You may remember a couple of years ago we brought you news that UKCA Coach and key organisation member, Anna Melling, was an award nominee at the National Community Fitness Awards. This year Anna was nominated once again, this time in 2 categories.

The National Community Fitness Awards is a two-day fitness event that brings together brands and community fitness instructors to recognise them for the work they do getting their communities active. The event offers a range of masterclasses and careers sessions for instructors and a much-anticipated awards ceremony.

On the evening of Saturday, 9th November, the 2019 awards ceremony hosted by Project Fit took place at Northumbria University honouring nominees for their excellent work with local groups. Winners were subject to public voting with a final decision being made by a panel of Exercise, Movement & Dance UK judges.

Anna, UKCA’s Training & Development Officer, attended the awards after her nomination in two categories – Mini Motivator and Equality & Diversity.

For her fantastic work with children and young people, Anna won the Mini Motivator Award! Amazing!

“I’m very proud to bring the National Award home for the North East and as a UKCA coach.”

– Anna Melling

The Cheerleading coach from the North East hopes her achievement inspires more coach submissions for the awards.

We’d like to say a massive well done to Anna for receiving recognition for her wonderful efforts with young people!

WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!

The UKCA Winter Cheerleading Championships 2019 are just under a month away and you could be there to witness all of the action LIVE!

The Winter Cheerleading Championships represent the start of UKCA’s competition schedule for the new Cheerleading season. Teams from across the UK will descend on Manchester for a festival of Cheer including competitive Cheerleading, family fun and awards!

Make sure you’re there to start the season in style and celebrate the end of another successful year for the sport of Cheerleading, get your Winter Championship spectator tickets today:

The latest news from the UK Cheerleading Association including upcoming courses and some special offers from our partners.

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Entries Closed – Winter 2019

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Offer From Our Partner

Whether you’re a coach, club or cheerleader, making sure you have the right specialist sports insurance is vital to protect yourself. UK Cheerleading Association and Insure4Sport are working together to make sure that all members are protected with specialist sports insurance.

Our cover includes Public Liability in case you’re liable for an accident or damage to property whilst teaching or training. It also covers you for Personal Accident in case you injure yourself, which unfortunately can happen all too often in the world of cheerleading. Whether you’re being thrown up in the air as a flyer or acting as an all-important base, a nasty fall could leave you unable to teach or practice. Therefore, it’s vital you’ve got the right insurance to fall back on.

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Entries for the UKCA Winter Cheerleading Championships 2019 close on MONDAY!

This weekend is your last chance to get to enter your teams into the first UKCA competition of the Cheerleading season.

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Experience the feeling of competing against some of the best Cheerleading teams in the UK this December:

The UKCA Winter Cheerleading Championships 2019 are less than 2 months away and the deadline for entries is right around the corner!

The Winter Championships represent the start of UKCA’s competitive Cheerleading season. They are an excellent chance to get your season off to a flyer whilst see out the year in style! Amongst the action there will be plenty of Cheer and fun to be had, it’s not a weekend to be missed!

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Experience the feeling of competing against some of the best Cheerleading teams in the UK at the UKCA Winter Cheerleading Championships 2019 this December! 🏆Enter now to secure your team's place via the Competitions section of our website! (Entry deadline: October 28th) #ukca #ukcheerleading #ukcheer #cheerleadinguk #cheerleading #cheercompetition

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The deadline for entries is MONDAY 28th OCTOBER 2019
(Just over a week away!)

Secure your team’s places today:

It’s that time of year again where we’re preparing for a brand new Cheerleading competition season and we know you’ll be raring to go but don’t forget there is still time for you to pick up the qualifications you need before the season gets underway.

We have a whole host of courses coming up for you in October and November including Foundation Tumbling Skills and Intermediate Stunts.

Our next coaching course is a Foundation Stunt Skills course in Manchester on the 20th October, followed by a week of courses in Leighton Buzzard which includes a Foundation Tumbling course on the 24th October.

Take an introduction to Tumbling on this predominantly practical course.

Our run of courses in Leighton Buzzard is followed be a 2 DAY Intermediate Stunts course in Manchester in November.

Immerse yourself in a weekend of Stunting! Book onto our 2 day Intermediate Stunts course in Manchester on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th November.

Start the new Cheer season with the qualifications you need, book onto a course today:

For the 2019/2020 competition season there will be updates to some of the rules at our competitions. These rules will apply to the Winter Championships December 7th & 8th 2019 and onwards.

Cheerleading/Group Stunt/Partner Stunt
Level 2
Handspring series are now allowed.
Level 3
Athletes can perform a single leg stunt at 2.5 high without any twisting movement. If any twist is included, the single leg stunt must remain at 2 high.
Level 5
Athletes can perform a single twist AND single rotation dismount from a double leg stunt, which must be braced with two points of contact. If there is only one point of contact, the dismount can be two twists OR a single rotation (not combined).

Cheer Dance
There is only one level of entry.

Urban Cheer
There is only one level of entry.

Click here to see the 2019/2020 Rules & Regulations

Last weekend 2 courses in Flintshire marked the start of our Autumn training course schedule.

Saturday saw a group of budding Cheerleading coaches complete their Leadership Award, a mixture of practical work and theory, covering Health & Safety, Communication, Motivation, Team Building and Leadership Skills necessary to assist a Qualified Coach. We’d like say a huge well done to everyone who completed the course!

Our next Leadership Award is in Leighton Buzzard on the 21st October – Leadership Award @ Leighton Buzzard

On Sunday, another group of Cheerleading coaches took their Foundation Cheerleading Skills course. The course covered ground bound Cheer and Dance skills, Coaching Skills, Lesson Planning & Session Structure, Health & Safety; Warm Up, Stretch & Cool Down Activities, Cheerleading Vocal Skills, Cheer Arm Motions, Cheer Jump Technique, Choreography. Once again we’d like to say a huge well done, to everyone on the course who gained their Foundation Cheerleading Skills Certificate of Qualification.

Our next upcoming Foundation Cheerleading Skills course takes place in Leighton Buzzard on 22nd October – Foundation Cheerleading Skills @ Leighton Buzzard

Gain the qualifications you need this autumn