Durham City AllStars Defenders

Durham City Gymnastics Cheer Team "Defenders" have danced, somersaulted and stunted their way to the World Cheer summit in Florida in May 2025. The under 16 team are now fundraising towards the costs of travel, accommodation, fees and kit to allow them all to attend.

Cheer might be different to what you think! Most of these young people spend 2-3 hours, 5 days a week perfecting their choreography (dance), stunt skills (throwing the flyers into the air and catching them) and tumbling skills and all-body conditioning to pefect their routines with not a pom pom in sight! These athletes are super fit and have worked extremely hard to hone their skills. In September the team spent more than 8 hours with a choreographer over two night developing a new routine and we're really exctited to see what they can do with it.

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