Cheerleading

Follow the Coaching Pathway

July 17, 2015 by UKCA Admin

All of our UKCA members have their own special talents and skills, that’s why we have developed a Coaching Pathway to guide each individual on their Cheerleading journey. By following the link here you will find a break down of the UKCA Cheerleading education process.

There are many different aspects of Cheerleading which can be focussed on and developed. From Street Cheer to Tumbling, you will find the right area for you. By taking part in our courses you will progress through levels and develop a wide range of skills and abilities.

With many areas to choose from such as Basic Stunts, Leadership and Judging, there are so many opportunities available within the UKCA.

There is also specific Professional Development for Coaches for our members to get involved with. Variations of these courses cover lifestyle, psychology, safety and injury protection. You can check out what courses we are running in our calendar by following this link here. If there aren’t any courses in your area then do not hesitate to contact us and we can look to arrange a course near you!

So if you are a UKCA member and want to develop your skills, take a look at our courses and discover which is the right area for you.

Team UKCA.

We’ve Added New Courses to Our Diary!

July 8, 2015 by UKCA Admin

Head over to the upcoming courses area of our website here and discover the new courses we’ve added. Click on a course to see more information about the course itself and the location. We’re continually adding new courses to our calendar throughout the year, so be sure to check back regularly for courses in your area. You can also find out what we’re up to on our social media as we will let you know when new courses have been arranged. Follow us on Twitter here and like our Facebook page here to keep up with all of our activities.

Whether you want to develop the Street Cheer side of your skills or your tumbling, there is a course for everyone. We hold courses all across the UK and Northern Ireland, simply check our upcoming courses area to discover the locations. If you aren’t already a UKCA member then you can register to join us & book on a course. You can also use our handy course finder here to narrow your search to your chosen area. If you are struggling to find a course then you can send an email to our team over at training to training@ukca.org.uk where you will be able to discuss arranging a course in your desired area.

We can’t wait to hear from you and see you at a Cheerleading course soon!

UKCA & British Wheelchair Basketball Join Forces

June 29, 2015 by UKCA Admin

Whether you were at the European Cheerleading Championship in Zadar, or supporting from home, we hope everyone had a great weekend!

Here at the UK Cheerleading Association we are thrilled to announce our exciting partnership with British Wheelchair Basketball. This means Cheerleaders from the UKCA will now be performing at many of the British Wheelchair Basketball’s upcoming events. Our squads along with the routines performed at games will support the basketball teams during matches, as well as enhance the courtside atmosphere with Cheer spirit!

The UKCA President Pat Hawkins expressed her delight by saying, “On behalf of UKCA’s network of Cheerleaders across the country, we are delighted to be working with British Wheelchair Basketball. Both Cheerleading and Wheelchair Basketball are energetic, exciting and fast moving team sports. There are going to be many ways for us to work together, and there is no doubt that today’s agreement marks the start of an exciting and long lasting partnership.”

This partnership will bring about so many fantastic opportunities for all those involved with both organisations. Malcolm Tarkenter, Chairman of British Wheelchair Basketball said: “With just 63 days until the first game of the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Worcester, this is a very exciting time for our sport both within the UK and worldwide. Our partnership with the UK Cheerleading Association will enable BWB and our clubs to continue to drive forwards, offering spectators a fantastic experience – we are very excited about welcoming the UKCA cheerleading family into our clubs and our regional, national, and international events.” Find out more from British Wheelchair Basketball here.

Don’t forget to check out our news page here to find out more about our activities & upcoming events. Be sure to like us on Facebook & follow us on Twitter to keep up with all of the UKCA action.

A Successful National Schools’ Championship 2015!

June 21, 2015 by UKCA Admin

We had an incredible time at the National Schools’ Championship at the weekend! The Manchester Velodrome is always bursting with Cheer spirit. Thank you to everyone involved from the Cheerleaders, to each and every volunteer. Both days brought an amazing Cheer atmosphere to Manchester. We are proud of you!

A special UKCA congratulations goes out to the winners of the Milano Spirit Award Fairway Cheerleaders and the winners of the Insure4Sport Spirit Award … The Spirit Award is such a fantastic element to our Competitions because it shows the true Cheer Spirit within the UKCA! You can check out all the winners of the Competition by following the link to our results page here. But who can forget the brilliant mascot dance off? There are just so many fun aspects to the ‘Sport of Smiles’.

This month we’re so excited here at the UKCA to have many Competitions and courses running up and down the Country. We’ve also added many courses to our website, so be sure to click here for course listing and dates.

What else are we excited about here at the UKCA? The European Cheerleading Championships in Zadar, Croatia of course! Many of our British teams and top performers will be representing us in the event which kicks off this weekend! There has been so much preparation and organisation put into the routines, which really shows in the final performance. Coaches, we are proud of you!

Lastly, congratulations to all of our members who attended the National Schools’ Competition and good luck to all those competing at the European Cheerleading Championships 2015 in Zadar, Croatia. Don’t forget you can follow all the action online using the hashtag #ECC2015ZADAR.

1 Day til the National Schools’ Championship!

June 19, 2015 by UKCA Admin

There’s only 1 day left until the National Schools’ Championship hits the Manchester Velodrome for 2 days of high energy Cheerleading! We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow, we wish all the very best of luck to all of the teams and Cheerleaders.

If you are a spectator looking forward to the Competition, then we can assure you that this is going to be an incredible event! Show your support for all the teams and let’s maintain a high energy atmosphere throughout the weekend. The UKCA spectators and supporters are always ready to cheer, cheer and cheer as much as the Cheerleaders themselves! We wonder what banners & costumes they will bring with them tomorrow?

Be sure to look out for our media team who will be posting on the UKCA Instagram account throughout the weekend. Keep your tweets coming in too! You can follow and tag us @UKCheerleading on twitter, also use the hashtags #UKCA and #ThisGirlCan. This means we will be able to pick up your tweets, take a look at your pictures and see what you’re all enjoying. We’ll be retweeting your news and talking to you across the weekend! Like us on Facebook here & follow us on twitter here to keep up with more of our competition news.

We’d also like to welcome back all of the teams who have previously competed with us, but if this is your first competition then welcome! It will be amazing to see all of the teams in Manchester for another incredible UKCA competition.

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA

Join a Tumbling Course Today

June 12, 2015 by UKCA Admin

Performing tumbling skills is a great way to add flair and excitement to your routines. From basic to advanced, the tumbling skills required for your Cheerleading squads to excel in competitions vary from squad to squad, but attending one of our tumbling courses is a great boost.

Our courses range from basic tumbling, intermediate tumbling and advanced tumbling. These courses cover moves like forward rolls, backward rolls, handstands, walkovers, cartwheels and round off skills.

Learning all the different skills in association with Cheerleading is important in helping you progress and grow. Especially when it comes to leadership, as these courses will help you to gain confidence and be able lead a team in the future.

For updates and information on our upcoming courses you can follow us on our social media channels on Twitter and Facebook. And if you are interested in booking one of our tumbling courses you can contact us for further details.

Come along to our course this Sunday the 14th of June to build on your mixed practical and theory where we will be running a Level 1 Cheerleading Leadership Award at King’s School in Macclesfield.

Our courses cover mixed practical and theory aspects such as, communication, motivation, team-building and health & safety.

We hope to see you at our course this Sunday!

We are proud of you.

Team UKCA.

Book on a Course Today

June 5, 2015 by UKCA Admin

Expand your Cheerleading, coaching or even judging experience now. We organise and provide many different courses to educate our members and teach them how to Cheer their hearts out using skill and expertise. Whether you want to develop you Cheerleading skills in the Street Cheer area, or if you want to learn pom technique then there is a course for you! Each time we run a course we promote it across our social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter and of course here on our site. Be sure to check the upcoming courses area of our site to check when new courses are added here.

To register onto a course you must be a UKCA member and follow the appropriate link on our website to book. Unfortunately, we do not accept payment over the phone so please make your payment online. However, if you do need any help then do not hesitate to give us a call.

We have several courses running across the UK this weekend and we can’t wait to get started! Today we will be at the CardioFit Kick Start course in Newcastle and we are looking forward to seeing the team. On Sunday we will be at the Level 2 Street Cheer Basic Skills Course @ Bad Apples Dance and Performance Academy. Come along to enjoy learning and Cheering!

We hope to see you there!

We are proud of you

Team UKCA

Congratulations to ECC 2015 Qualifying Teams!

May 29, 2015 by UKCA Admin

We’d like to wish a special congratulations to all of the UKCA Cheerleading teams and squads who have qualified for the European Cheerleading Championships 2015 in Zadar, Croatia!

Well done to everyone, you are sure to have a brilliant time competing and we wish each and every team the very best of luck.

The qualifying teams are as follows:

Aces Cheer & Dance Club

Diamond Ice

Eclipse

Fever Elite

Firestorm

Kinetics

Kobika Starlites

Limitless

Maximum Cheer

Northern Vipers

Pure Dance Workz

RLS Elite

Roar

Sparklers Elite

Sutton Tornados

The Clarets

Trailblazers

You have all done an amazing job to get to the European Cheerleading Championships, we cannot wait to head out for an incredible competition!

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA

Spring Championships Review

May 21, 2015 by UKCA Admin

We enjoyed another thrilling and high energy competition last weekend at the UKCA Spring National Championship. There were many different levels of Cheerleaders competing throughout the weekend, such as those skilled in Group Stunt, Pom Dance and Street Cheer. The outstanding performances from all our members was extraordinary – we are proud of you! Thank you to everyone who came along and joined the, ‘Sport of Smiles’. The interaction we received across social media was phenomenal, thank you to everyone who shared and tweeted us, we are still seeing truly spectacular fan photos coming in!

There were also many squads who enjoyed their first competition at the weekend, one of which being the University of Manchester Cheerleaders who went home with a 2nd place award in the Level 1 Stunt category. It’s incredible to see teams such as the University of Manchester Cheerleaders win such high level awards, when they only began Cheerleading last semester. As they shared across social media it’s, “Proof hard work pays off and its never too late to try something new! #thisgirlcan” We agree! You can find our more about the University of Manchester Cheerleaders here.

We would like to give a special thank you to all of our volunteers who worked across the weekend with us, ensuring the Spring Competition flowed smoothly. Whether you worked across the event, at the uniform check station or back stage at the warm up area, you all contributed to a successful UKCA Competition so thank you! It’s also important to acknowledge the volunteers from Breakthrough UK who were remarkable across the weekend. We are proud of you, say we are proud of you! Good job!

Here is a peak at the fun we shared across Twitter using the hashtags #UKCA and #ThisGirlCan from Cheerleaders, spectators, our very own UKCA Ambassador Lauren Quigley and even the comperes!

Rayz All-Stars: @RayzAllStars – “@ali_MCA_mascot and Spirit at the @UKCheerleading Spring Nationals this weekend”

Simon Wood: @k17box – “First competition, great dancers, great atmosphere @DAZL_Leeds @UKCheerleading”

Leeds Dynamite: @DYNAMITELEEDS – “Well done to Lauren & dancers Leah & Bobbijo this weekend. Very proud of u! & Thank u to @UKCheerleading for having us”

Another big UKCA congratulations goes out to the winners of the Spirit Awards over the weekend, these were Rayz Allstars who took home the Milano Spirit Award on Saturday 16th May, and there was a joint award for Hearts and BCC on Sunday 17th May who won the Insure4Sport Spirit Award. Great job guys!

Even our UKCA Ambassador Lauren Quigley joined us at the competition to Cheer everyone on! We shared images of her at the competition throughout the weekend on Twitter, @UKCheerleading “Our Ambassador is here today! Give it up for @LaurenAQuigley! #ThisGirlCan #UKCA #sportingpromise #youthsporttrust”

For images & videos from the event be sure to head over to Take That Photo for all the photographs and DVDs from the weekend, or you can contact them on info@takethatphoto.co.uk.

If you are interested in taking part in any training courses & workshops you can contact our Coach Education and Training Co-ordinator Alison Hunt on training@ukca.org.uk or via telephone 07471218855.

We can’t wait to see you all again soon at the UKCA School’s Competition in June, at the Manchester Velodrome, click here to purchase your spectator tickets.

Be sure to Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram.

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA.

See you at the National Spring Championships!

May 15, 2015 by UKCA Admin

We are so excited for the National Spring Championships tomorrow! We’re back at the Manchester Velodrome for another one of our fantastic competitions! Be sure to come along as a spectator if you are not competing, as it is a great experience for Cheerleaders and supporters alike.

On Saturday 16th May the competition begins at 9am and the awards ceremony is at 5.30pm, on Sunday 17th may the competition starts at 9am and the awards ceremony is at 4.45pm, these times are subject to change. Here is all the information you need regarding the venue, the Manchester Velodrome. Simply click this link to reveal details about travel, parking and public transport.

Who’s excited? We can’t wait to see you all there for a weekend of Cheerleading, the sport of smiles! No matter which category you are competing in, we wish you all the very best of luck. Let’s go UKCA!

We are proud of you.

Team UKCA

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