KUCHING: Sarawak dance athletes collected five gold and one bronze medals in the juvenile and junior Latin category of the Cebu World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) Open DanceSport Championships held at Cebu Waterfront City Hotel in Cebu, the Philippines on Sept 30.

Toast of the team from Sarawak was 11-year-old Valery Chung, a student of SJK Chung Hua No. 4, who got the be er of over 40 juvenile Latin competitors to make a clean sweep of four golds in Juvenile C, Solo Samba, Cha Cha Cha and Jive.

Twelve-year-old Erin Ung of Tunku Putra-HELP Primary School combined with Arabelle Leah Pei, a student of St Joseph`s Private School, to win the Junior C Duo event.

Ung and Leah were placed 7th and 8th respectively in Solo Junior C event while Leah added a bronze from Junior Solo Rumba.

The squad was coached by Cindy Chung who was assisted by Amy Kho.

Cindy revealed that the next event on the cards for the dancers will be the Sabah DanceSport Championships in November.