SCZ London Cheerleaders

Team Members Headshots

Jessica Rossi, Club Manager & Head Coach

Jessica is the founder and Managing Director of The Zoo and all its clubs. She is USASF qualified and registered with British Gymnastics as a coach. Jessica manages the clubs, company and dance school, as well as being head coach, choreographer, and instructor.

Space City Zoo have been involved with numerous projects and worked with a number of high profile clients, as well as having competed successfully at various cheerleading competitions. They have performed at the Move It Dance Exhibition, featured on music videos, TV shows, sports events, product launches and many more.

Jessica has been a cheerleader for 6 years, was captain of Royal Holloway Tomcats in 2004-2005 and was a member of London City Stars in 2007.

As part of The Zoo's activities, she coaches one of the only Italian squads in existence, ASD Turin Cheerleaders, is Head Coach for Eclectic Allstars and teaches cheerleading classes in various primary and secondary schools, dance academies and gyms.

Rachel Berenson - Perkins, Cheer Coach

Rachel has worked in the fitness industry since 2002 when she first gained her qualifications in personal training and exercise to music. She has worked as a step, boxercise, aerobics and fab abs class instructor since 2003 and is on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs Level 2).

Rachel discovered cheerleading in 2004 as a member of the Royal Holloway, University of London Tom Cats. The following year she managed the club as President. She became a qualified coach in 2005 and currently holds awards for USASF and NCSSE to Master Level. Rachel has coached and choreographed for Royal Holloway Tom Cats, Goldsmiths University Felions, Portsmouth Phoenix, Reading Red Kittens, Space City Zoo Elite and Wokingham Council schools.

As part of her ongoing professional development Rachel has attended clinics, camps and workshops with instructors from Future Cheer, BCA, ICC, Ascension Eagles, Top Gun, FlyGirl, Charlotte Allstars, Texas Lonestar and Pro Spirit.

She is currently a competing member of Reading Superstars Supreme and also trains and coaches with Space City Zoo.

J. Bis Quiligotti, Assistant Coach

Bis has been a member of Royal Holloway Tom Cats Cheerleaserd since 2007 and has been Captain and Coach of the squad since 2008. She has also been a dancer since the age of 11. She is USASF qualified and first aid trained, and is now an Assistant Coach for Space City Zoo, helping to coach the SCZ peewee squad and various other parties and camps

Fern Ravnkilde, Assistant Coach

Fern is a Level 1 and 2 USASF qualified cheerleading coach. She is assistant coach at Space City Zoo and also coaches for the Millwall community Scheme, working in primary and secondary schools leading PE lessons and after school clubs. She adores working with children of all ages.

Fern is an ex-gymnast who started cheerleading two years ago with the Goldsmiths Felions. She now also cheers with Space City Zoo Elite and loves every minute of it. She has entered Future Cheer competitions and performed in Walkabout bars, and for Millwall FC home games.