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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.

UKCA Latest News

April 30, 2015 by UKCA Admin

Here at The UK Cheerleading Association we offer a wide range of fulfilling activities to our members and associates alike. Whether you Cheer, Coach or Volunteer, there are several processes of development within our organisation that we can set into motion for all members new and old. From moves and techniques based in gymnastics to dance related steps, we encourage a wide variation of choreography. Our upcoming competitions reflect varied levels of skill and development.

The West Midlands Cheerleading and Dance Competition at the Doug Ellis Sport Centre, Birmingham on May 10th 2015 is a valuable opportunity for Dance and Cheerleading groups to compete, when perhaps they aren’t quite equipped for National Competitions, this allows members to revel in the experience of a competition. Tickets for this event are £7.50, to purchase spectator tickets please email Kim at maddisonscic@yahoo.co.uk.

Our next competition on a larger scale is The UKCA Spring Championships in May 2015! We are eager to see Cheerleading teams along with hundreds of Cheerleaders attend and take part. We are always enthusiastic about all of our competitions, the Spring Competition across the weekend of May 16th & May 17th is a highly anticipated event for the UKCA and all of it’s members. You can discover further information and purchase spectator tickets for the event right here.

We’re also delighted that The UKCA National Schools’ Championships 2015 are just around the corner. Entires for the Schools’ Competition are still open, but close on the May 8th, so click here to secure your performance. We’re proud to bring another high energy weekend to The Manchester Velodrome in June, showcasing ‘The Sport of Smiles’ to the North West area of the UK. All of our competitions attract Cheerleaders from across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the National Schools’ Championships on 20th & 21st of June is no different.

Additionally, our Official UKCA Ambassador Lauren Quigley has been selected to compete as part of the British Swimming team at the FINA World Championships in Kazan 2015. Lauren is not only our Ambassador, but an inspiration to young people throughout Britain and the world over. So, from us here at The UKCA we wish her the best of luck in all of her endeavours.

Good luck to all of our members at our upcoming Competitions, we wish you all success and can’t wait to see you soon!

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA.

1 Month until The Spring Championships!

April 17, 2015 by UKCA Admin

After another successful competition we are looking ahead to the UKCA Spring Championships on Saturday 16th May & Sunday the 17th May. With so many different categories throughout the weekend, we can’t wait to see so many different moves, stunts and routines! Head over to the competition page on our website here to find out more information. Whether you are in the Tiny Teenies category, or part of a Senior Pom Dance squad, you can show us your skills throughout the competition.

There’s always the tough competition for who will win the Spirit Award! Here at The UKCA we award the teams who show the most Cheer spirit across both days of the competition and present them with the Spirit Award. This is a great opportunity for all teams to support each other and show who has the most Cheer spirit! Every single person at our competitions from Cheerleaders, to our dedicated volunteers and spectators all Cheer along the Cheerleaders, making sure we have a wonderful time at the events.

Please follow the link here to head to the website of the Manchester Velodrome, where the Spring Championships take place, this link will provide you with information and details such as parking and location.

You can also follow the this link here to purchase your spectator tickets for the weekend. You can purchase tickets for Saturday the 16th May or Sunday the 17th May, it’s also possible to purchase weekend tickets. We can’t wait to see you there! Good luck to all.

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA

This Week at The UKCA

April 10, 2015 by UKCA Admin

We are looking forward to our Spring Championships, which are taking place at The Manchester Velodrome on Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th of May. You can find more information on both days of the competition by clicking here. Spectator tickets are also on sale via our online system, which can be found on our website. However, entries for our Spring Championships 2015 have now closed, unless otherwise specified.

We are holding Tumbling courses this weekend, it’s great to see so many UKCA members learning new skills & growing their sporting knowledge on such a high level course. You can find our UKCA Cheerleading & coaching pathway on our website here, this will help to guide you through the different aspects of Cheerleading and allow you to realise which course you want to take. So, no matter your Cheerleading passion here at the UKCA, we have something for everyone.

The Clarets, Shooting Stars & Manni the Mascot are all cheering and supporting everyone at the Manchester Giants! Great cheer spirit guys, we are proud of you! It’s fantastic to see our UKCA members at sporting events keeping the atmosphere alive and fun! Such a great job, we hope you’re all having a fantastic day. We will be seeing more of the UKCA teams at our Spring Championships which are little more than a month away. Keep up the good work, keep training and we’ll see you in May!

We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming courses, competitions & the Spring Championships!

We are proud of you!

Team UKCA.

How To: Use Our Club Management Tool

March 29, 2015 by UKCA Admin

Welcome to the new UKCA Club Management tools.

Firstly you’ll want to be in your dashboard, click here to go to your dashboard (don’t worry it’ll open in a new window) If you don’t have an account with us you can register here.

Your dashboard will look like this

Click the option “Create a Club/Squad”

You will be taken to this page where you can enter some info about your club/squad.

Once you click “Submit” your club/squad will be created and you can then add your Teams.

Now from Manage Your Club/ Squad from your dashboard your newly created club will be listed here. Click on manage to add teams, cheerleaders and coaches to the club.

Here you can add as many teams as you want to your club by clicking on Add A Team. It is important to try and add all of your teams, including any competition specific teams.

REMEMBER A CHEERLEADER CAN BE IN MORE THAN ONE TEAM & THIS IS TO MAKE COMPETITION ENTRY AS EASY AS POSSIBLE

To add Cheerleaders to your club use our team management tool shown here:

Please note: You can also choose to add coaches to your club here as well.

This is where you can add your cheerleaders to your club/squad and its teams.

Simply enter the email address, First and Last Name and date of birth. The system will then search for any accounts that match these details and add them to your club.

If they are not in our system, they will be added to your club and emailed (assuming you enter their email address) Welcoming them to the UKCA.

From the Team management tool you will be able to drag and drop the cheerleaders you added, to the the teams that you created previously.

If you need to make any changes to your clubs/squads, teams or cheerleaders there is a “Manage Your Clubs/Squads” option in the dashboard

How To: Enter A Competition

March 29, 2015 by UKCA Admin

So firstly you need to have created all your clubs & teams and added your cheerleaders to those.

If you aren’t sure how to do this you can follow our guide here

So once you’ve done that you find the competition you wish to enter in our competition diary (Please note the competition entry system is only for official UKCA competition)

Select the competition you wish to enter and scroll down until you see the button as below.

Once you’ve clicked this you may need to sign in, if you don’t have an account we suggest you register and then use the club management tools mentioned earlier on.

Step 1: Select your club