posted Dec 2nd, 2015 - The teams at the Clash of Champions were in the middle of their competition with four more rounds at Inflight Dubai on Saturday when the ISR Grand Prix 2015 completed the 8-round competition in Roosendaal on the same day.

M4trix member Leander van Schriek reported that the meet started with a message from Thunder ISR, who had a peak performance earlier the same day in Dubai. The Thunder members explained the reason why they were not present at this year's Grand Prix.

Leander van Schriek said that this year's event was still as smooth and well attended as last year's: "Four judging panels, one for each category, succeeded in judging fast, allowing the teams to follow their scoring progression in real time."

ISR Grand Prix 2015			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		P,21,F,Q	C,A,B,3	6,7,L	E,22,17	N,M,16,G	11,12,O	5,K,H,9	10,15,D	Total	Avg
1	M4trix	NL	26	25	20	16	23	16	27	17	170	21.3
2	Les Affranchis FlyZone	FR	25	22	21	18	19	12	21	13	151	18.9
3	Rotterdam	NL	23	17	21	14	20	13	23	16	147	18.4
4	AtomiXRay	DE	23	21	18	16	19	14	19	16	146	18.3

The 8-round competition draw had the six slot-switching blocks (3,5,10,12,16,17) in six different rounds.

However, Leander van Schriek said that the draw was still not particularly slow, and the most challenging sequence was in Round 4 (E-22-17):

"The sequence didn’t allow the usual easy swing out of Block 22, which left the necessity to take the slot switcher on this one, as well.

Furthermore, the draw didn’t offer a real Super Sequence and it missed Blocks 2, 14, 18 and Random Formation J."

Blocks 1,4,8,13,19 and 20 are not included in the ISR Grand Prix dive pool by default.

ISR Grand Prix 2015			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		P,21,F	C,A,B,Q	6,7	E,22,L	N,M,G,J	11,O,2	K,H,9	15,D,18	Total	Avg
1	Blue Rebels	GR	18	28	18	15	25	16	21	12	153	19.1
2	Skygirls	FR	20	23	16	16	22	11	23	14	145	18.1
3	Crash Test Dummies	BE	20	22	19	14	20	13	23	13	144	18.0

M4trix won the AAA Class competition in the absence of Thunder ISR, and Leander van Schriek provided team insights:

"The meet can be split in two for us. We started out very rough, in fact even nervous. Grips weren’t as solid as we were used to, and we even suffered from some brain locks. The first four rounds were definitely not our greatest. They were not smooth, and we busted almost every entry. I don’t know what caused this. Perhaps it was the self-inflicted pressure of being the top favorite team in the absence of Thunder."

All M4trix members were also very busy coaching ten other teams, which does not make it any easier, and the French team Les Affranchis FLyZone was seriously challenging M4trix at half-time: "The lunch break gave us a little bit time to get everything settled, also with the teams we were coaching."

ISR Grand Prix 2015			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class		P,21	C,A,B	6,7	E,F,Q	N,M,G	O,2	K,H,9	D,L,J	Total	Avg
1	Jetmax	BE	19	31	17	39	22	17	28	23	196	24.5
2	Spacials	BE	15	31	17	38	24	16	27	5	173	21.6
3	Zero	IT	15	23	13	27	18	12	21	12	141	17.6
4	4Flux	NL	14	21	13	31	19	14	15	11	138	17.3

M4trix was still convinced that the team would be able to get back to their "normal ways" again: "From Round 5 onwards we were able so show a solid performance with only one bust. The French however now suffered from the same virus we conquered in the first four rounds. They weren’t even able to come close to our scores again."

A good battle between Rotterdam, with three former Dynamic Fource and one Cool Runnings members, and AtomiX-Ray from Germany was going on behind M4trix and Affranchis. The three members of the Dutch national team in 2010 had the upper hand by one point at the end.

Two AtomiX YUU members (Janine Tillenburg, Peter Ingenhaag), silver medalists at Germany's national championships this year, had teamed up with two former X-Ray members (Petra and Henning Stumpp) before heading to Dubai for the World Air Games.

ISR Grand Prix 2015			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Total	Avg
Rank	Rookie		C,A,B	E,F,Q	N,M,G	D,L,J	P,O,K	H,D,E	K,A,M	L,Q,H	Total	Avg
1	Vertical Fury	BE	19	25	17	16	18	20	24	17	156	19.5
2	The Falling Stones	BE	18	22	16	18	16	18	21	18	147	18.4
3	Ahzoe Skydive	BE	17	23	17	15	18	17	20	17	144	18.0
4	LaDZ	BE	16	23	13	12	16	19	23	15	137	17.1

Leander van Schriek also provided a short summary for two other categories:

"In the AA Class, the Grand Prix was a prey for our Greek friends, the Blue Rebels. Personally, I was most impressed by the team Shinobi, who boldly decided to enter this new category for them. With solid and good flying, they were able to beat some much more experienced teams (Mach 4, 4igami and Bad Habits) and capture the Dutch national AA Class indoor title. It was the first big success for them at their first meet in the new category."

"In the A Class, Belgian team Jetmax showed a very solid meet. With a 24.5 average the AA Class competition would have suited this team probably much better. From the 3rd place down the A Class showed a tight meet were positions changed regularly.