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The Who is a Half Year team of athletes that wanted to attend NCA Dallas; Bascially the ones that could afford it. At first we were only planning on taking Chili Peppers and Beatles to Dallas...aftter alot of interest and pressure from our parents, we decided to add a Half year team that would compete 3 times and go to Dallas for it's 4th and last competition of the year. We held a tryout for 7-14 yr olds and took 20 athletes for this team. Keep in mind, the tryout was open to all Rockstar athletes who are 7-14 years of age that aren't on Chili Peppers or Beatles. We ended up taking 19 crossovers from our Level 2, 3, 4 teams, and 1 former athlete from Rockstar. These athletes compete on our Level 2, 3, 4 teams. We have athletes from 6 teams in the gym that make up this team. 1 of them is on Killers, she's a flyer and is 14 years old. She doesn't have Level 5 tumbling and she's backspotting on the Who. I have several girls on Killers that aren't Level 5 tumblers. That team is built for stunting not tumbling.
As for the Who, they've competed twice now, and they lost their 1st competition at NCA Atlanta, got 2nd place. Stingray beat them, and they won a small local event this past weekend. Cheersport and NCA will be their final competition. We will get beat in stunts and dance by most Junior 2 teams. We could care less if we win or not, it's about the experience for these younger athletes to see what NCA is all about. We're hoping that the buzz and the talk will be so great that the other parents will hear about it and want to atttend NCA next year. For us, it's all about the money and how costly it is. We'd love to bring all our teams in the future.