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By DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM alltherage@thestar.com.my SAMUEL L. Jackson isn’t usually the first name that comes to mind when you think of cheerleaders. Yet, the actor with a tonne of attitude was, in fact, a male cheerleader in college. Yes, Nick Fury used to cheer. That might seem funny to most since cheerleading is viewed as a […]
Team Cyrens from SM Sri Kuala Lumpur, Subang Jaya, have suffered a huge setback in their bid to win their third straight trophy at Cheer 2012 after one of their cheerleaders injured a shoulder in training. The set-back was bad enough to force the entire team to withdraw from the National Youth Day Cheerleading Competition […]
Here are some of the teams that will be competing for the Cheer 2012 trophy. We’ll be featuring all the teams in the upcoming weeks:
DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM, FIONA CHAN and MELISSA GAZALI alltherage@thestar.com.my HOARDES of budding photographers lining the sides of the mat, hundreds of curious onlookers checking out the action and judges scrutinising every second of the teams’ routines – the National Youth Day (NYD) Cheerleading Competition had all the right ingredients to give teams a taste of what […]
THERE are quite a few things that Cheer is famous for, namely the thrilling cheerleading performances, the bucketloads of drama, and of course, the incredibly loud supporters. But one of the main things that really drew Sugus to become co-sponsors of Cheer 2012 – their third year supporting the competition – is the idea of […]
By DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM alltherage@thestar.com.my IT’S crunch time! School holidays are just around the corner, which means no school, no homework and more time to practise. With the Cheer 2012 finals less than a month away, this is the perfect opportunity for teams to fine tune their stunts. Every year, the competition gets more and more […]
By DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM alltherage@thestar.com.my IF YOU think that cheerleading is all about pompons and makeup, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Cheerleading is a sport that requires determination, grit and nerves of steel to execute the thrilling stunts involved. And on top of all that, the cheerleaders have to look good while doing […]
CHEER 2012 is around the corner and we hope you’re all prepared for the fun and excitement that’s in store for you! As usual, around this time, secondary school students involved in the annual cheerleading competition will be busy getting their routines right and tweaking their performances before the big weekend of June 16 and […]
IT’S an annual tradition with Cheer, and it’s probably one of the few things the cheerleaders involved don’t really enjoy doing – the returning of the Champions’ trophy. Every year, about a couple of months before the Cheer finals, the defending champions are asked to return their trophy in a ceremony to announce that the […]
EVERY year, Alliance Cosmetics Sdn Bhd CEO Ng Chee Eng looks forward to Cheer, Malaysia’s premier cheerleading competition. “The level of energy these young people have, they are so enthusiastic,” said Ng at the Cheer 2012 launch last week. “It’s not just the performers but also the supporters. You get into the stadium and immediately […]