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Craig Girard now followed up with the scores, competition draw and additional information. He said that the competition jumps were made from the right-hand door of a Pilatus Porter, which had no step to be used for setting up the exit formations.
Most of the international events have planes with left-hand doors for the Formation Skydiving events, and switching to the other side has always been an extra challenge for teams. Craig Girard said that Dubai Asaar Black suffered two point deductions in Round 4 caused by video trouble after the exit.
Asiana 2013 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Total | Avg | |
Rank | AAA Class | 7,16,E | 17,12,H | C,O,G,19 | 9,L,D,13 | 5,11,F | 6,3,A | M,21,18 | 1,20,J | Total | Avg |
1 | Dubai Asaar Black (AE) | 18 | 16 | 19 | 17(-2) | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 141 | 17.6 |
2 | China (CN) | 17 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 138 | 17.3 |
3 | Brazil CISM (BR) | 10 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 100 | 12.5 |
4 | Singapore (SG) | 16 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 98 | 12.3 |
5 | China HN (CN) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 93 | 11.6 |
6 | Oman (OM) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 61 | 7.6 |
7 | Brunei (BN) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 5.9 |
8 | Korea (KR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1.3 |
The teams in the first two places also know each other well after competing with and against each other at the Mondial Dubai 2012. In fact, China and Dubai Asaar Black were right next to each other and just as close on the leaderboard last year, as they were last week.
Both teams were separated by three points (126 - 123) at the Mondial in December 2012 and by the same three points (141 - 138) now in China. Only the meet averages are significantly higher for both teams, and the new Asaar Black lineup posted the highest one of the only year that the team has been together so far.
Mondial Dubai 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 | 5,12,E | 6,D,B,K | O,8,7 | N,13,18 | 10,21,M | 19,H,11 | C,G,1,A | 20,9,15 | 16,F,P,Q | 2,J,4 | Total | Avg |
16 | Dubai Asaar Red (AE) | 16 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 13 | - | - | 126 | 15.8 |
17 | China (CN) | 7 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 16 | - | - | 123 | 15.4 |
Dubai Assar | China |
It has been a busy year for Craig Girard and the Dubai Assar Black lineup, and it is not over yet, as the 4th Dubai Cup is still coming up. Craig Girard knows how important competition experience is for teams, and he and Eliana Rodriguez have been traveling all over the planet this year (Florida - Bedford - Banja Luka - Ottawa - China) with the Dubai Asaar delegation.
The new Asaar Black lineup has caught up and passed the scoring numbers of the previous Red lineup and maintained the UAE position slightly ahead of China's national team. Both teams may meet again in Dubai, and the Sun Path Products NSL News will once again follow the Dubai delegation, this time on their home turf.