Date: Saturday 7th April

Todays Sponsor: Dancing in Celtic

7:30pm : The auditorium is being vacated as yet another day of Competitions are finished in the Glasgow Royal concert Hall.

Tomorrow sees the 8th and final day of the championships. We are back again tomorrow at 9am starting with competition number 22 Ladies 19-21.

Until then goodnight

Medal winners Clann Na nGael (Newcastle, England) together with the second placed Senior Ladies Ceili No 18 Sean Eireann McMahon from Midlands England as they wait to go on stage for their awards.

Senior Ladies Ceili runners up Ceili team 10 the McLaughlin School from Glasgow

Kiely-Walsh team Senior Ladies Ceili winners from Cork side stage before their award ceremony





5:54pm : Result of Senior Ladies Ceili

Dermot Cullen as he leaves the stage as Mens Champion Over 21 with his teacher Margaret O'Loughlin

5:47pm : Result of Mens Over 21

Men 19-21Winners as they leave the presentation ceremony Aidan McGinley (McConomy, Derry), Stephen Carolan (Ard Rialla, Louth/Cavan) and Allen Mills (Aarron-Crosbie, London)

5:42: Results are now being announced of the mens over 21 competition.

Stephen Carolan, Ard-Rialla with his teachers (from L to R Sonia Leonard, Fiona Harold, Francis Curley, Olive Burns & Angela Gorby) side stage just before he walks on to be crowned World Champion of Men 19 - 21

5:40pm Result of Men 19 - 21

5.22pm : The stage is being prepared for the presentation ceremony

5.06pm :The results for Competition 2 Men 19-21 and 1 Men over 21 shall be announced shortly in the main auditorium

4.57pm :The Men have concluded their sets in the Strathclyde Suite

4.40pm : That concludes the recall round for Competition 46 Senior Ladies Ceili

4.32pm : Ceili Team No.42 Mona Ni Rodaigh form Dun Dealgan are side stage

4.26pm : After having danced the Cross Reel is Ceili team 37 The Boyle School from Glasgow

4.22pm : On stage at the moment is Ceili Team 36 Doherty fromCoventry dancing St Patrick's Day

4.10pm : Competition No.1 Men over 21 Recalls

4.05pm : The Blair-McCarthy Ceili team from Southhampton after dancing St Patrick's Day

3.55pm : Dancing The Cross Reel is Ceili 22 Kiely-Walsh from Mayo

3.40pm : The recalls for Competition 46 Senior Ladies Ceili are now starting in the main hall with Ceili team 8 Sheehan-Murphy from Kerry

3.35pm :Mens 19 -21 Recalls

3.31pm : The recalls for Men 19-21 are now being announced and Men are asked to proceed there as soon as possible

3.28pm : Our final two dancers are concluding the 1st two rounds of Men over 21. 11 James Hester (Peter Smith, New Jersey, USA) and 12 Kieran Devoy (Sean Eireann McMahon, Midlands, UK)

3.24pm : The Men Over 21 championship is progreaaing rapidly as 9 Kiaran McCarron (Matthews, Coventry/Rugby) and 10 Christopher Mcsorley (Miller, Adelaide, Australia) walk on stage

3.21pm : Dancing their light round at the moment are 5 Christopher Carswell (Breen-Kerr-Poulton, Melbourne, Australia) and 6 anthony Casserly (Davis, Birmingham)

3.15pm: The 2nd round has just started with 13 Tim Townley (Celtic Steps, Colorado) and 14 Andrew McKay (Dwyer-Whelan, New South Wales, Australia)

3.08pm : That concludes the 1st round for the Men over 21 as competitor 4 Michael schumacher (Joan Rafter, Vienna, Austria) leaves the stage

3pm : Currently dancing their heavy rounds are 21 Sam Lawless (Watkins, Queensland, Australia) and 23 Christopher Berner (McBride, California)

2.45pm : the Men over 21 have been called backstage for the commencement of competition 1. 20 David Smith (McCutcheon, Glasgow), Sam Lawless (Watkins, Queensland, Australia), 2 Andrew Roberts (Miller, Adelaide, Australia), 23 Christopher Berner (McBride, California, USA), 1 Daniel Blanchard (McDermott, Massachusetts, USA), 4 Michael schumacher (Joan Rafter, Vienna, Austria) and 3 Andrej Mikulka (Ryan, Tipperary)

2.38pm : Recall list for competition 46 Senior Ladies Ceili

2.40pm :That concludes the 1st & 2nd rounds of competition 2 - Men 19-21

2.27pm : Just after having completing their 2 rounds are 5 Ashley Miller (Scoil Ard Rince, Queensland Australia) and 6 David Jenista (Celtic Steps, Colorado USA)

2.32pm: On the stage now are competitors 1 Allen Mills (Aaron Crosbie, London) and 2 Stephen Goertzen (Shelley, Utah USA)

2.27pm : The first 2 rounds are complete for competitors 16 Aidan Mcginley (McConomy, Derry) and 17 Thomas Conroy (Devaney, Midlands UK)

2.20pm : The light round is about to start now and first up is 7 Sean Fahy (Morgan, Manchester) and 8 Alexander Mackintosh (Cassidy, Leeds)

2.17pm : That concludes the 1st round of the Men 19-21

2pm : At the moment dancing their heavy round is 5 Ashley Miller (Scoil Ard Rince, Queensland, Australia) and 6 David Janista (Celtic Steps, colorado, USA)

1.50pm :Our competition is starting round 1 with competitor 27 David Sammin (Keogh, Coventry) and 28 Malachy Casement (Brennan-Miskelly-McCormick, Down)

1.46pm : The musicians are just warming up for Competition 2 Mens 19 -21 and the adjudicators are taking their seats. The musicians are the same as this mornings boys competitions as are the adjudication panel

1.40pm : Men 19-21 have been asked back stage to start competition 2. 22 Jonathon Srour (Broesler, New Jersey USA), 23 Danielle Smalley (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor, California, USA/ Ontario, Canada), 18 Kevin Murray (King, Merseyside) and 19 Wayne Struwig (Shaw-Butler, Johannesburg, S. Africa)

1.35pm : Presentations for the boys 17-18 are currently underway

1.18pm : The presentation ceremony is now underway for Competition 3 Men 18-19 and Competition 4 Men 17-18

1.06pm : The two boys results shall be in our results section shortly. The presentations are to follow now

Men 17-18 : James Breen (Murchu-Duiginn, London) with Marie & Fiona Duiginn

1.02pm : Sidestage before going into the presentation ceremony is Men 18-19 World Champion competitor 31 Gerard Carson and Gavin Doherty

1pm : The crowd awaiting the presentation ceremony

Men 18-19 :

12.55pm : The results for Competition 4 Men 17 - 18 and Competition 3 Men 18 - 19 are to be announced shortlt in the main auditorium

12.47pm : That completes The 1st round of The Senior Ladies Ceili Comp. 46

12.44pm : Our last Ladies Ceili Team N0. 30 The Comerford School are now dancing the Cross Reel

12.37pm : Completing their 1st round after having danced The Cross Reel is Ceili team No. 27 Doherty-Reid from Belfast

12.31pm : At present we have Ladies Ceili number 25 Redmond School from Mayo on stage dancing Trip to the Cottage. That would leave 5 teams yet to dance

12.27pm : The results for this mornings two boys competitions Men 17-18 and Men 18-19 are going to be announced in the hall after the senior Ladies Ceili have completed their 1st round

12.10pm : Next we have Ceili 16 the Rince na hEireann team from North Carolina to dance the 8 hand jig

12pm : Ceili Number 14 The Caroline Fleming from Wexford are sidestage before they go onto dance St Patrick's Day

11.56am : The Comerford Ceili team from western USA, No.13, are just about to go on stage to dance The Cross Reel

11:.52am : In the Strathclyde suite the Mens 18-19 are on their last recall No 11 Carl Kenny (Aaron Crosbie, London)

11.45am : Getting ready to dance St Patrick's Day we have Ceili Team 12 King from Merseyside (L to R Katie Maguire, Megan Gowan, Jayne Moran, Louise Robinson, Caroline Longstaff, Nicola Jones, Donna Marie Broderick & Hannah Gormally)

11.39pm : Presently dancing the Cross Reel is the No. 7 team Ui shea Ceili team from Dublin

11.25pm: Over in the practice area and about to dance his 3rd round is competitor No. 7 Georga Deadman (McCutcheon, Glasgow)

11.15am : Currently on stage dancing St Patrick's Day we have ceili 42 Mona Ni Rodaigh form Dun Dealgan Eire

11.05am : On stage we have team 38 McDonagh-Byrne from Galway and pictured below after they danced the Cross Reel

11am :The Ladies Ceili is underway and backstage we have ceili teams 47 and 1 Shaw-Butler School from Johannesburg, S. Africa

10.47am :The senior Ladies ceili is about to commence with Team 31 (Boyle Glasgow) dancing the Cross Reel

10:41am : The auditorium is starting to fill for competition 46 the Senior Ladies Ceili

10.35am :The Recalls for both competition No 3 Men 18-19 and No. 4 Men 17-18 are now in the results section

10:20am That concludes the Mens 18 - 19 competition

10.15am : The last two competitors for competition are dancing their light round now 2 Kyle Hickman (Dance Trax, Cape Town S. Africa) and 3 Richard Lloyd (Kay Hallissey, Auckland/Christchurch, New Zealand)

10.05 : We are nearing the end of the Mens 18-19 competition as competitors 16 Conor Nagan (Comerford, West Coast USA0 and 17 Connor Back (Broesler, New Jersey USA) finish their 2nd round

9.39am : The competition has started with no's 22 Kyle Martens (Boland, NY) and 24 Thomas Hastings (Kenny, Birmingham, UK) currently on stage

9.32am : The 2nd competition of the day : Competition 3 Men 18 - 19 is getting ready to start and the Men have been called backstage. 22 Kyle Martens (Boland, NY), 6 Jonathan Presley (McTeggert, California), 21 Matt Kaster (Richens-Timm, Ohio), 14 Danny Jackson (Sterlingshire, Scotland) and 9 Colin Fleck (Richens-Timm, Ohio USA)

9.13am : That completes our 1st competition of the day and their will be a 15 minute break before the next competition Number 3 Men 18-19 begins

9.11am : The final two competitors for this competition are currently dancing their light round. 13 Chris Murphy (Simpson, Australian Capital Territory, Australia) and 14 Nial Gilraine (Ward-Mallinson, Manchester)

9.04am : Waiting backstage are some of the Men 17-18. 8 Daithi Fisher (Doherty-Reid, Belfast), 12 Patrick Quinlan (Rince na hEireann, N. Carolina, USA), 11 John Deane ( Mary Whelan, Preston/ Blackpool), 9 Scott Cordon (Joyce-O'Donnell, Leeds) 14 Nial Gilraine (Ward-Mallinson, Manchester)

8.58am : We are just past the half way mark of the 1st competition. Sidestage ready to dance their light round is 37 Morton Lukacs (Ronan Morgan, Budapest, Hungary) and 38 Andras Kren (Ronan Morgan, Budapest, Hungary)

8.48am : The Mens 2nd round is now starting with number 15 Matt Lewis (Claddagh, California) and 16 Conor O'Sullivan (Scanlon, Birmingham)

8.44am : The last 2 competitors for the first round are currently on stage competitors 38 and 2 Dan Medora (Cashel-Dennehy, Wisconsin, USA)

8.30am : Presently on stage we have competitors 26 Sean McCormack ( Goggin-Carroll, toronto, Canada) and 27 Shane Byrne (Stewart, Vancouver, Canada). We picture them here as they finish their 1st round

8.27am :On stage we have 22 Aidan Neligan (Griffin-Lynch, Surrey) and 23 John rigney (Tuamhumhan, Limerick)

8.10am : Just off the stage from their heavy round is 7 Kevin Sylvester (McLoughlin, New Jersey,USA) and 8 Daithi Fisher (Doherty-Reid, Belfast)

8.05am :The starting number for the 1st round is 3 Eoin Gillen (Inis Ealga, Dublin) and he is joined on stage for the 1st round by 6 Brian McParland (Heinzman, Michigan, USA)

7.55am :Our adjudicators are taking their seats. This morning they are Phoebe O'Donohue, Michael McInerney, Marie Moore Cunniffe, Brendan O'Brien, antoin O'Nuallain, Lisa Waites and Margaret O'Brien

7.50am : Our musicians for this morning are Gerry Conlon and Seamus O'Sullivan - both from Glasgow

7.47am :The men have been asked to gather backstage for the competition to get started.

7.45am : Our first competition of the morning is Competition 4 Men 17 - 18.

7:35am : Good Morning and welcome to Day 7 of the World Irish Dancing Championship in Glasgow our penultimate day of competition.