posted Mar 14th, 2017 - The beginning of a new competition season usually brings new teams into the picture, while a certain number of returning teams are coming back with different lineups. The latest news of personnel changes came from Texas where Spaceland Lite has a new lineup for the 2017 season.

It was almost exactly a year ago on 30 March 2016 when the Sun Path Products NSL News reported the previous change of the Spaceland Lite lineup, which had brought Kim Hollander back together with her former Fallout team mate Dave Grabowski.

This time, original Lite member Devon Shows is stepping back into the alternate slot. His returning wife Katrina, who has also been with the team from the very beginning, says that he will be the perfect alternate: "He has been part of the Lite legacy since the beginning and makes an excellent choice as alternate having flown both front half and back half competitively for multiple years."

Spaceland Lite started in 2010 and won the USPA Advanced Class gold medals in 2011. The Texas team has been competing in USPA's Open Class competition at the national championships ever since.

Paraclete XP Indoor 2017		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	7,20,G	17,J,4	10,16,B	12,F,D,E	O,P,22,19	K,N,6,15	3,14,M	C,1,21	13,2,L	9,18,8	Total	Avg
1	SDC Rhythm XP	28	25	25	30	27	27	26	26	23	23	260	26.0
2	XP4	27	28	24	30	27	27	26	23	22	24	258	25.8
3	Arizona Airspeed	21	29	25	31	27	29	23	25	23	24	257	25.7
4	R2G	22	23	18	25	21	24	19	18	18	18	206	20.6
5	Spaceland Lite	20	19	18	26	21	21	18	16	16	17	192	19.2
6	The Four Horsemen	18	21	20	23	19	22	18	17	14	16	188	18.8
7	SDMW Next XP	22	19	19	20	16	21	17	18	18	17	187	18.7
8	GK Gold	26	26	25	31	20	28	25	-	-	-	181	25.9
9	CSC Swift	19	18	17	21	16	20	17	18	17	16	179	17.9
10	Minions	18	18	18	21	19	19	19	17	15	14	178	17.8
11	GK Black	15	13	18	22	20	18	18	19	13	15	171	17.1
12	3 Men and a Babe Jeana	16	21	16	21	15	17	16	17	15	16	170	17.0
13	Phoenix XP	17	16	17	20	16	17	15	16	15	16	165	16.5
14	DeOrbit Burn	18	14	14	14	16	17	15	17	16	17	158	15.8
15	Fabio's Angels	16	16	12	16	15	16	12	15	13	14	145	14.5
16	Relentless Strike	13	13	11	16	14	14	12	13	11	12	129	12.9
17	Flyin' for Bryan	15	14	13	8	11	11	13	13	10	13	121	12.1
18	Hotdogs and Kraut	12	10	11	10	9	11	12	12	6	11	104	10.4

Spaceland Lite started into the new year at SkyVenture New Hampshire in January where Devon Shows was not available.

The story on 14 January 2017 reported that Andre van Heerden was helping out in the point slot. Lite ended up in 2nd place behind Ranch 2nd Generation with a 20.2 average.

The South African Savolo member was back in the Spaceland Lite lineup at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2017.

He brought his Savolo team mate Alex Jordaan along, as Kim Hollander and Devon Shows both were not available for the trip to Raeford.

The Spaceland Lite/Savolo combination finished once again right behind R2G in 5th place, this time with a 19.2 average over the ten rounds through the complete dive pool. Andre van Heerden and Alex Jordaan both also competed with Laka in the AA Class at Paraclete, while Katrina Shows and David Grabowski were in Spaceland Lite's 8-way lineup.

Katrina Shows now informed the Sun Path Products NSL News that Andre van Heerden has joined Spaceland Lite for the entire 2017 season.

The new lineup consists of Katrina Shows (Outside Center), Kim Hollander (Inside Center), Andre Van Heerden (Point) and Dave Grabowski (Tail), with Cory Kossan on camera and Devon Shows as the alternate.

The new Spaceland Lite lineup has the first training camp scheduled for the weekend of March 25th, and the team is excited for the new training and competition season.

A question mark is still behind the South African Savolo lineup. The story on 23 February 2017 reported that Debbie Lamsley has joined the British 4-way Women team NFTO with the goal to qualify for the FAI World Meet 2018 in Australia. Andre van Heerden would still be eligible to compete for South Africa, as he did in Prostejov 2014, and could replace Debbie Lamsley.

Amy Kirtland, Debbie Lamsley, Bailey Edmunds and Andre van Heerden attended the World Challenge 2016, while the team name is not on the list for this year's event so far...