Who are we?
The Cheerific Western Cheer Challenge is an annual cheerleading & dance competition hosted by Cheerific. We offer divisions for school, post secondary, all-star programs, dance, pom, partner stunting, quads and indy's!
You can keep up to date on all things CWCC by following us on both Instagram and Facebook.
You can keep up to date on all things CWCC by following us on both Instagram and Facebook.
Meet The Team!
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TIM HYDZIK
Founder/Co-Owner, CheerificTim is an USASF/ACA certified coach and recently published a manual on Partner Stunting Basics. He started his cheerleading career in grade 10 at W.P. Wagner High. After graduating he joined the Edmonton Eskimo Cheer Team for a number of years, and now applies his talents and athleticism to the Cheerific Promo Team. Together with his wife and co-owner of Cheerific, Mikie, Tim is the head coach of the Senior, Junior and Elementary cheerleading program at Victoria School of The Arts in Edmonton, AB. With over 16 years as an athlete and vast experience as a coach, Tim has the passion and skills necessary to educate and equip both new and experienced athletes, alike.
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MIKIE HYDZIK
CEO/Co-Owner, CheerificMikie began her involvement in cheerleading at Bellerose Composite High School in St. Albert, AB. After graduating she continued her education in Health & Fitness at NAIT, and eventually ran her own company called “Made To Fit" before becoming a partner at Cheerific. Mikie’s training in personal fitness coupled with her entrepreneurial experience have had a great impact on the growth and success of Cheerific and the Cheerific Western Cheer Challenge. She keeps tremendously busy as the head coach of the Victoria Senior, Junior and Elementary programs at Victoria School of the Arts, as well as mom to 2 handsome little boys.
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VANESSA WOLFRAM
Event Manager, CWCCVanessa has been involved in cheerleading for over 25 years! She is a program director and head coach at Deep Blue Athletics in Spruce Grove, AB. She is happily married and mom to 5 amazing children, which of course keep her on her toes! She is a former member of the U of S and Edmonton Eskimo Cheer Teams, a camp instructor for Pirate Cheer, as well as coach of numerous senior high cheer teams throughout Saskatchewan and Alberta. She played an instrumental part in the creation of Cheerific itself and strives to better each athlete through experiencing the CWCC! Vanessa currently holds her ICU Level 4 in stunting, tossing & tumbling.
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Our Story
Cheerific was started in 2004 by part owner and Promo Team athlete, Tim Hydzik. The business has since expanded with the addition of his stunt partner and wife Mikie Hydzik who helped take Cheerific Canada wide.
"I used to film local cheerleading events on a picture camera and then upload them online for the Cheerific community.
In 2005, I was asked by an event host and good friend, Vanessa Wolfram, if I would be interested in providing a higher quality product on DVD for the athletes and spectators to purchase, and that's how it all got started.” - Tim Hydzik
Since then, Cheerific has grown from filming, to offering cheerleading apparel, event services, a performance team, instructional camps, clinics, webinars and now the CWCC!
The concept of hosting the Cheerific Western Cheer Challenge was created in early 2015, over a casual telephone conversation, once again between Vanessa and Tim. With the need for more competitions in our area we felt it was a great opportunity to provide a one of a kind event in Alberta, and Mikie was soon on board!
After many hours of prepping and planning, the CWCC was launched and has now become an incredibly popular event. We have shown a tremendous amount of growth with teams attending from all across western Canada.
We are incredibly excited to be hosting our biggest and best competition, yet! You won't want to miss it.
"I used to film local cheerleading events on a picture camera and then upload them online for the Cheerific community.
In 2005, I was asked by an event host and good friend, Vanessa Wolfram, if I would be interested in providing a higher quality product on DVD for the athletes and spectators to purchase, and that's how it all got started.” - Tim Hydzik
Since then, Cheerific has grown from filming, to offering cheerleading apparel, event services, a performance team, instructional camps, clinics, webinars and now the CWCC!
The concept of hosting the Cheerific Western Cheer Challenge was created in early 2015, over a casual telephone conversation, once again between Vanessa and Tim. With the need for more competitions in our area we felt it was a great opportunity to provide a one of a kind event in Alberta, and Mikie was soon on board!
After many hours of prepping and planning, the CWCC was launched and has now become an incredibly popular event. We have shown a tremendous amount of growth with teams attending from all across western Canada.
We are incredibly excited to be hosting our biggest and best competition, yet! You won't want to miss it.
