Two cheerleading teams from Wareham Tigers Cheer Athletics are going to Disney World to compete in the biggest national recreational cheerleading competition of the year.

Wareham Tigers Cheer Athletics is an organization dedicated to getting kids involved in competitive cheerleading.

The competition called The Quest Recreational Cheer Championship is taking place March. 7 and 8 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World. The competition features some of the best recreational cheerleading groups from around the world competing to see who is the best.

President of the Wareham Tigers Cheer Athletics Damon Solomon said the competition is their "super bowl" that they aim to get to every year.

Solomon explained in order to earn a spot in the competition, teams must earn a "bid" during their competition season. He added there are two kinds of bids, paid bids and non-paid bids.

There are three levels of paid bids, gold, silver and bronze. Teams that receive a gold bid get their entire trip paid for by Varsity, the organization that runs The Quest competition. Teams that receive a silver bid get half of their expenses paid for and teams that receive a bronze bid get a quarter of their expenses paid for.

Two of the three travelling teams for Wareham Tigers Cheer Athletics have already secured a spot in the competition with the third looking to earn a spot at a competition in Maryland being held Feb. 8 and 9.

The two teams going to Disney are the Inspir3 (Inspire) and Pride teams. Both teams are comprised of girls age 10 to 18. Inspir3 earned a silver bid in December and Pride earned a gold bid earlier in January.

The Pride team competed in The Quest competition in 2022, bringing home the top prize in their division.

The Spirit team, comprised of 12-year-olds is looking to earn a bid this weekend at their competition in Maryland. If they earn a bid, this would be the first time in the organization's seven year history they would send three teams to the national competition.

The organization also has a non-travelling team called Empower for athletes ages 4 to 8 to help young athletes get started in cheerleading.

"I'm so proud because they work so hard," said Solomon. "We spend hours in the gym with them working hard and the girls wanted to get the bid and they have fought so hard."