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Competition Results

World Championships - April 2012, Belfast
2 World Medals (2 Top 10 Dancers),  and 5 Medals Overall!!
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The Murray Academy is very proud of our two World Medalists, three recall medalists and all ten of our qualifiers who danced!  They represented the Murray Academy and the New England Region extremely well in this fourth year that we've attended the Worlds.

New England Championships—November 2011, Providence, RI  
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The Murray Academy participated for its 6th consecutive year in the New England Oireachtas (Regional Championships). Results included:
 

• 11 World Qualifiers (10 female, 1 male),

• 10 dancers in top 5, including 1 winner;

• 26 out of 32 placers in solo championships, of whom 24 qualified to attend the Nationals. 

We also had 5 winners of traditional set comps, with 16 total in the top 5; and 6 teams in the top 5 including, including top 3 wins in U9 and U12 8 hands.  72 of our 84 attendees came home with at least one award…we are proud of what we have accomplished in six years! 

National Championships - July 2011, Nashville, TN
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The Murray Academy participated in the North American Championships in Nashville, TN in July 2011.  This was the 4th year the school attended this event, and we came home with 1 first place champion,  5 girls in the top 10 of their competitions, 15 out of 17 soloists having placed, and both teams having placed…6th  out of 28 in U13 ceili and 2nd in U13 figure choreography!!  Congratulations to all our participating dancers.  It was an amazing week and experience.  
 

World Championships - April 2011, Dublin 
Murray brings home 2 World Medals!!
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The Murray Academy is proud to be home to 2 World Medalists, as well as 1 recall medalist (top 3rd)!!  This was the third year our school has attended the World Championships.

Congratulations to our team of 7 dancers who attended this year’s World Championships of Irish Dance in Dublin. They represented the Murray Academy, New Hampshire and the New England Region so well! Competitions were run by age group and had roughly 150 of the best dancers in each.

 
New England Oireachtas - November 2010, Providence, RI 
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The Murray Academy participated in the New England Oireachtas (Regional Championships). Results included 9 World Qualifiers (8 female, 1 male) and many dancers in the top 10.

We also had 4 winners of traditional set comps, with 12 total in the top 5; and 5 teams in the top 5 including, including top 3 wins in U9 and U12 4 hands and a first place finish in Choreography!

National Championships - July 2010, Orlando, FL
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The Murray Academy participated in the North American Championships in Orlando, FL in July 2010.  This was the 3rd year we'd participated in this event, and we are very proud of our results.  Congratulations to all our participating dancers.

New England Oireachtas 2009

• Molly Makem - 3rd place, Ladies Under 20 (World Qualifier)
• Clare MacRitchie - 6th place, Girls Under 10 (World Qualifier)
• Kim Carney - 7th place, Senior Ladies 21 and Over (World Qualifier)
• Sadie Bucknam - 5th place, Girls Under 8
• Violet Sullivan - 7th place, Girls Under 8
• Laura Kenealy - 7th place, Girls Under 9 (NA Qualifier)
• Rachel McCully - 11th place, Girls Under 9 (NA Qualifier)
• Ella Campfield - 32nd place, Girls Under 11
• Isabel Eisenhaure - 36th place, Girls Under 13
• Angela Marie Conklin - 21st place, Girls Under 15 (NA Qualifier)
• Ceara Sweetser - 28th place, Girls Under 15
• Hannah Lewis - 34th place, Girls Under 15
• Colleen Chaney - 35th place, Girls Under 15
• Maddie Muench - 13th place, Girls Under 17 (NA Qualifier)
• Jeanmarie Chaney - 28th place, Girls Under 17
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• Under 8 - Emily Varga- 5th place, Erin O'Kane - 30th place, Rowan Perkins - 38th place, Kaitlyn Mazur - 39th place
• Under 9 - Caitlin McGonigle - 4th place, Emily Coombs - 9th place, Conall Hirsch - 12th place, Brynn Rankin - 13th place, Emma Condon - 29th place, Meghan Vanderwoude - 31st place, Harlan Turner - 36th place
• Under 10 - Gabby DeSisto - 3rd place, Maddy DeSisto - 9th place, Olivia Mitchell - 16th place, Zoe Spearman - 19th place, Caroline Hinson - 36th place
• Under 11 - Kate Babcock - 1st place (3 perfect scores!), Erin Ripley - 14th place, Steph Varga - 17th place, Katie Blonski - 23rd place
• Under 12 - Jenny Mancini - 4th place, Caroline Strathern - 20th place, Kaitlyn Lawson - 25th place, Clara Hannigan - 38th place, Aubrey Harris - 40th place
• Under 13 - Ariel Sullivan - 17th place
• Under 15 - Elizabeth MacLean - 7th place

• 8 Hands
• U9 - 2nd place - Caitlin McGonigle, Violet Sullivan, Brynn Rankin, Meghan Vanderwoude, Katie Ellis, Emily Varga, Emily Coombs and Sadie Bucknam
• U9 - 7th place - Kira and Kaitlyn Mazur, Shelagh Coombs, Emma Condon, Maggie and Maeve Joyce, Erin O'Kane, Rowan Perkins
• U12 - 11th place - Ella Campfield, Erin Kennedy, Rachel McCully, Clare MacRitchie, Kate Babcock, Jenny Mancini, Kaitlyn Lawson, Emma Henricks
• U15 - 11th place - MaryKate and Colleen Chaney, Hannah Lewis, Angela Marie Conklin, Ceara Sweetser, Molly Fallon, Isabel Eisenhaure, Aubrey Harris
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• 4 Hands
• U9 Girls - 7th place - Emily Coombs, Caitlin McGonigle, Emily Varga, Katie Ellis
• U9 Mixed - 3rd place - Violet Sullivan, Harlan Turner, Conall Hirsch, Sadie Bucknam
• U12 Girls B - 7th place - Rachel McCully, Clare MacRitchie, Ella Campfield, Erin Kennedy
• U12 Girls A - 17th place - Diana Breton, Gabby and Maddy DeSisto, Olivia Mitchell
• U15 - 6th place - Ceara Sweetser, Angela Marie Conklin, Mary Kate and Colleen Chaney

North Americans 2009

• Congratulations to all our dancers who competed in the North American Championships in Nashville, TN!

• Including the following placers:
• Clare MacRitchie - 14th, Girls Under 10 (World Qualifier)
• Molly Makem - 26th, Ladies Under 20
• Maddie Muench - 31st, Girls Under 17
• Rachel McCully - 50th, Girls Under 9
• Laura Kenealy - 63rd, Girls Under 9
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New England Oireachtas 2008

• Cara Johnson - 6th place, Ladies 20 and 0ver (World qualifier)
• Kim Carney - 9th, Ladies 20 and Over (Qualified for North Americans)
• Molly Makem - 7th, Girls Under 19 (World Qualifier)
• Clare MacRitchie - 14th, Girls Under 9 (World Qualifier)
• Rachel McCully - 15th, Girls Under 8 - 15th, Girls Under 8
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• Ella Campfield - 5^th, Under 10, Jensen Palmer - 7^th, Under 10, Molly Fallon - 8^th, Under 13, Elizabeth MacLean - 9^th, Under 13, Jordyn Palmer - 11^th, Under 13, Emma Henricks - 12^th, Under 11, Shannon Mommsen - 15^th, Under 12, Isabel Eisenhaure - 16^th, Under 12, Katie Ellis - 17^th, Under 8, Olivia Mitchell - 19^th, Under 9, Clara Hannigan - 20^th, Under 11, Emma Condon - 25^th, Under 8, Amanda Kenney - 25^th, Under 13, Kate Babcock - 27^th, Under 10, Gillian Kenney - 29^th, Under 11, Emily Coombs - 34^th , Under 8, Jenny Mancini - 38^th, Under 11, Kaitlyn Lawson - 40^th, Under 11, Emily Varga - 42^nd, Under 8

• 2^nd place - 8 Hand Mixed, U9 - Harlan Turner, Sadie Bucknam, Emily Varga, Conall Hirsch, Maddie DeSisto, Gabrielle DeSisto, Violet Sullivan, Caitlin McGonigle
• 9^th place - Girls 4 Hand U9 - Rachel McCully, Laura Kenealy, Violet Sullivan, Clare MacRitchie
• 10^th place - Girls 4 Hand U15 - Mary Kate Chaney, Colleen Chaney, Angela Conklin, Ceara Sweetser
• 10^th place - Ladies 4 Hand 15 and Over - Cara Johnson, Kime Carney, Marline Duffy-Hall, Maddie Muench
• 13^th place - Girls 4 Hand U12 - Jenny Mancini, Kate Babcock, Jensen Palmer, Kaitlyn Lawson
• 19^th place - Girls 4 Hand U9 - Olivia Mitchell, Erin Kennedy, Emily Coombs, Katie Ellis