posted Apr 23rd, 2015 - The Sun Path Products NSL News brought the UK team Chatterchicks to the attention of the audience with the story on 4 February 2015. It was a preview of the World Challenge 2015, and the all-female lineup was considered one of the medal contenders in the AA Class competition.

It turned out that the Chatterchicks were not only in medal contention. They won the competition with a 17.2 average in a 14-team field.

It was a AA Class world meet, as the 14 teams came from seven different nations. Five of the visiting teams from other countries placed in the rankings behind the Chatterchicks, who won the AA Class competition for the United Kingdom. The Chatterchicks were in fact the only British home team who won in any of the five categories.

World Challenge 2015			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		6,H,1	22,9	P,D,E,K	18,Q,13	J,G,21	O,A,N,15	14,11	B,8,2	C,7,20	4,19	Total	Avg
1	Chatterchicks	UK	16	17	28	13	17	20	14	17	17	13	172	17.2
2	Dubai Asaar Red	AE	16	14	22	14	17	18	13	17	16	15	162	16.2
3	Blue Rebels	GR	15	17	21	14	18	19	12	14	17	12	159	15.9
4	Equinox	LT	15	15	23	11	15	19	11	13	16	14	152	15.2
5	No Mercy	PL	16	13	22	12	17	16	12	12	10	12	142	14.2
6	AirRush	DK	11	13	20	11	15	15	9	12	12	11	129	12.9
7	Team Pointless	UK	12	13	19	10	11	15	10	12	13	10	125	12.5
8	Fr4gment	UK	12	12	16	11	15	17	6	11	11	10	121	12.1
9	Ballista	IE	10	13	15	9	15	11	9	12	13	10	117	11.7
10	Fly Wild	UK	11	6	20	10	15	12	10	11	9	10	114	11.4
11	Fusion	UK	11	12	11	7	13	12	8	10	12	10	106	10.6
12	trappedWINd		8	10	15	9	11	11	8	9	10	11	102	10.2
12	Almost Petite	UK	11	10	14	6	11	13	9	9	12	7	102	10.2
14	Helix	UK	10	7	13	7	10	6	6	7	8	9	83	8.3

The Sun Path Products NSL News had the opportunity for a chat with the Chatterchicks before the AA Class teams were back in action for the second half of the meet on Saturday.

They were in 1st place after five rounds, due to an extraordinary performance in Round 3. The fast sequence of only random formations (P,D,E,K) opened up a large gap between the Chatterchicks and the other top contenders in this category. They won the round by six (Dubai Asaar Red) and seven (Blue Rebels) points over the two top contenders and were six points ahead of the Greek team on Friday evening.

The Blue Rebels tried to fight back and turn their 2nd places in 2013 and 2014 into a gold medal position. However, the Chatterchicks had a very consistent performance in the second half of the meet, as well, and added two more points to the lead over Dubai Asaar Red.

Only the AAA Class competition has two different leaderboards, one for the Open Class teams and a separate one for 4-way Women. All other categories have combined leaderboards for all lineups, either all-male, all-female or mixed up in any combination. Two other all-female lineups (No Mercy - Poland, Almost Petite - United Kigdom) competed in the AA Class. The Chatterchicks are now moving up into the AAA Class, where they may appear on the 4-way Women leaderboard at the World Challenge next year.

Coach Steve Hamilton had worked with the Chatterchicks since September, and it was the first time for the team to get directions for a longer time period. The results were convincing, and the Chatterchicks will now need more help to learn the additional six AAA Class blocks, together with B-slots and memory.

Steve Hamilton himself competed in the AAA Class, as well, with Aelia and three other British female 4-way competitors...