Team Pilipinas wins SE Asia cheerleading

Team Pilipinas wins SE Asia cheerleading - Team Pilipinas cheerleaders reigned over squads from neighboring countries at the 1st Southeast Asian Cheerleading Open held at the Singapore Sports Schools complex in Singapore last Sunday. Filipino cheerleaders pose after wining the gold medal in the All Girls Elite category of the 1st Southeast Asian Cheer leading Open.

The team, composed of members of Poveda College, Holy Spirit, Assumption, Saint Paul Pasig, and Taguig Science High School, defeated squads from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Chinese-Taipei, and host Singapore to top the tournament's All Girls Premier division.

The country's cheerleaders also took home a silver medal in the All Girls Group Stunt division of the tournament.

The tournament invited judges from the reputable International Cheerleading Union (ICU) of US, along with others from around the Asian region, to evaluate the squads.

The Philippines has made a bid to host this year's Asian Cheerleading Open.

Earlier, the country launched efforts to assemble a national squad by conducting an open try-out. The try-out was overseen by officials from the National Cheerleading Championship (NCC), one of Asia's biggest cheerleading organizations.

The NCC is a member of the Philippine Cheerleading Alliance (PCA), the country's governing body for the sport.

The PCA is sanctioned by the ICU, the world governing body for cheerleading.