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Street Games Manchester 2011

Good times were had by over 150 young people taking part in Street Cheer during the North West Street Games event at Sport City on 26th August. It is the fourth year that Street Cheer has been included in the event and we are pleased to say was one of the most successful we’ve ever run.

The energy and enthusiasm could be felt from the start as all participants took part in a Master Class Workshop with Hannah, Ruth and Lindsey. ‘Some of the youngsters had never done any dancing before and they really loved it, I was so proud of them going on to then perform what they had learned in the afternoon, such an achievement for them’ Lindsey commented.

Let Me Play Summer Camp 2011 Review

Year two of the UKCA and Let Me Play Summer residential camp was another fantastic success and it was great to see familiar faces and welcome new members to the Cheerleading family during the first week of August 2011.

The setting for the camp is just incredible. Elmhurst Royal School of Ballet in Birmingham is a pleasure to work in, with over 10 fully equipped studios to choose from and a state of the art theatre to showcase a final performance in. The camp location is definitely one of the highlights of the week.

This year was truly international we had participants from all over the world, including Qatar, Switzerland, Germany and Spain, plus of course a range of young people from all over the UK too. It certainly proved that Cheerleading crosses language barriers as the whole group gelled and became great friends whilst achieving and working hard to pull off a great final show.

Part of the fun is staying on camp, there is a mixture of sleeping arrangements, some shared dorms and other individual rooms with en suite facilities, lights out is always interesting to see how creative the campers can be with rule bending and sneaking around sleeping areas! Makes breakfast story swapping very funny the next morning.

Talking of breakfast, this is just one of highlights on the menu, all the food is lovely, plus with all the hard work and sweating that goes on during the day, the lunches and evening meals are always something we look forward to.

At night there is always something going on, organised activities, chilling in the common room, showing off talents and skills, and practising the days routines is usually what surrounds you. Throughout the week you meet so many passionate, talented and motivated young people it really energises you, there’s a constant buzz around camp generated by all the enthusiasm.

We were so happy to be a part of the camp again this year and it was positive to see how its grown and developed from last year, we are very much looking forward to being involved again next year. So what are you waiting for? Get yourself booked onto the Let Me Play Cheer Camp 2012.

The UK Cheerleading Association (UKCA) and the Exercise Movement & Dance Partnership (EMDP)

In August 2011, UKCA affiliated to EMDP the umbrella governing body for Exercise, Movement and Dance (EMD), which is invested in by Sport England to sustain and grow participation in EMD.

EMDP and UKCA are confident that through working in partnership they can jointly achieve significant progress with all aspects of increasing the reach, participation and satisfaction levels for those already involved in the Sport of Cheerleading, as well as presenting new opportunities for the wider exercise, movement and dance sector for all ages, genders and abilities to get involved in the sport.

Pioneer Cheerleader gets a letter from the Queen

Kourtney-Leigh Savery – One of our Tiny Teenies aged 5, wrote a letter to the Queen to say how much she enjoyed the Royal Wedding and also told her that she was a Pioneer Cheerleader and expressed her love for Cheerleading. She also informed the Queen of her and the Pioneers’ recent success at the UKCA Commuity Championships 2011.

She recieved a reply from the Queen’s lady in waiting at Balmoral and on the letter she quotes “The Queen was interested to hear about your Cheerleading team and would like me to send her congratulations to The Pioneers for their recent success”. (Click on the Photo to see the full sized letter).

UKCA Coach Conference

The UKCA Coach conference will take place from Saturday 22nd through to Friday 28th October 2011 at Cedars Academy, Luton. The conference is not to be missed: It will include the launch of Level 2 Tumbling on the first weekend and will also include Stunt Workshops (Techniques and Tips for Twisting, Dismounts, Mounts and Transitions), a Partner Stunt Workshop, a Sports Psychology Workshop plus many others…… a full agenda and details will be on the UKCA website on Sept 2nd