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Enter the Winter Championship!

October 2, 2015 by UKCA Admin

It’s the beginning of October and we’re already looking forward to the Winter Championships at the Manchester Velodrome, we can’t wait for another 2 days of Cheerleading! With so many varied categories showcased throughout the weekend, from Pom Dance to Street Cheer there’s lots to be excited about.

The deadline for Competition entries into the Winter Championships is the 30th October 2015, so get your entries in as soon as you can! No matter the level of Cheerleading, Coaching or Training that you’re at there’s a category for everyone to truly excel in. It’s £20 for each competitor to enter the Winter Championships per category. On Saturday the 5th of December the Manchester Velodrome will be bursting with all Cheerleading divisions, categories and levels. Sunday 6th December brings Pom Dance, Cheer Dance, Street Cheer & Freestyle to the Championships! Which day are you looking forward to the most? It’s going to be a truly amazing Cheer weekend.

To enter the Winter Championships you can follow this link here and Sign In to the online UKCA system. To enter a Competition you will need to register your Club and Cheerleaders, we recommend using our ‘How To: Use Our Club Management Tool’ guide to help you along with this process. Next, to enter your Club into the relevant categories you must use our Competition entry system, you can use our ‘How To: Enter a UKCA Competition’ helpful article if you need any further guidance.

We can’t wait to see you at the Winter Championships!

We are proud of you.

Team UKCA

Sainsbury’s School Games & EuroWBchamps15!

September 8, 2015 by UKCA Admin

A large mix of sports have been taking place across the UK, with the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Worcester from 28th August – 6th Sep and the Sainsbury’s School Games running on the 3rd – 6th September.

Here at the UKCA we’ve followed and supported the events both online and on the floor! Many of our Cheerleaders headed to the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships to show their support, and cheer on the players throughout the games. Fantastic support from Kobika Starlites saw the women’s team go on to become bronze medalists and the men’s team to win gold! Discover more about the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in last week’s blog. We are proud of you! #EveryRoadToRio #1YearToGo #Rio2016

We have also been involved with the Sainsbury’s School Games, cheering along and showing support to encourage players. If you didn’t know about the Sainsbury’s School Games then here is some more information for you, “Nationally and locally the Sainsbury’s School Games is being delivered through partnerships. The national partnership is made up of:

– Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which has overall policy leadership, supported by the Department for Education (DofE) and the Department of Health (DOH).

– Sport England, who are in charge of distributing Lottery funding and are supporting the engagement of Sports Governing Bodies and County Sports Partnerships.

– Youth Sport Trust, who are the landscape lead organisation for school sport. They been commissioned by Sport England to provide development support to schools, sports and other local partners.

Over £128m of Lottery and Government funding is being invested to support the School Games.”

More of our amazing Cheerleaders from Team Spirit and The Clarets supported the School games final on Sunday. We’re incredibly proud to be part of these fantastic events, and can’t wait to get involved with future opportunities!

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA.

Euro Wheelchair Basketball Championships

September 4, 2015 by UKCA Admin

The European Wheelchair Basketball Championships are taking place from the 28th August – 6th September in Worcester. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the partnership between the UKCA & British Wheelchair Basketball, as our Cheerleaders will be court side supporting the athletes & Cheering their hearts out!

The competition has begun and with 73 scheduled games over ten days of the Championships, so there is lots to look forward to and keep up with. You can follow all of the action with them on Twitter @EuroWBchamps15 and Like them on Facebook.

Image via @worcester_uni

Both men’s and women’s teams will be playing and competing each day. First of all each nation will pay against each other, then a semi finals round will be played followed by a final game. The top nations will then go on to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympics! This is a great opportunity to watch amazing talent at a great venue, The University of Worcester Arena. We can’t wait to see the events and games unfold!

We wish the best of luck to the teams, and hope you all enjoy our Cheerleaders support throughout the event!

Image via @EuroWBchamps15

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA.

Cheerleading Courses in Sheffield!

August 21, 2015 by UKCA Admin

This weekend we are proud to be holding 2 Cheerleading courses in Sheffield. Both of these courses will be held at the following address:

Hinde House School
Shiregreen Lane
Sheffield
S5 6AG

On Saturday 22nd August we will be running a Level 2 Cheerleading Basic Skills course, which will give our members the skills they need to improve their Cheer. This course will be followed by a Level 3 Basic Stunts course on Sunday 23rd August, to give our Cheerleaders the knowledge and health and safety training for safe stunt techniques – up to 2 levels high! Also taught on the course are key choreography moves. The Basic Stunts course is a fantastic training programme for coaches as they will even learn how to create lesson plans for Cheer training!

Holding these 2 courses across one weekend is a great opportunity for our UKCA members to build their Cheerleading skills and achievements all in the space of just 2 days!

All of our members who are successful on the course will receive UKCA Certificates of Qualification to help them going forward in their Cheerleading careers.

We have many more courses taking place throughout 2015 and we cannot wait to have more qualified Cheerleaders active across the UK. Train with us to learn practical and theoretical Cheerleading skills. After all, you can’t learn to become a Cheerleading coach sat around a table!

See you soon.

Team UKCA.

Cheer with the UKCA!

August 14, 2015 by UKCA Admin

We’ve got a weekend of Cheerleading courses ahead and we couldn’t be more excited! We’ve been looking forward to this weekend for quite some time now.

On Sunday we’re delivering a Level 2 Cheerleading Basic Skills at the City of Preston Gymnastic Club with the Cyclones! Who’s coming along? It’s going to be a great day of Cheerleading where we cover a variety of skills and techniques like arm motions, cheers, chants and much more. This is a fantastic course as it teaches the skills needed to become a Cheerleading coach at a basic level. This course is great for people who already have a teaching qualification and some experience in this area, but want to learn specifics in Cheerleading. You can find out more about this course here.

Then to start off next week we’re going straight into Cheerleading with a Level 1 Cheerleading Leadership Award at 10am on Monday morning. Are you joining us for this course in Burnley at the Clarets Cheerleading and Dance Club? We know we’re going have a great day with the Clarets! Discover information and more about this course here.

If you want to get involved with us here at the UK Cheerleading Association and grow your Cheerleading skills then you can book on to one of our courses here.

Don’t worry if there isn’t a course near you right now, we add new courses regularly & if you want to set one up then contact Alison Hunt at training@ukca.org.uk

We can’t wait to see you, have a great weekend!

Team UKCA.

Practice your #Summercheer!

August 7, 2015 by UKCA Admin

Here at the UKCA we want to see our members busy practicing their Cheerleading skills throughout the Summer, even though it’s not Competition time just yet. But, that doesn’t stop us from practising our moves, stunts and chants! It’s great to use the Summertime to practice your skills and even create new routines for when we’re ready to hit the floor again! Send us your Cheer practice photos on Twitter using the hashtag #Summercheer, and we will be able to feature you in our blogs and across our social media.

We’ve already seen that there has been lots of Cheer spirit spreading throughout the Summer, from teams such as Maximum Cheer! They sent us a photo of one of their young members Charlie busy stunting at his local nursery supporting their 26th birthday! Well done Charlie.

We want to see lots more images of you all busy practising your Cheerleading this Summer! We’re looking forward to our courses taking place next weekend at the City of Preston Gymnastics Club and at the Clarets Cheerleading and Dance Club. It will be great to see more UKCA young leaders qualify in just one weekend!

So remember to use the hashtag #Summercheer!

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA

This Week at The UKCA

July 31, 2015 by UKCA Admin

We hope you’re all enjoying the Summertime, it’s a great chance to practice your Cheerleading routines whilst soaking up the sunshine.

Latest News

We’re honoured that the UKCA Cheerleading teams who competed at the European Cheerleading Championship in Zadar, Croatia 2015 brought home 28 trophies! That’s 13 Gold, 7 Silver and 8 Bronze titles, an amazing result that each and every member of the UKCA should be proud of.

Exciting Next Steps…

We’d also like to reveal that Athletes from Kobika Starlites, Maximum Cheer, Sparklers Elite & Trailblazers will form Team UK, who will compete in the Cheerleading World Championships on the 21st & 22nd November 2015.

Find out more about the World Championships here.

Discover what it’s like to be a Cheerleader with the UKCA by reading Lucy Nester’s inspiring story HERE.

We’re proud to announce that one of our volunteers Victoria Howarth has been crowned the National Champion in the RDA Nationals. We have been supporting Vicky’s journey from the beginning and it’s great to see her one step closer to Rio 2016! Follow Vicky on twitter and keep up with her story @vickyduster

We’d like to wish UKCA Ambassador Lauren Quigley the best of luck as she competes for Great Britain in the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Follow Lauren on twitter and check out the hashtag #Kazan2015 to keep up with her progress. @laurenaquigley

Upcoming Events

There’s lots to shout about at the UKCA this August as we have many Cheerleading courses taking place across the country!

Check out our Upcoming Courses Page to discover how to book and join us to build up a wide range of Cheerleading skills and experience.

Our Coaching Pathway will help guide you on your Cheerleading journey. Use our Course Finder to discover the right course for you.

We can’t wait to see you at a course soon!

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.

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