posted Dec 4th, 2025 - The NSL News covered the 8-way competition at the Weembinamic 2025 in its November 26th update. A major focus was the new Paraclete XP8 lineup, as reigning 8-way indoor and outdoor world champions Jeana Billings and Kirk Verner have been leading five new team members—along with 8-way and 4-way Women’s world champion Jennifer Davidson—to the highest level of international 8-way performance.

Jeana Billings and Kirk Verner also player-coached a second U.S. 8-way team, XP2 (Marion Baggio, Alison Bawden, Keith Fay, Rob Jonson, Joe Nicholson, Pete Scharrer), throughout the French version of 8-way Hell Week, followed by the Weembinamic meet at the end of the training camp at Weembi Lille.

Their new XP8 teammates took on double duties as well, serving as player-coaches for additional lineups. Jennifer Davidson and Jill Stephenson competed with XP2 (Maria Garcia Sheets, Jorg Albath, Remy Chan, Adam Mahan, Steve Platt, Mike Wright). Ian Pedowitz and Brandon Kashani led the XP Threegles lineup (Ulrike Borngraber, Bodil Stene, Riaan Bergh, Bradley Curnow, Warren Dent, Michael Mittelman). Even more U.S. competitors joined other international teams.

Weembinamic 2025			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	8-way		19,10,J		Q,5,M,8		11,P,C,16		D,1,N,22		9,H,15		13,2,21		O,12,17		20,A,6		18,F,4		3,L,G,E		Total	Avg
1	Nova	FR	21		24	-1	34		32		25	-1	21		29		26		32		51		295	29.5
2	Paraclete XP8	US	24		25	-1	34	-1	34		28	-1	20	-1	27	-2	25	-1	35	-1	42	-10	294	29.4
3	D'Arc8	FR	23		22	-1	33	-1	31		25	-1	20	-1	27	-1	29		30	-1	48		288	28.8
4	XONR8	FR	19		21		25		25		22		16		24		23		27		37		239	23.9
5	8 by Monaco	FR	20		20		18		23		20		19		21		21		30		39		231	23.1
6	Milko's Team	INT	15		18		19		20		17		15		17		18		20		30		189	18.9
7	XP1	US	13		14		17		16		14		13		16		16		20		28		167	16.7
8	Team Alban	FR	12		12		19		17		19		11		16		17		20		23		166	16.6
9	Octobuzz by Banter	UK	13		12		16		15		14		13		12		15		18		25		153	15.3
10	Crazy Weasel	DE	13		13		19		15		14		12		17		15		14		15		147	14.7
11	Banter Panthers	UK	11		12		15		13		12		10		13		14		16		21		137	13.7
12	Borsch Gang	INT	11		13		11		15		12		10		13		15		15		20		135	13.5
13	Pas Si Pire	FR	13		12		13		15		11		11		12		14		12		20		133	13.3
14	Octopucz	CZ	11		13		12		14		13		8		14		13		15		19		132	13.2
15	Skybumpers	FR	11		11		11		12		13		11		13		13		14		18		127	12.7
16	XP Threegles	US	10		11		12		12		10		10		13		14		14		17		123	12.3
17	Octagone	FR	8		13		11		11		7		7		6		13		11		16		103	10.3
18	XP2	US	8		6		7		9		9		7		10		9		7		8		80	8.0

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Milko's Team - XP1 at the Weembinamic 2025

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The U.S. version of 8-way Hell Week takes place before the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship, which includes the U.S. national indoor championship and draws many 8-way competitors from Europe to North Carolina. Milko’s Team also featured several U.S. 8-way participants from the French Hell Week and Weembinamic. Dan Schultz, LJ Wobker, Paul Neely, and Steve Vigliotti joined Pedro Esper and Maria March from Spain and Rebecca Leung from Hong Kong, with player-coach Ian Hodgkinson guiding the international group. The U.S. roots of Milko’s Team trace back to the Octane 8-way lineup. Dan Schultz, LJ Wobker, and Neely traveled to Weembi Lille in November 2023 and competed for a Veloce QRF team at that year’s Weembinamic event, coached by Kirk Verner and supported by new XP8 members Jill Stephenson and Ian Pedowitz. Laura Galdamez and Lucas dos Santos completed that 2023 lineup.

Laura Galdamez, Jill Stephenson, Ian Pedowitz, and LJ Wobker continued with Billings and Verner at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship a few months later, joined by new members Louis French and James Hall. Jeana Billings and Kirk Verner then took Jill Stephenson, Laura Galdamez, Ian Pedowitz, LJ Wobker, and Dan Schultz back to Weembi Lille in November of last year, this time with new member Matt Cumming. Ultimately, the Infinite Octane and XP8 lineups were nearly identical when Jeana Billings and Kirk Verner—together with new national indoor 8-way champions Jill Stephenson, Brandon Kashani, and Ian Pedowitz—joined Laura Galdamez, Dan Schultz, and Scott Latinis to compete for Infinite Octane at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2025.

The newly formed U.S. national team continued forward together, while former Infinite Octane members Dan Schultz, Paul Neely, and LJ Wobker created a new international 8-way lineup with British player-coach Ian “Milko” Hodgkinson. Meanwhile, Billings and Verner moved ahead with Infinite Octane and a new team name (XP1) and roster (Marion Baggio, Alison Bawden, Keith Fay, Rob Jonson, Joe Nicholson, Pete Scharrer).

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XP Threegles - XP2 at the Weembinamic 2025

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