This key information and more is found on the Event pages:

Stand Strong
Just Believe
Dream Extreme
Alpha & Omega
Live Your Legacy

Registration for our events is via a system called RegChamp.

As soon as teams have been assigned to an event in RegChamp, this is considered an ENTRY INTENT and becomes immediately chargeable. Data entered accidentally, or when teams are no longer intending to attend that event, MUST BE DELETED FROM THE REGCHAMP ENTRY PRIOR TO THE ENTRY DEADLINE.

If you are having technical issues or need any assistance to do this, please email [email protected] for assistance PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE so we can assist you. Requests to revert entry fees based on "technical" questions or RegChamp questions are not valid after a deadline.

Once we hit the Registration Deadline, all teams registered to an event at that time are considered a COMMITTED ENTRY and will be issued an invoice accordingly with late fees applicable as charged. RegChamp is locked at that time and teams cannot be removed with contacting Legacy via email to request this.

ANY TEAMS OPTING TO WITHDRAW AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE REMAIN LIABLE TO PAY THEIR INVOICE IN FULL. Programmes who paid early rates and then choose to withdraw their entry after the Registration Deadline may withdraw/scratch their teams but will not be eligible for any credit or refund.

Legacy will offer all divisions as listed in the SportCheer UK Age Grid for the current season, at all events, with the following exceptions:

• Stunt Group divisions will be offered as a virtual competition at every event as a guaranteed option. Then, the week after registration deadline, we will issue a decision if we are able to offer the option to transfer to live divisions (at additional fees) IF there is room in the schedule and judge allocations. Live competition for Stunt Groups is not guaranteed, but we will add it if we are able to. See the specific Event page for details.
• Cheer and Dance solos and duos are offered virtually for STAND STRONG only. See Stand Strong Event page for details.
• For the Dream Extreme and Alpha & Omega events, which are run concurrently, University divisions will be at Alpha & Omega only, and all other divisions will be at Dream Extreme. (Universities are also eligible to compete at any other Legacy event through the season).

All athletes/teams to be entered must meet all the requirements as per the SportCheer UK Age Grid for the current season, including meeting the SCUK Crossover Policy requirements.

Legacy allows* teams to perform as an ‘Exhibition’ performance, where their division doesn’t meet the requirements of the SCUK Age Grid, or they simply wish not to compete. 

*Note that Legacy has limited slots for Exhibition performances and so any Exhibition registrations are accepted at the discretion of the Legacy Directors.

The fees for teams registering as ‘Exhibition’ are as follows:

• Cheerabilities teams with a majority of SEN athletes who do not wish to compete:
  • Free of charge (fees apply for those who do wish to compete).
  • These teams will not receive a scoresheet, but Legacy will present a participation award (e.g. banner or individual athlete ribbons or medals) to them immediately following their performance.
  • These teams are also eligible to receive free carer access tickets, up to 1 per SEN athlete – the head coach/team contact should email [email protected] to request this NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. 
• ICU Worlds National Representative teams (i.e. those attending the ICU World Championships in the current season to represent their nation):
  • Free of charge.
  • These teams will not receive a full scoresheet but will get judges’ comments/feedback.
  • They will not be issued any award.
  • This opportunity is limited to teams named for their country who specifically compete at ICU World Championships only.
• Any other exhibition performance, for any reason:
  • Charged at regular entry rates for the event.
  • These teams will receive a full scoresheet based on the most equivalent SCUK division. 
  • They will be presented a participation banner at one of the awards ceremonies.

Legacy allows coaches for competing programmes to attend the event free of charge, at the following ratio:

• 1 Coach per 12 athletes.  

Any coaches exceeding this ratio are welcome to attend but will incur a fee. See the specific Event page for details of the fee payable.

Coaches must be registered to a competing team in order to be included on the Coach Badge list for each competition.

This is different than just listing them in your Staff section from the left sidebar. Instructions on how to add coaches, and see who you have 'on the list' for any specific event can be found HERE. Follow these steps to ensure your coaches have the credentials they need when you arrive. They should all additionally have Greenlight, so see that section as well.

Note re Junior Coaches:
Junior Coaches who are also competing athletes at the same event should NOT be registered as Coaches within the RegChamp system. They will be able to gain access to the Warm Up area using their athlete wristband and do NOT need to be issued coaches credentials. They also do not count against your ratio.
If a junior coach is attending an event where they are NOT also competing as an athlete, then they DO need to be registered as a coach via RegChamp so they can get an entry credential. In this case, they will count towards your ratio and may be subject to fees accordingly. They do not need Greenlight Approval, so please state in the 'Notes' field for these coaches that they are Juniors. 

Note re Uni Coaches:
University coaches who are also competing should NOT register as a coach in RegChamp because they will have all-access with their athlete band and do not need a coach credential. If they are in a coach role only with a team of all athletes over 18, they do not need Greenlight, but if your event is not Uni specific (i.e. any other than Alpha & Omega) and your Programme Name is not clearly a Uni, please 'Edit' each Coach record and state in the 'Notes' field that you are University Coach.

Greenlight is our system to promote safeguarding within the sport of Cheerleading and Dance. It is Legacy’s expectation that all gyms and programmes are already obtaining the relevant documentation within their own staff and leadership, in the interest of child protection, all year round.

In order to access any ‘Athlete & Coach only areas’ at events, coaches must wear on display at all times a valid Coaches Credential for that event, in addition to wearing their coaches wristband. A new credential will be issued for each Legacy event, and coaches are checked by Warm Up staff by name and ID photo, therefore credentials may not be passed amongst others.

Every individual coach aged 16+ (excluding junior coaches or those working with adult athletes only) should submit a valid DBS and ID photo, in order to achieve GreenLight Approved status.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION FOR GREENLIGHT IS 30 DAYS PRIOR TO EACH EVENT.

Coaches credentials will feature a sticker coloured to indicate their current Greenlight Approval status.

Full details on which documents are acceptable and instructions how to upload background check documents and ID photos can be found on our Greenlight for Coaches webpage. You can also find instructions here on how to link coaches to an event (as they will not be reviewed for Greenlight otherwise) and what to do for Junior/Uni coaches who are not eligible for Greenlight Approval.

Prior to the event Registration Deadline, the RegChamp system will remain open so that you can make your own amendments, including amending team rosters, divisions, adding coaches, etc.

Once the Registration Deadline has passed, that event will become ‘closed’ and ANY changes after that time must be requested via a CHANGE REQUEST FORM within the RegChamp system. This is because once the deadline has passed, we will be working on division splits, building schedules, confirming coaches Greenlight and so on, so we need to be aware of all changes happening which could affect those elements.

CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT A CHANGE REQUEST FORM.

We ask that coaches please submit ALL change requests – including roster changes, division changes, coach changes, schedule changes – via a change request form and NOT via email. Our inbox gets very busy and we can easily miss important requests in there. It is much easier for us (and you!) to track changes via the RegChamp system. If you do submit a request via email, we will very likely just reply to your email and ask you to submit a Change Request Form, so it saves us both time if you do that in the first place!

IMPORTANT: Please note the following regarding changes made after the Registration Deadline:

• Any new teams added after the Registration Deadline has passed are subject to fees at the ‘Standard Rate’ prices. Early fees will NOT apply, even when the rest of the entry invoice was paid at Early rates.
• Division changes are subject to a £75 fee.
  • This fee is waived only for circumstances where the roster is amended and this results in a forced change, e.g. going from 15 to 14 athletes so moving from small to x-small division, or replacing a female athlete with a male athlete and so moving to a co-ed division, or replacing someone with an older athlete moving a team from Junior to Senior.
  • Division changes for any other reason, including accidental errors at time of initial registration, are chargeable. Please double check your event entry (divisions are listed clearly on the invoice) to ensure it is correct, in advance of the Registration Deadline.
  • Teams whose divisions are changed will, in most cases, be moved on the schedule to be performing amongst the other teams in their new division. Programmes should be prepared for this as it could make a significant difference to performance time and thus their travel and accommodation plans.
• Any amendments that result in your entry numbers reducing below that which has already been paid are not eligible for any refund or credit.
• If you wish to remove an athlete from competition but still utilise their athlete entry band for which you have paid, please note this in your change request form. We will mark them as an ‘Alternate’, rather than remove them from the entry, which means you will be still issued their wristband. Be aware that Alternate athletes are chargeable at regular prices, so if you add new athletes as well as retain existing athletes as ‘Alternates’, you will be charged entry fees for both.
• Around 1 week prior to each event we will ‘lock’ the divisions for that event.
  • If you submit any roster changes after this time that affect the team’s division, (e.g. removing an athlete taking a team of 15 to 14, which would normally move them from small to x-small), then in this instance the division will NOT be changed and the team will remain in the original division.
  • The exception to this is if the change results in the team becoming illegal for their original division, for example adding a male when entered in an all-girl division, adding an athlete that is in a different age bracket, adding an athlete which takes the team to a larger size than their current division allows – in these circumstances Legacy may try to move the teams division, if possible, within the existing schedule, but if this is not possible the team will be moved to an ‘Exhibition Performance’ only and will not be eligible to receive a ranking award.
• For very last-minute changes, e.g. 24 hours before or on the day of the event, coaches should inform Legacy Warm Up Staff, when they check-in to Warm Up, of the details of the change, so that division eligibility can be confirmed. Increase in roster numbers remain chargeable at the Standard fee rate for First Entry in this instance and will be due immediately at warm up in order to be eligible to compete, even if the added athlete is a crossover. (i.e. if you register 19 but arrive to warmup with 20). This is because the warm up staff has no method to verify such status in the limited time frame and coaches are expected to maintain accurate rosters throughout the registration process.
• Last-minute replacement of athletes is limited to 3 performers maximum. Any number that exceeds 3 will also result in the team performing as ‘Exhibition’ only.
• Note that if a team is moved to ‘Exhibition’, either by their own choice or because Legacy has deemed their team roster is no longer eligible for the entered division, then the team will not receive a ranking but will still receive a scoresheet (for the originally entered division) and will be awarded a participation banner at their awards ceremony. The Programme/Gym will NOT be eligible for any refund or credit of any fees paid.

To see the deadline dates for each Event, please visit the relevant Event Page.

If you have any questions about your invoice, please email us ([email protected]) as early as possible, to avoid potentially missing deadlines, and we will be happy to assist you.

Published pricing and deadlines are considered the 'Early' rates/deadlines. Beyond that, rates are higher and considered 'Standard' rates.

Deadlines are FIRM. Full payment prior to the deadline is the only way to ensure the published early fee rate.

RegChamp automatically increases the ENTIRE entry fee on accounts with ANY unpaid balances on the deadline.

To earn Early Rates: Payment must be received into the Legacy bank account on or before the deadline date for the event.

If your bank delays processing of the payment and it does not appear in the Legacy bank account until after midnight on the Deadline date, then that entry is NOT considered ‘Early’ and will be subject to Standard fee rates. For this reason, please make sure you process transactions in good time ahead of the deadline.

Note that BACS payments are manually updated in the RegChamp system, so please allow up to 1 week following payment for this to be updated in your account – provided the payment landed in the Legacy bank account prior to the deadline, the Early rate will apply, even if we don’t manage to update the system until a week afterwards.

Legacy events sell out and may go to waitlist prior to posted deadlines. Deposits are no longer required or valid to “hold” a spot.

• If Waitlist is Triggered Prior to the entry deadline and you have an unpaid or partial paid entry in RegChamp:

If you are working on an entry in RegChamp, it will NOT be removed prior to the posted entry deadline while the waitlist builds, regardless of payment status. However...

Entries that are less than 50% paid at the deadline will be automatically removed from RegChamp the day after the deadline in order to make room for the teams on waitlist. This is to prevent teams from "holding" spaces and then failing to attend later at the expense of other teams who desperately wanted to attend. We want to accommodate as many waitlist teams as possible, so this is the only way to ensure that. Partial payments no longer hold a spot for an entry after the deadline.

So the only way to keep your entry in the system when the deadline is hit (if Waitlist applies), is to pay in full.

We will hold credit in such case for any removed teams in this scenario, but the credit is applicable only to the same event, without exception, and without guarantee of entry from the waitlist.

Without exception, cash refunds are not an option in this case.

This scenario is completely avoidable with proper planning and this notice prior to the season opening.

If Waitlist is Triggered Prior to the entry deadline and you haven't yet submitted any entry:

Waitlist may trigger at anytime between registration opening and the deadline as registrations approach the maximum performance minutes available in a day. If this happens, don't panic. We will always do our best to get you in, but you must do ALL of the following to maximise your chances:

1. Click the "Waitlist" button on RegChamp for the event (and have all your teams/rosters set up and ready for entry in the system).
2. We will contact you via your RegChamp email to ask you about the divisions you wish to enter. Make sure you reply to this email with ALL the requested information.
3. If your waitlist entry is accepted into an event, we will email to let you know and you will have 48 hours to make payment in full. We will honour the EARLY bird entry rate IF you followed step 1 prior to the deadline. If payment is not cleared within the 48 hours of notice of acceptance, the entry will either revert to the Standard fee rate, or be removed entirely.

After the deadline has passed:

If a programme is removed for less than 50% payment on the deadline and requests to be re-added later, they will need to follow the waitlist steps 1-3 above and there is no guarantee of room. Said programme can no longer obtain early pricing even if they are able to be accomodated. Additional admin fees may also apply.

If they are granted entry to the event, their credit of what was previously paid will be applied and then the remaining balance of the invoice (at Standard rates) will be due within 48 hours, as above.

Any programmes who did not have any entry in the system, or had not clicked 'Waitlist', prior to the deadline may still follow the steps 1-3 above to request entry and will remain on waitlist until if/when capacity becomes available.

Legacy Cheer & Dance Ltd offers two generous discount programmes: Frequent Flyer and Welcome Discount. 

The eligibility and full details for these can be found on the following web page:

https://www.legacycheeranddance.com/frequent-flyer

Payment is preferred via BACS transfer. Bank details are included at the bottom of the Invoice generated by the RegChamp system. They are also here for your information:

Bank: NatWest
Name: Legacy Cheer and Dance Ltd
Account Number: 31295525
Sort Code: 56-00-46
Reference: Please include your Gym Name and Event name as reference, where possible.

Payment can also be made via Paypal or Credit Card upon written request, however these transactions incur an additional fee of 3% of the invoice total.

Schools & Universities paying via their Funding Office: Your funding method may take longer for approval, so please email us WELL IN ADVANCE of the payment deadline to let us know you are paying via this method, and provide a contact for your Funding Office, so we can support the process and help you to avoid late payment fees with advanced approval.

Pre-Check Status

Your team can skip the Box Office check-in to greatly ease your event arrival by requesting Legacy Pre-Check Status in advance. That means you have:

• A zero balance in RegChamp.
• All coaches have been Greenlit.
• You have submitted the form to request postage of your athlete bands and coach badges. (This is free, but requires on-time form submission - see details below)
• If you placed a group spectator order, this balance must also be paid in full to meet Pre-Check Status. This may/may not apply to you.

Request Wristband Postage:

This request can be made by selecting your event on the bottom of this page: https://www.legacycheeranddance.com/group-order-postage-order

Athlete Wristbands and Coach Credentials will be waiting for you upon arrival to the venue unless you request optional advance postage. This is now FREE, but you must request it via the form at least 30 days prior to the event. If that applies to you, please enter the Address where you want this order to be shipped. WE DO NOT ASSUME THE SHIPPING ADDRESS IS THE SAME AS THE REGCHAMP ADDRESS, so always enter this information on this form even if it is the same.

If you do get postage in advance, wristbands must be treated like cash. This is VERY important. In the last season we were inundated with so many lost/left behind wristbands that our box office staff can no longer hold up lines to accommodate begging and requests to be given a free replacement. They will all be charged at full price without exception, so please ensure your teams/families are aware of their responsibility to keep track of it once it is in their possession.

Note that spectator tickets purchased individually via our webstore are NEVER posted. These must be collected at the event venue, from the box office.

Spectator Ticket sales for the 2025 Legacy Tour open on 1st October 2024.

• Group spectator ticket and/or wristband postage orders may be placed by one authorised programme coach/admin only.
• If you are looking for individual spectator tickets, go here instead (anytime after 1st Oct 2024).
• Wristbands will be waiting for you upon arrival to the venue unless you request optional advance postage. This is now FREE, but you must request it via the form at least 30 days prior to the event. If that applies to you, please enter the Address where you want this order to be shipped. WE DO NOT ASSUME THE SHIPPING ADDRESS IS THE SAME AS THE REGCHAMP ADDRESS, so always enter this information on this form even if it is the same.
• If you do request postage in advance, wristbands must be treated like cash. This is VERY important. In the last season we were inundated with so many lost/left behind wristbands that our box office staff can no longer hold up lines to accommodate begging and requests to be given a free replacement. They will all be charged at full price without exception, so please ensure your teams/families are aware of their responsibility to keep track of it once it is in their possession.
• One order per gym only, so plan accordingly. The group orders may not be edited once they have been placed.
• Invoices will be issued upon submission of this form, and orders are not complete until payment has been made in full.
• Please be aware: Deadlines for these orders to be completed are NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT ENTRY. Submissions placed after the deadline will not be valid.
• If you have earned Frequent Flyer Discounts for an order, please email us after you submit the order form to ensure your discount is verified and applied*: [email protected] *Ticket fees are not discounted by the venue and platform, and they apply per ticket, not per order.

To help with your planning and choreography, here are details of our competition flooring specifications.

Cheer Floor:

• 9 panels of black foam-backed carpet, on top of a sprung wooden deck.
• Each carpet panel is 6ft wide.
• The total floor dimensions are 54ft wide by 42ft deep.
• The edge of the floor may be surrounded by either angled foam pads creating a soft 'ramp' effect up from the ground (the foam edging is additional to 54x42ft size of the floor) or the floor will have a drop edging to it meaning you have to step up onto it.

Dance Floor:

• Depending on the event, the dance floor may be placed on top of the sprung wooden deck (as for cheer above), making it a sprung floor, or it may be placed directly on the ground/staging making it a non-sprung floor. This determination is made based on the number of dance entries AND the physical limitations of the time/spaces in which we are working. Please see the individual Event page for details of what dance floor will be at each event.
• The dance floor is made up of 8 panels of matte black vinyl. Each vinyl panel is 2 metres wide (6.5ft) and approximately 40 feet front to back. The 8 black vinyl panels are taped together with black tape, creating 7 dark lines.
• In addition, we also tape it with grey tape for the illusion of 10 'panels'. The 9 grey lines are 1.6 metres apart, creating an illusion of 10 1.6m panels. This is to match the sizing of dance floor panels in the USA, for teams who are also competing at overseas events.
• There is a white edging to the floor that sits on top of the black floor. The border takes up approximately 60cm on all 4 edges of the floor and there is no penalty for dancers stepping on this white section.
• Total floor size, including the white border, is 42x54 feet.
• The centre of the floor is on a line (not mid-panel). It will not be specifically marked.

If you have any Safeguarding questions, want information about how to respond to concerns you have about a child (either at our events, or generally), or wish to flag a concern, head to our Legacy Safe Page for all the information you need. You may also like to share this page with your athletes and families.

At Legacy Cheer and Dance, we believe your outward behaviour is a direct reflection of your own personal brand. It is what you stand for. It is important to recognise that spectator, athlete, and coach behaviour at an event is also a reflection on your programme’s brand. Therefore, Sportsmanship is an expectation at all Legacy Cheer & Dance events. Coaches, athletes, and parents must conduct themselves in ways that honour the sport, the gym/school/programme, their coach, and themselves.

Participants and patrons must refrain from public negative discussion about individuals or programmes. Remember, what is said in the seats, hallways, public areas and online (anonymously or not) is heard by those you are speaking to AND those who you do not realize can hear you. Someone’s parents, cousins, friends, teammate, or otherwise hear what you are saying, so make it positive and kind…or simply opt to remain quiet out of respect and protection of your own reputation and/or your gym brand.

The coach for each squad is ultimately responsible for their squad members, coaches, parents and other persons affiliated with the programme to conduct themselves in an orderly fashion. It is HIGHLY recommended that coaches regularly train athletes, coaching staff, and parents about event conduct and social media policy/expectations for the gym / school / programme. Social media is permanent even after it is deleted. Legacy Cheer & Dance expects that participating teams and their supporters conduct themselves online with positive social media interaction only.

All participants and coaching staff members must refrain from using inappropriate language or gestures.

Participating programmes must refrain from using music that contains inappropriate language.

Participating programmes must refrain from handing out gym marketing material or recruiting athletes or coaches in any fashion (verbally, in writing, or otherwise) at all Legacy Cheer & Dance events.

NOTE: Legacy Cheer and Dance will not delay an awards session or division in the event of a dispute or complaint arising on sportsmanship topics. We MAY assist in navigating such issues, but please do remember your own roles and responsibilities in making this sport great.

Positive Sportsmanship is a very important aspect of the Legacy Cheer and Dance culture, including athletes, coaches, parents, and supporters. It has a direct impact on the overall competition experience for everyone in attendance as well as the overall public impression of our industry.

Have fun, be cool, and be kind to each other.

Photo and video capture is part of our everyday lives. We believe it is an important part of capturing precious memories with friends and loved ones, including in sport and at Legacy Cheer and Dance events, however, to ensure the safety of the young people present at our events, we do have some restrictions on photography at our events.

The following photo policy is in effect at all Legacy events, at all times.

Legacy Cheer and Dance and it's security teams DO allow for non-commercial pictures and videos only to be taken at Legacy Cheer and Dance events, within the following limitations:

• Per strict venue contracts, standard Child Protection policies, and Legacy Cheer and Dance policies, commercial photography/video of any kind outside the designated event space in relation to your own athlete's experience is strictly prohibited.
• Individuals representing themselves or any company may not take photos/videos of athletes for the purposes of selling them during or after an event. Persons and/or companies may not sell or distribute in trade photos that they took at a Legacy Cheer and Dance event either on-site or at any time after the event via social media, emails, or any other format in perpetuity.
• Violating this policy can render penalties including but not limited to removal from the event by security teams without refund or recourse, being banned from future events without recourse, and potential legal action or financial penalties.

Bottom line: Simply taking pictures for your own purposes on your phone and/or sending pictures to your friends from your phone is fine, but photos/videos taken by spectators, athletes, coaches, or anyone at a Legacy Cheer and Dance event may not be sold at any time. Please report violations to [email protected].

At all times, Legacy Cheer and Dance and it's venue team and security teams reserve the right to request inspection of images on any camera for any reason, including for the purposes of discernment and measurement against our Child Protection Policy.

Shall any audience member witness another photographing athletes or anyone in any questionable format that is potentially un-related to normal practices in capturing memories of the day, there is an obligation to report any potential threat to any Legacy Cheer and Dance staff member, a hired security person, and/or the event directors.

Upon inspection of photos in a questionable scenario, if any are deemed inappropriate, outside of the scope of the sport, a threat to health and safety, or a potential violation of the child protection policy at the sole discretion of the Head of Security or the Legacy Cheer and Dance Event Manager, the photos will be immediately deleted.

We reserve the right to simply ask that the camera be put away for the remainder of the event, and we also reserve the right to remove the person from the event entirely, or to call authorities in extreme situations.

TEAM PHOTOGRAPHERS

Team photographers are welcome to capture their team's experience throughout the venue with the following restrictions in place:

• This role does not meet criteria for Media Credentials. Therefore, this person/video team/photo team must attend the event as a spectator if they are not also an athlete. Ticket purchase as normal.
• This role does not meet the criteria to enter warm up areas. You may walk them all the way up to the warm up check in, but cameras in this circumstance are not allowed in warm up.

MEDIA PASS / CREDENTIALS

You may apply for a media pass if you are an accredited journalist/media outlet with official media credentials, or if you are an established official Legacy vlog/social media partner.

• All media outlets/teams must sign a media LOA (letter of agreement) detailing project and parameters.
• Every party will be required to submit current enhanced DBS checks covering the child workforce and photo ID for all people who will attend.
• All media will need to present photo ID on arrival and must work within agreed parameters of the stated project.

Programme Owner’s/Coaches are responsible for verifying the age of all athletes within their Programme. Once verified, it is further their responsibility to ensure the data is entered into the RegChamp system accurately. Typos, error on the part of delegated administrator, or parent dishonesty, are not a valid excuses for inaccurate age data.

In the absence of governing body issued ID cards, Legacy Cheer and Dance reserves the right to ask for proof of age if reasonable doubt or challenge should occur.

Additionally, the Programme Owner/Coach must guarantee that the athletes rostered in the system are the athletes competing on the day. Any deviation from this can be an eligibility violation, even if the rostered athlete was replaced due to injury. The penalty for an eligibility violation and/or failure to provide proof of age for a competitor may be disqualification but will at the discretion of the Legacy Cheer and Dance Event Directors.

AGE CHALLENGE

If a team wishes to challenge eligibility of another team on the day of an event, the following protocol shall apply:

• The claim must be made directly to a Legacy Cheer & Dance Event Director.
• The team asking for the review will pay a £150 cash only deposit for the review to take place.
• The team in question will be approached by the event director and must show legal proof of age for the athlete(s) in question.
• If the team in question is deemed to be in compliance with age requirements: the full £150 deposit will be given to the Legacy chosen charity, Guide Dogs.
• If the team in question is deemed to have illegal members on the roster: the team making the claim will receive their £150 deposit back in full, and the event producer will disqualify the offending team for that event and/or additional events, depending on the breach. Additionally, any monetary prizes awarded to said team will be forfeited.

If the eligibility age cannot be proven or disproven within 90 minutes, or before the related awards ceremony, whichever is sooner: the full deposit is returned to the claimant and further research will continue after the event. Results may be altered post event, based on findings. Every effort will be made to research in a timely manner, but Legacy Cheer and Dance will not delay an awards ceremony amidst a claim that is not yet fully evaluated fairly for both sides. Awards are announced on the presumption that all teams are eligible, until proven otherwise.

Eligibility challenge requests are limited to ONE challenge per programme per competition season and must address a specific team. Legacy Cheer and Dance will not review multiple teams within a programme or “general claims”. Specific concerns must be cited for reviews to be granted.

Decisions regarding eligibility challenges are to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are at the sole discretion of the Legacy Cheer & Dance Event Director. All decisions are final.

**Note that this has been policy has been updated as of 1st October 2024, following notice from SportCheer England on their position in this regard.

Transgender and non-binary athletes may train and compete in the gender category that aligns with their gender identity, providing them with the same opportunities and benefits as other athletes.

This policy remains subject to change, depending on any future direction/ruling from SportCheer UK/England or the ICU or IASF.

All programmes competing at Legacy events must be compliant with music copyright law. Fully licensed music is easily attainable from providers who mix for this industry, and they will provide you with documentation.

We encourage seeking costings from ClicknClear or other providers who may be able to assist you at reasonable prices.

Legacy Cheer and Dance does not have any control over the content of your music, and this responsibility is solely on the Programme and/or persons who have provided the music. Programmes, by way of competing and opting to play their music at a Legacy Cheer and Dance event, are fully releasing any and all liability specific to their own music and it’s rights, or lack thereof.

If you have any questions concerning your music, we suggest consulting a music attorney.

To the fullest extent of the law, registered Programmes and all their affiliates, supporters and competitors, shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Legacy Cheer and Dance Ltd, its officers, employees, agents, representatives, consultants, and contractors from and against any and all loss, costs, penalties, fines, damages, claims, expenses (including attorney’s fees) or liabilities arising out of, resulting from, or in connection with the services contemplated by the Registration Agreement and written Competition Regulations, including but not limited to a programme’s choice of music.

We do not accept online uploads of music files at or prior to the event.

We also cannot play music from a USB stick or CD/DVD.

All performance music must be provided by a team representative on their own MP3/mobile phone device for use on the event provided sound system.

Music must be recorded at the correct tempo with a high-quality file. Speed control is not available.

Music must be cued, ready to play.

We recommend having the music available on at least TWO devices present at the event.

iPod/MP3 players/mobile phones ONLY! No iPod Shuffles are allowed. No tapes or CD/DVDs are allowed.

You must provide your own adapter, if applicable, and it is your responsibility to ensure they are all in working order prior to approaching the sound desk.

Mobile phones should be switched to ‘flight mode’ or otherwise prevented from causing interruption during music playback. Legacy Cheer and Dance will not allow a team to restart/re-run their routine in the event of music interruption caused by a mobile phone device.

IF PLAYING MUSIC ON A MP3 DEVICE OR A MOBILE PHONE, PUT PHONE ON AIRPLANE MODE, TURN OFF ALL ALARMS, AND DO NOT HOLD THE DEVICE IN HAND WHILE IT PLAYS. This will prevent the vast majority of music failures mid-routine.

One (1) representative of your group will be responsible for running the music during the competition. This representative MUST know how to use the iPod, Phone or MP3 player on which the music is stored without assistance.

No food or drink is permitted near the sound desk area.

The music representative for all teams MUST remain at the sound desk throughout the entire performance. This person will be asked to hold onto their own device until the time of performance and to take device back following the performance. In the event a routine is delayed due to operator error, timing of your routine will continue.

No additional team members, coaches, parents, etc are allowed at the music desk.

STOPS DUE TO MUSIC FAILURE

Delay of competition due to music representatives being unprepared or failure of their equipment is not allowed. In the event that a routine fails to start at the appointed time for any reason (i.e. representative cannot find the track or brings the wrong track to the music desk), they will have the option to resolve it within 30 seconds or perform immediately to Legacy Cheer and Dance provided 8-count music, count out loud, or withdraw from the competition without recourse. If 8-count music is selected as the option, it may or may not be an option to select specific BPM on site. We will not delay a competition for you to go find music alternatives.

If a routine is interrupted due to music interruption, for any reason, at any point beyond the first 16 counts of the routine, the routine will not be eligible for a re-performance unless the cause can be determined to be Legacy Cheer and Dance equipment failure. In the event of a music malfunction within the first 16 counts of the routine, the coach/music desk representative must call a stop to the routine and request a re-start immediately. Routine re-runs will not be allowed where the coach/music desk representative does not notify within this window.

Final decisions relating to routine interruption are at the discretion of a Legacy Cheer & Dance Event Director.

STOPS DUE TO INJURY / ILLNESS

Routine stops may only take place for injury in which an athlete cannot safely continue. See criteria below for specifics on the parameters for routine interruption. Any routine interrupted for reasons not related to actual injury may not be eligible to re-perform, at the sole discretion of the Event Director, Arena Manager or Head Judge.

The only individuals that may stop a routine for injury are:

• Competition Officials
• Gym Owner/Coach from the team performing
• Injured Individual
• USASF/IASF Certified Safety Judge.

An injured athlete may create a potential safety hazard because of the inability to hold, support, spot or catch; or they may be at risk of being landed on or tripping over other athletes. For the safety of all athletes competing, a routine may be interrupted if:

• An athlete is clearly injured.
• An athlete is questionably injured and does not resume their role in the routine within 5 seconds of questionable injury.
• An athlete leaves the competition floor due to an injury.
• Bio spill (vomit, blood)

In the event that a routine is interrupted due to injury, it will be at the Competition Officials’ discretion whether or not that team will be allowed to perform again at a later time.

Athlete Returning to Competition

Decisions on whether an athlete can return to the performance floor after a routine interruption will be made immediately after the routine stop (within five minutes). In most cases, the athlete will not be able to return to the floor, including cases where the criteria for stopping a routine does not fall within the parameters of athlete injury. Other criteria apply, see below.

In the event of any of the following injuries during performance, the participant may not return to the competition for the remainder of the day, including any additionally planned routines (crossovers):

• A suspected or confirmed head, neck, or back injury.
• Partial or complete loss of consciousness (fainting, near-fainting, visible disorientation).
• Fit (seizure) for any reason.
• Suspected or confirmed broken bone or severe sprain.
• Severe illness (i.e.- vomit, disorientation, collapse, etc.
• Any other injury that can worsen or create safety hazard for others if they perform again.
• Any pre-existing injury in which the athlete, coach, medical team, competition director, or safety official deems significant enough to prevent further performance.
• Any injury in which there is not proper time to determine the actual cause or nature of the injury within the five-minute evaluation period before the team goes back to perform again.

If the above criteria do not apply, OR if the injury occurred during warm-up as opposed to performance, an injured athlete MAY be eligible to be considered for returning to the floor, as assessed on a case-by-case basis. Assessment will be made in collaboration with all of the parties listed below:

• Event Medical Personnel attending to that participant
• Parent/Guardian (if possible)
• Head Coach/Gym Owner of competing team
• Event Director, Arena Manager, Warm Up Room Manager and/or Head Judge.

Team Re-Performance

In the event that a team is allowed to perform again following a routine interruption, the new performance time will be set immediately and is determined at the sole discretion of the Competition Officials. Re-schedules will be done as swiftly as possible and may not have a full cycle to re-warmup.

The team must (pending the injury’s impact on the routine) perform the routine again in its entirety, but judging will resume from the point at which the injury/interruption occurred, as determined by the judges. All skills must be performed full-out from the beginning of the routine. All point deductions accumulated to that point (if any) will carry over.

If a team is permitted to perform again but fails to perform the routine in its entirety (example: throwing back tucks instead of the full twist thrown in the original performance), it is at the discretion of the Competition Officials how that team’s scores will be affected.

VIRTUAL DIVISIONS

At Legacy, we run combined virtual and live divisions for stunt group and partner stunt divisions, and also sometimes for solos and duos. 

To see full rules and details for these divisions, including deadlines for upload of videos, please go to this page.