posted Nov 18th, 2016 - The recent Sun Path Products NSL News update after the Bodyflight Revenge 2016 focused mostly on the two British teams who also competed a week later at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016, NFTO and ACM.

The team in 3rd place, Eclipse, has been in the shadows of the best British 4-way teams throughout the 7-year team history, even though the Sun Path Products NSL News has paid attention to Eclipse several times over the years.

Eclipse has probably the most impressive performance progression of all British 4-way teams after launching the team project in 2010 with the same lineup that finished in 3rd place at the Bodyflight Revenge 2016 on October 1st.

The progression curves of indoor and outdoor competition results are almost identical, and the consistency of both performances has brought the team finally to the medal position at Bodyflight Bedford with a 21.6 average, which is a new team record.

UK Nationals 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	22,B,8	L,C,10,14	19,H,E,7	12,11,16	N,J,4,G	20,18,5	Q,O,A,15	P,1,13	3,9,6	D,F,21,2	Total	Avg
1	Satori XL	17	20	26	15	22	17	25	19	21	22	204	20.4
2	4mula	15	18	22	15	20	15	24	16	19	21	185	18.5
3	Vision 99	15	17	22	16	19	14	22	15	19	22	181	18.1
4	NFTO	15	16	19	14	20	14	21	17	17	21	174	17.4
4	Eclipse	15	17	19	13	22	14	20	15	18	21	174	17.4

The Sun Path Products NSL News story on July 21st featured Eclipse as a potential underdog for medals at the UK Nationals 2016.

Eclipse followed up with a new outdoor team record average (17.1) and a tied highscore with Satori XL in Round 5.

Eclipse finished tied with NFTO in 5th place, only seven points behind bronze medalist Vision 99, after seriously challenging the British national team in 4-way Open of 2014.

This year's new indoor and outdoor team record averages and the ranking positions on the UK leaderboards confirmed once again the ongoing strong Eclipse charge towards the British top spots.

However, the team fairytale now comes to an end after the peak performances this year.

Bodyflight Revenge		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	G,J,O,A,20	B,P,18,15	22,14,11	5,19,1	F,12,D,10	9,L,H,8	M,Q,E,3	7,16,21	4,13,2	C,17,N,K	Total	Avg
1	ACM	28	21	18	16	20	27	29	21	16	29	225	22.5
2	NFTO	29	21	15	20	20	25	26	20	17	24	217	21.7
3	Eclipse	29	21	17	19	20	23	24	19	17	27	216	21.6
4	IADYS	23	19	13	17	17	22	23	17	16	24	191	19.1
5	Illegitimi n. c.	23	17	12	15	17	21	24	15	15	19	178	17.8
6	Quasar	16	14	11	13	14	18	18	14	12	16	146	14.6
7	Mental Blox	16	12	10	11	12	16	16	12	10	13	128	12.8

Eclipse announced after the Bodyflight Revenge 2016 that the team will not continue:

"We are sad to announce that, after seven years as a team, Eclipse will not be continuing. We have had some amazing experiences along the way, and we now have the opportunity to reflect on the fantastic memories we have of an epic journey."

The end of the Eclipse journey is not necessarily the end of each member's competition career. The announcement included the note that some team members "may go on to compete in new teams", while others may "start new adventures outside of 4-way".

However, there is a happy ending, not only with the team record averages this year. Jenny Buckle, Martin Cressey, Jonny Flowers, Ben Lawford and team videographer Simon Chittick remain close friends, and they "will look back with extremely fond memories"...