2011 British National Irish Dancing Championship Top Boys' Results

Joe Bitter from Carey, Birmingham, England

2011 British Nationals Irish Dancing Champion

Boys 16-17

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Nicholas Paulson from Broesler, MD/NJ

2011 British National Irish Dancing Champion

Boys 17-18

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Most of the boys' and men's results from the 2011 British National Irish Dancing Championships are in! Congratulations to 2011 British National Champions: Mark O'Malley, Boys 7-8; John Whitehurst, Boys 11-12; Daire Hanrahan, Boys 13-14; Sean Downes, Boys 14-15; Richard Murray, Boys 15-16; Joe Bitter, Boys 16-17; Nicholas Paulson, Boys 17-18; Cathal Keaney, Men 18-19; John Lawrence Morgan, Men 19-20; and, Jan Gaca, Men 20 & Over.

Special congratulations to Nick Paulson from Broesler in MD/NJ, the only North American male to clinch a British National Irish Dancing Championship in 2011, and Zac Warshaw from Short School in Canada, who placed 3rd in the Senior Men event.

Boys 7-8

Champion Mark O'Malley from Brian Geraghty, Roscommon

2 Michael Flanagan from Flanagan, Belfast

3 Joe Pavier from Inis Cara, Lincoln

4 Josh Owens from Cosa in Airde, Belfast

5 Kieran Flanagan from Lally, Manchester

Boys 11-12

Champion John Whitehurst from Carey, Birmingham

2 Gerard Byrne from McNelis-Cunningham, Donegal

3 Matthew Gardiner from Hession, Galway

4 Jack Roberts from Inis Cara, Lincoln

5 Tom Dunleavy from Coleman, Co Mayo

Boys 13-14

Champion Daire Hanrahan from Ui Ruairc, Limerick

2 James O'Farrell from Curley, Galway

3 Rory McElvogue-Heslop from McElvogue, Newcastle upon Tyne

4 Conor Walsh from Coleman, Co Mayo

5 Joseph Keegan from Ward-Mallinson, Manchester

Boys 14-15

Champion Sean Downes from McCutcheon, Glasgow

2 Macauley Selwood from Doherty, Coventry

3 Colm Molloy from Claddagh, Essex

4 Mitchell Hodges from Carey, Birmingham

5 Paul McCabe from Montgomery Taylor, Glasgow

Boys 15-16

Champion Richard Murray from Higgins, Waterford

2 Caolan McKeating-Lynch from Mulvenna, Belfast

3 Eoghan Murphy from Scoil Rince Mona Ni Rodaigh, Co Armagh

4 Luke McCusker from Fitzgibbon, Northwest England

5 Michael Gardiner from Hession, Galway

Boys 16-17

Champion Joe Bitter from Carey, Birmingham

2 Owen Sherman from Maguire-O'Shea, Essex

3 David Geaney from Rinceoirt No Riochta, Tralee

4 Conor Ryan from Scoil Rince Ceim Oir, London

5 Michael Gleeson from Morgan, Manchester

Boys 17-18

Champion Nicholas Paulson from Broesler, MD/NY

2 Garrard McNamee from McConomy, Derry

3 Dylan Millar from Inis Cara, Lincoln

4 Jack O'Donnell from Keogh Academy, Coventry

5 Declan Lyons from Morgan, Manchester

Men 18-19

Champion Cathal Keaney from Hession, Galway

2 Conor McGuire from Kenny, Birmingham

3 Alan Walsh from Coleman, Co Mayo

4 Niall McCarron from McCarron, Birmingham

5 Joseph Watson from Ward-Mallinson, Manchester

Men 19-20

Champion John Lawrence Morgan from Morgan, Manchester

2 Eamonn Sweeney from Morgan, Manchester

3 John McCullough from Keogh Academy, Coventry

Men 20 & Over

Champion Jan Gaca from Scoil Rince Ceim Oir, London

2 Conor Kennedy from Kenny, Birmingham

3 Zachary Warshaw from Short School, Canada

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