posted Jun 19th, 2017 - The Dutch Formation Skydiving Project 20+ was introduced by the Sun Path Products NSL News on 5 January 2017, and an update with more information followed on 30 May 2017.

The second story focused mostly on the signature team of the 4-way project in the Netherlands, Team Orange, with organizers Erwin van den Braak and Alex Egberink in the lineup, plus former Thunder ISR members Jacco van Eerden and Paul Hofstee, Jeroen van Dijk on camera.

Even though Team Orange is primarily focused on the FAI World Meet 2018 in Australia they will still attend the annual Tomscat Trophy, which is scheduled for the July 1 weekend. Team Blue will compete at the same event, as well. Both teams also have the national championships in September on their meet agenda.

The focus on the world meet in 2018 naturally includes the qualification event in September. Team Orange wants to perform well and achieve the short-term goal with a good performance. The team is aware of the late start and does not expect the 20+ average this year. Fine-tuning the block techniques is more important than speed and scores before the nationals.

FAI World Meet 2010			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		10,7,12	3,11,5	J,M,Q,P,L	19,1,13	N,18,20	K,17,8	2,15,H	4,D,6	O,E,9,G	22,B,16	Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Aerokart	FR	21	22	56	20	22	24	22	24	40	26	277	27.7
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	22	21	53	23	20	24	23	25	40	23	274	27.4
3	Sky Panthers	RU	19	21	56	21	19	21	23	22	41	21	264	26.4
4	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	21	21	55	20	17	20	23	22	36	18	253	25.3
5	Evolution	CA	19	19	51	20	18	22	21	21	31	18	240	24.0
6	Sinapsi	IT	19	19	49	16	20	17	21	19	37	19	236	23.6
7	Paratec-Saar	DE	16	18	53	17	15	18	16	19	30	-	202	22.4
8	Satori	UK	18	18	47	16	17	18	17	18	29	-	198	22.0
9	Dynamic Fource	NL	17	18	44	16	16	15	16	18	26	-	186	20.7
10	Pro Team	FI	17	16	43	14	15	17	17	17	28	-	184	20.4

This new Project 20+ update now provides more details of the other teams that have been selected and committed to the training and management plans.

Team Blue competes at the Tomscat Trophy and the Nationals and has also signed up for the FAI World Cup 2017 in Saarlouis to collect additional meet experiences and finish with the peak performance of the 2017 season. Training camps are scheduled between the meets.

Blue members Mechie Voermans and Leon van Leeuwen know each other very well. They have been 4-way team mates since 2005, first with Whooops, then with M4trix, and they also trained and competed with M8trix, the Dutch national 8-way team until 2015.

Danny Dorfel comes from Murphy Mania, who started in the Dutch Rookie Class of 2008, and joined other weekend teams whenever there was an opportunity. He has worked as an AFF instructor and tandem master and is now focusing more on 4-way training and competition.

Dutch Nationals 2008		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	18,F,16	12,6,7	22,H,13	3,N,E,5	D,1,L,9	O,A,P,C,8	14,2,15	20,G,10	Q,J,M,21	B,17,K,11	Total	Avg
1	Dynamic Fource	17	15	16	19	20	24	15	14	23	18	181	18.1
2	HayaBusa Defence Beta	15	15	16	17	19	22	10	11	24	18	167	16.7
3	Pulse	15	13	12	17	15	20	12	12	19	16	151	15.1
4	NRG	13	12	11	14	13	17	12	13	20	16	141	14.1
5	Whooops	11	12	12	10	14	16	12	11	18	11	127	12.7
6	Infinity	11	11	11	12	14	8	10	11	18	12	118	11.8
7	Turbulence	11	8	11	12	13	16	10	8	19	9	117	11.7
8	Orange Blue	10	9	10	12	12	10	9	9	14	7	102	10.2
Rank	AA Class	18,F,4	6,7	22,H,13	N,E,19	D,1,L	O,A,P,C	14,2	20,G,9	Q,J,M,21	B,K,11	Total	Avg
1	Yottsu!	8	10	10	10	8	18	8	8	14	10	104	10.4
2	Habanero	9	8	7	6	10	10	6	5	7	7	75	7.5
Rank	A Class	8,O	M,J,G	D,B,E	2,N	F,9	F,9	Q,C,L	7,P	6,A	19,H	Total	Avg
1	Serges Angels	9	15	8	15	10	16	10	13	10	12	118	11.8
2	Tiramisu	10	10	7	12	9	15	6	11	10	9	99	9.9
3	Empat Laki Laki	7	15	8	14	6	12	6	11	7	10	96	9.6
4	Cool Runnings	7	9	6	11	8	11	3	3	3	7	68	6.8
Rank	Rookie	M,N,G	K,O,B	D,J,E	F,C,P	L,H,A	Q,N,A	O,F,G	K,M,B	Q,H,L	D,P,J	Total	Avg
1	Creeps	9	12	11	15	8	13	16	15	6	15	120	12.0
2	Murphy Mania	5	8	6	3	6	7	9	4	5	4	57	5.7

Mandy Feijen is the 4th Team Blue member with a special skydiving history. She was born in the Netherlands and has jumped only in Belgium so far, as she is living near the border. She has trained with local Belgian 4-way and 8-way teams and spent tunnel time in Liege.

The project organizers learned about her from Thunder ISR members and coach Roy Janssen, and Team Blue has now become her first Dutch team. Ralf Pijnenburg and Rick Verbunt are the two members of the indoor lineup. Ralf Pijnenburg was on the same Belgian 8-way team that Mandy Feijen trained and competed with.

Team Red is the lineup on the lowest experience level. The Project 20+ organizers hope that Team Red will be ready to attend their first competition in the Rookie or A Class at the national championships, despite very low jump numbers of the team members, some even less than 30 total. Team Red is the start-up project for a completely new generation of new Dutch 4-way competitors, with the full support of and coaching by the 4-way veterans, including project coach Roy Janssen.

Team Red's Jacky Cortel has his own special 4-way story. His father Peter Cortel was on Dutch 4-way teams in the mid-90s, together with Bert Hajee who eventually connected with Thunder ISR and Team Orange member Paul Hofstee...