JPAD Tune-In meet Rachel Lynch of North East Cheer, Rachel Lynch meet JPAD Tune In. Wow, just wow!! Absolutely fantastic conversation with the wonderful Rachel, not only about cheerleading but the mentality and business approach it takes to run a program.

Tumbles, Stunts, Pyramids, Dance, Jumps… Cheerleading has it all, so it's a pretty good job The Urban Factory is the home of North East Cheer.

North East Cheer prides itself on being one of the longest established and largest programmes in the region, and with The Urban Factory being one of the largest cheerleading venues in Europe… you have landed in the right place!

With a successful past, North East Cheer have represented the UK at the 2010 and 2013 Worlds and competed at every Europe Championship between 2007-2015.

North East Cheer have recently represented the UK at one of the worlds most prestigious competitions, The Summit. The event was held in Florida in April 2019 and 43 local athletes from North East Cheer travelled out to compete.

ABOUT THE URBAN FACTORY

The Urban Factory is a bespoke training facility based in South Tyneside. Serving the whole North East we offer high-quality training in Cheerleading, Tumbling, Gymnastics, Parkour (Freerunning). In addition to a vast evening and weekend programme, we also offer school programmes, Pre-School Classes, parties and venue hire.

TUF is one of the largest training facilities in the country and we are incredibly proud of the work achieved. Our venue offers a full 9-panel cheerleading competition floor, a 7 panel sprung gymnastic floor, 6 panel matted floor, 1 fast track and 1 tumble track. We also have a purpose build parkour area. In addition to the above, she also have a range of soft play equipment.

The Urban Factory provides a fun, safe and inclusive environment for local families to enjoy a wide range of exciting and innovative activities. We hope our members build confidence, gain new friends and feel part of a fantastic network of local families.

We introduce to the three amigos of Rotherham Cheerleading Academy. What an absolute pleasure it was to invite these three along to have a chat in good old fashion Tune In Style.

Having first met these guys in Worcester at their first ever competition as a programme it was absolutely wonderful to see the bursting energy from every single athlete that ran, that's right ran through the doors when they opened. With turquoise and orange plats in their hair these guys really demonstrated what Cheer is all about!

In this episode we discuss how this programme went from just starting out not so long ago to be a thriving gym that is ever growing in membership. If you haven't already you are certainly going to want to connect with these guys and follow their journey throughout the seasons as there are big things to come on and off the mat.

Competitive Cheerleading and Dancing In Rotherham - get in touch using the following links:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rotherhamcheeracademy/

EMAIL: rotherhamcheerleadingacademy@gmail.com

PHONE: 07377 692280

What a delight it was to have a "long walk" with ex-cheerleader, Sam Thompson recently. Starting as trampolinist at a high level Sam was convinced by a friend to give Cheerleading a go. Now that was 13 years ago an what a journey he has been on. Competing all across the UK with the likes of Stars Elite and Coventry Dynamite to then venturing across the pond to compete on the worlds stage with Team England as well as a season with the California Allstars. There is not a challenge that this guy hasn't turned down.

Having realised it was time to step back from performing Sam has now turned is focus within the industry to educating the future generation of Cheerleading and thoroughly enjoying the new experiences he is creating for himself throughout the industry.

FOLLOW SAM & HIS JOURNEY ON INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/samtbm/

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE COFFEE WITH SAM PODCAST