happy to save the $ -- Dm, 08:20:03 04/07/26 Tue
  - Always called a money grab by those who never make it. And some can most certainly recall if not on top of box. Maybe just not yours! (NT) -- Your poor kid, 05:31:35 04/08/26 Wed
    - She qualified the next year, her sister qualified 8 years in a row and then retired -- Dm, 09:42:22 04/09/26 Thu
- We need to stop calling All Irelands a qualifier. Unless they move to a rotating panel of 5 judges like most other qualifiers are, it's just a large feis. (NT) -- BS, 07:25:16 04/09/26 Thu
And how would that even work? The places of those who cannot (choose not?) attend get passed down. What if *those* people cannot attend? Do their (already-passed down) spots get passed down to the next group? So, that eventually the person who was 27th out gets to attend due to "non-attending" people above them? (NT) -- Impractical, 12:19:29 04/08/26 Wed
You don't earn it you don't go. (NT) -- Period., 13:51:34 04/10/26 Fri

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