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Did You Know...

... that NFTO has a new lineup and new slots for the next two years?

Volition at the World Challenge 2016
posted Feb 23rd, 2017 - The Sun Path Products NSL News reported on 31 January 2017 that the British national indoor team in 4-way Women, Volition, was planning to increase the training efforts this year and what kind of an impact this could have.

Volition's direct opponent in this category in the United Kingdom has been NFTO, even though both teams represented the country in different events. Volition competed for Great Britain as the official national team at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016, while NFTO won the bronze medals at the FAI Mondial 2016.

The two British teams have no agreement with each other to continue the same way and not bother each other. To the contrary, Volition has not yet excluded to compete at the UK Nationals 2017 and qualify for Australia 2018, and NFTO would not mind first competing at the FAI Indoor World Meet this year in Montreal, and then again in Australia.

NFTO at the World Challenge 2016
However, the qualification event for Montreal was the World Challenge 2016, where the winner of the UK showdown in 4-way Women won the tickets to Canada. The World Challenge 2016 was the first direct confrontation between both teams, and Volition became the indoor national team for the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017.

Volition was far ahead of NFTO in Bedford last year (23.2 - 19.9) and the distance had become smaller (24.2 - 22.7) when both teams met again at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016. Participating countries can have more than only one team per category in their delegations at world cups, while only one national team competes at world championships.

The World Challenge 2017 will be the third duel between Volition and NFTO, and the stakes will be high once again for tickets to the FAI Indoor World Cup 2018.

World Challenge 2016
12345678910TotalAvg
Rank4-way WomenP,2,108,F,15G,14,17L,H,E,13M,7,O,116,21,11N,D,4,918,20,AQ,19,3C,K,B,22TotalAvg
1VolitionUK1918212929192921212623223.2
2Montreal FuzionCA2124222626212319212723023.0
3NFTOUK1920182226142515202019919.9
4Les StuntsBE1820152323152116191918918.9
5ValkyriaDK1515131820131712151715515.5
NFTO with Liz Matthews at the Bodyflight Revenge 2016
NFTO has competed at five other meets since the World Challenge 2016, while Volition visited only the FAI Indoor World Cup after the Bedford meet. However, the defending indoor champion continues with more training and competition with the same lineup.

NFTO had a few personnel changes after the FAI Mondial 2016 before settling with the final lineup for 2017 - 2018. In fact, NFTO competed with three different lineups at the last three indoor meets (Bodyflight Revenge - FAI Indoor World Cup 2017 - Wind Games 2017) and the new lineup will post their first scores at the World Challenge 2017.

Volition member Liz Matthews filled in for Maria Russell at the Bodyflight Revenge, who was back for the Flyspot meet where NFTO competed for the last time with the original 2016 lineup. New member Catherine Anderson was then competing at the Wind Games 2017, where Lynne Murray substituted for new member Debbie Lamsley.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2016
12345678910T.Avg
R.4-way Women15,11,67,2,AJ,B,18,5E,19,Q,38,P,2112,L,O,CG,20,F,1610,D,22N,9,K,414,M,17T.Avg
1French Girls WeembiFR2129313026282623343127927.9
2VolitionUK2225272722232120312424224.2
3NFTOUK2026262620232219242122722.7
4No MercyPL1822222114212317262120520.5
5Flyspot ChicksPL1720172019182014221818518.5
6Team XSE1521122217161815211717417.4
7CZ LadiesCZ1218111715161213201615015.0
8VesceSI1317141614131410171414214.2
9Not Your MarchHU111511121113119151312112.1
Debbie Lamsley with Savolo
NFTO 2016 members Maria Russell and Ane Brentford are not coming back, while Vana Parker and Anna Hicks decided to push even harder for the next two years. Goal is to turn the 2016 bronze medals into something even better in Australia 2018.

Returning member Vana Parker said that it is never easy to find team mates with the same high goals, and it was even more difficult this time since the Volition members were obviously not available. However, NFTO was fortunate enough to find Savolo member Debbie Lamsley, who competed for South Africa at the FAI Mondial 2016.

Debbie Lamsley now follows the same path as Vana Parker did longer ago when her whole South African national team Voodoo moved to the United Kingdom. Vana Parker said that Debbie Lamsley will be eligible to represent the United Kingdom at the FAI World Meet 2018 in Australia.

Catherine Anderson with Full Stop
The other new NFTO member is Catherine Anderson who made her way through the 4-way categories from Rookie to AAA with UK team Full Stop. She had Volition member Sian Stokes and Satori XL member Ian "Milko" Hodkinson in her team. Vana Parker said that this guaranteed a "superb base to work from, while she is also very talented and super keen".

It was not easy for the new NFTO lineup to assign the slots, as all current members are most familiar with the front piece. Coach Gary Smith helped with advice, and only Catherine Anderson continues in her point slot. Anna Hicks moves from point to outside center.

Vana Parker has been outside center since 2004 and now switches to the other center slot. Debbie Lamsley is completely new in the tail position.

Wind Games 2017
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Rank4-way WomenD,2,P,13C,21,11Q,O,17,A6,10,185,E,K,2219,1,F8,20,JL,N,7,916,M,1514,G,H,4TotalAvg
1French GirlsFR2524412129282339252528028.0
2Wom'in FranceFR2021331622211926212322222.2
3NFTOUK2119281519182031212321521.5
4HF ChicksCZ2018291720192125211920920.9
5Flyspot ChicksPL1919241618201627201819719.7
6Papea FemininoES1117201315161622161816416.4
7Not Your MarchHU1311171112151219121513713.7
More than bronze medals in Australia 2018: NFTO at the Mondial
The new NFTO lineup had a rough start. Debbie Lamsley missed the first indoor training camp and the Wind Games due to a water-skiing injury, and alternate Lynne Murray stepped into a new slot for her, too. However, NFTO used the meet for competition experience and still had a good start with a 21.5 average.

NFTO lost the team sponsorship just before the FAI Mondial 2016 and now has to finance training and competition before the British Parachute Association (BPA) will help after winning the qualification. The new lineup has come up with a training program that includes 15 hours of wind tunnel time and 120 - 150 jumps until the UK Nationals 2017 in August. Gary Smith is NFTO's head coach, and HayaBusa point Dennis Praet will also work with the team at some of the tunnel camps in Empuriabrava, Bedford and Dubai.

Vana Parker said that the new NFTO lineup is incredibly enthusiastic and focused on the task ahead: "We are all working hard on our fitness and searching for sponsorship to be able to increase the amount of training that we can do."

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