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The NSL News missed the inaugural event in 2006 but was invited to provide the live coverage for the first time in 2007 and has been in Bedford each year ever since. There are only three participants who have been at the World Challenge more often than the NSL News, disregarding host Paul Mayer and his staff.
Those three participants are active competitors, and they are all from Belgium, while the NSL News has naturally been just in the observer position. NMP-PCH Hayabusa's Roy Janssen, David and Andy Grauwels competed in 2006 and are the title defenders for the first time in the history of the event after winning the World Challenge 2011.
World Challenge 2011 | Round1 | Round2 | Round3 | Round4 | Round5 | Round6 | Round7 | Round8 | Round9 | Round10 | Total | Avg | |
Rank | AAA Class | 10,C,5 | 20,P,2 | H,M,Q,K,A | L,J,16,12 | E,7,15 | O,11,22 | 14,B,17 | 6,13,9 | 4,3,21 | 1,G,8 | Total | Avg |
1 | NMP-PCH Hayabusa | 27 | 25 | 65 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 305 | 30.5 |
2 | Arizona Airspeed | 26 | 24 | 60 | 27 | 34 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 298 | 29.8 |
3 | Aerodyne Aerokart | 26 | 25 | 52 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 290 | 29.0 |
4 | XL | 25 | 24 | 58 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 282 | 28.2 |
5 | SDC Rhythm XP | 22 | 23 | 56 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 257 | 25.7 |
6 | SportsLotto | 21(-2) | 23 | 49 | 23 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 255 | 25.5 |
7 | NPC Aerokart | 24 | 20 | 41 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 243 | 24.3 |
8 | Satori | 19 | 19 | 57 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 242 | 24.2 |
9 | Aerodyne DB Defenders | 21(-1) | 21 | 44 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 236 | 23.6 |
10 | Thunder | 13(-4) | 20 | 41 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 224 | 22.4 |
Airspeed's winning streak ended in 2010 when the French national lineup (Mathieu Bernier, Guillaume Bernier, Julien Degen, Jeremie Rollett) won first the Shamrock Showdown, then the World Challenge and finally the gold medals at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Menzelinsk, Russia.
NMP-PCH Hayabusa challenged the new Airspeed lineup at the World Challenge 2011 and again took away the 1st place from Airspeed at the indoor competition. Airspeed had left France and Belgium both in the dust a few weeks earlier at the Shamrock Showdown 2011.
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It's a World Meet year, and the results of the Shamrock/World Challenge meet combination have correctly predicted the gold medalists in 2008 and 2010. Arizona Airspeed won both events in 2008 and then the gold medals in Maubeuge, France. Aerodyne Aerokart won the Shamrock and then the World Challenge in 2010 and took the gold medals in Menzelinsk, Russia.
The World Challenge itself may also produce another new record. Paul Mayer started with 12 teams in 2006, and the NSL News witnessed his energetic efforts to attract more teams year by year (12 - 19 - 39 - 47 - 52 - 63). He has added new features all the time to make his facilities and the event more entertaining and exciting, and it would be no surprise any longer if the participation was still growing. The registration has begun and offers a special rate until the end of January.