Harriet Thorley-Lawson

I started cheerleading this year in my first year of Uni and fell in love through my time on Flash and my stunt group Volt. Joining UCL cheer was the best decision I could have made and want to encourage others to do the same. I’ve developed a lot in cheer this year and a huge part of that has been the rec and varsity sessions I’ve attended. They’ve given me amazing opportunities to work with higher level cheerleaders and develop my skills further and I would love to be a bigger part in this! I want to further promote rec as a time to learn new skills as well as neaten fundamentals and encourage and organise people working with others outside of their team. I want to encourage utilising rec sessions to practise jumps and tumbling by taking requests from members on what they want to work on and dedicating space within a rec session to focus on this, as well as being a space for members who can’t commit to a team to develop.  I was previously a gymnastics coach, running sessions independently and choreographing routines, and love helping people develop through a sport. Being rec and varsity captain would allow me to continue this. It would allow me to help new and experienced cheerleaders get more comfortable within the sport and show themselves what they are capable of. Varsity (which I’m excited to be part of this year) is an amazing opportunity to show the rest of UCL what cheer can do, and I would love to organise a strong, well-prepared programme to display this.