posted Jan 25th, 2016 - The aftermath of the Wind Games 2016 begins with the combined leaderboard. This is a feature that the Sun Path Products NSL News has applied whenever there were two different leaderboards with the same competition draw at the same event.

In fact, the "combined" leaderboard is one of the most traditional SKYLEAGUE.COM features, which was introduced as soon as the National Skydiving League was launched in 1998. There have always been several different leaderboards with the same competition draw on the same weekends, when different leagues or hosts had their meets on the same date. After collecting all scores, there would be the combined leaderboard, which has been showing the scores of all teams who competed in the same competition classes with the same competition draw at any given date.

Then there are also the events with different categories, even though the teams apply the same competition draw (FAI 4-way Open Class - FAI 4-way Women Class or USPA 4-way Open Class - USPA 4-way Advanced Class). It is just as interesting to create a combined leaderboard for any of the mentioned meet situations.

Wind Games 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		7,H,15	12,A,22	O,10,E,G	P,2,D,19	5,21,14	C,4,J,11	L,M,18,6	20,3,13	17,9,1	16,N,8	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH Hayabusa	BE	32	25	33	32	27	32	33	24	28	26	292	29.2
2	Weembi Lille	FR	33	16	30	24	24	29	28	21	25	26	256	25.6
3	Black Cat	RU	29	23	28	25	25	26	27	21	27	24	255	25.5
4	Thunder ISR	BE	26	20	30	27	22	26	28	19	26	23	247	24.7
5	Qatar Tigers	QA	29	21	28	26	21	22	27	20	26	24	244	24.4
6	Mixed Parasport	FR	29	21	28	27	23	22	25	18	27	23	243	24.3
7	Satori XL	UK	26	21	28	24	22	25	23	19	27	22	237	23.7
8	Simetra	FR	28	21	28	22	15	23	23	19	23	19	221	22.1
9	Wom'in France	FR	24	18	22	21	20	17	20	16	21	14	193	19.3
10	Jazz Republic	ZA	22	17	22	21	17	21	19	12	20	19	190	19.0
11	NFTO	UK	23	15	21	20	20	14	20	16	21	18	188	18.8
12	Tenanine	MR	24	17	22	17	19	19	20	11	20	17	186	18.6
13	Amnenerjoey	IT	19	14	21	19	18	19	19	15	20	16	180	18.0
14	Lupus	EE	22	14	22	18	16	19	19	12	18	18	178	17.8
15	Jujariwa	DE	22	15	22	16	19	15	19	13	19	14	174	17.4
16	Barak	ES	20	12	19	14	16	15	17	10	13	14	150	15.0
17	Bripac	ES	15	7	14	13	12	11	14	8	17	12	123	12.3

The Wind Games had two different leaderboards for two of the three 4-way events, as the host followed the FAI/IPC format where teams with all-female lineups have their own rankings and receive their own sets of medals.

The combined leaderboard has recently become more interesting, as two all-female teams have moved up the combined 4-way rankings year by year. The Golden Knights are in fact one of the best 4-way teams in the world at the moment, and the French FLY-IN Girls are only inches behind. Both teams would also be in medal contention at a World Championship in the 4-way Open Class.

Neither of the two teams is on the combined leaderboard this time. The Golden Knights were in Spain to compete at the Wind Games and had to withdraw when their whole equipment was stolen after arrival in Barcelona, while the lineup of the French FLY-IN Girls was not complete for the event.

One all-female team made it to the Top 10 on the combined leaderboard (Wom'in France) and NFTO ended up two points behind Jazz Republic in 11th place.

Three of the French FLY-IN Girls were still in the Top 10. Mixed Parasport had Sophia Pecout and Christine Malnis in the lineup for the meet, and they battled with Thunder ISR and Qatar Tigers for the top spot behind the medal winners.

Their team mate in the national team, Pamela Lissajoux, finished in 8th place with Simetra. Another former team mate, Deep Blue Defender Perrine Sanchez, had her comeback in the same team. She won her first gold medal in 4-way Women in 2012 and is still the reigning champion, together with Sophia Pecout and Christine Malnis.

Satori XL, with Julia Swallow in the Point slot, ended up right between the French 4-way Women world champions. Last and not least, Katie Woods claimed the top spot of all female 4-way competitors on the combined leaderboard. She finished in 2nd place with Weembi Lille...