Our very own Development Coordinator Anna Melling was nominated as part of the 2017 National Community Fitness Awards and came first runner up in the category of ‘Mini Motivator’ for her work coaching and developing young people in the community. Anna is delighted to have been recognised for her work. Anna is a UKCA coach based in the North East covering Northumberland and Tyneside.

Bethany Hall and Bailey Dunn attended the North East Disability Sports awards on 19th March to celebrate the achievements of disability participants, athletes, coaches, volunteers.

Bethany and Bailey are both UKCA coaches assisting with the delivery of SEN sessions in Northumberland, having undertaken their Makaton training in 2017, they are now able to ensure inclusion regardless of communication barriers within all the sessions delivered by Loud Arts CIC.

The girls were nominated in the category of ‘Service to Sport’.
Mentored by UKCA coach Anna Melling to girls were delighted to be nominated and attend the awards.

Have you won any awards recently for Cheer or Dance?

We’re looking for stories from our talented members who have recently been awarded for their achievements in Cheer and Dance that we may not know about to feature in our upcoming newsletter. Whether you’ve won an award in a competition, performed well in practice or been recognised for your outstanding efforts we want to hear from you!

Let us know your story at admin@ukca.org.uk and you could be featured in our official UKCA Newsletter!

“Following swiftly on from delivering the most successful Vault Manchester annual event, and the excitement of the HSBC UK National Track Championships, February continued where January left off, welcoming some fantastic, well-attended spectator events to the city in Cheerleading, Squash, BMX, Basketball and Netball.”

After a busy and exciting 2017 which included training courses all over the country, 5 domestic competitions, the European championships and the Worlds, you’d be forgiven for thinking we might take it easy in 2018…But that’s not how we do it!

2018 promises to be another exciting year for the UKCA and it’s already well under way!

Just around the corner are the NI National Schools & Club Championships 2018 on 24th February at the Antrim Forum. Entries are still open for this event, but not for much longer. To avoid disappointment make sure you enter as soon as possible at: the official event page.

There’s no time to waste though as just a few days later on the 3rd & 4th March the National Championships 2018 take place in Manchester.

April is your chance to hone your skills before the Spring Championships 2018 on the 19th & 20th May.

The Spring comp is soon followed by the National Schools’ Championships 2018 on the 23rd & 24th June.

After the National Schools’ Championships is the Summer/Autumn break from competition where we can throw ourselves into practice and skills development. Across the whole year, official UKCA training courses will be held all over the country focussing on all aspects of the sport. Our Course Schedule lists all of the dates of training courses and is regularly updated throughout the year with new opportunities.

The year ends with a bang as always at the Winter Championships 2018 in Manchester on the 1st & 2nd December.

It promises to be another fantastic year for Cheerleading. Stay up to date with all the goings on at UKCA via our official social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube.

Make 2018 your year with UKCA.

UKCA would like to wish everybody a wonderfully merry Christmas! Enjoy the food, laughter and Cheer!

Team UKCA