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Did You Know...

... that almost four teams competed in 4-way Women at the German Indoor Nationals?

Skynamite at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022
posted Mar 15th, 2023 - The German Indoor Nationals featured the two German national 4-way teams (Jochen Schweizer Arena Airfource - indoor, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen - outdoor) and the guest teams from Weembi and Great Britain, as the NSL News reported yesterday.

There was also a very interesting duel right behind the same four teams who took the four top positions on the open leaderboard. Germany's third national team, Piteraq in 4-way Women indoor, had to fend off a challenge by their former rivals in the same category, Skynamite.

Skynamite members Katharina Reiß, Sylvia Schlaphof and Yasmin Schütte replaced Shaline Dincher with Marco Keller. The NSL News reported on January 23rd that Shaline Dincher has joined the new Airbus 8-way lineup, together with Carola Fietz, another former Skynamite member.

Piteraq did not have to win this 4-way Women duel, as the Skynamite lineup at the German indoor championship would obviously not be eligible for any qualification in 4-way Women. However, Skynamite indicated with the appearance and the scores that they could once again become a serious opponent with a 4th female team member.

German Indoor Nationals 2023
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank AAA Class J,16,6 3,4,E 11,Q,L,20 7,A,M,G O,17,2 10,19,D B,F,12,15 C,K,8,9 1,18,21 5,14,N Total Avg
G Weembi FR 27 23 23 32 29 23 29 32 22 27 267 26.7
1 Jochen Schweizer Arena Airforce DE 26 24 27 38 28 23 27 29 20 24 266 26.6
G Kuddelmuddel UK 23 22 23 33 24 21 21 27 19 23 236 23.6
2 Airbus Oceanside Illertissen DE 24 20 23 36 17 20 23 24 19 23 229 22.9
3 Piteraq DE 21 17 18 31 20 18 23 24 19 21 212 21.2
4 Skynamite & Friends DE 18 18 18 31 22 21 22 19 17 20 206 20.6
G Airdrops CH 211817 30 19 17 21 22 13 17 195 19.5
5 Juss Illertissen DE 15 15 17 26 16 16 17 18 15 16 171 17.1
6 Neva Lazarus DE 14 13 16 27 17 16 18 20 14 11 166 16.6
7 Feierabendflieger DE 16 14 15 23 14 16 17 19 14 16 164 16.4
G Air-W CH 15 13 13 26 16 16 17 16 14 15 161 16.1
8 Wintertunnel DE 15 12 15 24 15 14 17 17 14 14 157 15.7
G Fire Phoenix IT 12 12 14 26 11 14 17 17 12 14 149 14.9
9 Coolgang 2 light DE 14 13 9 20 14 13 15 15 12 11 136 13.6
10 Django Untrained DE 14 5 9 20 14 11 14 14 11 11 123 12.3
G Airvolution AT 13 9 10 15 12 11 15 13 11 12 121 12.1

Piteraq - Skynamite & Friends - Fire Phoenix at the German Indoor Nationals 2023
Bronze medals for Piteraq at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022
Piteraq and Skynamite had battled with each other for the set of bronze medals in 4-way Women at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 and were separated by seven points after Round 10. Piteraq won the spot on the podium in 4-way Women. The same duel at the German Indoor Nationals ended with a 6-point difference, again to the Piteraq advantage.

The same two German teams had two more complete 4-way Women lineups on the same open leaderboard in Munich. Fire Phoenix from Italy joined the 4-way competition world in 2022, as the NSL News reported on 21 December 2022. They will replace Squadra Militare Femminile on the 4-way Women leaderboard, who represented Italy in Charleroi last year.

There was also a new team from Switzerland in 4-way Women that has not attended an international FAI/ISC competition yet. Airdrops finished in 7th place on the open leaderboard as a guest team, right behind and not too far from the two German teams.

In fact, Airdrops could be even closer to Piteraq if they travel to Slovakia next month. They just posted the team's first 20+ average at the Swiss indoor championships.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2022
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Women O,18,14 L,C,F,9 1,J,H,19 3,E,P,Q 20,7,16 2,13,8 17,D,6 N,22,A,G 12,5,11 M,21,4 Total Avg
1 HF Cubs CZ 24 47 -2 24 -5 34 -2 23 -2 23 30 32 22 26 -1 285 28.5
2 Nephtys FR 22 44 -1 28 33 -2 23 20 -1 29 29 -1 21 -1 23 -1 272 27.2
3 Piteraq DE 19 37 23 30 -1 17 -2 17 24 21 16 -1 22 226 22.6
4 Skynamite DE 17 -1 35 23 -1 25 -3 19 16 -1 25 22 15 -2 22 219 21.9
5 Windwerk EOS CH 14 -2 30 20 25 17 16 21 19 14 -1 17 -3 193 19.3
6 Squadra Militare Femminile IT 12 19 -3 15 14 12 11 -1 14 15 9 -1 14 135 13.5
7 Fatal Four NL 11 -1 18 -2 14 16 12 -1 12 14 8 -3 9 -2 15 129 12.9

Piteraq - Skynamite - Squadra Militare Femminile at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022
4-way Women outdoor world champions NFTO in Eloy 2022
Neither Piteraq nor Airdrops will be able to challenge some of the other female 4-way competitors who attended the German national indoor championship. Weembi International member Sian Stokes and Kuddelmuddel members Vana Parker and Elizabeth Kennedy will compete with NFTO in Slovakia.

Vana Parker and Sian Stokes will try to unite the world's 4-way Women indoor and outdoor top spot, together with original team member Anna Hicks and new member Elizabeth Kennedy, who replaced Catherine Anderson after the outdoor world meet in Eloy.

The Czech 4-way Junior world champions of 2019 and 4-way Women world cup champions of 2022, HF Cubs from the Czech Republic, seemed to be the biggest obstacle on the way to the double indoor/outdoor top spots for NFTO, in the absence of the Russian 4-way Women world champions of 2021, Bubbles.

There is a new top contender though, as French national coach Mathieu Bernier told the NSL News at his recent Shamrock Showdown visit in DeLand. He has registered a very strong French 4-way Women lineup for the indoor world championship, where Weembi International members Sian Stokes and Christine Malnis will now be opponents. The NSL News will follow up with more details.

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