| Team Colors: |
Red, Black and Gold |
| Mascot: |
None yet |
| Coaches: |
Riitta Alakoski, Tiina-Mari Asikainen
Coaching Staff - 6 total |
| Geographic Location: |
Kuopio, Finland |
| Number of Team Members: |
46 (junior, senior, and pee wee) |
| Age Range: |
12-24 |
| Practice Gym: |
Jumppatori. We named one of the many parks of Kuopio Cheer Park and that is where you will find us during summer. |
| Established: |
March 2001 |
| Website: |
cheerstars.tripod.com (Finnish only) |
| Accomplishments: |
1st in co-ed stunt groups in Cheerleading Finnish Open 2001
3rd place in cheer in Cheerleading Finnish Open 2001 |
| Events: |
| We cheer for KalPa in ice hockey and Steelers in football. We perform in various events in Kuopio and the surrounding cities. We also take part in competitive cheerleading and our first competition will be in September. |
| Team Bonding Activities: |
| We play games at practice and have major fun on game and competition trips. Video nights and sauna evenings are our treat! |
| Traditions: |
| We don't have any traditions yet, but we're working on them. Any suggestions? |
| Special: |
| Cheer Stars was built on the foundation of the former KalPa Cheerleaders so the team has competed in nationals since 1998. We have three guys in our team as well, so we are starting up a co-ed team. We did build an all-stars team within the team and had try-outs for the juniors and seniors, this way we find it easier to perform and compete. In nationals we will compete with separate teams, but we have found that the all-stars team is a great team building activity to mix seniors and juniors, and working with "new" team members also develops the skills of the individuals within the team. |
