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Saffron and Kim from Maddisons were interviewed by Gabby Logan on BBC Radio 5Live yesterday. You can listen to the ten minute interview here:

Listen to Saffron and Kim talking about Street Cheer on Radio 5 Live

The interview starts at 1-18-37 – use the bar at the bottom to scroll the time along.

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The ECC Cheerleading Championships 2011 will take place on the 2nd and 3rd of July in Ljublijana, Slovenia.

Winners of several 2011 Elite & Club National Cheerleading and Cheer Dance Categories will be eligible to represent the UKCA at this prestegious competition.

More information will be supplied to coaches immediately after the Award Ceremony on Sunday 21st March 2011.

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Matalan Sporting Promise launched in association with Youth Sport Trust

November 18, 2010

Britain’s greatest ever Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave has spoken of the critical importance of investing in school sport as he launches Matalan Sporting Promise.
Matalan has partnered with the Youth Sport Trust and launched a new initiative to get more young people taking part in sports.
Pat Hawkins, President of UKCA said:
The UK Cheerleading Association [...]

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Northern Ireland ALLSTARS

November 15, 2010

Saturday 2nd October marked a major milestone for Cheerleading in Northern Ireland as UKCA Regional Representative Karen Graham held inaugural auditions for an ALLSTAR Squad with newly appointed Squad Coaches Cathy Bell-Allen and Sara McNeilly.
30 young athletes turned up at the audition venue and were put through an intense series of workshops to select the [...]

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Ten out of Ten for Sports Awards!

November 1, 2010

WIGAN and Leigh’s unsung heroes of sport were duly honoured at the tenth annual Borough Sports Awards.
Coaches, teams and sports clubs gathered at the DW Stadium on Friday night for the award ceremony.
Everest expedition leader and ex British Forces mountaineering specialist Dave Bunting was the special guest of honour at the event which recognised all [...]

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In defence of Cheerleading

October 19, 2010

This post has been re-published from www.luciebartlett.wordpress.com with kind permission of Lucie.

It is no secret to this blog that I’m a big advocate of cheerleading. As a former cheerleader myself – in support of our American football team at University, and competitively in London squads for the three years following – this is perhaps no [...]

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International Competition In Italy

October 15, 2010

The second international cheerleading competition in ITALY:
II. MILLENIUM CUP 2011
organised by Cheerdance Millenium from Trieste will take place on Saturday, March 19th 2011 in the biggest sportshall in Trieste – “Palatrieste”.
The deadline to register your group is February 19th 2011 on this e-mail: info@cheerdancemillenium.com
You can fly in to Trieste, we can also find the accomodation [...]

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UKCA Squads Shine at On Show!

September 28, 2010

A big ‘Thank You’ to all Coaches and your Helpers for their hard work helping to put our show opening display on at CCPR’s Royal Albert Hall On Show last Saturday.

80 Cheerleaders from Seven squads – Enfield Blaze, Hawks, Gemini, IndepenDance, Maddisons, Maximum Cheer and Pioneers – joined together and delivered a fantastic routine [...]

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Poms at a great price!

September 13, 2010
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Stunt Workshop, Saturday 18th September, Manchester

September 2, 2010

Stunt Workshops
Saturday 18th September 2010
10.00 – 5.30pm (Beginners 10.00am – 12.00pm; Intermediate 1.00pm – 3.00pm; Advanced 3.30pm – 5.30pm)
Sporting Edge,
Manchester M43 6AT
Due to the popular demand and great success of UKCA’s Stunts Workshops, We will be hosting another one of its kind. This is your opportunity to learn New Skills and improving the performance [...]

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