Getting ready to Cheer 2009

Forgive the cliche but how fast time flies. It was a year ago that I blogged about Cheer 2008 and its winner Shirtliff.

Well, Cheer 2009 is here and it’s set to be a massive event as it is our 10th Anniversary. The R.AGE team, moi included, will be at Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil all weekend, so do pop over to say hi if you’re there.

On Sunday, after the results are out about 5pm, the event will turn into a massive concert – bands like One Buck Shot, Love Me Butch and Bittersweet will be performing at the special 10th anniversary Cheer concert! Best of all, entry to Cheer 2009 is free!

But enough plugging, the point of this post really is to show you guys a couple of these videos. Every year, we bring in a few judges from the United States (two from Ireland this year) to help us run a couple of cheerleading clinics before the event, and be the judges on the day of the competition.

Last year, Santwon McCray – a two-time world champion – really got the crowd going with his brilliant solo performance just for the crowd. Check out the video here.

Well, this year, Santwon is back and he has promised to perform again, this time with a fellow judge Tye Colby Hill. I was YouTube-ing the two of them and wow, Tye can really tumble. And from my searches, seems like he’s quite the star! Check out the video below.

The judges usually get celebrity treatment by our cheerleaders when they are here, and it’s not hard to understand why. The videos above say everything! If only I was 1 millionth as flexible as them!

Check out a video of our interview with the judges – the others being Samantha Gorman, Hayden McGurk and Amy White-Lambe – from yesterday.

6.14pm Malaysian time (+8 GMT)

Tags: amy white-lambe, cheer 2009, cheerleading, Hayden McGurk, samantha gorman, santwon mccray, Shirtliff, tye colby hill