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Did You Know...

... that the French B-Teams are still glued to each other?

From the podium to Round 1: Polaris
posted Aug 12th, 2011 - Several teams who competed at the World Cup 2011 had to travel back home quickly and as soon as possible after the completion of the meet in Germany. National championships were on the meet schedule in France, Norway and the United Kingdom.

The UK teams were not pressed so hard, as their event in Hibaldstow begins tomorrow morning. Norway's fresh bronze medalist in the female 4way category, Polaris, had to be ready for the new Round 1 in the middle of the week, as well as the French teams. Six rounds have been completed in Vichy, France, and the two national B-Teams are in the same battle that they have been in throughout the whole 2011 season.

The French gold medalists in both 4way events in Germany, Aerodyne Aerodyne and Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders, and the national 8way team Aerokart Maubeuge are off duty this week. In fact, they are not allowed to steal the national medals from the other French teams. The French B-Teams seem to be eligible for national medals this year, as they are listed on the top of the official leaderboard in Vichy.

French Nationals 2011Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6TotalAvg
RankAAA Classt.b.d.t.b.d.t.b.d.t.b.d.t.b.d.t.b.d.TotalAvg
1Maubeuge NPC B2 14 17 21 13 15 139315.5
2Maubeuge NPC B1 13 17 18 14 17 129115.2
3Armee Air Nice 15 15 18 12 15 128714.5
4Monaco Rebootizer Aerial 15 15 15 13 15 138614.3
5Antidote ASPU Maubeuge 11 14 18 11 14 117913.2
6Nice Airplay St Flo 13 13 15 12 14 107712.8
7Maubeuge Amethys 13 14 17 11 14-6913.8
8Annecy Corbas Nolimit 10 11 7 10 12 9599.8
9FlyVR Nice GOX 9 11 12 2 8 7498.2
10Le Blanc 517 RT 8 9 11 7 11-469.2
Maubeuge NPC B2 at work on the mockup in Germany
The NSL News story on 17 July 2011 explained how the two French B-Teams have been locked into their internal duel in the first three meets that they attended. It was quite amazing by then how well the national coaches selected the lineups, as both teams perform on exactly the same level.

Maubeuge NPC B1 and Maubeuge NPC B2 have attended two more meets since the last update from France, and nothing has changed. Both teams finished tied in 12th place after eight rounds in Germany and missed the semifinals and Round 9 by one single point. SonicNutz grabbed the 10th slot for the semifinals by defending a 1-point lead against the B2 lineup and turning around the 1-point deficit to the B1 lineup in Round 8. Whooops was behind the two French B-Teams after Round 8 but qualified for Round 9 in the European Championships.

The video shows how the two French teams battled for the upper hand in Saarlouis-Duren.

World Cup 2011Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9TotalAvg
Rank4way OpenC,22,19E,M,1,212,9,16O,8,10Q,14,5P,17,K,1821,L,J,133,11,B20,G,H,4TotalAvg
10SonicNutz 11 16 16 12 15 16 16 16 1613414.9
11Whooops 11 15 13 11 14 12 16 13 1311813.1
12Maubeuge NPC B2 11 17 14 13 15 16 15 16-11714.6
12Maubeuge NPC B1 14 16 15 14 13 15 16 14-11714.6

Battle for 3rd place in France: Monaco Rebootizer Aerial
It is not much different this week at the French Nationals 2011. The B2 lineup has a 2-point advantage after six rounds. B1 has won two meets this year, B2 was on top at one meet, and they tied at the World Cup 2011.

Another similar battle continues for the 3rd place in France. Monaco Rebootizer Aerial and Armee Air Nice have been exchanging blows at each of the two previous Coupe de France meets this year. The Rebootizers with the former 8way champions of the 80's and 90's won the June meet by five points and the July meet by four points. The Air Force lineup from Nice is now one point ahead after six rounds. A total of additional 15 teams compete for the championship title in the French intermediate class.

In the meantime, Polaris is trying to give the DeLand Norgies a good competition in Norway, while the UK teams are now dreaming about Round 1 tomorrow morning. The NSL News will get to those national championships this weekend.

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