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Then the NSL News covered the UK Nationals 2012 with the first story on 13 August 2012, which was mostly related to the female 4way competition between Sweden's guest team Fire and UK's national team Bodyflight Aerodyne Langar.
It is about time to catch up with other parts of the record breaking event, as 72 teams competed in Hibaldstow and brought the number for the highest attendance up from 55 in 2011.
Satori is again in the spotlight, this time with the 20.0 average performance over ten rounds at the UK Nationals 2011.
UK Nationals 2012 | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Rd. 3 | Rd. 4 | Rd. 5 | Rd. 6 | Rd. 7 | Rd. 8 | Rd. 9 | Rd. 10 | Total | Avg | |
Rank | AAA Class | D,N,O,E,11 | Q,B,12,6 | 16,18,22 | J,A,7,L | 5,14,G | 13,C,K,P | 4,M,9 | 1,3,20 | 15,F,10 | 8,2,21 | Total | Avg |
1 | Satori | 25 | 19 | 15 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 200 | 20.0 |
2 | Voodoo (ZA) | 22 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 174 | 17.4 |
3 | Kaizen | 23 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 156 | 15.6 |
4 | Vision | 18 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 151 | 15.1 |
5 | Pink Panthers | 17 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 147 | 14.7 |
6 | Eureka | 18 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 142 | 14.2 |
7 | Escondido | 19 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 141 | 14.1 |
8 | Ma Sticazzi | 16 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 140 | 14.0 |
9 | Bodyflight Aerodyne Langar | 17 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 134 | 13.4 |
10 | DWS | 13 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 131 | 13.1 |
It was the highest Satori average in a 10-round meet this year and with the new lineup, which has Ian "Milko" Hodgkinson in the Point slot. More importantly, the 20.0 average was scored while the team was coaching the other ten (!!!) teams of the Satori Academy at the same time.
Julia Foxwell explained to the NSL News that none of the Satori members was in a player coach slot at this year's championship event. Satori has recently made an effort to leave the teams alone in freefall with complete lineups and without any help: "We felt that it would be better, and fairer, if all the teams jumped by themselves. Yeh, we were still coaching the teams, plus the others that we have worked with throughout the year. It wasnt too bad though, and people understood that we were also competing."
The situation at the World Meet 2012 will be very different. Satori will have all the time in the world to focus on the team performance.
The 4way competition at the UK Nationals takes place on a weekend, while the international events have a 5-day time frame, which is split between 4way and 8way.
There are no coaching jobs for Satori members at the World Cup in Prostejov, and the British team can fully focus on the Thunder challenge for the top spot in the unofficial battle of the "amateur teams".
Medals are also in reach, as no US teams are registered for the competition, and the German team Paratec-Saar showed last year how to grab a set of medals. The NSL News will be report live from Prostejov.