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The Sun Path Products NSL News zoomed in on the details of the AA Class competition on April 23rd, with the main focus on the winner, UK home team Chatterchicks, and the teams in the medal rankings.
The team right behind the medalists did not get much attention at all, even though Equinox from Lithuania was within striking distance round by round and only seven points behind the bronze medals after Round 10.
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 |
9 | Ballista | IE | 10 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 117 | 11.7 |
Equinox started with Zivile Gudaityte (Point), Gintaras Jancauskas (Tail), Rasa Skuodiene (Outside Center) and Algimantas Skuodis (Inside Center) in the Rookie Class at the World Challenge 2012 and placed 4th with a 14.1 average.
The team came back with a new Point (Mindaugas Civilis) a year later in the A Class and finished 15th (10.5) with the new lineup in the new category. Equinox repeated the A Class at the World Challenge 2014 and won the bronze medals with an 18.5 average, then posted a 20.2 average at the Polish Indoor Open 2014.
Equinox also competes at outdoor meets throughout the year, and the chart of the scoring progression is convincing, as well. The meets in Lithuania are small ones, and the national championships in a small country usually have a leaderboard with less than a handful of 4-way teams. However, the team history also includes three trips to the ESL Championship where Equinox meets a much larger field of 4-way teams at an outdoor competition.
Equinox won the ESL silver medals in Teuge, Netherlands, last year. Nine A Class teams competed at the event. The ESL Championship 2015 is scheduled for September 19th in the United Kingdom, and it would be the first major outdoor competition in the AA class for the same lineup of 2013, 2014 and 2015. And then there is the Clash of Champions at the very end of the year, open for AA Class teams, and with cash prizes...