SINGLETON’S Joanna Moore is still on a high after getting into the Knights Cheerleading squad this year.
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Joanna never gave up on her dream of becoming a cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights when she auditioned unsuccessfully four years ago and kept coming back each year.
“If you fail the first time you keep trying,” she said.
“When I found out I got in this year it was the best feeling, I was really happy after all the hard work I put in.”
Joanna recalls ringing everyone she could to tell them the good news, her family are big Knights fans and were very excited for her.
So far this season Joanna has been at all but one home game and said that running on to the field is a massive adrenaline rush.
“The first time I ran on I thought wow this is full on, the atmosphere is amazing you can’t help but smile,” Joanna said.
Aside from cheering routines on the field Joanna is also involved with the community through the cheerleaders’ charity and promotion work.
Joanna said one of the great aspects of the role is getting to mingle with supporters before the game.
“Little kids are really excited to meet you and people come and get there photos with you,” she said.
Joanna has been dancing since she was five-years-old and said it’s a big passion of hers and that she’s picking up the cheerleading routines quickly.
“The routines are a lot of fun I’ve been training and performing all my life so I’m really fitting in well,” she said.
“All the girls in the squad are really friendly, the coach is great and I’ve already made some good friends.”
Joanna said she’s getting comments from her friends about being the next Jennifer Hawkins but said she’d rather have a career in dancing.
“You never know, if a dancing opportunity comes from being in the cheer squad I would give it a go, every dancer wants to make a career out of dancing,” she said.
From her experience so far she’s definitely keen to turn out to next year’s auditions and have another go at cheerleading. But there is one thing that Joanna isn’t looking forward to and that’s games on those cold winter nights. She’s hoping the rush of the performance and crowd will help her ignore the cold.
