posted Jul 31st, 2016 - The series of national championship events in Europe continues with the Belgian Nationals 2016.

Old and freshly crowned new CISM 4-way world champion NMP PCH HayaBusa did not have much time after the award ceremony in Russia to switch back to the FAI/IPC rules and dive pool. The 35.1 winning average at the military championship is only a fading memory back in the tougher world of exits and sub-terminal pages.

However, the competition draw in Belgium may allow Hayabusa to take the top position in the world for 10-round outdoor meets. Arizona Airspeed's 24.3 average at the Shamrock Showdown 2016 is still the best number of the 2016 season. The remaining five rounds are fast enough to solidify the current 24.8 average after five rounds.

Belgian Nationals 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		J,2,17	18,G,11	19,9,P	1,7,3	N,13,22	C,Q,6,M	A,21,K,L	20,D,16	14,15,B	E,5,12	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	27	22	32	22	21	-	-	-	-	-	124	24.8
2	Thunder ISR	BE	22	18	27	21	18	-	-	-	-	-	106	21.2
3	Les Stunts	BE	12	14	18	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	71	14.2
Rank	AA Class		20,O,9	A,B,J,2	7,21	G,N,1	11,L,8	15,D,E	Q,P,M,F	K,13,22	18,14	4,19	Total	Avg
1	Gravity Abuse	NL	12	12	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	53	10.6
2	Jetmax	BE	7	15	11	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	49	9.8
3	Bad Habits	NL	10	11	9	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	44	8.8

Thunder ISR is also back for the team's first outdoor competition of the year, after the 26.4 indoor average at the World Challenge 2016. Thunder has a 22.9 record average in the books from the Tomscat Trophy 2014 and may increase the team records, as well.

Les Stunts, Belgium's national team in 4-way Open, is the third team on the AAA Class leaderboard. The 14.2 average at half-time is already the team's highest result at an outdoor competition. A new team record average is in reach and would be a motivating factor in the run-up to the Mondial 2016.

An interesting competition is taking place in the AA Class, where two visiting teams from the Netherlands are challenging the Belgian team Jetmax in the team's first AA Class outdoor competition. Jetmax competed in the AA Class for the first time at the World Challenge 2016 and now follows up at the Belgian Nationals 2016. Gravity Abuse and Jetmax have been exchanging the highscores round by round and almost evenly.