CHARM ALL STARS
Cheer Rock 2005, Singapore
Cheer (Champion)
Dance (Third)
Best Team Cheer Award

CONGRATS CHARM ALL STARS!

CHARM All Stars made us proud winning the 1st prize in the cheerleading category at the CHEER ROCK 2005 Competition in Singapore. CHARM also won 3rd in the dance category and won the Best Team Cheer Award! This is CHARM's debut at international level and prove to be a success one! Congratulation once again and Malaysia BOLEH!

Pictures are taken from Press Conference before leaving to Singapore last week.

The RED Carnival

Shirtliff and Team All Stars was at Sungei Wang last weekend cheering for World AIDS Day, The Red Carnival. I would like to thank the SBU girls who came in spirit to support for this charitable cause. This year the theme is Keep The Promise and STOP AIDS.

I would like to thank my friends from Mirage Crew, Fundamental Funk, EVO-I and Rastas too! The Pink Triangle people were really happy with all your performance! Sorry for any inconvenience especially with not much refreshment available, but I hope your contribution towards this event would help create awareness amongst the youth of Malaysia!

STOP AIDS!

GOOD LUCK

CHARM All Stars!

All the best at Cheer Rock and make us proud!

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

CHARM All Stars will be competing at Cheer Rock 2005 in Singapore on December 2. Ten teams will be competing in the Open category. And CHARM is Malaysia's sole entry!

I am planning a trip to Singapore with Nita and Diha (senior members of Team All Stars) to watch the Cheer Rock competition. CHARM All Stars will be representing Malaysia, and hoepfully our loud and crazy cheer will spur them on!

Anyway this trip is a meaningful one to me as I will be sitting for an exam. This exam is for trainers and coaches and if I were to pass this, I will be given a certificate of Level 1. Hope to excell in this because I have so much in mind for 2006. For Team All Stars and all cheerleading teams in Malaysia.

Jude Benjamin

POSTPONED!

NOTICE!

SCP CHEER EMAS

CHEERLEADING COMPETITION 2005

Please be informed that the above mentioned event which is to take place on 26th and 27th of November has been postponed to March 2006 due to unforseen circumstances.

Spotlight: Greenup County

This coming week I will be posting a few articles and pictures on Greenup County High School cheerleading team. Tagged the best team ever from the America, the Musketeers created many firsts in the American cheerleading history! For the record, Greenup is my favorite cheerleading team! GO BIG GREEN!

Claim To Fame: Thirteen UCA high school national championships (including one partner stunt title)—the first in 1981. Too many local, state and regional titles to mention!

History In The Making: Greenup County’s success brought Candy and her squads so much attention that in 1999 they were made the subjects of a book— We’ve Got Spirit: The Life And Times Of America’s Greatest Cheerleading Team.

Quotable:

“Not everyone can win every day. One year we got 22nd place and were distraught for about an hour and then went out and had fun the next day. It’s one moment in your life and it’s not going to make or break you.”—Candy Berry

Cheerleading in America: Greenups the Cheer Queens!

2005
Medium Varsity Champion



















2004
Medium Varsity 3rd Place




















2003
Large Varsity Champion



















2002
Large Varsity Champion
















2001
Large Varsity 10th Place

Cheer Emas participant update

The Cheer Emas competition is merely a month away. So far we have enquiries and expecting entry forms to be send in next week. Teams that we can expect to compete on that day:

1. CHARM All-Stars (CHARM display team)
2. Xavier from SMK Convent Bukit Nanas
3. Calyx from SMJK Catholic
4. Maluri All-Stars (combined 3 school team)
5. Indonesia Cheerleading Community
6. STP from Northern Thailand

I would like to wish all Muslim cheerleaders,

SELAMAT HARI RAYA

&

MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN.

Kalau Open House for Raya tu, jangan lupe to invite SorakMalaysia!

Happy holidays to all Malaysians too!

Cheer Emas 2005 Update

Some of us are in the midst of getting prepared for exams, some of us are in the field getting their stunt up!

The organisers has received in entries for the competition! As far as Thailand, a team from the Northern region, has confirmed their participation. A few local team has confirmed too! We are also waiting for Singapore and Indonesia to send in their entries!

This would be exciting! If your team has not registered, you should do it now by calling South City Plaza (Winiie @ 89422294) or Team All Stars (Jude @ 012 284 4181).

Wishing all Muslim cheerleaders

SELAMAT BERPUASA

Best wishes from SorakMalaysia!

p/s: If you plan for a kenduri berbuka puasa, don't forget to send invitations here!

INTERVIEW - Cheerleader of The Month

Wan Maria Elena bte Wan Zamri
18
HELP Institute student
Xavier captain 2004









QUESTIONS:

1. Please briefly describe how have you participated in cheerleading, and which team did you cheer for?

Hey fellow malaysians!! :) I've been cheering since i was young,back in Sabah in kindergarten. Then i entered SK Convent Bukit Nanas,and i joined the BLUE house cheerleading team. Back then it was just for fun. As i entered SMK Convent Bukit Nanas,i was recruited by my senior members to join the XAVIER team in the year 2001. I was a XAVIER cheerleader till i was in form 5 [yr 2004].I was Co-Captain in 2003,Captain in 2004,and was given the title Best Outstanding Cheerleader in the year 2002 by the British Team :) A few years back,i was also a cheerleader for CHARM All Stars,but i quit from the team for i was suppose to study in America. I came back from the states to study here instead and i joined _Mocha under TEAM ALL STARS! I've been cheering with them since last year.

2. Is the support encouraging enough from school and parents nowadays?

How can this be improved?

I find that,quite a number of the parents in Malaysia don't fancy cheerleading and believe that it is a sport that goes beyond our culture. I have friends from all over,and some of them come back to me with questions on how to persuade their school to establish a cheerleading squad. The support may come easy from schools that encourages different types of sports such as cheerleading. But i do find the overall support from parents and schools are increasing by the year. Some schools have excellent cheerleading squads competing at our annually national championship. I get to see new cheerleading teams arriving every year from different schools. And the number of parents cheering on the stands are increasing. Yes,the sport may still be considered new to some Malaysians even though it has been in Malaysia for 5 years,but i can sense that the sport is getting much publicity as times passes. Malaysia should have more cheerleading squads and competitions to improve the publicity. By winning a competition,a particular school or team gets full coverage and publicity of its fame! And parents having to be proud of their child's success.

3. What have you learn from all the cheerleading sessions?

I've learned alot by becoming a cheerleader. And i've put to use the knowledge in my everyday life.

team work [a must have to achieve a certain goal!]
time management&dicipline [doing things at the last minute doesn't help us but it only brings us failure]
socialising and communciating the funway! [i've met alot of people through the scene of mass communication. i've met people with the same interest as me,CHEERLEADING!]
patriotisme [the love for my country as i was competing in UK recently!]

4. What is your hope and aspiration for the future of cheerleading in Malaysia? I hope to see more cheerleading competitions in Malaysia.I also hope to see this sport rising as any other sport in Malaysia.To see it bringing fame to the country.Cheerleading is a combination of two words. Cheer and lead.I believe that every cheerleader in Malaysia will someday lead the country to success in anyway possible! :)

5. How can we improve the standards locally? To improve our standards locally,we could invite our neighbours that have more experience in cheerleading to help us out.Such as the Thailand National Team,Rangsit from The Rangsit University in Thailand.They came recently to help Team All Stars with our skills before our trip to the UK.And Team All Stars with Rangsit organised a 2 day clinic for all the cheerleaders in Malaysia.It did help alot of teams with their knowledge and skills.Besides that,joining cheerleading camps organised by other neighbours like Singapore.It could help us differenciate the different techniques and skills.I'm sure that Malaysia could improvve trumendously because of their spirit that i've seen every year when the National Cheerleading Competition in Malaysia arrives!

6. Do you think a career in cheerleading is possible in Malaysia? If yes, why? If no, why not?Yes,of course a career in cheerleading is possible in Malaysia. Maybe it will take time since there isn't any official cheerleading association in Malaysia.I hope that there could be a career and that it could help to bring new cheerleaders into the scene. Also publicsing cheerleading as a healthy sport.

Maria can be contacted at: xavierbabe_maria@hotmail.com

To my fellow cheerleaders who will be sitting for the Penilaian Menengah Rendah aka PMR examination, I would like to wish you girls/guys a cheerful luck. Do your best, like how you excel on the blue mat!

Pengumuman

Dear readers,

Beginning of the month of October and the following months after that, I would like to specially introduce a special feature.

I will be posting a short interview of Malaysian cheerleaders all across the nation. This interview session, Q&A, will be posted every Monday of the week. Cheerleaders are carefully selected, as these bunch of peeps are given thier short of fame for their hardwork and dedication in making cheerleading a respectable sport in Malaysia!

I have a few list of candidates, and will be posting the first cheerleader next week!

If you have someone in mind, or maybe I have slipped him / her from my DREAM team list, please email me!

Remember, keep on cheering!

judebenjamin@yahoo.com

Cheer Emas 2005 update

Dear cheerleaders,

Please to inform everyone that there would be international teams participating at the Cheer Emas competition this November. My friends from Indonesia and Thailand has informed me that there is a high school team from each both countries interested to participate and they have already requested for the guidelines and entry form.

Both teams are excited to compete, as this would be their first overseas competition. I hope my dear cheerleaders in Malaysia will come and support! This event would be an interesting affair! Cheers.

Jude Benjamin

Cheer Emas 2005 Update

Dear cheerleaders,

Invitations has been send out by the organisers to various schools last week. If you have not received any competition pack the next week, please call South City Plaza (Winnie : 89422294).

I have forwarded all the school captains number to them to follow up and mail you the competition form. Hope to see you soon!

JUDE

Malaysian CheerBoys - Where art thou?

When I first started to form All Stars with a few cheer-freaks (all girls), I thought....I want more guys to be in it! Just like how the Americans are doing. So I did tried to rob in a few friends. I failed.

Came in 2003, I was at the briefing of Cheer 2003. Thanks to Beverley, we met a few more aspiring cheerleaders who think like us. They wanted to pursue further in cheering, perhaps cheering the rest of their lives. I met really nice people, including guys. At that point, I though "This is it!". The inclusion of Vulcanz All-Boys in the 2004 picture was inpsiring. We needed the boys to be in the frame to promote cheerleading to a better perspective. This year was another achievement for all, as we had another all-boy team in the North competition.

Now that we have come to the 6th competitive year, what we have achieve is quite impressive overall. Although the part of getting more guys to compete is rather sad. But with a group of people who are very fanatic with cheerleading (like me!), it will take another big step to encourage more guys to participate.

Earlier this year, I made a bid to include more boys in the team (Team All Stars). Instead of the usual two ( me and John), I wanted new faces. So came the audition for BCA 2005 team, I met 2 guys who were really in the right mood at that time. They were spirited and excited. Ludwig is only 16 and now a cheer-freak like me, and Faisal who is 21 and now cheering with the Bobcats Montana State University! I'm glad both of them has found something that has inspired them to be a better person. My cheer buddy John has grown to be a matured and more dedicated to cheering these days.

Cheerleading is not just a sport. It is a circle of life. You meet many people, of which you will learn many things from everyone. In the aspect of friendship, relationship and even values. I hope more guys will participate for the fun of this sport. And then, perhaps at a later day they will be much serious with it because they have found that cheerleading is more than cheering!

So guys, dare you do stunts with my girls?

My Favorite

Find my favorite cheerleading stuff! Please don't be upset if you/your team ain't in the list.

FAVORITE CHEERLEADING TEAM (International / All Girl)

Greenup County High School, Kentucky, USA

15 time national champion

FAVORITE CHEERLEADING TEAM (International / COED)

Christian Brothers High School
9 time national champion

FAVORITE NATIONAL CHEERLEADING TEAM (MALAYSIA)

Shirtliff, SMK Seri Bintang Utara
4 time national champion

Dynamitez, SMK Damansara Jaya
Cheer 2005 champion

Xavier, SMK CBN
Cheer 2002 champion

MOST INSPIRING STORY / TEAM (MALAYSIA)

• Team All Stars trip to Nottingham, UK
• Vulcanz All-Boys competing at Cheer 2003
• Xavier winning Cheer 2002
• Dynamitez winning Cheer 2005
• Shirtliff winning 4 out 6 times at Nationals

FAVORITE ROUTINE (MALAYSIA)

• CHARM All-Stars, Cheer for Merdeka 2003
• Shirtliff, Cheer 2002
• Shirtliff, Cheer 2004
• Dynamitez, Cheer 2004
• Team All Stars, BCA 2005
• Shirtliff, Cheer 2005
• Xavier, Cheer 2005
• Dynamitez, Cheer 2005
• Vulcanz All-Boys, Cheer 2005
• Titans, Cheer 2005
• D'Starz, Cheer 2005

MOST IMPROVED TEAM (MALAYSIA)

• D'Starz, Cheer 2005
• Calyx, Cheer 2005
• Vulcanz All-Boys, Cheer 2005

FAVORITE UNIFORM (MALAYSIA)

• Shirtliff, Cheer 2002
• Titans, Cheer 2004
• Titans, Cheer 2005
• Valkyries, Cheer 2005

Cheer Rock 2005 by Singapore Cheerleading Community

Hey all!

There will be a cheerleading competition organised by our friends in Singapore on the 3 & 4 December, 2005! This competition will be judged by the Team Spirit USA!

I am planning to send a team and hopefully my friends at Team All Stars will agree and go for it! If you wanna join and send your team, you can do so.

If you are a SBU/CBN/DJ/SU cheerleader, and is keen to compete please let me know! Let's arrange and send you guys, and show to them what spirit we have! It will be a fun and learning experience, because after the competition there would be a 3/4 days clinic by the USA team! Cool! Don't miss this opportunity!

The Tryouts

This coming Saturday, and the weekend after Team All Stars will conducting a recruiting drive mainly for the 2006 season.

The senior members are gearing towards preparing for the Cheerleaders of America (COA) 2006 Competition in Florida. We have qualified for the competition, so it is due time to share this experience with all of you.

Besides the COA event, Team All Stars would be participating again at BCA 2006. If you wanna peek to what is to happen next year in our calendar, here it goes. Hopefully, you will change your mind and drop by this Saturday at YMCA!

2006 Agenda

January - Team All Stars schedule to promote cheerleading in a Cheerleading Tour organised by Indonesian Cheerleading Community, Jakarta, Indonesia.

March - Team All Stars schedule to participate in a 10-day camp organised by Rangsit University (RSU) cheerleading team, Bangkok, Thailand.

April - Team All Stars schedule to compete at COA 2006, Florida, USA.

June - Team All Stars organise the 2nd Annual Cheer Clinic, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

July - Team All Stars schedule to compete at 17th Annual International Cheerleading Championships organised by British Cheerleading Association (BCA), Nottingham, UK.


So, what's your verdict? Crazy huh?

Take Note

Cheerleaders Of America (COA) 2006 Competition

FLORIDA, US

AUDITION

We have qualified for the COA2006 Cheerleading Competition in Orlando, Florida next April. In conjunction with the qualifying for COA, we are searching for new members and aspiring cheerleaders!

Details
Eligibility: MUST BE 15-19 as of year 2006.
Cheerleaders/New comers welcomed, both FEMALE&MALE!
Attire: STIRCTLY sports shoes & sports attire ONLY.
Cheerleaders must have SPIRIT,DETERMINATION,COMMITMENT AND DICIPLINE.

Venue
YMCA, Kuala Lumpur

Time
2pm – Registration
3pm to 5 pm – Clinic

Date
Saturday 17th September 2005 [Elimination Round]
Sunday 18th September 2005 [Clinic]
Saturday 24th September 2005 [Clinic]
Sunday 25th September 2005 [Selection]

Registration Fee
RM5

Transportation
YMCA Kuala Lumpur is walking distance (3 minutes) from Monorail / KTM / Putra LRT KL Central station!

For further enquiries, please contact:

Jude 012 284 4181

John 012 278 1823

Maria 012 213 2838

Shirtliff and her BBGS thing...

*in the past, peeps who are so not into BBGS would call them the Budak-Budak Gila S***! Huhu. Same goes to CBN, and VI...it has it's own stupid mockery meaning.

Anyways, last night I spend my evening with the Shirtliff and Maclay cheerleaders at an event in Hilton KL. It was a 15 minutes routine for both teams, which turned out fine overall. Each team had 8 members cheering out loud for Standard Chartered Bank.

At first I was a little bit furious, cause the girls were nearly TWO hours late for the rehearsals. Thank God, Beryl the event lady was so gentle and cool. It was good to see some of them again after the setbacks of Cheer 2005. A reunion for me with Jill, who cut her hair. She looked prettier but matured. Raja was there too! Perlu ke menyibuk? Hehehe. I was so happy to see her in action, as she was on a week break from her horrifying stories of UiTM Melaka. Then again, could it be that bad?

The rest of the girls were so funny. They joked, and made some nasty comment of which I thought it is something common to them. They were a few lot who are so camera freak, which I'm so used to with my Allstars babes. And some posed are called, "horny" and "bitchy". I did talk to some of them and get to know the team better. Shirtliff and Maclay can be rivals on the blue mat but not behind the scene. They are just the Nisi Domius Frustra sisters! I was a Shirtliff fan from Melissa's day (Cheer 2001). I've also asked what are their preparations for next year. Raja said.......................

I just can't wait then for Cheer 2006. If you're a cheer freak like me, you'll just be so pump-excited and can't wait what are SBU plans for next year. Something bizzare!

Good luck girls!

AUDITION FOR DANCE COMPETITION

ORGANIZED BY IGA GROUP

INDIVIDUAL

(I20) RM20 - less than 1 minute of performance

(I30) RM30 - 3 minutes above (max 8 minutes)

GROUP

(less than 1 minute of performance)

(GA50) RM50 - below than 5 members

(GA80) RM80 - 6 to 10 members

GROUP

(3 minutes above (max 8 minutes)

(GB80) RM80 - below than 5 members

(GB12) RM120 - 6 to 10 members

CATEGORIES:-

A - POP Dance

B - Latin Dance

C - Malaysian Traditional

D - World Music Dance (African/ Indian/ Arabian/ Chinese/ New Zealand & etc..)

Send SMS to register:-Type Code Individual/ Group (space) Category (space) Your name - send to 0176086260

example type:-I20 A ADAMsend to 01760862602.

Or email your details to sexyd888@yahoo.com

Registration Closing Date : 28th September 2005

Audition : 3rd December 2005 - 18th December 2005

Final : 1st January 2006

CHEER EMAS 2005

ANNOUNCEMENT

SOUTH CITY PLAZA

proudly present

CHEER EMAS

Cheerleading Competition

27 November 2005 @ South City Plaza, Seri Kembangan

CHAMPION

Challenge Trophy

RM3000 + Medals

1st RUNNER UP

RM1500 + Medals

2nd RUNNER UP

RM1000 + Medals

Competition guidelines and form will be hand out to all various school in this week. The organisers has also invited teams from Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand to compete and make this event an interesting affair! Don't miss this!

Keep updating by visiting SorakMalaysia!

Back in action!

The weekend was a hectic schedule for Team All Stars. We had 2 charity performance.

1. X-fresh & KOSMO! Futsal Challenge at Sports Unlimited, PJ (Saturday)

9 of us performed the UK routine. Didn't do much as 5 of the remaining team members couldn't make it or were not in town. Anyways, X-fresh will be interviewing us on X-fresh FM at a later date! And we will be appearing on Astro Channel 80 for the Absolute Football program! So fetch!

2. Malaysia AIDS Council's Riding For Life Campaign at Menara KL (Sunday)

We performed a simillar routine. Except only 7 made it! The audience which include Dato' Paduka Marina Mahithir loved the routine. Duh!

More performances to come, but we are also in the midst sorting out our new training schedules. We will also post out our audition date for new members!

Hello to our Indonesian friends!

You might want to know and ask how cheerleading is like in our neighbouring countries. I will start with our little known cheerleading friends in Indonesia.

I got to know this guy, who happens to be someone who is just like me with what I am doing here in Malaysia. He is a cheer freak and also a self-taught cheerleader coach. He and his team got the idea to form a community (or Association to us) in Jakarta.

They are still new, but have so much of keen interest to develop cheerleading as a healthy activity. Sadly only all-girls teams participates at various competition in Jakarta. Boys don't compete because:

1. It's a girls sport

2. No keen interest

3. No male-cheerleader publicity

So hopefully in the near future, we (Team All Stars) would be able to work on some program with them and perhaps promote a better cheerleading idea to them.

Wanna know more, click: www.indonesiancheerleaders.com

Merdeka All Stars!

Exactly 2 years ago, in 2003, me and my team-mates won our very first cheer trophy together. It was a competition in conjuction with the Merdeka celebration organised by Sungei Wang Plaza. Then, we competed for CHARM All Stars.

As this was our very first tournament together, it took big courage as this was our first competing against our own school teams. Most of them were from Shirtliff and Xavier, but thank God both teams weren't there. But, the fact that other teams then were really good too! Dynamitez and Maclay was in the frame!

But hey, thanks to them the competition wouldn't be fun too. We came out tops, followed by DJ and Maclay.

That was the first, and knew that there was more to come...

BCA 2006 - Nottingham July 29 - 31

Well this is just an update I have from the BCA people. The next edition of the 17th International Cheerleading Champhionships will be again held at the Nottingham Arena on the weekend of July 29-31, 2006.

Of course, Team All Stars will be heading for it again! We are so pumped up after our debut, and for sure we are hungry for more glory! We would definetly want to win the cheerleading division this time around! I am hoping to see a few more teams from Malaysia to make their way there. Hey, I know it is an impossible dream but no harm trying right?! We proved it the first time, why not you do it the second time?

I heard that CHARM All-Stars are pulling things together and make their way there next year! We can't wait! The more the merrier. I'm also hoping teams like Shirtliff, Dynamitez and Xavier to open your eyes, and expand the horizon! Talk to your principal, get your parents together, and there you go...fly to UK!

I cannot describe how excited I was when we were at KLIA before departing to UK. The 12 hour journey was although very timid, but worthwhile! You have the MAS plane to yourself!

Anyways, Team All Stars are looking for committed and discipline peeps to join us for the 2006 season. Buzz our captain Nita (012-977 5246) or our Secretary John (012-267 1823) for details!

It Goes..Tick! Tick! Tick! Boom! Dynamitez! Boom! Boom!

The fact that 13 of them were first-timer at the Nationals Cheer competition, SMK DJ's Dynamitez won the Champions trophy after 2 years playing brides-maid to Shirtliff! Good Job! Your highly explosive spirit finally earns credit!

Tahniah, and I'm proud of you girls! Kudos to your seniors too!

Perhaps next year compete at BCA 2006? *wink*

T-Hop Dance Masters Challenge 2005 - Final

Sg Wang Plaza

proudly presents

T-HOP Dance Masters Challenge 2005

Battle on August 28, SUNDAY, 3pm

The competition began three weeks ago, with 26 dance group battling all out at the qualifying rounds.. Only 16 made it to the semifinals, and of which only 10 dance group will be vying for the RM2000 cash prize! The 2nd and 3rd place winner will each win RM1500 and RM1000 respectively. Remaining 7 finalist will receive RM200 worth of shopping voucher.

Amongst the group that has qualified are Fundemental Phunk (formerly known as Rastas), Rogue (finalist at SBU's Battle of the Dancers), EVO-I (finalist at T-HOP HipHop Dance), Element Crew and Mirage.

If you have nothing better to do on this particular Sunday, why don't you take the effort and drop by at T-HOP. Hangout for an hour or so, which I can assure you that all 10 teams will dazzle you with their eye catching outfits and routine!

I am rooting for Fundemnetal Phunk, Rogue and Mirage! Yay!

A message from a fan, Suwen.

hey there!
im suwen..well..i've been readin ur blog..ever since u posted it on the cheerleading msn group message board..ur blog is pretty interesting actually..hehe..well..im not a stalker or anything la..im just a fan of ya blog n im kinda a fan of cheerleading..soo..i hope this email doesnt really scare u anythin ..lol well...i have always been a fan of cheerleading..its great that cheerleading is slowing coming up.but sadly..i cant be a cheerleader..my school just recently called a coach to teach gymnastics n cheerleading..its great n all but i cant enter..im in form 5..only form 1 - form 4 student can enter..they are sorta preparing for cheer 2006 which mean we're ineligible i guess..so its kinda sad laa..i made some effort learning like toe touch n stuff by my own..its kinda fun la~!hehehehe..well..during sports day ..we use to have cheerleading but it was like those boring ones..cudn't have difficult stunts n all..teachers were being to "protective"..*sigh..teacher..LOL..so im pretty jealous lookin at all the pics n stuff n especially other schools man..wish i cud just be in it..hehehehehe
..ohyea..btw..congrats on ya bca competition..lookin thru ya pics n all..u guys are great !kudos to team all stars!
well..i guess thats all..just wanted to congratulate u on ya achievements .. keep updating ya blog k?...its great! haha..k then..
cheers~!

Event

The Interact Club of SMK Taman Tun Dr. Ismail is organizing Battle of the Dancers 2005!
Date: 26th August 2005
Time: 12.00 noon
Place: TTDI Community Hall @ Taman Tun Dr.Ismail
Price: RM 12
Special Guest Performance: ADMONITION (BlastOff @ Hitz.tv)

Please come support us...!!

For more info contact,
Sheryl - 016 3935853
Rachel - 016 3057392

Pumping More Spirits in Subang!

The Subang Jaya cheerleading community has shine up brighter this year. Vulcanz, Cyrens and Zircon has inspired other schools joint their ranks too to make it a bigger affair. The inclusion of SMK USJ 13's Warriors and Hollaback team this year is good news. Although both teams ended not in the Top 15, I pretty hope next year they will improve their ranks. It would do great deal if they learn to correct techniques from their big sisters and brothers. My piece of advice, learn your basics rightfully first before attempting any difficult stunt. Good luck WARRIORS and HOLLABACK!

The Subang Jaya CHEER Community
1. Vulcanz -SMK Seafield
2. Zircon -SMK Subang Utama
3. Cyrens -Sek Sri KL
4. Valkyries -SMK Sec17
5. Warriors -SMK USJ13
6. Hollaback -SMK USJ13

Cheerleader, 14, Dies After Stunt

Authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old Medford cheerleader who died Tuesday afternoon after performing a stunt at her cheer gym.

NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that Ashley Burns was practicing with other teens at the East Elite Cheer Gym in Tewksbury about 4:30 p.m. when she complained of abdominal pains and was taken to Saints Memorial Hospital in Lowell, Mass., where she later died.

Burns was a petite girl, only 4 feet, 9 inches and 90 pounds. She was a "flyer," on the squad -- one of the girls who gets thrown up into the air during a routine. She was practicing a "double down" stunt with four other team mates. The routine requires the flyer to twice up in the air and then be caught. Her coach said Burns was caught in her teammate's arms and never hit the floor, but a short while later she began to complain of abdominal pains.

"If she impacted her abdominal area, a blunt injury could cause internal bleeding, and I would suspect it may be in that line of injury," Tewksbury Police Chief Richard Mackey said.

Burns was first treated at the East Elite gym and later transported to the hospital. Many of her teammates left the practice believing she was fine because she was alert and talkative when the ambulance arrived.

"Obviously our deepest sympathy is with the family right now. We are not going to make a further comment until we get further information, which needs to be available at a later date. The police department is investigating," gym co-owner Linda Bemis said.

An autopsy should determine the exact cause of death.

"We're being told that absolutely there were no trampolines involved. This was just, somebody landed wrong and sustained an injury," Medford Police Chief Alfred P. Donovan said.
Burns had cheered and competed for many years. She was on the student council in middle school and was to be an entering freshman at the vocational school in Medford this fall.

XAVIER stunts pic

XAVIER, still hot to go?

Well it's high time to write about something else, then All Stars and the UK trip. My fellow blog fans might be vomitting blood by now. Huhuhu.

I was going through my email, deleting unwanted mails and came through an old email from XavierBabe_Maria which contains of many2 pictures of Xavier and CBN cheerleaders! The other sister team is known as Adele.

The name of the team derives from CBN's principal, Mr. Francis Xavier. Cool eh? Just like Adele, Shirtliff and Maclay. Anyways, their first debut was in 2000 which if not mistaken they finished fourth. Then came in 2001, where the new episode of the Egoya girls giving it all out that year. Having a promising line up, add 2 gymnast in it this Green team came 2nd, behind Shirtliff. What happened the next year? Well, just take this fan pyramid as your reference and you should know who took home the trophy!

So how HOT TO GO are they now? In 2003, the team was eager to defend the National title once again. Hey perhaps because of pressure the team performed below par. But coming out third was cool, especially with the Michael Jackson intro. I still remember the crowd going crazy.
2004, after 2 years the Mighty X was not seen in the Top 3 bracket and losing out to sister team Adele. And again this year, going down one rung to fifth.

Personally, I think Xavier is still the team to be watched every year despite the disappointing results lately. Hey, bringing in traditions perhaps could bring luck. When I heard Xavier was doing the Egoya cheer for this year after 2 years of absence I was like eclastic! Because I loved the Egoya cheer, and this year they made a minor change which was cool. Idea for next year, maybe include stunts for Egoya?

To advisors and coaches of Xavier and the CBN cheerleading team, I would advise that you should review the overall performance once again. Every minor mistake, and unwanted infractions could make many differences. My opinion, the stunting should have more transition instead of having one stunt at a time. Try to add more tumblings, instead of focusing on 1-2 person to do it.

Do you think Xavier is still hot to go? I still think they are!

THE XAVIER CAPTAINS
2001-Capt;Ruzanna & Co Capt;Sarah
2002-Capt;Haznita & Co Capt;Puteri Nurul
2003-Capt;Ani Zayanah & Co Capt;Maria
2004-Capt;Maria Elena & Co Capt;Febrina
2005-Capt;Izzati Hakim & Co Capt;Faiznur

Our good friends in UK!

Maria, with 2 pee wee members from the Crystals and Diamonds team. CND is the best pee wee team in UK! whooo hoo... they also have one male, Marten his name. He is only 8yo! I will upload his pic soon! He is so cute too! Hahaha....






With our good friends in the UK, the SC LIONS team from North London! Really friendly to us....shout outs to Sean, Simon and Sherry!

The finale pyramid!

Took this for the Swedish mag, and it was drizzling....

New Squad Dance Division (Champion)

We send 8 girls to compete in the dance division. In this particular division, we had to compete with 2 other new teams from the UK namely X-Factor Upbeat and Extreme ELITE.

This routine is choreographer by Nadiha Mohammad (Diha).


We had Asmaradana as our intro, which I thought was really nice. Since we were the only team with an ethnic element, guess we manage to pull the crowd. Even the entrance was nicely choreographed, very professional gitu.



Diha also picked a segment of a song from the popular musical, Moulin Rouge. It was the only segment of the routine, which was my least favorite. But hey, she put in a lot of ripples and transitions. Cool! Then afterwards, they have a costume change. That is why the difference of costume colour, from white tops (the first pic) to the red fittings (next few pictures). After the costume change, that is when you see the team doing more aggresive moves! It starts with Missy Elliot's latest hits, Lose Control...then we had one cheer song which was a Hiphop song remixed. Then the ever popular Hollaback song...and we ended with a powerful BOOM! BOOM! song.

Yeah, we won!
Good job Diha! And my hugs to Nita, Linda, Pu3, Maria, Jill, Sandra and Carmen!

Malaysians - Have you heard of Pee Wee?

Before my trip to UK, one of the most anticipated moment is to watch the *Pee Wee divisions.

*These cheerleaders are aged between 8-12yo!

As I entered the Arena on the first day, I saw some of them around the warming up area. I didn't really notice the excitement as first because I was more worried and paranoid with my stunting competition which was the first event on the first day!

Anyways, at lunch I decided to get out of my seat and grab lunch. Sandwhich was it. Then, I saw this tiny mini group of peeps working out their routine. Oh my gowd, there were cute! I grabbed my camera and took some shots while they were rehearsing.

I will add more Pee Wee pics online soon, but the one I have here is from the Goldstar team of UK. One of the most biggest, and greatest team around there!

Rangsit University champs again!

See there is no fluke of bringing them down last June for the clinic. Rangsit once again proved everyone that they are the best from the Siam land.

At the recent To Be The No.1 cheerleading competition, RSU team outclassed their openents with grace and great stunting! See the pictures, and you get what I mean.

GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB!

For more actions, go to their website!

Can you do better than this?

Ahmad Syafiq, SMK Cochrane, Cheras

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,

When the funds are low, and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow,

You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far,

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,

It's when things seem worse,that you must not quit.

Cheerleaders spill it out!

Hey,

If you want to share a story of your team please forward me your story to my email. Preferbly if you have pictures, that would be great! A special shout outs to Shewanaz, Cyrens, D'Starz, Zircon and Sellors cheerleaders!

Jude
judebenjamin@yahoo.com

VULCANZ Boys -From Zero to Hero

I don't know much of cheerleading happenings in the Subang area in the early years. It was always Shirtliff and Xavier, red and green fighting for the top.

But at 2004's edition , I personally saw the emergence of new teams giving the 2 most celebrated teams at that time a run of their money. The obvious case is Dynamitez, and the other one being Vulcanz.

I have met this enthusiast lot at the Cheer 2003 briefing. I read thier history which was really interesting. When they entered CHARM All-Stars, I guess it benefited the school team too. They progressed better everyday, just like what CHARM is responsible to monitor on the progress of cheerleading in Malaysia.

In one year period, the team came and send 2 teams to compete. The obvious other team was the all-Boys team. Something new in Malaysia, but not overseas. I was excited myself as this would be a history for everyone. I have seen a clip of all-Boys performing a routine, and it simply made me go ga-ga.

They made a good debut, although the routine wasn't as clean, but hey very inspiring! Came the 2005 edition, they were one of my favorites. And yes, these Vulcanz boys became heroes of the day. There were a few stunting trick that made their game at higher level. Perhaps the new captain for next year should watch out on the obvious mistake they always do for two years now. Then I can whisper to Dynamitez, should worry of these Subang boys threat!

To Chee Wei, good job for bringing up the cheerleading scene in the Subang area. I heard of the forming of Subang All-Stars which is definetly a great idea to uplift the standards here in Malaysia. Keep on moving, never stop!

Senior Co-Ed Intermediate Division (3rd Place)

The intro was a little different from usual. We stand in one straight line, all 13 of us. When music starts we had motions moving into 3 stunt group. See Diha and Jill going out doing show extensions, and Linda hidden behind getting ready for toss.

See...told you...Linda with her toss!

The cheer part, we had the crowd cheering M-A-S with us. It was awesome to have thousands of people cheering with you! Imagine you're at Stadium Putra, and the crowd follows you cheering. Naik bulu roma.... The supporters there were really sporting! I thought I was a celebrity for 2.5 minutes! Why M-A-S? You figure!

Our cheer finale, ending with 3 toe-touch craddle. Hmmm...

The dance. Nicely choreographed by our celebrated Nadiha Mohammad (Diha). If you watch us perform this dance next time, you know it is very different! Even the commentator Sean Paulsen said, "You have an awesome choreography! Great dance! Good job!"

After our dance, we had 3 basket toss pike. Then we transited to our finale pyramid.
Sorry, pyramid was not taken! Hehehe...

Team All Stars - History

A brief history of Team All Stars for your kind reference. Perhaps most of the cheerleaders knew about the existence of this bunch of after high-school cheerleaders from the exclusive team called CHARM All-Stars back in 2003. This team was founded by the popular Beverley Hon, the person behind the Cheer competitions organised by Youth2 and Clean & Clear. We assembled after a few cheer freaks (like me!) met her and discussed if we could have an all-star team of our own.

We met her since she was the right person at that moment. So we initially had members from Xavier, Shirtliff and Dynamitez coming together and create a history! At that time too, Beverley was also in the midst of setting up the Cheerleading Association and Registrar Malaysia (CHARM). Just at the right time, we formed CHARM All-Stars who made their debut at Cheer 2003. (only girls performing because the boys were not allowed to perform alongside the girls for some stewpeek issue!)

Since then, we enjoyed being an all star member. Being the first, we did our very best to set good examples and lead the way for other teams (especially those younger ones). But after awhile, a few senior members (myself included) thought that the team was not really moving ahead after 2 years. As we thought we were going better, instead it went worse. We finally made a decision to depart from CHARM and the all-star team and start a new team with a new management.

In November 2004, we discussed this issue and came up with Team All Stars. With the help of helpful adults (including parents, teachers and friends) we also teamed up to register the Malaysian Official Cheerleading Association (MOCHA) with the Registrar of Societies. MOCHA's application has been sent and received by the ROS officially in May 2005.

Many questioned, why set a new Association when there is another?
The reason we set up MOCHA was to widely promote this activity, and to make it acceptable at all levels. We knew then how CHARM works, but there were a few agendas that made us decide that having another Association would help cheerleading grow. MOCHA is run by cheerleaders and for cheerleaders.

As MOCHA is still in the midst in registering, we were told by ROS officials that we are not allowed to use MOCHA and hold activities especially when it involves in raising funds. That is why whenever you read, it is always Team All Stars and not MOCHA.

Our Progress:
After less then one year in progress, Team All Stars has achieved so much as to compared in our our days with our former team and management.

• Our first assignment was participating at the World AIDS Day - Youth Street Carnival where we send 2 teams to performed.
• Then, we made our first competition debut at the T-Hop Cheerleading Competition when our all-girl team won beating Dynamitez and Zircon.
• We made our a big step forward when we organised the Cheerleading Clinic with the Rangsit University cheerleaders. Our main objective was to allow our juniors to learn more new skills and to be at a competitive level. 8 high school teams participated in the clinic.
• At Cheer 2005, Team All Stars was indirectly involved with the competition too! Our members were coaches to various team including Xavier, Adele, Shirtliff, Maclay, Shewanaz, Zircon and Sellors.
• As everyone know by today, Team All Stars created cheerleading history by being the first Malaysian cheerleading team to compete at international competition and win honours for the country.

I believe this team will contribute a lot in the bid to advance cheerleading into a greater activity. We maybe pioneers, but those who are trailing behind us (the younger cheerleaders) are always welcome to join us to make it a greater episode!

Team All Stars is all about you - cheerleaders!

Malaysian Movies featuring cheerleaders!

Wow...sape yang menyangka that one day, besides being an ordinary cheerleader cheering for your school you can be a movie star too?!

Well if you notice the promo preview of Gol & Gincu, you might notice a bit of cheerleading scene in it. That is CHARM All-Stars, featured in this movie produced by Reds Communication.

When I saw the preview on TV last week, I notice most of the members are from this 2 schools. The routine is nice and clean, which I think they could have done better in terms of presnetation. But I applaude for their spirit to promote this sport to the public. Good job!

Likesaid, Team All Stars pun pernah keluar wayang! The girls can be seen in a few cheerleading scene in a few movies yah! For example Gila Bola!, Cinta Fotokopi and Kuliah Cinta! Kite pun movie star! Hehehe...

The Team

My sincere thanks to the members of Team All Stars for living up to this dream!

1. Haznita Hamzah - Xavier '02 captain & Xavier '05 coach
2. Nadiha Mohammad - Shirtliff '02 captain
3. Puteri Nurul Nadirah - Xavier '02 co-captain & Xavier '03 coach
4. Linda Roos - Xavier '05 coach
5. John Lim - Zircon '04-'05 coach
6. Carmen Chow - Maclay '04 captain
7. Sandra Tock - Dynamitez '04 captain & Dynamitez '05 coach
8. Maria Wan Zamri - Xavier '03-'04 captain
9. Jill Wong - Maclay '05 captain
10. Fairuz Roslan - Xavier '04 cheerleader
11. Faisal Abdur Rani - Team Aegles, Taylor's College '05 cheerleader
12. Ludwig Medrano - imported cheerleader from Philippines! yay!

You want to be part of us?

Dear cheerleaders,

If you want to be part of Team All Stars watch out for this space soon! Since we achieve our wildest dream, it is the time for us to share this amazing dream with everyone and making your dreams becoming a reality!

Team All Stars has many activities planned for the next one year which would include a cheerleading tour to Indonesia, a cheer camp at Bangkok, Thailand and competing at more overseas competition! Seems fun huh?

Keep the Malaysian cheer spirit alive!

JUDE
xoxo

Yay, MALAYSIA (memang) BOLEH!

Senior Partner Stunt Division (Jude, Nita, John, Sandra & Carmen)

We were the 3rd stunt team to go on mat on the first day. I was really nervous because this was our very first time competing in this division, something new to us and everyone in Malaysia! We performed a 1min 30sec routine trying various stunts combination. No cheer, no dance. Just pure stunt! We finished 6th out of 18 teams! Hehehe...

The pic is our finale, where Nita flies for the first time in her life! Yay! She did a front walk-over into one-leg stunt.


Results:
1.Katz Elite
2.Chorley Warriors
3.Rhondda Rockets Sensation
4.Sussex Tornados
5.Palace Crystals
6.Team Allstars of Malaysia
7.Wolverhampton Allstars
8.Crusaders
9.Blackpool Scorpions
10.S C Lions Elite
11.Poole Dolphins
12.Explosion

New Dance Squad Division (all girls)
Well, this category is only for new teams who never competed in dance before. Besides us, the other teams who are in this division was X-Factor Upbeat and Escape Elite! The USA judges really loved our Asmaradana intro routine. And we won this division, which got us the invitation to compete in Florida next year at the Cheerleading Officials America (COA) Championships 2006!

Result:
1.Team Allstars of Malaysia
2.X-Factor Upbeats
3.Escape Elite

Senior Co-Ed (Intermediate) Cheer Division
This was the most look forward competition. We could have won, but well little mistakes and perhaps other infractions took it all away from us. We were in 2nd place on the first, losing outo nly 1.5 marks from Supreme Starlight who eventually won! Well, I learn a lot and of course the team too! Whatever it is, we did good to get in third place! Hehehe..perhaps next year we can go better!

Result:
1.Supreme Starlights
2.S C Lions Elite
3.Team Allstars of Malaysia
4.Rhondda Rockets Sensation
5.Bridgnorth Tigers
6.Wolverhampton Allstars

Day Six - Nottingham University Sports Arena

This was the venue for clinic. We were late for one hour!!! I got up late, maybe tired after the party last night.

I learn a few new tricks at the clinic. Especially for single bass stunting. Our tosses are higher now. I thank Simon and Kayleigh from the BCA staff for helping us a lot.

Day Five (evening) - Conference Hall

We were all invited for this disco party for all cheerleaders. I thought it was going to be fun, then...hmmmm what a boring party was it! My sister's birhtday party was much fun! Hahahaha. Well I get to know more cheerleaders then. So it was more like chatting get together, instead of showing of the dance skill...the music was boring. We didn't know any, perhaps it was all UK hits. We requested for Beyonce which was the only time we really dance like crazy! Hahaha...

Day Five - Nottingham Arena (FINALE)

Today is the day....
We won trophy for the Dance division. Even a few fans of ours said if we didn't win the dance, they would complain to the judges! Hehehe...thanks!

FYI, after 3 days I found out that there were a few teams who were competing against each other just like Shirtliff and Xavier and Dynamitez....in UK they have the Gold Star, the Ascension Eagles, the Supreme Starlight and the Crystal and Diamonds.

Anyways, after the announcement of the dance awards. We got the team ready for the cheer competition which was in the afternoon. I was already feeling a little bit tired because of waiting the whole day. We did better than the first day although the finale pyramid didn't go up again.... and we came in third! Well I don't know what to say, what happen or why. I thought we were going to win. That was it. But hey, we got third! I'm proud of it! All the way from Malaysia, and we won! Yay...

Day Four (afternoon) - Nottingham Arena

Since we only competed in the afternoon, we didn't go to the Arena only until 2 plus. We waited for the bus for nearly half an hour! Stupid.

We came with our uniforms, and the girls in full make up for the first time. Sandra looked like as though she was going for her wedding!

Anyways, we saw some of the teams competing in our division. We were very nervous. The Americans were there. But thank God, we were not in the same divisions! We met some of the BCA staff who came to Malaysia this year and the past year. Becky (who came this year) was helping us alot. She was really nice!

Well we were nervous! The crowd went frenzy crazy went the MC announced our name. My gowd....I was so nervous.

We started off well, the intro was our best bet! I fell one stunt, the single base load. Hehehe. Jill's foot slipped from my left hand. Dame. When it was time to cheer...everyone was so quiet. I wondered why. Then I found out later, from the judges they love the way we cheered. Like Dynamitez lah...tapi tak sekuat dia orang. That is why they went silent, to listen every word. Wow!

At the end of the day after day 1, we were in second place! We got a penalty for our finale, which was nobody fault. If the pyramid went up, the penalty would have not been there. It's ok.

First day
1. Supreme Starlight 226
2. Team Allstars of Malaysia 224.5 (10 points penalty)
3. Bridgnorth Tigers 223.5
4. SC Lions 223 (10 points penalty)
5. Rhonda Rockets Sensation 220

Day Three (afternoon) - Nottingham Arena

The girls are next for the qualifying dance division. It was another nervous moment. Because it is the first time we are competing for any dance division internationally. Though we didn't use the poms like other team, I was confident the crowd will love the routine....

I was ready on the music box to cue the music,when the MC announced, "please welcome all the way from south east asia, Team Allstars of Malaysia!".....wahhhh...the stadium roared! Trumpets cheering everywhere. I was nervous. The girls came in confidently, with a choreographed moves. I love it. Hehehe...

They started with Asmaradana then a piece from a famous musical. Afterwards they dance to a remix of Britney and Missy Elliot song. We had a small cheer song, then we put in Hollaback by Gwen Steffani and ended with Boom Shack Shack Boom by the old rapper guy (I forgot his name!)

The USA judge, his name Sean, came to me and congratulate for the impressive dance. I was so happy! They should win on Sunday!

Day Three - Nottingham Arena

The day has arrive. I get to wear the new All Stars uniform to the Arena. It was a nerve wrecking morning. Went for breakfast and met other teams there. Lagi lah nervous! We took the bus with another team, while on board I saw the Americans! Gosh!....Lagi lah nervous nervous!

When we reach the stadium, we had problem of entering because we had no ID yet. Well we weren't sure at first because we don't know anyone except for Bob, BCA president. He arranged everything for us. Then, finally found out it was the organisers problem. A BIT unorganise lah. But its okay, we got in with our passes! Yahoooooo

The stadium was nice. It is not as big as Stadium Putra, but just nice for the competition. The backdrop banner was huge though. They had 2 mats, one in front where we use it for the competition, and one behind for us to warm up and so. Which was a good idea.

Our first event was the partner stunt, our first time. We don't know what to expect. We watched last years video and well, the competition is tough. We had difficulty but to make sure a clean routine was difficult. Below is the combination that we did in 1min 30 sec!

Members - Jude (Base/spotter), John (Base/spotter), Carmen (Base/spotter), Nita (Base/Flyer) and Sandra (Flyer)

Combination 1 - 180 elevator to pop over to elevator, craddle twist reload to toss (toe touch)

Combination 2 - Grin & Bear It, show extension to straight extension. Craddle to log roll and flatback.

Combination 3 - Toss (toe touch) reload 360 elevator to show kick and arebesque

Combination 4 - Front walkover to straight extension, heel stretch and scale!

WE GOT SIXTH! If not because of the walkover (it was illegal, because we can't do tumblings in this division!), which we didn't know, we could have finished in Top 3 easily! And Sandra fell in the 360 elevator. But not bad! We are happy with it!

Day Two - Nottingham University, campus, Sherwood residence

The whole was spent at the campus. We were put to stay at the Sherwood residence with a few other teams which include Heartforshire Sirens, Atlantic Angels and Reading Bunnies. We put up our Good Luck banner in the afternoon. We had our brunch, which we had to get used to for next few days. Forget Nasi Lemak, anything that is Goreng, or pedas. Its Western for the next days!

The morning right til the late afternoon was raining. Though it was not really heavy, we didn't want to risk everyone. In the middle of the campus was a wide green field, realy good to train. But we only manage to train at 8pm. It was still bright. We trained the stunt routine, which attracted a few teams dropping by watching us. I was tensioned! And nervous! We had the Katz Elite giving us a few tips. And made friends with other teams too.

Day One - London, Heathrow Airport

We touchdown at London at 6.15pm local time. The 12 hours flight took its final toll, everyone was really excited when the MAS steward announced the welcome announcement! Being the first cheerleading team to go aboard was a great feeling. I was proud of the feat.

At the check point, we had no trouble with all the passports. My first instant glance of the airport, I never thought I was in London or somewhere in Europe because most of the people were Asians (either tourists or workers at the airport). Even the lady who checked our passports was an Asian! Weird.

We assembled at a lounge where all waiting passengers lepak. Saw a few taking a nap, some reading, and some just seating and doing nothing. We had to check our bus to Nottingham at the NationalExpress counter. And bought the last bus that leaves at 12.55am

We stayed at the lounge for nearly 4 hours, just waiting and kill time. The reason we took the last bus was because we wanted to reach at Nottingham as latest as possible as our booking for accommodation was to check in only the next morning.

We arrived Nottingham Broad Marsh station at 3.15am! Nobody was at the station, except for 1-2 people who just got out of the local pubs waiting for the bus. The good thing is that the public transport in UK is 24 hours. Not like here, Intrakota and Metro buses only rides til 12midnite. We waited for another hour and left at 4.30am. We were lucky as the bus conducter was really nice to stop us at a nearer place instead of walking very far with our luggages. The walk from the stop to our campus was only less than 5 minutes.

One problem though, the office receptionist only opens at 7.30am! So we were all locked out outside the office under the very very cold weather for the next 1 and half hour! Gila! Thank god they opened much earlier, and got us into a waiting room. Really nice people.

Press Conference, a success!

Wow...the Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office was really impressive with our performance today!

And he personally donated RM2000!

And guess what again?! After the Press Conference, our Advisor, had a brief discussion with him regarding our plans for the future especially regarding to the setting up of the Malaysian Official Cheerleading Association! He has agreed to be the Patron!

Whhhhuuuuuuuu.....panas!

I will update on this again.

P/s: After our UK trip, he has invited us for lunch at Putrajaya with him! Jangan jealous.
Thank you Dato'!

BCA, Here We Go!!!

So....after a gruelling 1 year and a half, tossing in our mind to compete at international level and FINALLY.....we are making our wildest dream come true!

Team All Stars will be flying off to London this Wednesday (July 27) with Malaysia Airlines, flight MH4 at 12noon. We will touchdown at London's Heathrow Airport at 6.10pm. We will then take the NationalExpress coach to Nottingham Broad Marsh station. That would be at 3am!!!! We will then wait for another bus that will ride us to the University, the competition venue and the place that we are going to stay for the next 5 days!

Competition begins on Friday with the Senior Partner Stunt at 9am. In the afternoon we have the Dance team competing in the qualifying rounds.

On Saturday, we will be on the blue mat performing our cheer routine at estimated 5.35pm. And come Sunday, the finals of all the events! I hope to bring good news here!

Please pray for the team's safety, especially at this period of time. If you read the news, you know what is happening around London and the suburbs. And hopefully, we will bring back honours for all cheerleaders in Malaysia!

NOTE:
This competition means a lot to the senior members, because it has been our dream since year 2003 to compete. And finally, we are going! We hope this new episode will create more opportunity for younger cheerleaders! So if you think this is fun, PLUS you have the commitment and dedication perhaps maybe next year you could go to UK yourself....!

Of course with us lah!

THANK YOUs!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors & supporters for keeping our dreams alive and well! Your contribution has pumped our spirit up!

Our TERIMA KASIH to:

1. South City Plaza (co-sponsor)

2. REDtone (co-sponsor)

3. AXEL New Balance (co-sponsor)

4. Code Entertainment (supporter)

5. AVIVA Insurance (supporter)

6. Ribena (supporter)

7. Malaysia Airlines (supporter)

8. Encik Wan Zamri (supporter)

I would also like to thank all supporters and donaters, who contributed alot in making sure this trip is a success! Sorry I couldn't name all of you, but you know who you are!
May God bless you!

THANK YOU!

To Dream the Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream

To fight the unbeatable foe

To reach, the unreachable

The unreachable dream!

When we first started the group Team All Stars, we had so much to think about. Especially the directions and goals that we intend to achieve. And since all of us were the product of the BCA trainers, one would only think it would be our wildest dream to compete at the annual BCA International Cheerleading Championships.

Come next week, this wildest dream of ours will soon materialise. We will board Malaysia Airlines flight MH4 on Wednesday July 27, 2005 at 12oo hours. We are scheduled to arrive at London's Hearthrow Airport at 1810 hours.

Our trip will start then, by taking the National Express bus from the airport straight to Nottingham station. This ride will take at least 3.5 hours. We will reach the Nottingham bus station at 4am!!! whooooo

We will have the whole day to warm up with our routine, as the competition will begin on the next day (29th) with the partner stunt competition. We are sending one team (5 people), competing with 18 others. Chances of winning the Top 5......very likely. But we are more concern of perfecting the stunt routine. We have 4 combinations of stunts.....which will include:

1. Grin and Bear It - show extension - straight extension - craddle/reload - 360 log roll - flatback

2. basket toss (toe touch) - reload - 360 twist up elevator - ground up extension scorpion

3. walkover - ground up - heel stretch - scale craddle

4. pop over - elevator - twist craddle - basket toss (ball - star) - reload - ground up arabeque

We hope this combination will bring glory to our name, and Malaysia too!

I will bring a Malaysia flag.....to be put up at the Arena!

Stand up proud, Malaysia reach the Top! Yeah!

Team All Stars - the competition!

Our trip to UK end of this month would be a very important assignment. This is to prove to the many outside there who doubt our capability. Doubt "jaguh kampung" cause we only win small tournaments, which was the only competition we could compete in. If we competed at Cheer 2005, could we have won instead? Hehehe...

Anyway, the competition in UK is a stiff one. We will compete in 3 division. The first competition is the Senior Partner Stunt group. There would be 19 teams in this division. This competition only allows 3 - 5 members in a team, and we pit among each other by doing various and variety of stunts in 1.5 minutes. We target to finish in Top 3. The second division is the New Dance Squad division, where new dance team will compete with each other. In this division, there is only 3 teams including Team All Stars. We target to win. And of course the third division is the Senior Co-ed Intermediate cheer division. There are 11 teams altogether, and we have made reviews of most of the team. We expect a close fight between these 2 teams who were runners-up last year. We target to win.

The Competition and The Target

1. Senior Partner Stunt Group - Top 3 (out of 19 teams)
2. New Dance Squad Division - Top 1 (out of 3 teams)
3. Senior Co-Ed (Intermediate) Cheer Division - Top 1 (out of 11 teams)

How terrorist attacks can affect cheerleading!

THE TERRORIST attack at London's central region last Friday was a nightmare to the Englishmen, and me too! As we all know by now (if you don't, malu!), Team All Stars are in the final stage preperation for the:

British Cheerleading Association (BCA)

International Cheerleading Championships 2005

Nottingham, UK

A day after that, I had parents calling to pull-out their daughter of the trip to UK. And I had to change the flight itinerary from KL - London to KL -Manchester instead, just to feel safe and do justice for the parents who are worried sick of the situation in London now.

I had sponsors backing out, turning down offers due to the attack. &(!%@())*&#&# them lah!

So this whole week, I had no time to write here. Sorry fellow readers.

Everything is going back on track although we are short of funds already. The team's expenses has been cut short from RM80,500 to an amazing RM48,940! I myself coulnd't believe the figure. I had to cut out the expenses where it was necessary. We booked our Accommodation for 15 pax (single bed room) at the University of Nottingham, so due to the financial difficulties the team has agreed to share rooms. So we only need 8 rooms. Due to this, I manage to save RM10,000! Phew.

The next two weeks will be vital. Press Conference is on July 19 (Tuesday). Collection of Air Ticket is on Thursday, which we still lack the funds for it.

The team will be striving ahead to solicit for donations from the public. If you are part of the caring and loving society and don't mind to chip in and help this team materialise this big dream, contact me and I can forward your our donation letter.

Thanks!

Email: judebenjamin@yahoo.com

Subang All Stars

Wow....ini cerita terbaru!

I read that the Subang schools (especially SMK Seafield, Subang Utama) will be forming a new team comprising of cheerleaders from various school! Hmmm....

To me it is good news! I like. I hope whoever started with this idea, will continue and pursue with the Subang All Stars team! But one thing I would like to remind him/her, it is never that easy to combine members from different teams. It takes a whole lot of patience and determination. But this is for the good of the sport!

At least Subang All Stars can join the ranks like Team All Stars from MOCHA and also CHARM All Stars. Maybe in the next few years we have a PJ All Stars and Ampang All Stars. Afterwards, then perhaps the organisers for the Cheer competition can open up a new category that is: All Stars division! Just like in the US of A.

Yay!

T-HOP Dance Master Challenge 2005

Sungei Wang Plaza is organising a dance competition in conjunction with the Merdeka month celebration. This competition will be held every Sunday in the month of August.

If you wish to sign up your cheer/dance team, here are some rules.

1. Each team shall consist of 6 members or less only.
2. No breakdance / stunts allowed.
3. Music can be of any genre from pop to hip hop, classic to latin, or even traditional dance.

The winner of this competition will bring back home RM2000 cash. The runners up will bring back RM1500 cash, and RM1000 cash for 3rd placing. 7 consolation prizes will be given out to remaining finalist.

So take this one time opportunity to brush up your dancing skill, and perhaps learn a new whole experience. Call me to register at: 012 284 4181

Cheer All Out! tshirts for sale

Team All Stars is selling the Cheer All Out! tshirts to all fellow friends and cheerleaders in the community. This is part of the team's fund raiser to support and fund the team to participate in Nottingham, UK for the International Cheerleading Championships!

The t-shirt is sold at RM20 only. If you wish to order for yourself / team members, please contact the followings to make payment and we will personally hand it in to you!

Jude 012 284 4181 OR John 012 267 1823

A Rude Awakening

Cheer 2005 saw a new chief taking over the cheerleading territory in Malaysia. To all of you, we have to bow our heads and welcome Dynamitez in the scene. Finally, after 3 years of waiting they got what they wanted. The trophy making its first journey to Damansara Jaya, PJ.

The challenge trophy has never went aboard the Kuala Lumpur territory yet. As SBU and CBN has won it in between for 5 years, I guess it was due time for the trophy to make her maiden visit to other states.

To SBU (particularly the Shirtliff and Maclay team), this 2005 episode is an eye opener. There is no more the intense rival between SBU and CBN. Obviously, I myself could not see the intense screaming between the fans. This was because other schools brought in their bus-loads of fans too. ie. Blitzers from SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (4). 5 busses!

I am in somber mood. Maclay was not even placed in the Top 15. An ugly chapter which I personally would like to erase immediately. I don't know what is in the heads of the both captains at this moment, but what I know is I will be at SMK Seri Bintang Utara next year from day 1 until the competition day.

It was an embarrasing moment when none of the prized winner were from SBU. I know all the supporters and teachers were dejected. Within 20 minutes, I saw the SBU seating area emptied. Leaving the spirits banner still tangled, red and blue poms all over the places. It was a sad scenenary.

Shirtliff, bounce back next year. Your routine is always entertaining, perhaps the year 2005 is not your year. What you girls can do now is start training your basics again. Strengthen your stunting skills to a better level. And perhaps, just don't design the same uniform again.
(FYI, the same design uniform was also wore in 2002 when Shirtliff lost to Xavier. How ironic?!)

Notice to ALL cheer-lings!

Cheerleaders and all readers of the blog,

Thank you for your attentive and support for updating and reading at this blog. My sole purpose is to just add variety in our cheerleading scene. At least you (cheerleaders) can log on and click this page whenever you feel bored.

FYI, all writings on this page is purely for reading and entertainment. It is not to condemn or hurt any individuals or cheerleading teams. Gossips are meant to be written. And the best part, Sorak Malaysia is purely cheerleading stories and writings.

If you have anything to share, or perhaps want to announce your teams performances/ shout outs to your cheermates on her/his birthday etc...you can email me at: judebenjamin@yahoo.com

Cheers, and remember:

Cheer All Out, OR Don't Cheer At All!

The Top 15 Review

Top 15 Result

1. Dynamitez of SMK Damansara Jaya (232.5 + 256 = 488.5)
2. Blitzers of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (4) (222 + 238 = 460)
3. Vulcanz All-Boys of SMK Seafield (221 + 234.5 = 455.5)
4. Shirtliff of SMK Sri Baintang Utara (223.5 + 226 = 449.5)
5. Xavier of SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (204 + 232 = 436)
6. Titans of SMJK Ave Maria Convent Ipoh (199.5 + 230.5 = 430)
7. Adele of SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (207.5 + 213.5 = 421)
8. Vulcanz All-Girls of SMK Seafield (192.5 + 223 = 415.5)
9. Zircon of SMK Subang Utama (193 + 201 = 394)
10. E-Lektra of SMJK Ave Maria Convent Ipoh (190 + 193.5 = 383.5)
11. D’Starz of SMK (P) Sri Aman (171 + 193.5 = 364.5)
12. Shewanaz of Sekolah Sri Garden (164 + 199 = 363)
13. Valkyries of SMK SS17 Subang Jaya (162 + 199.5 = 361.5)
14. Cyrens of Sekolah Sri KL (174 + 181.5 = 355.5)
15. Sellors of SMK St Mary (147 + 206.5 = 353.5)

My comment:
Overall, I am okay with the result. Though (no offense) I am quite not happy with the points graded for E-Lektra and Vulcanz All-Girls. Zircon and D'Starz could have been better, perhaps the infractions made all this changes. So I can't say much. To Shirtliff, Xavier and most of all Maclay, let us learn from the mistake and bounce back next year!

The Lamest Thing(s) That Happened at Putra!

Everyone was celebrating the 6th edition of cheer competition, than again there were a few things that made it so so....lame!

1. The Walking Banner
As we know, Hollaback song was the most played song that day...and ironically we have a team competing also calling themselves Hollaback. How original?! But the nice thing (at first), was the Hollaback's banner going around the stadium....it was fetch! But after like 3 hours, those 2 guys were still going around and displaying it...like...HELLO? Can you take a break?

2. Guards
All the security guards every year suck! Dah lah tak pandai memahami situasi, pandai je tengok skirt pendek and maki hamun kat orang! Its unprofessional and really annoying!

3. Supporters and Teachers Quarelling
This issue will never be solved, ever. Perlu sekolah ni berebut dengan sekolah ni pasal tempat duduk! I think first come first serve was the right attitude and NOT when you book the entire place and your supporter datang like 10 mins before the show! Stewpeeeek.

4. Show-offs...
We do have intervals in between performances of each team. The most annoying thing is seeing the same person to the floor doing it all over again. Whatever it is, it is really lame. Kalau sekali ke dua kali ke okay jugak. Ni, sampai gift beg from Clean & Clear satu guni dia dapat! Ish!

5. Cheerleaders
It is so annoying when after they perform, they get back to their seats and starts doing an orgy "crying".....ya'allah! Next year, the organisers should have a special room for performers after they perform to advance to that particular room and cry! Nobody wants to see other dramas except the ones on the blue mat!

6. Teams who never learn from mistake!
This is the 6th year and again, there is this team or two who never never improved at all! Malu betul. Mistake yang sama diulang every year. I don't understand why do they brag during the interviews, and then perform like s**t!

Cheer 2005 (Day II / Finals) Review

Hmmm....you read my post for Day I review, and see who are my Top 5 prediction? Eventually, all this 5 teams actually finished in Top 5! Hmmm....

Champion: Dynamitez
1st Runner Up: Blitzers
2nd Runner Up: Vulcanz All-Boys
4th: Shirtliff
5th: Xavier

Overall, the competition was really an intense affair. Although I already knew that Dynamitez would win, it was a matter of time and waiting for Joey G to announce it officially. The DJ girls obviously deserve this win. After finishing runners-up for 2 consecutive years, it was high time and well, congrats to Khing Wei (her fifth year and last year!) the DJ captain who went through all the gutsy drama and overcome all tidal waves...she prove everyone wrong! Good Job. My favorite part in the routine was the Intro and also your stunts. Sorry, didn't like the Finale pyramid!

Blitzers - thunderous applause to this new team! Also two-thumbs-up to Carolyn Au for her admiration and dedication. BU(4) girls, you proved that even newer teams can be as good as the veterans! Next year perhaps you might just give the DJ a good fight! P/s: Your supporters are wild!

Vulcanz All Boys - They could have won the competition easily...if the routine was cleaner! Although stunting wise, we all know boys are way better and stronger in this section the dance and motions could have done justice. But to compare them to last year, the boys have improved by leap and bounds. What they should do now is probably concentrate on toughing up the motions and cheers.....and of course dance! Then again, GOOD JOB to Chee Wei! I'm proud of u!

Xavier - Hmmmm....I am really happy with the CBN girls. Although some might not like them using old cheers, but as one of their fan I think it is fetch! Using old cheers, but putting new stuff in it is wicked! Memang semangat! I love your....Eeeeegoya cheer. Stunting wise can be improve. Expect a thougher Xavier next year, as they are still young. Captain only 14yo!

Shirtliff - Perhaps, this is not Shirtliff's year. I know it is heartbreaking, but we all have to accept the fact that all teams has become better and better. Shirtliff should concentrate on toughen up their tumbling skills. Stunting wise, though you girls have the best ideas but to hit it you need to practice even more! I am always a fan of Shirtliff. I hope for next year, they will bounce back and make the stadium go ga-ga!

My other congrats to the TWO Ave Maria Convent Ipoh teams for bringing back 2 titles. I am sorry though to Titans that they did not make it to Top 3! Perhaps get a new coach?! Hehehe.

Shewanaz, girls I am so proud of you! Your scorpion extension menjadi! And 2 suicede langsung tak jatuh! You are my inspiration! Good Job!