BID Breakdown from Worlds Watcher

Worlds Watcher · GURU

RE: BID Breakdown from Worlds Watcher

Tamara · cheergyms.com Master Poster

I wonder why the international teams only get at-large bids? Since they typically have to travel so much farther, why can't they get paid bids? $25K would definitely help them be able to participate.

Worlds Watcher · GURU

Hayley wrote:
Hey All u cheer fans! i jus read tht there is not much international response
Im from london, uk and i can confirm that representing the uk at worlds this year are :

Cheer :
Ascension Eagles (they competed there last yr!)
Surrey Starlets
Scotcheer Team Scotland

Dance:
Goldstar
Angels Dance Academy
dance Xtreme

this is all i know for now i think a few others got bids but not sure if they r taking them up or not. soo yeh as for other countrys i do not no but the british r on there way!!! i just wish i could be there!! xxxx

Just got official word from USASF that approx 20 countries will be represented at Worlds, currently 2 non-US Jr teams are registered, and approx 60-70 international cheer and dance teams are expected to register. Sounds like it will be another great year at Worlds.

Tamara · cheergyms.com Master Poster

Waho hoo!!! 20 countries?! Isn't that even more than last year? Very cool.

cheerwatcher · GURU

Thats going to be very cool to see!

Tamara · cheergyms.com Master Poster

cheerwatcher wrote:

Thats going to be very cool to see!

For those going it will be cool to see. For those that are stuck way over on the other coast, it will just be NCA/Cheersport weekend x10. whaaaa =(

LadyW · Senior Member

any word on a line-up being posted yet???

Coach2theSTARZ · Veteran Member

It's up! Cheerwatcher posted it for everyone!

Worlds Watcher · GURU

Hey, I updated my Bids list to show placements so we can see how the At-Large bid attendees faired against the Paid bid attendees. Very interesting. I'm also updating it to include links to the Worlds performances. I'll use the Saturday links now, and update later with the Sunday performances. I'll send it to Danny and hopefully he will repost.

Give him a few days as I assume he is still in Florida at the coaches conference.

-- Edited by Worlds Watcher at 15:27, 2007-04-23

AbbyByTheBay · Senior Member

This will be interesting to see, thanks for putting it together! It's also interesting how California teams placed (top 5), almost a carbon copy of last year (CheerForce 3rd, California All Stars 4th, Power 5th). I'd also like to see how many in the top 3 or 5 were at NCA last year as opposed to Cheersport because it seems that NCA is like a preview to Worlds with all the top competition attending. Might be good to know for those deciding which to attend this coming season.

Tamara · cheergyms.com Master Poster

It's funny that I keep reading about NCA being a preview to Worlds, while at the same time always reading about "the NCA curse".

I've never been to either, would love to watch either, have no idea which is true. Just find it chuckle worthy.

AbbyByTheBay · Senior Member

I just have to ask ... what is the NCA curse? I hadn't heard about it. We had some friends go to Dallas and all they talked about was how great it was to see Top Gun and some of the other amazing teams that did indeed end up at the top at Worlds this year. But I read they did have injuries from NCA, so maybe that's the curse??

Tamara · cheergyms.com Master Poster

The "NCA curse" is supposed to be the teams that do well at NCA don't do so well at Worlds. I never paid too much attention to whether it was "true" or not. However, I did find it humorous that I would read about NCA being a preview to what's going to happen at Worlds and then in a different post would be "oh, it looks like Pixie's Wicked Wings was one of the few teams to break the NCA curse" - of course this is on other message boards.

So, I decided to look into this a little. Granted, I've only done this year's Worlds, but "Mythbusters" would say this myth is busted! Here's what I found about the bids NCA awarded:

Sm AG (two paid, five at large)
   * one paid received 1st, the other 2nd
   * one at large received 6th, one didn't make it to finals and three didn't
         attend

Lg AG (one paid, two at large)
   * paid received 4th
   * one at large received 7th, the other didn't attend

Sm Coed (one at large)
   * the team received 10th

Lg Coed (one paid)
   * the team received 2nd

Summary
NCA awarded four paid bids and eight at-large bids. Of those 12 bids, four didn't attend, one didn't make finals, seven made top 10, four made top 5 and three made top 3.

Now, even if there was a curse once upon a time, it's clearly broken. :)

edited to add summary.

-- Edited by Tamara at 17:45, 2007-04-24

LadyW · Senior Member

Off Topic....

Ohh --- another Mythbusters watcher!!! a person after my own heart....

On Topic ( proceed).... :)

AbbyByTheBay · Senior Member

Ah, thanks for clearing it up. In the case of Top Gun, they received a paid bid and had to decline it I believe (injuries), got another bid somewhere else and came in 1st at Worlds. So I think you have to look a little closer at some of them. You could also look at who ended up in the top 3 (or 5) and which of those teams competed at NCA vs. Cheersport. I could be wrong but I believe you will find the majority were at NCA. Of course if they weren't the same weekend you could do both, but alas....

Tamara · cheergyms.com Master Poster

Yeah, I didn't write my post from the aspect of looking at the Top 5 teams and which teams earned their bid from NCA. I thought it would be more "accurate" in trying to determine if there was a curse to look at the teams NCA awarded bids to and see how they did at Worlds - which was quite well, as you already knew.

I didn't include Top Gun in the NCA bids because Top Gun didn't use NCA's bid to go to Worlds. Maybe it was actually because of the curse....just kidding!

Here's a very half-hearted, didn't spend much time looking into it (meaning I got it from the USASF website, which I believe has finally been updated) breakdown of the Top 5 teams and where they earned their bids:

Sm AG
   * 2 from NCA
   * 2 from Cheersport
   * 1 from COA - Go Basics!!! Sorry, I just love that an "unknown" came and kicked booty. Also, the only at-large
         bid to break the Top 3 & Top 5. :)

Lg AG
   * 1 from NCA
   * 1 WSF
   * 1 ACA
   * 1 WCA
   * 1 UCA

Sm Coed
   * 2 JAMfest
   * 1 UCA
   * 1 ACA
   * 1 American Championships

Lg Coed
   * 1 NCA
   * 1 All Star Challege
   * 1 American Championships
   * 1 Spirit Sports
   * 1 WSF

Int'l Jr AG
   * 2 Cheersport
   * 1 Spiritfest
   * 1 Valley of the Sun
   * 1 ????? (Nan Ning No. 26 Middle School)

Int'l Jr Coed
   * 1 WSA
   * 1 JAMfest
   * 1 Athletic Championships
   * 1 Cheer America
   * 1 America's Best

Int'l Sr AG
   * 1 NCA
   * 1 Mardi Gras
   * 3 ???? (Cambridge Cheer Sports Sharks, Colombian All Stars, ScotCheer Scotland All Stars)

Int'l Sr Coed
   * 2 NCA
   * 1 USA
   * 1 Cheersport
   * 1 ???? (Gunagzhou Sport University)

Whew! I'm done!

edited: to correct spelling

-- Edited by Tamara at 17:26, 2007-04-24

ACEDAD · GURU

I just want to say "Thank you" to Worlds Watcher for keeping track of all the bids like this. You ought to get paid by USASF!!!