🇱🇺 D’Sweet Devils – Cheerleading Team vun der Espérance Esch

1999 hu mer eis gefrot, wat mat de jonke Meedercher géif geschéien, déi mat vill Asaz Konschtturnen gemaach hunn an duerno hir sportlech Carrière ophalen missten. Fir hinnen eng nei sportlech Perspektiv ze bidden, ass op Initiativ vum Veräi d’Cheerleading-Ekipp duerch d’Juliette CAPUTO-JOHANNS an d’Liewe geruff ginn. Déi éischt Choreographien goufen duerch d’Tessy ALESCH erstallt, déi an deenen éischte Saisone vun de Sweet Devils d’Juliette CAPUTO-JOHANNS aktiv ënnerstëtzt huet.

Virun allem d’Lynn CRUCHTEN huet d’Ekipp weidergefouert a si op déi éischt Meeschterschaften begleet. Et war och duerch hatt, datt déi éischt däitsch Trainer engagéiert goufen. Wéi de Mark an d’Sinikka WILKING als Trainer dobäi koumen, war et d’Tammy BERGER, déi d’Choreographien iwwerholl huet an d’Ekipp weider geprägt huet.

Aus fréieren Turnerinnen a Dänzerinnen, déi ufanks Choreographien mat Pomponen an einfachen akrobateschen Elementer presentéiert hunn, ass esou mat de Joren eng staark Ekipp entstanen, déi haut un internationale Meeschterschaften deelhëlt.

Haut besteet d’Ekipp vun de Sweet Devils aus 24 Meedercher am Alter tëscht 16 an 28 Joer. Zweemol d’Woch trainéieren si intensiv, mam Haaptschwéierpunkt op Level-gerechte Stunten a Pyramiden. Op d’mannst eemol d’Joer trieden si bei enger internationaler Cheerleading-Meeschterschaft am Ausland un. Och am Ziel vun verschiddenen traditionnellen Lëtzebuerger Coursen sinn se net eweg ze denken.

E puer Highlights:

2019 Éischt Plaz zu Bottrop an zu Düsseldorf. Qualifikatioun fir de Summit 2020 zu Orlando (USA), deen duerch CoVid19 ofgesot gouf.
2022 Zweete Plaz bei den Elite Championships zu Bottrop (Senior Allgirl Cheer Level 4) an och beim SALC zu Düsseldorf.
2023 Éischt Plaz beim SALC 2023 an GALC West, Qualifikatioun fir de Summit 2024.
Mee 2024 Historesch Leeschtung – d’Sweet Devils ginn Vizeweltmeeschter (2. Plaz am Level 4) beim Summit zu Orlando a vertrieden esou Lëtzebuerg an d’Stad Esch op der weltgréisster Cheerleading-Bühn.

Mat der Saison 2024–2025 huet eng nei Etapp ugefaangen:
De Mark an d’Sinikka WILKING hunn opgehalen als Trainer. Déi nei Trainer si keng Friemer am Veräi:

• Chris WELTER, selwer an der Espérance grouss ginn a mat vill internationaler Cheerleading-Erfarung.
• Sarah HALSDORF, laangjäreg Member a bis viru kuerzem nach aktiv Deel vun der Summit-Ekipp 2024.

D’Ekipp huet direkt nei Erfolleger gefeiert:
SACD Lyon 2024 Éischt Plaz am Level 3 a Qualifikatioun fir den European Summit 2026 a Portugal.
SALC Düsseldorf 2025 Véiert Plaz am Level 3.

D’Sweet Devils bleiwen domat eng vun de Spëtze-Cheerleading-Ekippen zu Lëtzebuerg, mat vill Engagement a Succès am Land an am Ausland.


🇬🇧 The Sweet Devils – Cheerleading at Espérance Esch

In 1999, Espérance Esch asked itself what would happen to the young girls who had dedicated themselves to artistic gymnastics and then had to end their sporting careers. To give them a new sporting perspective, the cheerleading team was founded by Juliette CAPUTO-JOHANNS on the club’s initiative. The very first choreographies were created by Tessy ALESCH, who actively supported Juliette CAPUTO-JOHANNS during the early seasons of the Sweet Devils.

It was above all Lynn CRUCHTEN who pushed the team further, leading them to their first championships. Thanks to her, the first German coaches were brought in. When Mark and Sinikka WILKING joined as coaches, it was Tammy BERGER who took over the choreographies and left her mark on the team.

What started with former gymnasts and dancers performing pom-pom choreographies and simple acrobatic elements has, over the years, developed into a strong team that now competes at international championships.

Today, the Sweet Devils consist of 24 athletes aged between 16 and 28 years. They train twice a week, with a strong focus on level-appropriate stunts and pyramids. At least once a year, they participate in an international cheerleading championship abroad.

Highlights of recent years:

2019 First place at the competitions in Bottrop and Düsseldorf. Qualified for The Summit 2020 in Orlando (USA), which unfortunately had to be cancelled due to CoVid19.
2022 Second place at the Elite Championships in Bottrop (Senior Allgirl Cheer Level 4) and also at the SALC in Düsseldorf.
2023 First place at both the SALC 2023 and the GALC West, qualifying again for The Summit 2024.
May 2024 A historic achievement – the Sweet Devils became Vice World Champions (2nd place in Level 4) at The Summit in Orlando, proudly representing Luxembourg and the City of Esch on the biggest cheerleading stage in the world.

With the 2024–2025 season, a new chapter has begun:
Sinikka and Mark WILKING stepped down as coaches. Their successors are no strangers to the club:

• Chris WELTER, who grew up at Espérance and brings a wealth of international cheerleading experience.
• Sarah HALSDORF, a long-standing member of the club and an active athlete of the 2024 Summit team.

The team immediately continued its sporting success:
SACD Lyon 2024 First place at level 3 and qualification for the European Summit 2026 in Portugal.
SALC Düsseldorf 2025 Fourth place at level 3.

The Sweet Devils thus remain one of Luxembourg’s top cheerleading teams, performing nationally and internationally with great commitment and success.