Scotland
Fifth international Warsaw Championships 09.10.2010
Warsaw Cheerleading Association K-12 is very happy to invite all foreign teams on V-th International Warsaw Championships. Competition will be held on 9.10.2010 in Warsaw on Sport Arena “Koło”.
On the competition we will have cheer dance division (international in pee wee, junior and senior)and pom dance. Rules will be as in ECA (one long routine with obligatory elements) and the competitions will be judged by international judge panel.
We invite all foreign teams (in all age categories) to Warsaw from 8.10 till 10.10.2008.
We can offer you a full package for 180 Euro – the costs per person will include:
- accommodation with breakfast (2 nights) in hotel Aramis
- 1 dinner on Friday
- Transport (airport-hotel-airport, train station-airport-train station, hotel-sport arena-hotel)
- Starting fee
- lunch on the competition
- official supper after competition (for coaches and VIP)
We pay for 1 coach. (for the full package)
Money transfers on:
Nordea Bank Polska S.A
SFIWT : NDEAPLP2; IBAN: PL 49 1440 1299 0000 0000 0697 4945
Deadline of registration – 20.09.2010
If you have any questions please write to our contact person:
Contact person – Ann Polatowska
thunderk12@wp.pl
Best regards
WCA K-12 – RUTA and EDWARD KRAJEWSCY
Best Ever ECC?
As usual UKCA were well represented at ECC 2010 in Helsinki on 10 and 11 July. 16 teams from 5 clubs – Gemini, Hawks, Maximum Cheer, STCA and Wild Spirit Allstars – carried our hopes in a sweltering stadium ironically called the Ice Arena. Off the floor UKCA made an equally important contribution providing 2 of the judges, 2 shadow judges who are now fully qualified at European level and the Head of ECA’s organising committee. A small but enthusiastic band of supporters kept the teams’ spirits up.
The Arena normally hosts ice hockey, which meant there was room for 2 floors and 2 panels of judges. This kept the competition flowing nicely – on the Sunday the super efficient Finns had us nearly an hour ahead of schedule!
Around 1700 athletes from 70 teams who had qualified from their own National Championships gathered to parade their skills. And what skills they were, the Scandinavians and Norway in particular dominating through teams like Viqueens. There is no doubt that the standard of competition gets higher year on year, which is what makes Cheerleading such an exciting sport to be part of right now.
Sadly this year there were no individual events, a rich source of medals in the past for UK. Phoebe Hulme and Rachael Burrows had contributed 5 in the last 3 years, culminating in Rachael’s stunning gold medal performance last year.
So where would the medals come from, if indeed anywhere? Rachael had already served notice of her abilities as a coach whilst still competing and the responsibility of founding and running her own club has allowed those talents to blossom with success at all levels of UKCA competitions this year. The other 4 teams have many years European experience between them.
Saturday was a barren day for the Seniors – the highlight being STCA’s Senior Female stunt group finishing 8th. Perhaps it was asking too much for them to repeat their 4th at the Worlds in a highly competitive discipline.
Sunday started brightly with Maximum Cheer called to the podium in the Junior Mixed Stunt Group category. It was a truly wonderful achievement in their first taste of European competition to win silver. Rachael was understandably bursting with pride at her young teams’ performance. Sadly the other junior teams were unable to build on that success.
All too quickly all the medals and trophies had been awarded and another ECC was over. The best ever? As someone with experience of just the last 3 and an organiser, it would be wrong for me to comment. But judging by the comments and thanks still pouring in it was the place to be last weekend.
Congratulations to all those who competed – just to qualify for that level of competition is an achievement. However we will be working with teams to increase the chances of moving up the rankings and hopefully bringing more medals home in future.
May Madness Competition – Finland!
COMPETITION INVITATION
Welcome to the May Madness Competition held at Valtti-Areena in Vantaa, Finland!
Finnish Cheerleading Federation welcomes international teams to compete in four categories:
Cheer Open, Dance Open, Dance Hip Hop and Dance Jazz on Saturday 8th of May 2010.
You can see more information about the competition here.
You can download an entry form here.
Welcome to Finland!
Best regards,
Jennica Sivonen
organization secretary
Finnish Cheerleading Federation
Radiokatu 20
00240 Helsinki
Finland
Tel. +358 (0)440 750 017
Fax. +358 (0)9 445 791
office@scl.fi
www.scl.fi
A great start to 2010!
30thJan 2010
Stunt Workshops
Well 2010 has certainly started with a bang for UKCA, first the launch or our new website which is developing everyday and then the fabulous success of our Stunt Workshops at the Manchester Velodrome.
We hosted Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced level workshops to give our coaches and teams the opportunity to develop and progress their stunts skills. They proved very popular, selling out in record time and were extremely well received by all those lucky enough to attended.
Highlights for us were helping two teams achieve back tuck basket tosses for the first time, introducing 360 degree rotational mounts to our advanced teams, introducing twisting dismounts to intermediate teams and seeing everyone achieve a new skill whilst taking part in the workshop.
Coaches and teams benefited from the relaxed and positive environment the workshops were delivered in and the amount of one to one help they were able to access from the UKCA trained tutor team. They built confidence and team spirit and all will be returning to their teams with new skills to teach and develop. We can’t wait to see you all at one of our competitions this year showcasing your new skills.
Due to popular demand we are now running the workshops again on 3rd April, so for anyone who missed out, now is the time to get yourself and your team booked on. We hope to see you there!
31stJan 2010
Tutor Open Day
Another exciting date in our diary was the Tutor Open Day. The UKCA Education Team had been looking forward to this day for sometime now. The day was open to all UKCA members who had an interest in becoming trained as a tutor for UKCA, it was an opportunity to meet the existing team and gain an insight into the skills required for a UKCA tutor.
We had a fun filled day, learned plenty and really got to know one another, all key parts of being part of the UKCA Team. Highlights included some very entertaining individual presentations from the candidates and with the personality testing, us all learning a little more about ourselves.
I am pleased to say that all the candidates showed potential to become part of the tutoring team. They will now decide if they want to follow the tutoring programme and begin observing and part delivering on our courses.
We will look to hold another tutoring open day in the next few months, so for any of you who are interested, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with UKCA. It’s a commitment free day and by attending doesn’t mean you have to take tutoring any further.
Good luck to all our new tutors who are coming on board with the programme!
Coaching Courses in 2010
We are pleased to say that after the snowy start to 2010 which saw a number of courses postponed, the tutoring team are back into full swing travelling the country to deliver courses of all levels in both Cheerleading and Street Cheer.
Every course is unique and it’s fantastic to meet so many people who are excited and keen to become involved in Cheerleading, its also very rewarding to see so many of you coming back for further training and development.
Some of the courses that really stick out for me are
Monday 25th Jan in Lancaster – this was the first of many courses that we are delivering for the British College Sport network. It was fantastic to see so many students enthused by Cheerleading and looking to develop it at College level. There were some big personalities on the course and really made it a fun and enjoyable day for us all – Thanks Guys
Tues 2nd Feb Maidenhead – What a day! This was a massive course with 28 participants, 4 of which were guys all very eager to spread the word of Cheerleading. You provided us with some extremely entertaining moves and proved that its not just females who find Cheerleading a fun and interactive sport. Cheer is really growing in the South, and we are pleased to be assisting with the growth and development there. Good luck guys and we’ll hopefully see you on the 9th June for your Cheer Festival
Working in partnership with British Gymnastics
[UPDATE] As of the 1st of October 2010 UKCA is no longer working in partnership with British Gymnastics
As a result of in depth discussions with British Gymnastics and feed-back from our Members we are pleased to announce the exciting changes to UKCA Membership, Subscriptions and Competitions that will come into effect 1st January 2010.
1. Membership of UKCA as a Coach or Cheerleader will be FREE for 2010. However, you will need to register your details – please click here to register for free now.
2. Your free membership will not include Coach and Cheerleader Insurance. You can either renew your membership to British Gymnastics which will include Insurance or make your own separate Insurance arrangements. Links to Companies that can provide you with the appropriate Insurance for your needs can be found on our website from 7th Dec.
3. All UKCA Competitions for 2010 will be ‘Open Events.’ All Cheerleading Clubs are invited to attend provided they have pre-registered (appropriate insurance will be required).
UKCA Competitions will continue to provide the only route to ECC(European) and ICU(International) Competitions.
4. UKCA will remain an Affiliate Association of British Gymnastics and will continue to deliver Coaching, Tutor and Judges Courses, UKCA Events will continue to be endorsed by British Gymnastics.
5. If you wish to renew your British Gymnastic membership please contact membership@british-gymnastics.org.
You DO NOT need to be a member of British Gymnastics to join UKCA or take part in our Competitions. Please note we CAN’T help you with British Gymnastics membership enquiries.
We will keep you updated throughout 2010 about all our news and events and look forward to seeing you at our Nationals – March 20th and 21st at the Manchester Velodrome. You will be able to register your squad for this competition online from the 1st of January 2010 – we will send you further details then.
1. Membership of UKCA as a Coach or Cheerleader will be FREE for 2010. However, you will need to register your details – please click here to register for free now.
2. Your free membership will not include Coach and Cheerleader Insurance. You can either renew your membership to British Gymnastics which will include Insurance or make your own separate Insurance arrangements. Links to Companies that can provide you with the appropriate Insurance for your needs can be found on our website from 7th Dec.
3. All UKCA Competitions for 2010 will be ‘Open Events.’ All Cheerleading Clubs are invited to attend provided they have pre-registered (appropriate insurance will be required).
UKCA Competitions will continue to provide the only route to ECC(European) and ICU(International) Competitions.
4. UKCA will remain an Affiliate Association of British Gymnastics and will continue to deliver Coaching, Tutor and Judges Courses, UKCA Events will continue to be endorsed by British Gymnastics.
5. If you wish to renew your British Gymnastic membership please contact membership@british-gymnastics.org.
You DO NOT need to be a member of British Gymnastics to join UKCA or take part in our Competitions. Please note we CAN’T help you with British Gymnastics membership enquiries.
We will keep you updated throughout 2010 about all our news and events and look forward to seeing you at our Nationals – March 20th and 21st at the Manchester Velodrome. You will be able to register your squad for this competition online from the 1st of January 2010 – we will send you further details then.
