One month as passed since last month’s National Cheerleading Championships 2012.

It is not hearsay when we say that cheerleading in Singapore is getting more and more attention, be it among cheerleaders themselves, among the community, within the media, or the general public.

Let’s take a look at the newspaper articles that were published after the event itself.

联合早报：

阿嬷阿公越“啦”越年轻

ChannelNewsAsia:

Record Turnout at 3rd Annual National Cheerleading Championships

The New Paper:

They’re flipping over it

Berita Harian:

Bersorak sambil perkukuh jalinan masyarakat

This year’s Nationals has shown tremendous improvement since last year across all divisions and category, though we have to admit that there are still some shortfalls in the primary and secondary schools category. Junior Colleges are almost non-existent. However, the injection of community cheerleading from People’s Association has proved to spread the spirit of cheerleading to even our little younger brothers/sisters and our grandfathers/grandmothers.

“Where do we go from here?” is the question that I think many people are asking.

Many things are happening in our cheer scene, be in locally or internationally.  We mourn the passing of Joey Delaney. People are speculating about whether ICU/IFC are going to get SportsAccord membership. The recent saga in USA revolving Title IX, Varsity Brands and Jeff Webb, and his stance on whether cheerleading is a sport or simply “a game of chess”.

So then, where do we go from here? It’s a tough question to answer, yet many people want to know.

FCS will be pondering this as we try to set a direction for Singapore cheer. But meanwhile, our focus is on our Team LIONS going into CAIOC 2012 in Japan this coming May.  There will be many features of them this coming few weeks leading up to the competition, so stay tuned on our FB page and website!

Dear all,

We regret to announce that there will be no try outs for team LIONS that is going to CAIOC this coming June. This is due to the fact that time is not our side and we do not have the luxury of organising a proper tryouts. As such, we have already formed a rather ad-hoc Team LIONS for this CAIOC, which will be revealed after the competition.

We deeply apologize for any inconveniences causes and we assure everyone that this is not SOP for the formation of Team LIONS, but because we’re really out of time.

This year, we had a total number of 47 people taking class 1 and class 2. 37 for class 1 and 10 for class 2.

28 people passed for class 1 and 3 passed for class 2. A great result!

We shall not announce the names this time because there is really no point, but some photos will be shared here, and overall, we hope that all participants, be it pass or fail, take something away from this course!

Congratulations to those who passed, hopefully you can apply what you learned (of course, with certain adjustments) to the teams that you are going to coach, and for those who failed, please do not be disheartened, and continue to work harder!

Hello everyone!

We are pleased to announce that CAIOC 2012 is open to all teams! However, due to the tight submission deadline, we hope all teams interested to co-operate and act swiftly. These are the information we require, with deadline:

• Email confirmation to enquiries@fcs.sg that your team is going for the competition by Thursday, 29th March 2012.
• Flight itinerary to enquiries@fcs.sg by Monday, 2nd April 2012. To find out how when you should fly and come back, please refer back to THIS POST. All relevant information about transport, accomodation, venue, fees are all inside. Expected budget per pax is around SGD1, 100.

Here it is, Singapore!

In order of appearance,

DAY ONE

Partner Stunts

• ASTROS – 63.5
• Wildcards Gary and Jasmine – 96
• Avatar – 70.5
• Wildcards Ochi and Joline – 82

Group Stunts (All Female)

• LeGIRLcy All Stars – 53.5
• NTU ACES – 58.5
• RP Rexaz All Girls – 44.5
• Rising Phoenix – 60.5
• Alpha Vimbz – 63
• SMU Flare Team Gold – 63.5
• KR Steppers – 65.5

Group Stunts (Mixed)

• Legacy All Stars – 76
• SMU Flare Team Blue – 75
• Wildcards – 108.5
• ASTROS – 99.5

Cheerleading Competitive Primary

• St Hilda’s Shooting Stars – 143
• MG Dazzlers Senior – 140.5
• MG Dazzlers Junior – 113

Cheerleading Competitive Sec and JC

• MG Sizzlers – 145
• AMK Avengers – 129

Cheerleading Competitive IHL

• RP Rexaz White – 160
• Magnum Gold – 185
• Magnum Blue – 135.5
• NUS Alpha Verve – 145
• RP Rexaz Green – 153
• SP Gusto A – 190.5
• TP Blazers – 122
• NTU ACES – 169.5
• SP Gusto B – 154.5

Cheerleading Competitive Open

• Wildcards – 190
• Denvers – 148
• KR Steppers – 188.5

Freestyle Open

• KR Steppers – 239
• Genesis – 205.5
• AC Pistols – 218

Freestyle Community

• Davengerz from Potong Pasir Constituency – 221.5
• Leopards from Pasir Ris West Constituency – 127
• Young Heart from Jalan Besar Constituency – 188
• Albirex Cheerleading School from Yuhua Constituency – 222
• Marsiling Cheers from Sembawang Cluster – 154
• The Wonder Women! from Tanjong Pagar – Tiong Bahru Cluster – 139.5
• Nee Soon Dazzlers from Nee Soon Cluster – 169
• Nee Soon Central from Nee Soon Central Constituency – 162
• BBE-AA from Bukit Batok East Constituency – 153

That’s all folks! Thank you for joining/supporting this National Cheerleading Championships 2012, brought to you by Singapore Sports council and Federation of Cheerleading (Singapore)! Hope to see you again next year, and definitely, it will be bigger and better than this!

All feedback are welcome and please email them to enquiries@fcs.sg

Let’s continue to CHEER even harder on Day 2, Singapore!

Dear all,

FCS is pleased to announce that the above 2 courses are CONFIRMED. The date and time remains the same, and the venue is now confirmed at Kent Ridge Hall, National University of Singapore.  The exact address is 10, Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119617. Suggest you go to http://gothere.sg to find the way here, it’s pretty accessible by bus, from Clementi MRT and from Haw Par Villa MRT.

Please do find the updated info package HERE and registration + indemnity form HERE.  Send us back the registration forms before this weekend’s NCC2012, and on the actual day itself, bring a hardcopy of the forms + signed indemnity form + course fees.  The fees will be the same as last year, $200/pax.

Attire will be your usual cheer training attire, please bring a pen as well as you might need to take down notes.

Thank you for your attention and all the best to all those competing for this weekend.

Dear friends,

As per last year, FCS will be conducting IFC Class I and II certification courses right after the competition on Monday (full day), Tuesday and Wednesday (both evening onwards). Venue is TBC. The fees for both are at $200/pax. BUT, depending on the number of participants, we might lower the fees.

I have uploaded the necessary documents here: Package and Forms. Please look through the info package very clearly to know what needs to be done.

Thanks,
Wee Ping

Dear friends,

Recently, there have been many enquiries with regard to CAIO matters.  We would like to announce that firstly, we welcome all teams to register for CAIO 2012.  However, which team gets to go will be by FCS’s discretion.  Of course, the reasons will be justified and transparent.  Secondly, we would like to announce that there will be no subsidy for all teams, the subsidy will be reserved for Team Lions.

Please let FCS know if your team is interested, we will release registration forms soon.  Please click HERE to download a bulletin about the competition.

Here are some information on budget, schedule, accomodation of the event:

Outline Schedule:
Arrival (NYC): Thursday 17th May
Practice: Friday 18th May
Competition Day 1: Saturday 19th May
Competition Day 2: Sunday 20th May
Departure (NYC): Monday 21st May (or Tuesday 22nd May)

Accommodation:
Once again accommodation is planned at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center (NYC); the same facility used for the 3rd IFCCheerleading World Championships in 2005 as well as the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Cheerleading Asia International Open Championships.
The NYC is available from check-in at 15:00 on Thursday 17th May until check-out in the morning of Tuesday 22nd May.

Budget:
Accomodation: 3000 yen/person/night, available from 17th night to 21st night.
Bus transfer to and fro airport and hostel: 3000 yen/person/one way trip, 6000 yen for roundtrip
Air ticket: Depends

Hello everyone!

Following the announcement of the event, FCS would like to announce that Vivocheer will be selling several cheerleading products during the event itself, and T-shirt is one of them!

This is the design, very cute indeed!

The shirts will be priced at just $15! For pre-orders, please contact Yod at info@vivocheer.com