All-Star Oldest Gym?

its POWER's 15th year, so i think either 1997 or 1998

12stepCheermom said:

What?????? No more WFAS? You guys were good! We always enjoyed competing with you!

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No. No more WFAS. After a very tumultuous year he doors are closed. And our worlds team who won a bid back in Dec. does not get to go to Worlds this year. All very sad and heartbreaking for parents and kids. Was with them for 6 years, but it was not like it used to be and we move on to bigger and better things. Thank you for the kind words

I believe Cheer Tyme opened in 1998

NCCheerMama said:

WFAS (Wake Forest All Stars) was part of a gymnastics program. They did rec teams first then went All-Stars about 11 years ago. Sadly our program disbanded this year under new management
Looking for a new program.

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Wow, this shocks me! We competed against WFAS at several comps. I had no idea! I hope you have found a new gym home that you love!

Andre said:

No. I was on the Kansas City version and remember my coach saying a Georgia version starter the same season.

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Well, then obviously you would not have confused the two. Sorry about that.

MyGirlCheers said:

I'm guessing Cheer Station was 1994 or before because they won NCA (Sr prep) in 1995 - that's the earliest they appear on the NCA Wall of Famee

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I think it was more like 1992, but I'm not positive. They were at least a couple of years old when we started in 1994.

Oldest Gyms still in business
known "old" gyms (16+ years), but don't know date

I want to say that Top Gun was earlier than that, but I could be wrong.

Also, I would have put BIG money against us going this long without someone figuring out when CEA opened. (When they first had teams.)

BlueCat said:

Oldest Gyms still in business

1988 - Greensboro All Stars, ASG Cougar Cheer​

1990 - Charlotte All Stars​

1991 - GymTyme All Stars​

1992 - Pro Cheer (GA)​

1994 - Cheer Athletics, Texas Lonestar, World Cup, Premier Athletics​

1995 - Memphis Elite, Spirit of Texas​

1996 - CJA, Twist and Shout​

1997 - Pro Spirit, Top Gun (?)​

1998 - ACX​

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known "old" gyms (16+ years), but don't know date

Cheer Station (Austin, TX)​

CEA​

I want to say that Top Gun was earlier than that, but I could be wrong.

Also, I would have put BIG money against us going this long without someone figuring out when CEA opened. (When they first had teams.)

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I once heard El Popa started CEA while she was in high school. So she was charging people to be on a team she was also on but coaching. Not sure if that is true or not but it's a great story. A little backwards math, if that was true, would put that around 93/94?

King said:

I once heard El Popa started CEA while she was in high school. So she was charging people to be on a team she was also on but coaching. Not sure if that is true or not but it's a great story. A little backwards math, if that was true, would put that around 93/94?

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according to wikipedia...1994

NJ Coach said:

according to wikipedia...1994

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Well that would have been when she was still in high school so maybe the story was true.

BlueCat said:

I think it was more like 1992, but I'm not positive. They were at least a couple of years old when we started in 1994.

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From the Cheer Station website - of course the easy and obvious place to look...

Cheer Station National Cheerleader Training Center was founded in 1990 by Ladd LeBus and Brad Page.

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King said:

I once heard El Popa started CEA while she was in high school. So she was charging people to be on a team she was also on but coaching. Not sure if that is true or not but it's a great story. A little backwards math, if that was true, would put that around 93/94?

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True. Kelly Smith was on her first team and they were know as the Panthers. They practiced in her parent's yard and then in their church basement. I believe they had one team to start of 15 kids. I think it was 94 and she was 15. This was the classic roll out the mats, go to every local activity in every gym and parking lot. We started in 97/98 at Pro Spirit Dazzlers in Lewisville NC which became Tanya Boyle's CSA after Ginny from CEA took over the gym from Teresa Newell who started the gym and who's husband helped me build my gym. We went with Pro Spirit to the first Cheersport in Atl, not Charlotte, I do believe, I think there were 70 teams in the same location, bottom left of WCC. It was our dream to go to NCA and win from the first. The first great cheerleader we saw was a kid from the "Bears" there from a Georgia team named Whitney and I have forgotten the last name, may have been Johnson. Hannah Correll was the first cheerlebrity we knew and was Maddie's role model from CAC. We met Kevin B. and Jamie P at that competition.

NCCheerMama said:

No. No more WFAS. After a very tumultuous year he doors are closed. And our worlds team who won a bid back in Dec. does not get to go to Worlds this year. All very sad and heartbreaking for parents and kids. Was with them for 6 years, but it was not like it used to be and we move on to bigger and better things. Thank you for the kind words

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Sniffles. I hate that for those kids. I hope they were able to find a spot with another gym. Good luck with your new gym home. It amazes me just how quickly the momentum in a gym can shift.

This whole thread fascinates the history major in me.

StarshipTrooper said:

True. Kelly Smith was on her first team and they were know as the Panthers. They practiced in her parent's yard and then in their church basement. I believe they had one team to start of 15 kids. I think it was 94 and she was 15. This was the classic roll out the mats, go to every local activity in every gym and parking lot. We started in 97/98 at Pro Spirit Dazzlers in Lewisville NC which became Tanya Boyle's CSA after Ginny from CEA took over the gym from Teresa Newell who started the gym and who's husband helped me build my gym. We went with Pro Spirit to the first Cheersport in Atl, not Charlotte, I do believe, I think there were 70 teams in the same location, bottom left of WCC. It was our dream to go to NCA and win from the first. The first great cheerleader we saw was a kid from the "Bears" there from a Georgia team named Whitney and I have forgotten the last name, may have been Johnson. Hannah Correll was the first cheerlebrity we knew and was Maddie's role model from CAC. We met Kevin B. and Jamie P at that competition.

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Awww Hannah Correll was my favorite! So talented and a genuine sweet young lady!

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