posted Apr 10th, 2019 - The aftermath of the World Challenge will still continue for a while, even though the next major event is right around the corner, the FAI Indoor World Meet. The NSL News has re-located to Weembi Lille, and the first previews will follow soon.

Today's update goes even further back, while it is still related to both events. Two teams from Finland caught the attention not only of the NSL News in Bedford with their 2-point difference after a 10-round battle. Tempo was actually last year's AA Class winner at the World Challenge, and Blackjack had their own story with a 4-way comeback after a very long break.

Both teams had met each other two times this year on the same AAA Class leaderboard before traveling to Bedford for the World Challenge, and the previous duel took place at the national indoor championships a week before the World Challenge.

That's the event that connects with the upcoming indoor world meet, as well. Neither Blackjack nor Tempo are Finland's national indoor or outdoor team. Pro Team has had this slot for a long time and won this year's indoor competition once again without any serious opposition.

Finnish Indoor Nationals 2019		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	4,P,J,6	5,E,14	20,18,L	16,B,12	19,15,8	13,A,K,1	9,H,M,G	Q,7,11	D,10,17	C,N,22,3	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	27	28	20	22	20	28	35	24	23	15	242	24.2
2	Tempo	19	15	15	21	16	22	32	19	18	15	192	19.2
3	Wannabe 2019	16	18	11	18	14	16	28	19	18	17	175	17.5
4	Blackjack	19	18	14	17	15	19	22	18	17	14	173	17.3
5	Sörkan Laskuvajourheijat	15	15	10	13	13	16	24	17	13	15	151	15.1

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Pro Team, with father Kimmo Pohjola and son Kalle in the lineup, won the Finnish Indoor Nationals by 50 points, even though Tempo almost tied Pro Team in Round 4 (21 - 22).

The Finnish champions also gave away Round 10 to Wannabe, and also allowed Tempo and Sörkan Laskuvajourheijat to tie their 15-pointer.

The two weaker Pro Team rounds left their meet average on the lowest level since February 2018, and they are still seated in 10th place of the NSL Power Rankings for the indoor world meet.

In fact, the Finnish team probably have their eyes on the 9th place, as they know their potential to get to the 25+ average level. That's where this year's British national team ACM Weembi is positioned after three consecutive 25+ finishes.

ACM Weembi just lost the British indoor title to Chimera in Bedford, and they will be eager to get redemption at Weembi Lille by posting this lineup's first 26+ average.

The two Finnish teams enjoyed their own 10-round battle, and one British team was engaged in their duel. Pajama Pumas placed right between with the team's new 19.7 indoor record average.

World Challenge 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		P,H,Q,5	19,16,E	L,3,2	B,A,22,D	J,14,8	11,M,G,1	15,21,18	7,O,4	C,N,K,13	20,6,F	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	52	32	28	39	29	32	28	34	42	31	347	34.7
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	48	30	27	37	27	31	25	33	36	28	322	32.2
3	IFS-Moscow	RU	44	29	26	33	27	29	23	33	34	31	309	30.9
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	44	29	26	35	24	29	24	31	32	31	305	30.5
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	46	28	24	32	25	29	24	31	35	27	301	30.1
6	Airheads	CH	44	28	22	36	24	27	19	29	33	26	288	28.8
7	Weembi Unicorns	FR	43	28	23	32	23	28	19	28	33	26	283	28.3
8	ISR FireFlash	BE	40	26	24	33	24	25	19	25	28	26	270	27.0
9	NFTO	UK	35	25	24	29	24	25	20	27	30	24	263	26.3
10	Odin Parachute Systems	FR	35	28	21	29	22	25	20	25	29	25	259	25.9
10	Chimera	UK	36	24	21	27	23	27	21	25	29	26	259	25.9
12	ACM Weembi	UK	38	22	24	28	21	24	21	25	29	26	258	25.8
13	Gavroche Weembi	FR	38	27	23	26	21	25	14	27	28	23	252	25.2
14	Tenanine	MR	37	25	22	22	20	24	19	26	29	22	246	24.6
15	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	36	19	18	26	20	22	19	25	21	21	227	22.7
16	Eros	UK	27	21	22	24	19	23	17	24	27	21	225	22.5
17	Jazz Republic	ZA	29	22	18	23	19	20	18	24	23	22	218	21.8
18	Falco	BE	22	20	17	19	20	20	17	24	26	19	204	20.4
19	Blackjack	FI	24	20	17	23	19	19	15	21	22	18	198	19.8
20	Pajama Pumas	UK	27	21	16	21	19	19	16	21	20	17	197	19.7
21	Tempo	FI	26	18	18	23	18	19	15	21	20	18	196	19.6
22	Aladeen	HU	28	21	19	16	16	19	13	19	18	20	189	18.9
23	Alakran	ES	26	18	12	18	17	21	17	23	18	18	188	18.8
24	FlyPonots	FR	26	19	17	21	16	18	10	18	18	18	181	18.1
25	Nefertit	UK	24	18	16	18	15	16	13	20	17	16	173	17.3
26	Windobona Angels	ES	20	16	14	18	16	17	15	21	17	18	172	17.2
27	Ayro	BE	16	18	15	18	17	15	14	19	19	17	168	16.8
28	Koloncok	HU	21	16	13	19	14	16	15	19	18	16	167	16.7
29	Stardust	BE	21	15	12	17	16	16	11	18	17	13	156	15.6
30	Nova	CH	21	14	12	16	13	13	11	17	19	16	152	15.2
31	Barak	ES	25	19	17	21	16	19	14	19	0	0	150	15.0
32	Wood Fella’s	UK	17	13	10	16	13	13	11	17	19	13	142	14.2
33	Draconis	UK	16	13	12	13	12	15	10	15	13	15	134	13.4
34	Free Burds	IE	16	10	11	11	13	12	11	15	15	13	127	12.7

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Blackjack and Tempo have been challenging each other since Tempo moved up into the AAA Class after the World Challenge 2018. Blackjack had the upper hand at the first two meets, even though Tempo had a consistent progression and moved closer.

Finally, Tempo's 3rd consecutive team record average (17.8 - 18.4 - 19.2) at the national indoor championships was enough to leave Blackjack far behind and take the 2nd place behind Pro Team.

However, the Blackjack 4-way veterans did not give up and learned their lessons at the national championships. They had one week to evaluate the previous performance and make a better plan for the World Challenge.

Tempo continued with their ongoing progression, now even with Pete Allum coaching in the background, and the 19.6 average in Bedford was the next team record. However, Blackjack used their own advice from coach David Grauwels and had left behind the 17.3 performance a week earlier. Both Finnish teams finally pushed each other to new team indoor record averages, and Blackjack won by two points this time. Pro Team will be next to battle for the 9th or 10th place and the 25+ average level at Weembi Lille next week...