posted Apr 14th, 2016 - The Sun Path Products NSL News mentioned during the previews of the World Challenge 2016 that the Czech Republic would have a large delegation in Bedford. It turned out that six 4-way teams competed in three of the four categories.

It was not only the great participation from the Czech Republic that caught the attention of the Sun Path Products NSL News. The passionate Czech 4-way community, with godfather Jan Klapka in the Bad Boys lineup, also had a very busy spring schedule.

Most of the Czech teams in Bedford participate in the monthly race for the Indoor Cloud League leaderboard. The HF Junior Flies scored 27 points for the Hurricane Factory's R Class sequence in March before traveling to Bedford.

World Challenge 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class		9,C	L,7	19,8	B,H,A	O,2	K,M,6	P,J,F	E,Q,4	G,D,N	21,N	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team Extended	FI	37	26	19	47	24	31	49	22	31	19	305	30.5
2	Phoenix	CZ	24	20	9	23	16	19	34	17	17	15	194	19.4
3	Brain Storming	IT	19	15	11	23	17	19	35	17	15	14	185	18.5
4	One2Three	PL	19	20	12	24	15	16	32	15	13	13	179	17.9
5	HF Juniors Cubs	CZ	18	15	12	21	12	17	30	15	15	12	167	16.7
6	Alakran	ES	16	17	12	23	13	16	25	15	13	13	163	16.3
7	Aerokart Ak'demie	FR	15	16	11	18	12	16	27	14	15	14	158	15.8
8	Offaly SlowSpeed	IE	15	16	10	24	14	15	25	11	10	13	153	15.3
9	Levitation	ZA	13	14	10	24	11	16	25	14	13	12	152	15.2
10	Les Pierres qui Tombent	BE	13	12	10	16	12	16	22	13	12	11	137	13.7
11	Alate	AE	13	13	11	20	11	15	20	10	13	10	136	13.6
12	99 Problems	UK	15	11	9	19	14	12	18	14	12	10	134	13.4
13	HF Juniors Flies	CZ	13	14	10	17	12	16	19	14	10	7	132	13.2
14	ChatterChaps	UK	16	12	6	18	9	11	22	13	11	11	129	12.9
15	Dive Hard 4.0	UK	14	13	9	18	6	14	21	14	7	12	128	12.8
16	Falling Stones	UK	11	12	9	15	11	12	22	12	5	9	118	11.8
17	4getful	UK	9	8	5	11	8	10	12	7	6	9	85	8.5
18	Dock-Ness Monster	UK	5	9	3	8	6	5	7	6	3	4	56	5.6

Both Czech junior teams, HF Junior Cubs and Flies, competed in the A Class at the World Challenge, and the young ladies in the Cubs lineup finished in 5th place with a 16.7 average. They outscored the French A Class juniors in the Aerokart Ak'demie team by nine points. The even younger Flies ended up in 13th place of 18 teams in this category. The third Czech team in the A Class, Phoenix, won the silver medals with a 19.4 average.

It took only two weeks until the Czech teams were back in action, this time on home turf at the Hurricane Factory. Jan Klapka hosted the last competition of the European Tunnel League's (ETL) winter season this week, and ten teams attended the 6th Sportflight meet.

The Bad Boys and both HF Junior teams all improved their averages compared to the World Challenge, and the HF Junior Cubs won the A Class competition.

ETL Sportflight April		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	4,A	J,M,B	8,N	L,E,H	P,C,G	D,6	19,F	O,2	Q,7	K,9	Total	Avg
1	HF Junior Cubs	15	31	13	21	19	13	15	15	17	17	176	17.6
2	Best of Relative	14	32	10	26	20	4	13	12	14	17	162	16.2
3	Mimozemky	13	29	11	21	17	13	13	12	15	15	159	15.9
4	HF Junior Flies	13	23	13	15	10	12	10	12	14	12	134	13.4

The indoor winter season in the Czech Republic is over now, and the first outdoor competition is scheduled for May.

Jan Klapka is using the break in the indoor schedule to take care of the next 4-way generation after the HF Junior Cubs and Flies. HF Junior Blue took on the first Rookie Class sequences last month. The lineup is actually a new Bad Boys generation at the same time.

Tail Matej Sotona is Jan Klapka's grandson, Outside Center Denisa Jeziakova is Marian Jeziak's daughter, and Point Filip Lukavec has his father Jan Lukavec in the Bad Boys lineup. Stepan Volf completes the very young team, and the first scores and videos will probably follow with the beginning of the next Czech indoor season...