posted Nov 17th, 2023 - Weembi Unicorns did have the 5th consecutive competition with the same lineup on their schedule, as the NSL News expected it to happen after the completion of the ten indoor rounds at the British Indoor Nationals 2023. The top team on the 10-round leaderboard of the Weembinamic 2022 is back on the new AAA Class leaderboard of 2023 and in 3rd place after the four qualification rounds.

The competition is stronger this year, and there will probably be a close battle for the medal positions. The situation of the host and Unicorns member, Weembi Lille's Julien Degen, is also very similar as it was a year ago. He is competing with four AAA Class teams, and three of them are in medal contention.

Julien Degen finished 1st (Unicorns)and 2nd (FCUK) on the AAA Class leaderboard at the Weembinamic 2022 and finished 7th with 4G Weembi, 10th with Vedett Weembi. He seems to aim even higher this weekend, as he is in medal contention with three of his teams, Black Hole Dynos, Unicorns and FCUK. He is also back with Vedett Weembi. Even though his three top teams had a strong start, there seems to be stronger opposition than last year.

Weembinamic 2023			1		2		3		4		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		L,4,20		B,14,6		19,O,D,15		2,13,5		Total	Avg
1	Black Hole Dynos	UK	22	-1	23	-2	28		23	-1	96	24.0
2	Aerokart Monaco	FR	22	-1	25		27		19	-1	93	23.3
3	Unicorns Weembi	FR	24		26	-1	21	-3	21		92	23.0
4	Nephtys	FR	21		23	-1	25		21		90	22.5
4	FCUK Weembi	UK	22	-1	23	-1	23		22		90	22.5
6	Chesspaf	FR	21	-1	25	-1	23	-1	20	-1	89	22.3
7	Nice Autrement	FR	20		25		22	-1	19	-1	86	21.5
7	ISR Fireflash	BE	19		19	-2	27		21		86	21.5
9	Once Pakoi	FR	21		21	-2	23		20		85	21.3
10	Oblivion	IT	17		22		18	-1	17		74	18.5
11	RFA	US	14		19		20	-1	17		70	17.5
11	Bandits Revolution	IT	15	-1	20	-1	19		16	-1	70	17.5
13	Expend4bles	FR	16		19		18		16		69	17.3
14	4Ever Nancy	FR	14	-1	17		17		13		61	15.3
15	Vedett Weembi	FR	14		16		13		13		56	14.0
16	Garudas	BE	12	-5	14	-4	14	-4	15		55	13.8
17	Axel'Air	FR	11	-2	15		15	-1	12	-1	53	13.3
18	Fly 4 Smile	FR	12		14		15		7	-3	48	12.0

Aerokart Monaco in 2nd place are very well trained former French 4-way juniors. Three of the team members are in the current B-Team lineup who placed 3rd at this year's French national outdoor championship, as the NSL News reported on September 26th.

Tom Mattoni is a member of the French national team in 4-way Open, and his younger brother Noe Mattoni now competes with Aerokart Monaco at Weembi Lille. Noe Mattoni and his father Stephane Mattoni both watched Tom Mattoni live in Norway when he was winning his first FAI silver medal at the 23rd FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving.

The very young Aerokart Monaco team is only three points behind the leader at the Weembinamic, one point ahead of Unicorns Weembi, three points ahead of Julien Degen's third team, FCUK. The current French national team in 4-way Women, Nephtys, are the second team that could also get in Julien Degen's way of taking all three spots on the AAA Class podium. Even Chesspaf, with Julien Degen's Unicorns team mate Mathieu Quizy, Aerokart Monaco members Thomas Misztal and Axel Martinez in the lineup, is close enough to the medal positions. Julien Degen has to manage his three teams to fend off the three strong opponents this year, while he competes with Vedett and runs the event. Saturday will feature the elimination duels between two teams respectively, on the way to the medal positions.

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Black Hole Dynos - Unicorns Weembi - FCUK Weembi with Rounds 1 - 4 at the Weembinamic 2023

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