CORNWALL, Ontario – Cornwall received a blast of winter cheer at the Civic Centre this weekend as the Ontario Cheerleading Federation holds Winter Blast, a cheerleading competition.
Teams from across Ontario competed for a bid to be able to win the World Championship in Orlando, Florida that is set for April of 2018.
This weekend, 11 teams competed for the bids, while the competition hosted a total of 23 teams and more than 200 contestants.
Bekka Guenther with the Scorpions from Niagara competed in the competition with high expectations.
“We did pretty good, we had fun!,” said Bekka.
The Scorpions have made it to the World Championship 4 times already and plans to go again this year.
The Civic Centre received a good turnout to the event as well, with ticket sales overstepping expectations.
“Our sales are at about 1500 people. We are through the roof excited!” Explained Janice Robinson, Co-ordinator for the Civic Centre.
The competition was quite the spectacle for patrons too, as the concession stand was opened and high energy music reverberated throughout the complex.
Planning for the event was no easy task and began almost 4 months ago with the Federation’s decision for the event to be held in Cornwall for the first time.
“We were ready for a large number of people but we did not anticipate this many,” said Robinson.
The event was not only for experienced teams, as some teams, like the Princesses, fit into the younger division where contestants are approximately 5 years old.
For those who missed the competition this year, the Cornwall Civic Centre hopes to hold the event again next year as it was a great success.
