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Australia is making moves, new Summit Bid Declaration, theme reveals & more history made!
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In today’s newsletter:
Australian Cheer Union merges with Australian Cheer Sport Alliance
2024-2025 Summit Championships: New Bid Declaration
Routine Theme Reveals
Former Spirit of Texas A-Team athlete continues to make history
Upcoming competitions
& more!
Australian Cheer Union merges with Australian Cheer Sport Alliance
Having multiple governing bodies is a problem for cheerleading globally, causing a lot of confusion... Australia has just taken a big step towards fixing this issue:
The Australian Cheer Union and the Australian Cheer Sport Alliance are merging into one organization. This means that cheerleading in Australia will now be run under a single governing body!
This merger could help to get official recognition and support from the Australian Sports Commission and help the sport be more organized and better represented nationwide.
Here’s the official announcement:
Do you think more countries should follow? Make your opinions heard!
We’ve created a poll where the cheer community can come together and share what YOU want to change in the sport 💡
2024-2025 Summit Championships: New Bid Declaration
Varsity has released the “Bid Distribution and Declaration” for the 24/25 Summit Championships — including The Summit, D2 Summit, Youth Summit, and Recreational Summit.
CheerTheory has detailed the available bids, event types, and the changes from last season, such as the new National 1-Day and 2-Day Bid Declarations and updates to Showdown 2-Day events. Check out the full list here.
Not sure what bids are? 🤔 A bid is like a special invitation for cheerleading teams to compete in prestigious competitions. Only teams that earn a bid during the season are eligible to participate.
Learn more about bids here - what are they & do they affect a team's chances of winning?
🗞️ OTHER NEWS & LINKS
Former Spirit of Texas A-Team athlete continues to make history
Jasmine Moore has done it again! After being the first American woman to qualify for the Olympics in both the long jump and triple jump, she has now made history as the first American woman to medal in both events in the same Olympics.
Her achievements show there are endless possibilities after cheering 🏆
Cheer Extreme Code Black theme reveal
The International Open Non-Tumbling Coed 6 world champs have revealed their new theme, which is…Dark Wedding! See the reveal here 🥀
Top Gun TGLC theme reveal
We’re sure you haven’t missed this: TGLC has announced a “Drive to Survive” theme — aka Formula 1, aka racing! 🏁 See the reveal.
(The 5 in “Drive to Sur5ive” represents going for their 5th consecutive Worlds win)
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🏆 COMPETITIONS
UPCOMING COMPETITIONS:
CheerCon VIC State Series (Australia), Spirit Brands The Kangaroo Virtual (Online).
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