*Bondi Beach S30 Cheerleader Calendar!

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The Bondi Beach Cheerleaders are proud to release their annual pirate calendar featuring new squad members for Season 30. Pre-sale for the calendar will be occurring next week. This year's edition features our twelve new members, who will be joining our 19 returning veterans. Hundreds of candidates auditioned, spanning across all six states and 10 worldwide regions including Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, and Canada.

Over the span of two months and multiple elimination rounds, 68 contestants made it to the final auditions, where they showcased their skills and individuality with a creative solo performance. The 12 new members feature a musical artist, circus performer, public health clinic director, museum curator as well as an accountant.

"We are ecstatic to reveal our calendar of rookies for Season 30," said Nicole Tee-Grate, Buccaneer’s Chief Entertainment and Experience officer. "As ambassadors for the team and organization, the Bondi Beach Cheerleaders embrace community and fan engagement and have a meaningful connection with the community. This season’s newly picked cheerleaders will have a vital role in welcoming our extraordinary fans back to Emu War Memorial Stadium."

Get to know the new Bondi Beach Cheerleaders:

• Miss January- Davina Jones hails from Brisbane. She graduated University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science degree in business supply chain management. Cassie is currently working for Scentre Group aiding their retail group’s vendor management efforts.

• Miss February- Francine Draque is from Ontario, Canada . She is the one of the contributing authors of Houghton Mifflin’s “Intermediate Physics' ' annual textbook that is used across the world and translated into 50+ languages. She has a Ph.D in electromagnetics from McGill University, and currently is an ad-hoc professor at the University of Sydney.

• Miss March- Jacqueline Sparrows is from Miami, FL. She graduated from Florida State University in December with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in digital art and design with a concentration in animation. Jackie is a free-lance designer and animator. She currently serves as a board member for Earth America, utilizing her platform to promote environmental responsibility.

• Miss April- Bonny Anne comes to us from Perth. She currently serves as a global partnership administrator at Operation Grin where she recently traveled to Haiti to coordinate a cleft lip and cleft palate surgical program. She is also a UN Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Member, and participated in numerous relief trips, including a recent trip to Colombia. She graduated from South Hampton Institute with a dental studies degree specializing in pediatric dentistry.

• Miss May- Lois-Jean “LJ” Silver is from Freemantle. She is a member of the newly branded award winning musical group “John Butler Quintet”- their recent tour wrapped up in May. LJ is the group’s percussionist and background vocalist. Check out their new album out on Spotify now!

• Miss June- Ho Okcaptain came to us from Tokoyo, Japan. A very recent graduate of The University of Adelaide, with a degree in Early Easten History. She is currently in the search for a school to complete her graduate degree. Ho is a former olympian who represented Japan in 2016 when she was just 14 years old on their women’s trap team.

• Miss July- Sarah Conners is from Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business. Angel is a talent acquisition consultant for Prestige Worldwide. Prior to joining PW Sarah was a ballerina for the Philadelphia Dance Company and a frequent contributor to Ballet Weekly’s “What’s new in ballet” series.

• Miss August- Genna Uber made her way to us from Gold Coast. She is a professional dancer and pursuing a business administration degree at Devry. Geena has always had a passion for cheer, and her audition included a triple reverse bi-pedal kick down bad maneuver which we knew would WOW the crowd.

• Miss September- Bailey Barnums is from Sarasota, FL. She is a former circus performer for Ringling’s Traveling Circus. Bailey is a life-long acrobat, juggler, animal expert and quick-change artist. Look out for her on weekends on the beaches of Bondi practicing her solo fire performance!

• Miss October- Roht Skcus is from Melbourne. She is a certified public accountant and currently holds a position as a Senior at Worthington and Potters. Roht graduated with a Masters in Taxation from University of Melbourne.

• Miss November- Leroya Selmon is from San Francisco, CA . She is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in early education and special education. Leroya teaches grade one at Simo Academy Charter School.

• Miss December- Loonette Dustbun is from Sydney. Loonette is currently the Lead Curator of the pre-1900 nautical history department at the Australian National Maritime Museum. She is a proud graduate of the University of Sydney where she studied geography and anthropology.

Please provide a loud welcome and cheer if you happen to see any of our new cheerleaders at a Buccaneers game or any of our dozens of local events. If you are interested in booking one or several members for an event please reach out to cynthia@BBCheer.au. Presale for the calendar begins next Tuesday at 7:22 A.M.!