Council

	Colm Wynne Hon. Chairman 38 Ashton Avenue, Knocklyon, Dublin 16 E-Mail: Colm Phone: 01 494 4976	Colm took up dancing in the early 1960s, and started competing, with his life partner Carmel, in 1968, attaining Championship class in both Standard and Latin in 1970. In 1972 with the start of their family, they retired from competitive dancing. He qualified as a scrutineer in 1970 and has been the regular Federation scrutineer since his retirement as a competitor. He has been ‘on the table’ at most of the recognised DanceSport competitions in Ireland over the intervening years. In addition he has been privileged to serve as Honorary Secretary of the Irish DanceSport Federation for 30 years, from 1969 to 2000, with a short break in 1974. He has qualified as an International DanceSport Federation international adjudicator, and since his retirement from the Secretariat has been busying himself with such things as the Website and is currently undertaking a major revision of the constitution and rules of the Federation
	Thomas Redmond Hon. Secretary 17 Bailis Manor, Athlumney, Navan, Co Meath Email: Thomas Phone/Fax ++353 (0) 469031219	I have been involved in dancing for thirty years. Up to now I have been a keen competitor, dancing through all the amateur grades. My main functions at competitions now are organising the music, which I take great pride from and making sure everything runs as smoothly as possible. I have two sons who compete abroad so I feel I can talk to competitors and communicate on their level. I have been a member of council for many years now doing tasks ranging from helping at the door to washing the floor and general dogs body. I was chairman of the competition organising committee for many years making sure everything was in order. At present I am Hon. Secretary, a position I view with great respect and honour, and it is a position that can be very demanding and also very rewarding. My main ambition is to help I.D.S.F. promote dance sport and hopefully one day to organise a World or European ranking event.
	Annette Redmond Asst. Secretary 17 Bailis Manor, Athlumney, Navan, Co Meath Phone/Fax ++353 (0) 469031219
	Helena Moore Hon. Treasurer Liscolman Cottage Killincarrick Rd Greystones Co. Wicklow Phone: 01 2877215	Tom and Helena started dancing as raw beginners in 1959 and danced together for several years before Tom retired in order to pursue his studies. Helena continued to dance and had a very successful career with Paddy O'Flaherty (R.I.P), winning several All Ireland Championships. After an absence of more than twenty five years, Tom made a comeback with Helena in 1992 and they competed very successfully as senior competitors winning the All Ireland over 50's Championship in 1998. They finally retired from competing in 2004. Tom retired from business in January 2004 and was elected to the IDSF Council at the same time. In January 2005 he took on the job of IDSF Webmaster.
	Pauline Maher Asst. Treasurer and Registrar 2 Millboume Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 Phone: 01 705 5453	Pauline’s dancing career began at the age of twelve when she took up old time dancing under May Swan at No. 9 Parnell Square in Dublin. She competed at Junior and amateur level with numerous successes but the highlight would undoubtedly be winning the All Ireland Old Time Amateur Championship in Mosney in the mid-80’s with her partner Ken Dunne. Having achieved her goal in Old Time, she then took up ballroom (standard) and had another successful career with her partner Peter Redmond ( brother of Thomas). Pauline has been a member of the Irish Dancesport Council since 1990 and has the important job of collecting the money at the door at all Irish Dancesport events. She is also assistant treasurer and registrar.
	Tom Moore Webmaster Liscolman Cottage Killincarrick Rd Greystones Co. Wicklow Phone: 01 2877215	Tom and Helena started dancing as raw beginners in 1959 and danced together for several years before Tom retired in order to pursue his studies. Helena continued to dance and had a very successful career with Paddy O'Flaherty (R.I.P), winning several All Ireland Championships. After an absence of more than twenty five years, Tom made a comeback with Helena in 1992 and they competed very successfully as senior competitors winning the All Ireland over 50's Championship in 1998. They finally retired from competing in 2004. Tom retired from business in January 2004 and was elected to the IDSF Council at the same time. In January 2005 he took on the job of IDSF Webmaster.
	John Ryan Vice Chairman 67 Templeogue Wood, Dublin 6.W. E-Mail: John Phone 01 490 7451 Fax: 01 453 6083	John met his future wife and partner Arlene at the late James Barton's Dancing School in Dublin in 1956 when they were aged nineteen and seventeen respectively. Having gone through the medal tests up to the Supreme Award they stopped dancing to begin saving for their marriage. In the early seventies they made a brief return to dancing at the late and great Eveline Burchill's School of Dancing, for a period of about one year, but found it did not mix too well with rearing a young family. In 1986 they returned to dancing again, this time for good and entered their first competitions in the Munster area and in June 1987 they won their first competition, the Munster Open Ballroom Championships at the Glen Hotel, Aherlow, Co. Tipperary. They became members of the IBWF and after several very successful years they joined the Irish DanceSport Federation. Their first success in the IDSF was in winning the Republic of Ireland Closed Ballroom Championship in the Mid-Nineties (they are not quite sure of the year). John has been a member of the Council since 1995 and in early 1999 he volunteered his services as Editor of a new IDSF Newsletter thereby filling a vacuum which had existed for many years. The Newsletter has been running very successfully now for three years and the only challenge is to get people to submit articles or information to keep it going. Following the Annual General Meeting 2002 John was elected Honorary Chairman of the Federation and has since passed on the editorship of the Newsletter to John Francis, to allow him to fully concentrate on his new role.
	Kitty Hayes Video Licences 7 Stoneview Place, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Phone 01 280 1002	Kitty became involved in dancing through her children in 1969 when Phil Ryan set up a dancing school in the Dun Laoire area. Kitty had three children in dancing, Ann, Geraldine (R.I.P) and Michael. It is interesting to note that Ann competed at Junior level with John Francis and Geraldine competed with Thomas Redmond. Kitty became a member of the Irish Dancesport Council in 1980 and is one of the longest serving members. She will be known to most people as the well dressed lady who acts as floor steward at all Irish Dancesport events. She also has responsibity for video licences. Even though Kitty has never competed, she is a keen social dancer, specialising in Old Time and Sequence dancing.
	May Ryan 85 Walsh Rd Drumcondra Dublin 9 Phone: 01 8372004
	Betty Lacken Raffles Organiser 15 Killala Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7. Phone 087 6508057	Betty became involved in dancing through her children, Caroline and Darren. Caroline competed in Old Time at junior and amateur level and one of her partners was Liam Ryan (son of May and Liam). Darren, the younger of the two, began as a Juvenile and competed in Standard, Old Time and Latin. He is perhaps best remembered as a Latin dancer and won several All Ireland Championships with partners Jacqueline McIntyre, Nadine Martin and Teresa Doyle. Betty became a member of the Irish Dancesport Council in 2004 and is responsible for running raffles at all Irish Dancesport events.
	Lily Broad 6 Hudson Street, Sandycove, Co. Dublin. Phone
	Sandra Matthews Firhouse phone: 087 2830309
	Audrey Kennedy 8 Brookville Park Artane Dublin 5 Phone: 01 8712700