BCA and ICSA

Cheerleading is now a competitive athletic discipline in at least 75 nations across the world, the sport is still growing faster than ever in Britain, where over 700 clubs are part of the cheerleading community.

Now the sport of Cheerleading in Ireland is being recognised as a legitimate sporting activity and the participation in this sport is also continually expanding at a rapid pace, the Irish Cheer Sport Association recognise that professionalism and safety standards must also be increased in line with this growth.

To ensure the sport of cheerleading continues to grow in a positive manner the ICSA have formed links with the British Cheerleading Association (BCA) to ensure that all participants can involve themselves in the sport in a manner that is not only safe but fun and enjoyable. Click on the logo below to vivit their site

Press Release: 18th May 2009

At a meeting held between senior representatives of the British Cheerleading Association (BCA), Scotcheer and the United Kingdom Cheerleading Association (UKCA) it was agreed that a united over-arching, not for profit, organisation is needed to represent Cheerleaders from UK/GB in the world arena. Such an organisation has now been formed and will be known as SportCheerGB.

SportCheerGB is a collective body formed from the three long standing, member based, nonprofit organisations in Cheerleading (BCA, Scotcheer, UKCA) Each organisation will provide representatives to Sport Cheer GB.
The main purposes of SportCheerGB will be to extend governance over Cheerleading in the UK and the representation of our member Cheerleaders to the relevant International Sports bodies.

This will greatly aid the submissions to Sport England to have Cheerleading recognised as a Sport.

In particular to maintain the integrity and credibility of SportCheerGB and the represented Cheerleaders other world cheerleading organizations are requested to advise SportCheerGB of all actual and proposed activities in the UK/GB before those activities take place.

The unified federation “SportCheerGB” is the official recognised sole voice of cheerleading in Great Britain/United Kingdom and was ratified on the 29th April 2009 by the following organisations.

 

 

Expanding Horizons for BCA

The British Cheerleading Association is growing in size and strength everyday, with new and innovative ideas being worked on.
Three BCA Coaches and a BCA Director have been invited to Tenerife to develop cheerleading in the Canaries. They have been asked to help develop the first Cheerleading Squad on the island and will be working with the them for a week in May on both stunt and dance. It is hoped that eventually they will travel to compete at BCA competitions in the UK.
The BCA hope that by developing this squad it will be a catalyst for more squads in the islands and surrounding areas.

This is one of the first steps for the BCA to help train squads worldwide taking their high standards of safety and professionalism with them

The BCA is pleased to announce our affiliation with PGL to provide Cheerleading Coaching at their activity centers.

For the duration of the weekends qualified instructors from the British Cheerleading Association will focus on providing an experience that motivates and inspires by coaching the basic skills of motions, cheers, chants, jumps, dance and an introduction to stunts and tumbling.

PGL is a market leading provider of activity courses and holidays.
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PGL Cheerleading Activities