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Did you know that UK team Eclipse increased the average by a point a week? posted: Jun 19th, 2010 Team Eclipse is a new team taking on the A Class in the United Kingdom Skydiving League. Eclipse finished second with an 8.7 average at the first UKSL meet of the 2010 season. Fast forward four weeks to the second UKSL meet last weekend, and Eclipse finished second again, this time with a 12.7 average though.
The team had worked hard to produce this improvement, and there is probably the potential to go even faster. Eclipse was formed following the UK Nationals 2009 in which three team members had entered as a scratch team and had been so pleased with the results that they decided to continue... (more)
Did you know that UK's 4-way scores were far more impressive than in Football? posted: Jun 17th, 2010 The second meet of the United Kingdom Skydiving League 2010 season was held at the Cark dropzone in the north west of England. 17 teams made the journey to Cark, and for the second time this season it was the junior categories that were most popular with seven teams registering for the Rookie Class, eight in the A Class and two in AA.
The high numbers of junior teams entering UKSL meets illustrates how accessible 4-way competition is in the United Kingdom and points to a high future standard, as competitors move up to the more senior ranks.
There was some scepticism before this meet from... (more)
Did you know that the United Kingom Skydiving League launched the 2010 season with record participation? posted: May 30th, 2010 The British Parachute Association (BPA) has a new representative for Formation Skydiving. Richard Head continues the great work that Martin Soulsby and Andy Scott have been doing for the sport in the past years.
Richard "Tricky" Head has been and is still an active 4-way competitor as a member of UK team Phobia. The NSL News has covered the team's consistent progression through the competition classes on a regular basis.
Phobia was formed in 2006 and started 4-way competition in the Rookie Class. Richard and Laura Head are original members of 2006. The team arrived in the AAA Class competition... (more)
Did you know that the first multi-event weekend of 2010 is coming up? posted: May 21st, 2010 The upcoming weekend will feature the first multi-event leaderboard of the 2010 season. Meets are scheduled at five different locations, and the NSL News is on its way to report live on site from the Northern Plains Skydiving League season opener.
The Carolina Skydiving League and the Mideast Skydiving League will run their first meets of the 2010 season, as well. The other two meets take place in Italy and the United Kingdom.
The NSL News reported already a few years ago that the United Kingdom is becoming one of the Formation Skydiving powerhouses in the world. The British teams in the... (more)
Did you know that the UK teams had their strongest showing in the AAA Class this time? posted: Jun 28th, 2009 Last weekend's scores have not been replaced by new results yet, and the NSL News goes back once again to the second busiest meet weekend of the 2009 season. The two European top contenders for the ESL Spirit, Netherlands and United Kingdom, both had their teams in action, as the NSL News story on 23 June 2009 reported.
The Dutch team won the weekend as of participation, and three teams from the Netherlands are also still holding the top positions on the leaderboard, Dynamic Fource in the AAA Class, Ignition in the AA Class and Meo in the Rookie Class. Only the Angry War Lords from Norway were... (more)
Did you know that the UKSL teams had close races in each competition class? posted: Jun 1st, 2009 The NSL News story on 29 May 2009 mentioned that the coverage of the first 2009 meet of the United Kingom Skydiving League would be resumed soon. Phobia member Richard Head now provided additional information and wrote a meet story for the NSL News:
Skydive Weston has a long history with 4-way - six of the medal sets at the UK Nationals 2008 went to teams based there. The first 4-way competition of the UKSL season was no exception with a great turnout of 22 teams. Across the board there was a good mix of new and experienced competitors fighting it out for the first medals of the 2009 season.... (more)