posted Jun 10th, 2015 - There is still video footage that was recorded at the World Challenge 2015 and has not received attention by the Sun Path Products NSL News yet.

Now it is time to review a few clips that feature the Golden Knights. The first one was recorded live when the US Army team came out of the flying chamber after completing Round 2, shortly after the two French Girls had posted a 20-pointer with Weembi Lille. The Golden Knights said that they did not have the time to watch the team with two of their opponents in 4-way Women, as the turnaround time from round to round was quite fast.

The Golden Knights won Round 2 over Weembi Lille, even after two point deductions, and they were only one point behind at this point in time. The Golden Knights had lost two more points in the meet opener Round 1.

World Challenge 2015			Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		15,K,E,F	11,22,A	16,H,M,19	3,10,D	17,18,P	Total	Avg
1-1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	40	24	32	25	29	150	30.0
2-2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	36	24	28	22	28	138	27.6
3-3	Weembi Lille	FR	36	20	31	25	23	135	27.0
3-4	Gavroche	FR	34	23	30	23	25	135	27.0
3-6	Thunder ISR	BE	35	21	29	23	27	135	27.0
6-7	SportLoto	RU	36	23	30	21	24	134	26.8
7-5	Golden Knights	US	34(-2)	21(-2)	28	21(-1)	25	129	25.8

The second clip was recorded by the World Challenge TV team when the first day was over for the AAA Class teams. Entertainer Ged Parker caught the Golden Knights in the Flow House on Friday afternoon when they were taking a break between competition, debriefing and preparations for the second half of the meet.

Later the same afternoon, the Golden Knights also accepted an invitation by the Sun Path Products NSL News for a live NSL Talk in the World Challenge TV studio. They said that they liked the new format, which has a faster pace for the AAA Class teams in the morning and completes the first five rounds earlier. All other teams (AA - A - Rookie) are off in the morning and have their turn in the afternoon.

The Golden Knights said that they can use the afternoon time much more efficiently, for debriefing, relaxation, exercising and even education and home work for school projects. Dannielle Woosley and Angela Nichols are currently studying for their career after the military services.

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	AAA Class		15,K,E,F	11,22,A	16,H,M,19	3,10,D	17,18,P	4,12,O	5,N,L,G	14,B,C,20	2,1,21	J,Q,6,13	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	40	24	32	25	29	26	38	30	24	33	301	30.1
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	36	24	28	22	28	23	34	26	23	29	273	27.3
3	Weembi Lille	FR	36	20	31	25	23	23	31	29	21	29	268	26.8
4	Gavroche	FR	34	23	30	23	25	23	32	27	22	24	263	26.3
5	Golden Knights	US	34(-2)	21(-2)	28	21(-1)	25	22	33	27	23	28(-1)	262	26.2
6	Thunder ISR	BE	35	21	29	23	27	21	28	24	22	27	257	25.7
7	SportLoto	RU	36	23	30	21	24	21	32	22	23	22	254	25.4

The Golden Knights had two significantly different meet days. They mentioned that the faster pace they have been using was costly in the first five rounds. They lost five points, and most of them were caused by mistakes due to the faster pace. They finished in 7th place, five points behind SportLoto at the end of the first half of the meet.

The second day was showing a different team. The Golden Knights had only one point deduction in the second five rounds and eventually left Thunder and SportLoto easily behind, finishing in 5th place. They had also reduced the distance to the French Girls with Weembi Lille from six points throughout the first five rounds to nothing in the second half. Both teams tied their totals for Rounds 6 - 10.

Even SDC Rhythm XP, Arizona Airspeed's challenger this year, was not too far away.

The Golden Knights allowed Rhythm a distance of only two points throughout the five rounds on Saturday. The message of the US Army team was loud and clear on Saturday: Watch out, French Girls and everybody else...