posted Apr 29th, 2015 - The A Class is a very popular and competitive category at the World Challenge 2015.

The National Skydiving League had introduced two new 4-way categories at the end of the 2001 season to offer more skydivers on the grass root level a better fitting 4-way arena, with dive pools and sequences according to skills and experience level. The addition of A and Rookie Class completed the set of NSL categories for the 2002 season, which is still unchanged.

The A Class was in fact the second best attended category at the World Challenge 2015. Host Paul Mayer launched the event only with AAA Class competition in 2007 and added the other three NSL categories step by step. The Rookie Class teams were invited to the World Challenge in 2010, and five A Class teams competed for the first time in 2011. The winner of the A Class competition at the World Challenge 2015 was on top of a 19-team leaderboard...

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	A Class		O,L,Q	4,21	P,F,H	K,J,E	N,M,B	C,2	19,A	G,D,6	8,9	7,8	Total	Avg
1	Flyspot Chicks	PL	25	12	35	25	31	16	15	15	14	15	203	20.3
2	PB FIRE	CZ	23	14	29	24	30	12	13	16	14	13	188	18.8
3	Team Rudi	BE	22	13	27	27	17	13	14	15	14	15	177	17.7
4	Funzies	DK	19	15	22	17	24	13	12	16	14	13	165	16.5
5	Vossvind Girls	NO	19	14	22	21	22	14	11	13	11	13	160	16.0
6	Brebe	IT	18	12	19	18	21	13	11	15	12	12	151	15.1
7	Brain Storming	IT	13	10	25	17	22	11	11	12	10	11	142	14.2
8	Sapphire	IE	17	11	22	18	23	9	7	12	11	11	141	14.1
9	#WithoutEoin	UK	14	9	23	18	21	9	12	11	10	11	138	13.8
10	Perpetual Chaos	UK	14	8	19	17	17	9	7	11	10	10	122	12.2
10	Atmosfera ONE	PT	14	11	23	9	20	11	12	6	10	6	122	12.2
12	Assioma	IT	15	8	22	12	17	9	8	11	10	9	121	12.1
13	Atmosfera NEW	PT	14	9	17	16	16	9	10	10	5	9	115	11.5
14	Hybris	DK	15	10	17	12	13	9	7	12	11	8	114	11.4
15	Bodyflight Black Magic	UK	12	8	18	10	13	10	7	13	7	11	109	10.9
16	Garbatans	UK	9	9	15	12	15	6	5	9	8	7	95	9.5
17	Satori Aqua	UK	13	6	10	13	13	5	7	8	7	9	91	9.1
18	Dino4	UK	12	6	15	8	14	4	8	6	8	7	88	8.8
19	Gravitationally Ambiguous	UK	6	6	3	8	8	2	2	5	4	7	51	5.1

The A Class competition is not only very popular - it is also very competitive. The extended leaderboard shows that the highscores for each round were shared between four of the 19 teams. The winner, Flyspot Chicks from Poland, was safely in the lead after the fast sequence of Round 3. However, several other teams performed on a similar performance level randomly.

The Flyspot Chicks caught the attention of the Sun Path Products NSL News for the first time on October 4th. They competed at Poland's national championships in the AAA Class, the only 4-way category for the four participating teams.

Coach Gordon Hodgkinson went through a "AAA Class Crash Course" with the team, and the Flyspot Chicks were glad when the Polish Indoor Open 2014 included a separate leaderboard for A Class teams. The Flyspot Chicks finished with a 17.9 average on home turf and followed up with a 20.3 average at the World Challenge 2015.

The Flyspot Chicks were not the only team from Poland in Bedford. No Mercy, with another all-female lineup, competed in the AA Class and finished in 5th place of 14 teams. No Mercy was also formed last year and competed at the national championships.

The 2-team delegation from Poland ended up in 4th place of the unofficial nations ranking. This is an impressive result for a smaller 4-way Formation Skydiving community. There are a few other 4-way teams in Poland, however, only the two all-female lineups made it to Bedford and represented their country very successfully.

Both Polish teams are outdoor competitors at the same time. The 2015 outdoor season will most likely bring them back to different leaderboards after the success in Bedford...