posted Jan 5th, 2023 - Claire King and Dirk Venter, owners and operators of the InTime scoring system, visit many 4-way and 8-way competitions, not only to make sure that their technology is well applied and functional. Both are also FAI judges and regulars in the judging panels of FAI/ISC events.

It's been a while though since their last competition with Jazz Republic, their South African 4-way team. The World Challenge 2019 was the last event that they attended as 4-way competitors before the corona virus break and the comeback at the ISR Grand Prix in November 2022.

The World Challenge in Bedford used to be the qualification event for South African teams who had plans to represent their country at FAI/ISC indoor world championships or indoor world cups. There was no South African team at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2019, even though Jazz Republic competed in Bedford in 2018 and 2019. They were operating the InTime judging system at Weembi Lille, and no other team from South Africa traveled to Europe in April 2019.

The World Challenge 2019 was the last time that Paul Mayer hosted the event at Twinwoods Adventure in Bedford, and South Africa needed a new qualifier for the FAI/ISC events. The ISR Grand Prix 2022 was eventually selected as the South African qualification event for the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023 in April.

ISR Grand Prix 2022			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		13,12,D	O,10,3	11,Q,N,15	A,J,6,18	9,16,7	22,K,F,C	B,P,5,L	1,21,H	Total	Avg
1	Out of the Blue	NL	21	18	23	26	24	26	31	24	193	24.1
2	HF Flying Circus	CZ	19	19	23	25	23	26	33	22	190	23.8
3	Chaotic Motion VIXX	NL	19	21	23	24	24	25	31	21	188	23.5
4	Falco	BE	20	21	20	24	23	26	28	23	185	23.1
5	Realfly Fire	CH	18	20	16	21	22	25	25	21	168	21.0
6	HF Chameleons	CZ	19	19	20	17	17	25	24	20	161	20.1
7	Phoenix	BE	13	17	15	20	19	23	23	20	150	18.8
8	Fuel	NL	16	17	17	17	18	21	25	18	149	18.6
9	HF Flying Rebels	CZ	18	18	20	18	21	13	20	20	148	18.5
10	Jazz Republic	ZA	16	17	17	18	14	21	23	17	143	17.9
11	Trance Ition	NL	13	16	17	17	19	19	21	18	140	17.5
12	Aquila	NL	15	17	16	16	17	20	22	16	139	17.4
13	Lux	NL	15	14	17	15	19	18	20	18	136	17.0
14	Oblivion	IT	14	15	17	16	18	18	22	15	135	16.9
15	Aerogravity	IT	15	13	17	15	17	22	20	15	134	16.8
16	Full Flow	BE	13	14	14	15	12	16	18	15	117	14.6
17	Fire Phoenix	IT	15	13	15	15	12	13	19	11	113	14.1
18	50 50	NL	11	13	13	12	13	16	15	12	105	13.1
19	Shinobi	NL	11	11	10	13	14	13	13	11	96	12.0
20	Ascension	ZA	10	11	11	11	13	11	14	11	92	11.5
21	Joulz	NL	10	9	11	11	11	10	13	11	86	10.8

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Jazz Republic - Ascension at the ISR Grand Prix 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of Rogier Carper/Indoor Skydive Roosendaal

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The new qualification event was scheduled for a better timing, too. The ISR Grand Prix is taking place at the beginning of the indoor season, and the winner of the qualification has enough time to prepare for the FAI/ISC indoor events. However, Jazz Republic have not decided yet whether they will compete for South Africa in Slovakia or not. It is only an option at this point in time.

Jazz Republic had a South African opponent this time. Ascension joined the AAA Class leaderboard in Roosendaal, while they could not really challenge Jazz Republic for the national indoor championship title and the potential slot at the indoor world championship.

The current Jazz Republic lineup came together for the first time in 2015 and benefited from their experiences together, even though there has not been much indoor training for the team. In fact, the three hours of tunnel time at Weembi Lille before the ISR Grand Prix was the first team training since the beginning of 2019.

Weembi Lille's 17-foot flying chamber does not prepare a 4-way team very well for the significantly smaller space in Roosendaal, and Jazz Republic could not get anywhere close to their previous scoring level. They enjoyed the special atmosphere of the ISR Grand Prix anyway, and the results could be a motivation to go back to the previous 21+ scoring level at the indoor world championship...

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Jazz Republic at the ISR Grand Prix 2018 and the World Challenge 2019

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