posted Mar 12th, 2017 - The first World Tunnel League competition at the new iFLY Tampa wind tunnel also created the first combined leaderboard, as the Czech teams competed once again at the Hurricane Factory for their Sportflight March meet.

The Bad Boys were back in full strength and with their complete current lineup, which put them back into the top spot of the AAA Class competition in Prague. The Czech national team in 4-way Open was recently challenged by the HF Chicks, who had won the December and January WTL meets at the Hurricane Factory. Last week, the strong all-female team could only win the meet opener Round 1 and Round 9.

In fact, the toughest AAA Class opposition for the Bad Boys came from Florida, where Blue Steel finished with a 19.4 average, only seven points behind the Bad Boys. The new AAA Class team won the same two rounds over the Bad Boys that the HF Chicks won and tied two more rounds with the Czech national team. Blue Steel eventually ended up five points ahead of the HF Chicks.

The Bad Boys gave away Round 1 due to a knee collision between the rear piece partners, Vaclav Prokes and Jan Klapka. It was a costly collision, as the Bad Boys finished with an 11-pointer in the first round of the meet. However, the strong recovery brought the Bad Boys back to the top spot quickly in Round 4, and they maintained this position until Round 10.

World Tunnel League - March 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		11,9,14	D,22,5	P,Q,19,12	M,15,16	18,6,B	L,A,N,21	10,O,G,F	2,E,K,4	7,8,H	C,20,J,17	Total	Avg
1	Bad Boys	CZ	11	19	21	23	19	24	23	21	20	20	201	20.1
2	Blue Steel	US	18	15	19	19	18	24	21	19	21	20	194	19.4
3	HF Chicks	CZ	17	17	17	18	18	23	21	18	21	19	189	18.9
4	Team Kaputt	US	18	17	20	18	17	22	21	16	16	19	184	18.4
5	HF Flying Circus	CZ	17	17	17	18	16	21	20	18	19	20	183	18.3
6	CZ Ladies	CZ	17	16	17	17	15	18	20	16	18	17	171	17.1
7	ZEUS 3.01	US	14	14	15	14	12	19	16	12	17	14	147	14.7
8	Accord	CZ	13	9	11	10	11	14	13	12	15	11	119	11.9

The combined leaderboard shows how the teams from Florida and Czech Republic mixed up in perfect order throughout the five top spots. The HF Chicks ended up behind Blue Steel, while they held off the next FTL team in 4th place, Team Kaputt, by five points.

The HF Chicks were competing with two substitutes last week. Bad Boy Jan Klapka and Flying Circus member Dagmar Bezdekova performed double duties to fill the open slots. The original HF Chicks lineup might have been closer once again to the Bad Boys after the 20.9 average at the Wind Games in February. The 18.9 average last week was not enough to challenge the complete lineup of the Bad Boys.

The second substitute, Dagmar Bezdekova, ended up one single point behind Team Kaputt with her own lineup, the HF Flying Circus. The WTL March meet was the 4th AAA Class competition for the young Czech team after stepping up at the beginning of the Czech indoor winter season in November last year.

The CZ Ladies had to use a substitute, as well. Former Bad Boy Marián Jeziak filled in as the point for the meet, and the CZ Ladies left the third AAA Class team from Florida, ZEUS 3.01, far behind. Accord, finishing in 8th place on the AAA Class leaderboard, was the only Czech AAA Class team with a new team record average.

World Tunnel League March 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		11,9	D,22,14	P,Q,19	M,15,J	18,B,H	L,A,N,21	O,G,F,2	E,K,4	7,8	C,6,20	Total	Avg
1	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	17	12	18	22	17	19	20	20	17	15	177	17.7
2	HF Junior Cubs	CZ	17	14	19	22	17	14	19	16	16	15	169	16.9
3	Simba	US	16	12	15	18	13	16	19	16	14	12	151	15.1
4	HF Junior Flies	CZ	14	12	16	18	12	13	15	15	13	13	141	14.1
5	HAKS	US	10	9	12	18	11	14	17	13	10	9	123	12.3
6	SCZ ZEUS	US	9	8	11	8	8	12	11	11	11	7	96	9.6

The Czech teams on the combined AA Class leaderboard dominated this category. It was actually the Skydive University team from Slovakia that won the AA Class competition and battled with the young ladies of the HF Junior Cubs throughout the ten rounds.

Simba was able to stay ahead of the HF Junior Flies at the team's first AA Class competition, and the Flies left the other two teams from Florida behind. The Flies also improved their best team average once again (10.5 - 12.2 - 12.3 - 13.3 - 14.1) after entering the AA Class competition in October 2016.

A busy April agenda is now waiting for the Czech teams. The Czech Republic has once again a large delegation traveling to Bedford for the World Challenge 2017.

Three of the four 4-way Junior teams (Cubs, Flies, Blue) will attend the world's largest indoor competition, and Flying Circus and Skycentrum have signed up for the AAA Class event. The last WTL competition of the winter season follows right after the trip to Bedford, and the teams from Florida will share the leaderboard for the second time.