Winnipeg Blue Bombers
SI.com: Cheerleaders of the CFL
Sports Illustrated: With the 2015 Canadian Football League in full stride in early August, here are some photos of the league’s cheerleaders, both past and present. [Click here] to check out the gallery.
Quick – Someone Get Roger Godell on the Phone
That’s a photo from last Sunday’s Grey Cup, the championship game for the Canadian Football League. Every Grey Cup features cheerleaders from all the CFL teams. They perform at events leading up to the game and the game itself. How awesome would it be if the NFL brought in all their cheerleading squads for the […]
Men welcome on new Bombers cheer team
By James Turner Winnipeg Sun April 22, 2012 Half-time at Winnipeg Blue Bombers home games is about to get a whole lot more dramatic. And, at least one-third more masculine. That was evident Sunday as tryouts for the CFL team’s all-new co-ed cheer squad looks to ramp up its athleticism and showmanship by adding gymnastics, […]
Canadian team changes format
Bombers’ cheerleaders go co-ed By Jim Bender Winnipeg Sun March 27, 2012 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Blue Lightning Dance team is undergoing a transformation to a co-ed and stunt team for the 2012 season, the CFL club announced Tuesday. The new team will incorporate a high level of athletic stunts into the routines to complement […]
A blast from the Canadian past
Blue & Golden girls: Original Bomberettes will be back on the field to perform at halftime during Saturday’s game By: Alexandra Paul Winnipeg Free Press 10/21/2011 It seems once a Bomberette, always a Bomberette. More than 100 women, including some who last raised a pompom in the 1950s and 1960s, will dance and cheer once […]
Blue Bombers Hold 2011 Cheerleader Tryouts
ChrisD.ca May. 02, 2011 The Winnipeg Football Club held open auditions on Saturday for its 2011 Blue Lightning Dance Team. About 65 ladies came out to show off their moves in an effort to be chosen to dance on the sidelines at this season’s Blue Bomber games. The competition at McPhillips Station Casino was tough […]
Give Me… Some Credit
Cheerleaders far more than just pretty faces By Janet Adamana Winnipeg Free Press Sexy uniforms, shiny pompoms, claps, kicks and crazy flips may be the first things that come to mind when you think of cheerleading. But local practitioners want you to know there is a whole lot more to the sport. “People treat it […]
Winnipeg Blue Lightning Auditions
The last of the CFL Cheerleader Auditions has been scheduled. Tryouts for the Winnipeg Blue Lightning will begin Saturday, May 1st. An informational night explaining to potential candidates the expectations, rules, responsibilities, obligations and compensation for each Blue Lightning member will be held Monday, April 26th from. 7-9pm [Audition Details and Application]
