posted Mar 20th, 2015 - 14 Czech 4-way teams attended the March indoor competition at the Hurricane Factory on Thursday night. It was the highest participation this year and matched the 14-team record participation of 2014.

It was the last test at the same time for the five teams who will soon travel to Bodyflight Bedford and represent the Czech Republic at the World Challenge 2015.

It was a tough test for the AAA Class teams, due to the block-heavy competition draw. None of the three teams were able to beat or get even close to their previous record averages. 21 of the 22 blocks were drawn, with the popular Block 19 (Ritz - Icepick) missing. Only 11 of the 16 random formations made it into the ten sequences.

ETL - March 19th, 2015		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	M,14,O,F	2,17,22	9,P,D,20	7,L,15	A,1,12	6,18,N	3,16,10	5,11,21	C,8,4	B,Q,13,H	Total	Avg
1	Bad Boys	27	12	21	21	14	17	15	17	16	20	180	18.0
2	HF Chicks	30	14	22	19	14	18	12	15	16	19	179	17.9
3	CZ Ladies	24	12	17	18	13	14	13	13	13	18	155	15.5
Rank	AA Class	P,4,7	19,14	F,M,1	15,E,J	22,A,Q	8,9	13,20	6,11	21,H,N	B,L,C,18	Total	Avg
1	PB Fire	17	13	22	17	14	13	11	13	16	14	150	15.0
2	Impact	16	11	18	16	14	15	11	12	14	13	140	14.0
3	Accord	17	11	18	16	13	13	8	11	17	15	139	13.9
4	Best of Relative	15	11	18	15	11	13	8	10	16	13	130	13.0
5	AFFcentrum.cz	14	10	18	14	13	12	9	10	15	13	128	12.8
Rank	A Class	P,F,9	N,19	6,4	D,K,J	M,21	2,Q	H,B,L	G,8	A,C,7	E,O,7	Total	Avg
1	Sky Walkers	18	12	8	14	14	10	20	11	16	18	141	14.1
Rank	Rookie	P,M,N	J,C,K	A,G,Q	D,F,L	E,B,H	O,K,L	A,G,O	M,H,J	Q,N,B	D,C,E	Total	Avg
1	Flying Circus	24	23	21	23	28	15	19	29	23	20	225	22.5
2	Kamikadze	21	12	22	21	19	14	19	24	20	15	187	18.7
3	XXX	19	18	15	19	17	16	16	26	19	20	185	18.5
4	Mimozemky	14	13	12	11	15	8	9	21	12	3	118	11.8
5	X Fly	9	8	8	11	11	8	8	13	20	8	104	10.4

The Bad Boys competed with the lineup that will make the trip to Bedford. The Sun Path Products NSL News reported earlier that alternate Jaroslav Smitka replaces Outside Center Jan Lukavec at the World Challenge.

This situation allowed the complete HF Chicks lineup to get dangerously close to the Bad Boys, closer than ever before. Only one single point separated both teams, which the Bad Boys won in the very last round. The HF Chicks were six points ahead of the Bad Boys after three rounds, who had to work very hard to eventually maintain the upper hand.

All three AAA Class teams will soon have the re-match at the World Challenge, where HF Chicks and CZ Ladies compete with other female lineups in the 4-way Women category, while the Bad Boys are on the largest leaderboard of the meet in the AAA/Open Class.

World Challenge 2014		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		18,6	15,1	22,F,D	9,A,J	K,2,O	H,13,Q	M,L,G,E	N,11,20	14,7	Total	Avg
1	Equal Pay 4 Women (UK)	13	15	18	30	19	18	28	14	16	16	187	18.7
2	Phoenix (UK)	15	12	17	28	22	18	23	13	16	13	177	17.7
3	Co-Motion (UK)	15	13	16	21	19	18	28	12	17	16	175	17.5
Rank	Rookie	C,A,B	G,P,J	N,Q,D	O,E,K	F,M,L	H,Q,P	G,J,K	E,N,B	D,F,M	O,L,C	Total	Avg
1	HF Chicks (CZ)	30	27	30	30	48	36	28	28	51	22	330	33.0
2	Panik (IT)	23	14	19	22	30	22	18	23	31	20	222	22.2
3	Trajectory (IE)	15	12	13	15	22	13	15	14	25	8	152	15.2

The AA Class teams did not have to deal with a more challenging draw, and all five teams improved or tied their previous record averages. PB Fire is the Czech team in the AA Class at the World Challenge and has the potential to get into medal contention.

The 22.5 average of Flying Circus in the Rookie Class confirmed that the Czech team is one of the top contenders in this category. Panik from Italy won the silver medals last year with a 22.2 average. It is unlikely that any other Rookie Class team could match the 33.0 average that the HF Chicks posted at the World Challenge 2014.

The Czech teams seem to be ready for the trip to Bedford, and the Sun Path Products NSL News will be there to witness the 4-way team invasion from the Czech Republic...