posted Nov 14th, 2017 - This year's Revenge at Twinwoods Adventure in Bedford, host of the annual World Challenge, was indeed at least a successful opportunity to change the outcome for one team that attended both events.

ACM and NFTO had ended up right next to each other in April this year, and the British national outdoor team in 4-way Women had the upper hand at the first meet that included the family duel between Anna and Gareth Hicks.

Both teams were back for the Revenge in October, and it was once again a close battle, even though the difference was six points this time, compared to the 2-point thriller at the World Challenge.

NFTO competed with the same lineup that will represent Great Britain next year at the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Australia, while ACM had a new team member who has not been on the team roster at any previous events so far.

Revenge 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		E,G,10,L	17,J,2	D,8,14	F,4,9	15,B,H,3	18,P,O,M	21,19,13	Q,12,7	22,1,K	20,C,6	Total	Avg
1	ACM	UK	27	24	19	28	23	29	19	22	19	23	233	23.3
2	NFTO	UK	24	24	22	29	22	28	17	22	18	21	227	22.7
3	Awtaskic	UK	23	24	19	27	23	27	18	20	18	20	219	21.9
4	Hayawho?	UK	22	18	16	27	22	24	17	19	16	19	200	20.0
5	Skyfool	UK	19	15	16	19	17	21	13	15	15	16	166	16.6
6	Voss Vind Girls	NO	16	15	15	21	14	19	15	15	14	16	160	16.0
7	Scratch the Burble	UK	13	10	11	16	10	14	11	11	12	12	120	12.0

David Rodgers replaced Rich Rust for the second showdown with NFTO this year, and the ACM October lineup posted a new team record 23.3 average.

NFTO had finished with a 23.1 average at the World Challenge and were four points short of their own record average posted in April. However, even the 23.1 average would not have been enough to win the Revenge and would have resulted in the same 2-point deficit that ACM had after the ten rounds at the World Challenge.

ACM's 23.3 average was also a new personal best for the new team member, David Rodgers. He is the team founder of 4mula, the British silver medalist at the UK Nationals 2017 where his team had finished ahead of NFTO in 4th place.

4mula has not attended an indoor competition since the team was founded in 2010. Indoor training was a part of the training agenda under player coach Joey Jones. However, David Rodgers has no previous indoor meet results in the SKYLEAGUE.COM records, which makes the 23.3 average the highest average for all ACM team members at the Revenge.

World Challenge 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		D,B,6,22	12,E,17	20,G,C,10	N,M,15,H	Q,19,K,4	8,21,L	P,9,J,7	O,11,1	13,A,16	3,18,5	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	33	29	29	46	34	28	47	28	28	29	331	33.1
2	Weembi Lille	FR	33	31	29	43	35	28	46	29	29	27	330	33.0
3	French Weembi Girls	FR	30	29	28	38	32	24	43	28	26	25	303	30.3
4	RealFly-Sion	FR	29	29	26	38	31	26	42	27	24	23	295	29.5
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	29	26	24	37	30	26	40	27	24	23	286	28.6
6	Gavroche Weembi	FR	27	26	23	35	29	23	39	23	21	21	267	26.7
7	IFS-Moscow	RU	26	26	23	35	29	21	40	24	24	18	266	26.6
7	Espoir Saumur Weembi	FR	27	26	23	33	28	23	37	24	23	22	266	26.6
9	Volition	UK	25	24	19	34	23	21	36	24	22	21	249	24.9
10	ISR FireFlash	BE	25	21	21	33	23	21	35	22	21	20	242	24.2
11	Chimera	UK	27	21	22	35	24	21	32	23	18	18	241	24.1
12	Amnesya Fly-In	IT	25	22	20	35	25	21	34	21	17	19	239	23.9
13	NFTO	UK	20	22	21	29	26	20	32	22	21	18	231	23.1
14	ACM	UK	25	15	18	31	25	19	34	21	21	20	229	22.9
15	Tenanine	MR	23	19	21	28	23	21	28	21	21	20	225	22.5
16	Pro Team	FI	23	20	16	32	22	21	30	22	19	18	223	22.3
17	Savoodoo	ZA	22	20	17	31	22	18	33	18	19	17	217	21.7
18	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20	18	16	28	19	18	29	19	17	15	199	19.9
19	Antimatter	UK	21	18	17	23	20	17	25	19	17	15	192	19.2
20	Flyspot Sky4four	PL	21	14	16	23	22	18	27	19	16	15	191	19.1
21	Flyzone Les Affranchise	FR	17	16	17	25	19	16	26	18	16	15	185	18.5
22	Aladeen	HU	18	17	15	22	18	15	29	16	16	15	181	18.1
23	JETMAX	BE	17	15	17	24	17	15	24	18	15	15	177	17.7
24	Equinox	LT	18	15	16	23	20	15	25	15	15	12	174	17.4
25	Corbas Coyotes JCM	FR	17	16	17	20	20	16	20	18	13	14	171	17.1
26	Eros	UK	17	16	17	24	14	16	25	17	12	12	170	17.0
27	H4O	IE	17	15	14	20	18	15	23	17	15	14	168	16.8
28	Formihyrodynamitevisionx	UK	16	12	16	22	19	16	24	16	14	11	166	16.6
29	Skyfool	UK	18	15	15	21	17	15	23	17	13	10	164	16.4
30	HF Skycentrum	CZ	16	11	14	21	17	15	20	15	14	13	156	15.6
31	Nova	SE	15	13	13	18	16	13	19	12	12	12	143	14.3
32	Quasar	UK	15	11	12	14	15	12	20	14	10	10	133	13.3
32	Mental BloX	UK	15	11	11	17	12	12	21	13	11	10	133	13.3

There was a third British AAA Class team that tied two of the highscores for the ten rounds. Awtaskic was probably a team for the meet only, as the members have been competing with other teams this year.

Steve Hamilton has been in Satori's XL lineup, won the UK Nationals and competed with his team at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017. Satori XL is the British national team in 4-way Open and will represent the country next year in Australia.

Will Cooke stepped in for Team 4mula when Ady King joined Satori XL for the 2017 season. 4mula's David Rodgers now outscored his 2017 team mate Will Cooke and Satori XL's Steve Hamilton with ACM at the Revenge. Catherine Leather still competed in the A Class in 2015 with Blackhawk, after a year in the Rookie Class with the same team. Two years later, she posted the AAA Class 21.9 average at the Revenge with Awtaskic.

Last and not least, Kate Lindsley completed the lineup. As Steve Hamilton, she just came back from the FAI indoor meet in Montreal where she won the silver medals for the UK delegation with Volition in 4-way Women.

World Challenge manager Bryony Doughty said that the first teams have already signed up for the 2018 event...