Linggo, Agosto 21, 2011

Team Pilipinas wins 1st ASEAN Cheerleading competition



Team Pilipinas bagged gold in the 1st Southeast Asian Cheerleading Open held at the Singapore Sports Schools complex in Singapore.

Team Pilipinas, composed of members of Poveda College, Holy Spirit, Assumption, Saint Paul Pasig, and Taguig Science High School, bested squads from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Chinese-Taipeh, and host Singapore to win in smashing fashion in front of a capacity gym.

The All Girls Premier division is one of the most coveted divisions in the international competition, which include COED elite, partner stunts, and group stunts..

The team also took home a silver in the All Girls Group Stunts division.

The contingent also included members of Team Pilipinas Coed, which also earned a silver medal.

Judges from the International Cheerleading Union (ICU) were flown in from the United States, along with other judges from around the region.

Team Pilipinas was formed out of an open try-out held last year conducted by instructors from the National Cheerleading Championship (NCC), the country’s biggest cheerleading organization.

The NCC is a member of the Philippine Cheerleading Alliance (PCA), the governing body of the sport. The PCA is sanctioned under the International Cheerleading Union (ICU), the world governing body for cheerleading.

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