Last weekend we hosted the Spring Championships 2017 at Manchester Velodrome. We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated including the spectators! We had another successful competition with the some incredibly high standard performances and outstanding Cheer spirit! As always we really enjoy seeing your cheer pictures so if you have any memories to share from the event don’t forget to caption them with #ukca.

Spirit Award winners:

Saturday 13th May:

Congratulations to Wigan Vipers on winning the #UKCA Spirit Award

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Sunday 14th May:

Congratulations to BCC on winning the @insure4sport Spirit Award #ukca #cheer #spirit #cheerspirit

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Some other awards were:

Well done Kelly from Hearts on winning our coach development award #UKCA

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Well done Lily for 3rd place in Tiny Teenies! @rayzallstars 👏🙌🎀 #ukca #cheerspirit #spirit #cheer #ukcheer

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We also really enjoyed hearing why you ❤️ cheerleading:

"I ❤️ cheerleading because it's fantastic!" From Poppy 😃🎀 #UKCA #cheerspirit

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Clarets ❤️ cheerleading because the best friendships are made through cheer! 🏆👏 #cheerleader #ukcheer #ukca #cheerlife

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If you weren’t able to make it to the Velodrome here’s the highlights video from the weekend: