September 1st, 2011

As the November 26th & 27th dates for the 6th Cheerleading World Championships in Hong Kong approach, National Cheerleading Organisations throughout the world are gearing up to send their best to compete.

For the German Cheerleading Association (CVD) the gearing up programme was dubbed the “Hong Kong here we come: Germany Dares to Cheer” project.  From the beginning things were challenging as one of the important steps was selecting the best from a very talented pool of athletes to makeup the participating teams. Though many other challenges faced the potential athletes, such as simply finding the time to compete, financial concerns, personal life sacrifices, the CVD and the IFC appreciate their dedication to the sport of cheerleading!The CVD will be sending 4 teams in total:

Cheer Mixed:                       National team is composed of members from several teams all over Germany
Cheer All Female:                SC Staaken/Legends with some backing from Berlin Adler (One of the Top Ranking Teams)
CheerDance:                       TSV Rudow/Dance Deluxe  (Nationals Champions)
Group Stunts All Female:     ASC Hanau/Fabulous Five  (European Cheerleading Championship success story)
 
Hopes are high in Germany as the “cheerleading routine” preparations have already started and for the Cheer Mixed team have been well underway for a few months. Under the leadership of the American head coach Akram Hemaidan a very challenging routine has been devised to ensure the National team comes back laden with medals.

With such dedication and with other countries also upping their game the 6th Cheerleading World Championships is looking to be best yet!

The 3rd installment of the Asian – Thailand Cheerleading Invitational 2011 (ATCI) will be taking place this September 17th & 18th (SAT-SUN) at the newly renovated Nimibutr, National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.  

In the past Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore have taken part as invitational teams. As this year features the 6th Cheerleading World Championship November 26.27th in Hong Kong many teams will be flexing their National Team prowess; the level competition will no doubt be high and the atmosphere will surely be electric at the invitational as some of the best teams will go head to head vying for the gold.

Thailand being the host country of course has home town advantage to complement its skills and is of course the crowd favourite.

Excitement and anticipation loom in the air, till the big event this weekend!

Stay tuned for more!

On July 2nd & 3rd the European Cheerleading Association (ECA) hosted the European Cheerleading Championships (ECC) 2011 in the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. International Federation of Cheerleading (IFC) president Setsuo Nakamura, joined the ECA president Vojko Korošec, along with other ECA officials for the two day event.

Adding to the ECC2011 was the Sunshine Cheer Cup (SCC) in which younger athletes up to twelve years of age from around Europe could demonstrate their original routines and compete with their peers.

With honorary sponsorship from the mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković, a brand new venue, the Arena Stožice, fit to burst with excitement, the two day event received high praise from many in attendance. The ECC & Slovenian Cheerleading and Pom-pon association president, Vojko Korošec, was quoted as saying; “Pleased expressions on athletes faces can tell me everything and this is the greatest payment for the effort we have put into this. I want to thank everybody who helped with the ECC. I am honoured that the organisation of this big event was trusted by ECA to our association in the time when I am also the president of ECA and I am certain we have fulfilled their expectations. Cheerleading is becoming more and more popular all over the world and one of the proofs is this championship. We have seen really great performances, of home teams and foreign. To all the participants I want to congratulate for great routines and brave performances. I think we are all looking forward of new competitions".

Rest for the European athletes will be brief as many will already have their sights set on a podium finish at the 6th Cheerleading World Championships (CWC) at the Hong Kong Coliseum November 26th & 27th 2011! http://www.daretocheer.com

For results and more pictures please visit the ECC2011 page.