posted Mar 28th, 2023 - The French national team in 4-way Open and national coach Mathieu Bernier did not have much time for the transition from outdoor to indoor competition. They completed the ten rounds of the Shamrock Showdown 2023 on Saturday, March 11th, at Skydive DeLand in Florida, added some training jumps from the PAC 750XL on Sunday, traveled back to France on Monday and performed Round 1 of the French Indoor Nationals on Saturday, March 18th, at Aerokart in Paris, exactly seven days after Round 10 in DeLand.

The same lineup competed under a different name (Medjay Fullfly Bordeaux) and finished far ahead of the rest of the field. The lineup of the French national indoor and outdoor team in 4-way Open has always been identical since indoor competition was added to the FAI/ISC portfolio.

It has been different in France a few times in 4-way Women, where national coach Mathieu Bernier assigned two different lineups for the two different 4-way environments whenever it was promising enough. Claire Victoire De Fleurian, Elise Poindron, Jessica Thebault and Camille Villanneau competed for France at the Indoor World Cup 2018 in Bahrain, shortly after Clementine Le Bohec, Pamela Lissajoux, Christine Malnis and Sophia Pecout had won 4-way Women gold for France in Australia 2018, with Michel Laynaud on camera.

Only half a year later, the Weembi Nephtys (Claire Victoire De Fleurian, Clementine Le Bohec, Pamela Lissajoux, Elise Poindron) added indoor gold medals in 4-way Women at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2019, while Gaelle Giesen, Clementine Le Bohec, Christine Malnis and Sophia Pecout won the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 in October, with Julie Fournier on camera.

French Indoor Nationals 2023		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	E,C,6,1	8,D,B,11	14,Q,13	M,22,G,12	7,9,20	3,17,18	P,5,J,K	21,2,16	F,N,O,10	4,19,15	Total	Avg
1	Medjay Fullfly Bordeaux	32	29	26	26	30	26	39	23	33	23	287	28.7
2	Nice Autrement	27	23	20	22	24	19	31	21	29	21	237	23.7
3	Aerokart Akdemie	27	25	19	18	26	14	31	19	32	20	231	23.1
4	FCUK Weembi	29	20	20	22	23	18	30	21	28	19	230	23.0
5	Once Pakoi	24	22	20	20	23	16	30	19	22	16	212	21.2
6	Aérodyne Cypres France	23	21	20	20	22	16	29	16	27	17	211	21.1
7	Vedett Weembi	22	18	18	17	16	14	23	15	22	15	180	18.0
8	Les Impromptus	20	16	16	17	19	14	21	16	22	15	176	17.6
9	Oblivion Weembi	20	17	17	14	16	14	24	14	22	14	172	17.2
10	Monaco Vintage	15	16	16	15	19	15	21	16	18	14	165	16.5
11	Dado	18	17	15	13	17	12	18	11	20	14	155	15.5
12	Fly 4 Smile Nancy	15	16	14	13	16	11	10	13	18	11	137	13.7
13	Engrenages Weembi St Flo	15	10	12	13	12	11	16	10	13	10	122	12.2
14	Kit 4 De Luxe	15	13	12	11	12	7	6	11	16	9	112	11.2

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French national teams in 4-way Open and 4-way Women Outdoor

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It was a very successful strategy by Mathieu Bernier, as France won three sets of FAI gold medals in 4-way Women between October 2018 and October 2019, and he continued with the same format. The new outdoor lineups of 2021 (Gaelle Giesen, Pamela Lissajoux, Christine Malnis, Sophia Pecout) and 2022 (Gaelle Giesen, Sophia Pecout, Elise Poindron, Jessica Thebault) did not win gold medals, which were taken by Bubbles (Russia in 2021) and NFTO (Great Britain in 2022).

The indoor lineup of 2022 (Gaelle Giesen, Pamela Lissajoux, Elise Poindron, Jessica Thebault) were outscored by the HF Cubs at the FAI Indoor World Cup in Charleroi, and the three sets of FAI gold medals had turned into silver within a very similar time frame. However, the French medal collection of three sets of gold and four sets of silver in 4-way Women at the seven FAI events since October 2018 is still impressive enough, and the French delegation has two different lineups once again this year.

The NSL News reported on March 16th that Mathieu Bernier has recruited a very strong lineup in 4-way Women for the upcoming FAI Indoor World Championship. Sophia Pecout, Christine Malnis, Pamela Lissajoux and Elise Poindron instantly became one of the top contenders for this year's gold medals in 4-way Women when Mathieu Bernier announced the news. The first NSL Power Rankings of the event is showing a very strong group of four medal contenders on the top of the leaderboard.

French Indoor Nationals 2023		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	E,C,6,1	8,D,B,11	14,Q,13	M,22,G,12	7,9,20	3,17,18	P,5,J,K	21,2,16	F,N,O,10	4,19,15	Total	Avg
1	Medjay Fullfly Bordeaux	32	29	26	26	30	26	39	23	33	23	287	28.7
2	Nice Autrement	27	23	20	22	24	19	31	21	29	21	237	23.7
3	Aerokart Akdemie	27	25	19	18	26	14	31	19	32	20	231	23.1
4	FCUK Weembi	29	20	20	22	23	18	30	21	28	19	230	23.0
5	Once Pakoi	24	22	20	20	23	16	30	19	22	16	212	21.2
6	Aérodyne Cypres France	23	21	20	20	22	16	29	16	27	17	211	21.1
7	Vedett Weembi	22	18	18	17	16	14	23	15	22	15	180	18.0
8	Les Impromptus	20	16	16	17	19	14	21	16	22	15	176	17.6
9	Oblivion Weembi	20	17	17	14	16	14	24	14	22	14	172	17.2
10	Monaco Vintage	15	16	16	15	19	15	21	16	18	14	165	16.5
11	Dado	18	17	15	13	17	12	18	11	20	14	155	15.5
12	Fly 4 Smile Nancy	15	16	14	13	16	11	10	13	18	11	137	13.7
13	Engrenages Weembi St Flo	15	10	12	13	12	11	16	10	13	10	122	12.2
14	Kit 4 De Luxe	15	13	12	11	12	7	6	11	16	9	112	11.2
Rank	AA Class	P,1,B	21,11	Q,15,L	O,E,N,D	9,M,H	F,8,A	7,K,18	C,14,4	22,J,2	13,G,20	Total	Avg
1	Team ParisJump	17	13	15	23	27	18	14	13	15	13	168	16.8
2	Aerokart Akdemie	22	15	11	25	24	19	14	14	9	14	167	16.7
3	AKfaire Des Points	18	11	13	24	19	13	12	13	13	10	146	14.6
4	Barasaje	15	10	11	18	15	12	13	11	10	9	124	12.4
5	Modern Family	12	8	6	13	14	9	9	6	6	7	90	9.0
6	Bleu Cohesion	13	8	6	11	13	6	8	6	8	7	86	8.6
7	Fire Fist	10	7	6	10	12	8	7	7	7	8	82	8.2
8	EPCOL_PCP	2	5	4	7	12	6	4	5	7	6	58	5.8
Rank	A Class	6,C	G,2	H,A,4	E,19	J,21	O,N,M	K,F,9	B,7	P,8	Q,L,D	Total	Avg
1	Crippled Team	5	9	9	10	10	16	11	14	11	13	108	10.8
2	Saumur Happy Hour	9	8	11	8	10	15	11	13	6	11	102	10.2
3	Degen Sisters	10	6	7	8	8	11	10	9	7	8	84	8.4
4	Aerokart Akdemie Démie Blue Cohesion	7	6	8	8	8	10	8	10	7	8	80	8.0

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Aerokart Akdemie teams in AAA - AA - A

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Mathieu Bernier's strategy of two different teams in 4-way Women for indoor and outdoor events is most likely coming to an end after the indoor world championship. The indoor lineup has only committed to training and competition throughout the event in April, while the new outdoor lineup completed the team's first ten competition rounds at the French Indoor Nationals.

Aérodyne Cypres France consist of two team members who will soon compete for France at the indoor world championship. Pamela Lissajoux and Elise Poindron have two team mates who have not been in any of the previous national teams, Alexandra Petitjean and Marie Pineau.

The new French national team in 4-way Women attended the national indoor championship ten days ago, where the lineup for the indoor world championship could not compete, with Pamela Lissajoux and Elise Poindron in both teams.

Mathieu Bernier could also observe the performance of the French 4-way juniors, who will hopefully be part of the French delegation in Slovakia. He has options, as two different 4-way junior teams competed in two different categories. The French federation has added the A Class to 4-way competition for the first time, where one of the 4-way junior teams posted their scores. Tom Mattoni's former 4-way junior team mates (Cameron Malie, Oscar Massier, Noe Mattoni) are now training and competing with Eliot Rigazio in their Aerokart Akdemie AAA Class lineup and won the national bronze medals.