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The A Class was introduced by the National Skydiving League in 2002, together with the new Rookie Class.
Both categories brought 4-way competition closer to the grass root level of Formation Skydiving competition and made it easier to learn and master the complete FAI/IPC dive pool.
The Rookie Class dive pool includes only the 16 random formations (A - Q). The A Class then brings the first eight blocks to the teams who grow out of the Rookie Class.
The sequences are still offering plenty of individual flying opportunities, while personal and team skills are in development. Blocks 7 and 9 require individual turns on place, and the other six blocks (2,4,6,8,19,21) are bringing the first piece-flying maneuvers to the beginners in the sport.
The trained teams are well prepared for sequences with only random formations if they went through the Rookie Class at the very 4-way beginnings. The A Class winner Flying Circus from the Czech Republic started in the Rookie Class at the September meet of the European Tunnel League (ETL) 2014 at the Hurricane Factory with a 13.4 average and attended a total of eight meets in this category until moving up into the A Class at the September 2015 meet, one year later.
In addition, the three monthly Rookie Class sequences of the Indoor Cloud League offered them additional opportunities to learn and get familiar with the Rookie Class dive pool.
Clash of Champions 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 | K,L,19 | 6,4 | N,7 | D,2 | O,M,B | P,9 | E,21 | G,Q,H | C,J,8 | F,A,21 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Flying Circus | CZ | 19 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 48 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 217 | 21.7 |
2 | Amnesya RW4 Team | IT | 17 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 204 | 20.4 |
3 | Skyblockers Singapore | SG | 16 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 23 | 194 | 19.4 |
4 | Made in USSR | RU | 12 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 168 | 16.8 |
5 | Flatnamic | AE | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 150 | 15.0 |
6 | Aerokart Ak'demie | FR | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 123 | 12.3 |
7 | A Team | SG | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 122 | 12.2 |
8 | Blue Phenix | FR | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 119 | 11.9 |
9 | Alate | AE | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 115 | 11.5 |
10 | Hardcore Hand Holders | AE | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 4.6 |
11 | Last Minute | FR | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 3.5 |
It was a real A Class world meet, as the eleven teams came from seven different countries. The A Class was also the only category where two junior teams challenged each other, the Skyblockers and Aerokart's third Ak'demie lineup. The Singapore juniors won the bronze medals, and the French A Class juniors finished in 6th place. French Ak'demie coaches Francoise Simons, Amelie Tirman and Marin Ferre had one junior lineup in each of the three 4-way categories at the Clash of Champions.
With the French juniors competing in all three categories, each 4-way leaderboard in Dubai included a colorful mixture of lineups with all age groups, genders and relationships, which no other sport has to offer...