This last week, two of the Melbourne Sports Photography team, joined with Comm23 to photograph and video the AASCF Cheer and Dance National Championships. Craig and Kia had a fun, busy, and tiring time as thousands of athletes did their thing.

The event was held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and involved over 12,000 athletes, 180 clubs and 2,550 teams. This broke previous records and throughout the 5 days there was a fantastic energy at the venue.

MelbourneSportsPhotographer2025v5 For the first four days there were 3 halls running at once with a new routine every 4 minutes. That makes for busy days and lots of photographs!

MelbourneSportsPhotographer2025v8 Each hall had a slightly different lighting set up meaning there were opportunities to shoot images which were unique to each hall. The scale of the event is very large which makes it unique as a Melbourne sporting event at an indoor venue. Craig and Kia were part of a 12 person team responsible for the photography and videography of the event.

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MelbourneSportsPhotographer2025v11 On the fifth day, the event culminated with the "Road to Worlds" where teams compete for the right to get through to the annual world event held in Florida, USA. 

Thanks to AASCF for a terrific event, and to Kerry and the Comm23 team for having Craig and Kia as part of the crew.