posted Jul 4th, 2017 - The recent updates from the United Kingdom began on 27 June 2017 when 4mula's player coach Joey Jones informed the Sun Path Products NSL News of a change in his team's lineup. The story on 28 June followed up with another personnel change, this time for Chimera.

Joey Jones had mentioned that Satori XL is not facing serious opposition at the UK Nationals 2017 after the 4mula changes and will most likely compete for the United Kingdom at the FAI World Meet 2018 in Australia.

However, Satori XL themselves have their own personnel change before the national championships, as the team's inside center John McIver explained in an official team update:

"After a long break following the World Championships in Chicago, Satori XL is planning to return with a late training plan approaching the UK Nationals.

"Lots has happened in the break, including Jules having her second child - Elliot (congratulations James and Jules!), and she has decided to take some time out. I have been recovering from rotator cuff surgery but now getting strong and ready for training.

"For 2017 the lineup is Pete Allum (Point), Steve Hamilton (OC), John McIver (IC) and Ady King (Tail) And Rich Orford (Camera)."

FAI Mondial 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		12,A,16	18,15,O	1,F,E,C	17,B,14	10,2,20	21,11,G	J,5,19	L,M,K,7	D,8,4	3,13,Q	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	24	25	35	26	19	22	27	39	23	22	262	26.2
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	21	23	31	26	18	22	27	40	23	23	254	25.4
3	France	FR	21	20	30	21	18	21	27	39	21	20	238	23.8
4	Black Cat	RU	22	20	30	24	17	21	24	33	21	19	231	23.1
5	Qatar Tigers	QA	21	20	30	24	17	20	23	36	17	18	226	22.6
6	Evolution	CA	20	18	29	24	16	18	23	32	18	16	214	21.4
7	Satori XL	UK	18	19	27	24	16	18	22	30	18	18	210	21.0
8	Airbus	DE	16	18	29	19	15	18	22	29	14	19	199	19.9
9	Savolo	ZA	15	15	25	19	14	15	16	28	17	15	179	17.9
10	Final Fire	AT	16	15	25	17	12	16	18	29	17	13	178	17.8
11	Ex3mo	IT	18	15	21	18	13	14	19	25	17	14	174	17.4
12	Rotor Out	AU	16	16	24	14	13	16	18	22	14	13	166	16.6
13	Pangaea	DK	15	16	24	19	11	13	16	25	12	13	164	16.4
14	China	CN	14	15	21	15	12	11	16	24	12	12	152	15.2
15	M4trix	NL	13	13	16	11	11	12	14	20	12	12	134	13.4
16	H4O	IE	13	13	17	8	9	12	9	15	10	10	116	11.6
17	MeXtreme	MX	8	8	13	8	9	9	9	12	8	7	91	9.1

It is the first complete Satori season that original team member Julia Swallow is missing. She had formed the team in 2008, together with Aaron Faith (Tail), Liz Matthews (Inside Center), Katie Woods (Point) and Ian Ridpath on camera. John McIver joined Satori in 2009 and has been with the team ever since.

The team name changed to Satori XL when Pete Allum joined the team in 2015. John McIver and Pete Allum have been team mates since Sebastian XL was formed in the 90s. New Satori member Steve Hamilton joined Sebastian XL in 2001 and competed together with John McIver and Pete Allum at two world meets in 2001 and 2003.

The new Satori lineup brings them back together at this year's national championships and most likely at their next world meet in Australia 2018.

Steve Hamilton, John McIver and Pete Allum have also been connecting with each other as very close friends and team mates when they were on different teams. The annual World Challenge offered opportunities for reunions whenever the three different team agendas allowed it.

World Challenge 2013			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		O,E,J,K,3	M,Q,A,14	4,6,16	8,18,N	H,19,12	2,7,13	11,C,P,9	15,D,10	L,F,17,G	20,1,22	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	40	37	25	28	28	25	37	25	42	20	307	30.7
2	Evolution	CA	39	36	24	23	21	22	33	24	37	21	280	28.0
3	Gavroches Maubeuge	FR	34	35	23	22	24	22	33	24	34	19	270	27.0
4	Paraclete XP4	US	34	34	23	22	22	23	31	22	38	20	269	26.9
5	XL	UK	30	35	22	23	23	23	29	24	37	19	265	26.5
6	SportLoto	RU	35	28	19	23	24	21	30	23	34	20	257	25.7
7	Thunder ISR	BE	33	32	21	23	23	22	29	21	31	19	254	25.4
8	SDC Rhythm XP	US	33	33	19	19	22	21	23	22	36	18	246	24.6
9	Dubai Asaar Black	AE	21	30	19	20	20	21	26	20	30	17	224	22.4
10	a.team4way	RU	30	27	18	20	18	18	26	19	30	16	222	22.2

Scoring progression and placing of British 4-way Open Class teams at FAI World Meets since 1985

The XL/Satori 3-way competed together at the World Challenge in 2007, 2009 and 2013 while Pete Allum and Steve Hamilton had additional XL reunions in Bedford with other lineups. New Satori member Ady King, who trained and competed with the British national 4-way team of 2014, Vision 99, finds a convenient situation with a very well-tuned 3-way at his Satori XL starting point.

It is no surprise that Joey Jones cannot imagine that any British team would be able to offer serious opposition for this Satori XL lineup.

Satori XL is also already sanctioned as the British national 4-way team for the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017 in Montreal later this year. The World Challenge 2016 was the official qualification event that Satori XL won with Julia Swallow, Pete Allum, Ian Hodgkinson and John McIver in the lineup.

John McIver said that the XL 3-way (Steve Hamilton, John McIver, Pete Allum) will have Katie Woods for the indoor lineup. Katie Woods is now the only original Satori member. She was in the Satori lineup between 2007 and 2010, where she spent two years of training and competition with John McIver. Katie Woods and Pete Allum are the only FAI medalists in the current Satori roster. Pete Allum won bronze for Italy in 2006, Katie Woods for Canada in 2014. Now they will try again to win the first 4-way Open Class medals for the British delegation in Canada...