Kimberley Ramsay Reid Leader of the CHEER!
Three cheers for Kimberley Ramsay Reid, founder of the Southern Hemisphere's largest cheerleading school
LEAVING A SUCCESSFUL LEGAL
practice after five years, Kimberley Ramsay Reid sought a career with a bit more pep. Today she runs the largest cheerleading
school in the Southern Hemisphere and lobbies to show New Zealanders that cheerleading is so much more than short
I went overseas with my partner at the time and when we returned I decided I'd like to do something different." With a history of dance and gymnastics
her son's school asked if she'd be interested in teaching cheerleading classes at an after school programme. "I thought if I was going to do this, I'd do
them on a real American style cheer team that incorporated stunts, pyramids, tumbling, cheers and chants – and All Star Cheerleaders was born! All Star Cheerleaders started its first
junior cheerleading team with 11 students at Whenuapai School - that year they performed at their school gala and the
"Starting a business is one thing but I was also starting a sport. I had to write the rules, the syllabus, what to teach and how to teach it."
skirts and dancing on sidelines. "I came out of school and listened to my
parents who said get a good career, so I went to university and got a commerce and law degree," Kimberley explains. "I enjoyed it but it wasn't something I was passionate about.
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it properly." Kimberley saw an opportunity at
the North Harbour Stadium to provide the Harbour NPC Rugby team with a cheerleading squad. She spoke to the management at Harbour Rugby and sold
Queen St Santa Parade. Over a decade later All Star Cheerleaders has grown to be the biggest cheerleading school in the Southern Hemisphere with 1,500 cheerleaders in branches in Auckland, as well as Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. All Star has
