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Street
Cheer: Press Release - Street Cheer comes to Manchester
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Cheerleading
came to Manchester in a big way this weekend as the
Velodrome played host to the UKCA (UK Cheerleading Association)
National Cheerleading Championships and the UK launch
of a new youth sport taking the nation by storm - Street
Cheer
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Over
2,000 children from across the nation were introduced
to Street Cheer, an activity which sees the latest funky
street dance moves, fused with traditional Cheerleading
techniques to create an exciting new initiative already
capturing the imagination of young people from all walks
of life
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The
launch saw a professional team of Street Dancers from
Manchester, the Sunshine Crew, put on an impressive
display to the packed Velodrome audience which revealed
the roots of this emerging activity. This was closely
followed by a full Street Cheer demonstration by local
team Rising Stars from Stockport and Coventry based
Gemini G-Force
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Pat
Hawkins, president of the UKCA, commented: "The
launch of this new national event is a major step forward
in the development of Street Cheer as a sports concept.
The unique blend of street dance with Cheerleading Chants
and Cheers has created a sporting activity which has
appeal to a broad spectrum of young people and one which
has very real potential to produce some exciting UK
talent."
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Jane
Ashworth, CEO of StreetGames, the national charity dedicated
to delivering doorstep sport for young people across
the UK and responsible, along with the UKCA, for delivering
Street Cheer, shares Pat's enthusiasm. Jane said: "Street
Cheer is a fresh and exciting sport which appeals to
children from all backgrounds, particularly to those
who, for whatever reason, have not had access to or
interest in more traditional sporting activities format
that they want. From the growing demand for Street Cheer
we've witnessed with our projects over the past year,
this is certainly a sport which achieves those objectives
and judging by the response it received from the crowd
this weekend, it certainly looks set to take the UK
by storm."
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For
further information on Street Cheer, please e-mail info@streetcheer.com
or pr@streetgames.org
- Alternatively, to find out more about your nearest
StreetGames funded Street Cheer project, please contact
0845 1300 849
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