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Did You Know...

... that the Golden Knights placed 5th on the combined leaderboard of the World Challenge 2015?

Golden Knights at the World Challenge 2015
posted Apr 12th, 2015 - The Sun Path Products NSL News mentioned on a regular basis during the live streaming coverage of the World Challenge 2015 that there was not much serious competition for the Golden Knights in 4-way Women.

Team members and coach Solly Williams had their eyes mostly on the leaderboard of the AAA/Open Class and sometimes even on the live performance of the French team Weembi Lille in the flying chamber. Two members of the French Girls (Sophia Pecout, Christine Malnis), 2014 world champions in 4-way Women, competed in the AAA/Open Class and with the same competition draw.

However, it was not only the performance of the two French Girls that was under observation of the Golden Knights delegation. The scores on the AAA/Open Class leaderboard were the target, as well.

World Challenge 2015Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA Class15,K,E,F11,22,A16,H,M,193,10,D17,18,P4,12,O5,N,L,G14,B,C,202,1,21J,Q,6,13TotalAvg
1NMP-PCH Hayabusa BE 4024322529263830243330130.1
2SDC Rhythm XP US 3624282228233426232927327.3
3Weembi Lille FR 3620312523233129212926826.8
4Gavroche FR 3423302325233227222426326.3
5Golden Knights US 3421282125223327232826226.2
Deep Blue at the World Challenge 2010
Only one all-female lineup ever scored higher than the Golden Knights did at the World Challenge 2015. Deep Blue, French world champions in 4-way Women at the World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, finished with a 27.2 average in 7th place at the World Challenge 2010 on the Open Class leaderboard, a year before host Paul Mayer added a separate category for 4-way Women.

The 27.2 average by Sophie Deremaux, Bérangère Duplouy, Françoise Simons-Hamouchi and Amélie Tirman was boosted by a Super Sequence and is still standing as the highest meet average posted by a female lineup. The Golden Knights were also looking closely at this record average...

UK Team Elan placed better in 2007. Emma Beyer, Julia Foxwell, Tarnya Hollis and Amanda Kemp finished in 6th place with a 20.3 average. Only one team was able so far to match the 5th place that the Golden Knights accomplished on the combined leaderboard of the World Challenge 2015.

World Challenge 2014Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10T.Avg
RankAAA Class17,18,195,16,64,N,13P,F,12,MJ,D,10,KG,3,O,CH,22,1420,2,81,21,1115,7,LT.Avg
1NMP-PCH Hayabusa (BE)2729283632362521243329129.1
2XL2525213428302321233326326.3
3VoltR (FR)2624233328322322213126226.2
4Gavroches (FR)2325243331312018212825425.4
5Aerodyne French Girls (FR)2325193229292219212824724.7
6SportLoto (RU)2426203021302421202724324.3
7Golden Knights (US)2121213128282220212824124.1
French Girls at the World Challenge 2014
The 2014 lineup of the French Girls (Laurence Herve, Perrine Sanchez, Sophia Pecout, Christine Malnis) finished in 5th place last year and were six points ahead of the Golden Knights in 7th place.

The difference between two of the French Girls with Weembi Lille and the Golden Knights was exactly the same at the World Challenge 2015, however, the Golden Knights outscored SportLoto this year and ended up only one single point behind Gavroche, who were 13 points ahead last year.

The complete French Girls lineup had trained in Dubai until shortly before the World Challenge and did not make the trip to Bedford with the whole team. It will still be a little while until Golden Knights and the new French Girls will face each other directly for the first time, most likely at the World Cup 2015 in Teuge, Netherlands.

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