posted Apr 21st, 2017 - The first time that the Sun Path Products NSL News mentioned a 4-way team from Poland was related to the VFS category on 4 August 2013. Fly Definition had joined the international Formation Skydiving competition community and then competed at the World Cup 2013.

A year later on 4 October 2016, it was time for the introduction of more Polish 4-way teams after the national championships. Three of the teams who competed at the Polish Nationals 2014 (No Mercy, Flyspot Chicks, Sky4Four) are still active on a significantly higher performance level.

No Mercy was the first team from Poland in 4-way Women at a World Championship of Formation Skydiving, the FAI Mondial 2016 (13.6 - 8th). The last appearance of a Polish lineup in 4-way Open was a 4.8 average (31st) at the FAI World Meet in Spain 2001.

Times have changed, in Poland especially with the first Flyspot wind tunnel, which eventually hosted the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016. No Mercy finished with a 20.5 average on home turf and now has domestic opposition with the Flyspot Chicks.

World Challenge 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class		D,J,P	M,C,7	G,21	E,H,19	F,B,8	Q,O,9	6,2	N,K,A	4,L	F,2	Total	Avg
1	Olczyk Flyspot Team	PL	27	31	17	21	25	28	17	29	20	21	236	23.6
2	Space Marines	IT	22	23	17	19	21	20	15	23	14	19	193	19.3
3	Random	IT	12	17	14	15	13	14	12	19	12	13	141	14.1
4	Poor 4Cast	UK	15	15	12	10	15	18	10	19	11	12	137	13.7
5	Reunited	NO	15	17	8	13	14	15	11	18	8	9	128	12.8
6	Got Shots	IE	14	15	11	12	10	16	7	6	9	10	110	11.0

Three teams from Poland competed at the World Challenge 2017, and one of them finished on the top of the A Class leaderboard with the largest winning margin in Bedford this year, the Olczyk Flyspot Team.

The Olczyk 4-way family caught the attention of the Sun Path Products NSL News first time after the 2nd Flyspot Open Championship 2015. Olczyk Flyspot Team finished in last place of the Rookie Class competition; however, it was a very special lineup:

"The Rookie Class competition featured a very special team. The Olczyk Fly Team consists of a complete family: Father Marek Olczyk and mother Agnieszka, with daughters Dominika (15) and Zaneta Olczyk (16).

Gordon Hodgkinson reported from Poland that the sisters and daughters both have done one tandem jump with their father as the tandem instructor. They formed the Olczyk Fly Team this summer after attending the monthly 4-way Scrambles at Flyspot."

World Challenge 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		D,B,6,22	12,E,17	20,G,C,10	N,M,15,H	Q,19,K,4	8,21,L	P,9,J,7	O,11,1	13,A,16	3,18,5	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	33	29	29	46	34	28	47	28	28	29	331	33.1
2	Weembi Lille	FR	33	31	29	43	35	28	46	29	29	27	330	33.0
3	French Weembi Girls	FR	30	29	28	38	32	24	43	28	26	25	303	30.3
4	RealFly-Sion	FR	29	29	26	38	31	26	42	27	24	23	295	29.5
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	29	26	24	37	30	26	40	27	24	23	286	28.6
6	Gavroche Weembi	FR	27	26	23	35	29	23	39	23	21	21	267	26.7
7	IFS-Moscow	RU	26	26	23	35	29	21	40	24	24	18	266	26.6
7	Espoir Saumur Weembi	FR	27	26	23	33	28	23	37	24	23	22	266	26.6
9	Volition	UK	25	24	19	34	23	21	36	24	22	21	249	24.9
10	ISR FireFlash	BE	25	21	21	33	23	21	35	22	21	20	242	24.2
11	Chimera	UK	27	21	22	35	24	21	32	23	18	18	241	24.1
12	Amnesya Fly-In	IT	25	22	20	35	25	21	34	21	17	19	239	23.9
13	NFTO	UK	20	22	21	29	26	20	32	22	21	18	231	23.1
14	ACM	UK	25	15	18	31	25	19	34	21	21	20	229	22.9
15	Tenanine	MR	23	19	21	28	23	21	28	21	21	20	225	22.5
16	Pro Team	FI	23	20	16	32	22	21	30	22	19	18	223	22.3
17	Savoodoo	ZA	22	20	17	31	22	18	33	18	19	17	217	21.7
18	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20	18	16	28	19	18	29	19	17	15	199	19.9
19	Antimatter	UK	21	18	17	23	20	17	25	19	17	15	192	19.2
20	Flyspot Sky4four	PL	21	14	16	23	22	18	27	19	16	15	191	19.1
21	Flyzone Les Affranchise	FR	17	16	17	25	19	16	26	18	16	15	185	18.5
22	Aladeen	HU	18	17	15	22	18	15	29	16	16	15	181	18.1
23	JETMAX	BE	17	15	17	24	17	15	24	18	15	15	177	17.7
24	Equinox	LT	18	15	16	23	20	15	25	15	15	12	174	17.4
25	Corbas Coyotes JCM	FR	17	16	17	20	20	16	20	18	13	14	171	17.1
26	Eros	UK	17	16	17	24	14	16	25	17	12	12	170	17.0
27	H4O	IE	17	15	14	20	18	15	23	17	15	14	168	16.8
28	Formihyrodynamitevisionx	UK	16	12	16	22	19	16	24	16	14	11	166	16.6
29	Skyfool	UK	18	15	15	21	17	15	23	17	13	10	164	16.4
30	HF Skycentrum	CZ	16	11	14	21	17	15	20	15	14	13	156	15.6
31	Nova	SE	15	13	13	18	16	13	19	12	12	12	143	14.3
32	Quasar	UK	15	11	12	14	15	12	20	14	10	10	133	13.3
32	Mental BloX	UK	15	11	11	17	12	12	21	13	11	10	133	13.3

Less than a year later, the Olczyk family had mastered the Rookie Class dive pool and won the 3rd Flyspot Polish Open 2016 with a 30.4 average. The Polish 4-way family stepped up into the A Class this year and now won the World Challenge with a 23.6 average in a 6-team field from five different nations.

The Omega4way team from Poland seems to follow in the Olczyk footprints and was close to winning the Rookie Class competition in Bedford with the team's 24.6 average. Only the Bahrain military was able to hold off the Polish team by six points.

Godfather of the teams' progression in Poland is Sky4Four member Zbigniew Kordzikowski. He has been helping several teams who now compete on a regular basis in the Flyspot indoor league and put their names out on the international leaderboards.

His own team completed the 4th meet this year in Bedford with a new 19.1 team record average. The Sun Path Products NSL News introduced Sky4Four on World Challenge TV to the online audience.