posted Sep 4th, 2017 - Teams and competitors of the Florida and the Northern California Skydiving League went indoor once again for a 6- and 10-round meet in August, while the Czech teams still focus exclusively on their outdoor performance during the summer season, except for the monthly Indoor Cloud League competition.

The August leaderboard of the World Tunnel League did not pitch any teams from the east and west coast of the U.S.A. directly against each other, as the Florida teams signed up for the AAA and AA sequences, while west coast teams competed in the A and Rookie categories. However, there was enough internal competition, and some of the sequences were similar enough to allow a rough comparison.

The internal competition was closer in Florida than in Northern California. DeLand Kickers and Team Kaputt were separated by only three points after ten rounds, and Bob Byrne's two SCZ FutheranZe XP lineups battled for the second place in the AA Class.

Lori Connor organized the World Tunnel League competition at iFLY Sacramento and provided the insights of the event.

World Tunnel League - August 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		N,6,H,3	9,14,5	B,16,17	7,11,C	21,O,15	K,Q,18,P	1,22,13	G,J,12,E	M,F,A,20	4,8,L	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Kickers	FTL	17	19	19	17	16	16	13	15	24	16	172	17.2
2	Team Kaputt	FTL	17	17	18	19	17	19	11	14	23	14	169	16.9
Rank	AA Class		N,6,14	9,21	B,C,P,E	7,11	O,15,L	K,Q,18	1,22	G,J,13	M,F,A,20	4,8	Total	Avg
1	SDC ZEUS 2.2	FTL	10	14	18	12	11	11	8	8	13	9	114	11.4
2	SCZ FutheranZe XP 2.1	FTL	6	10	15	10	10	9	4	10	12	7	93	9.3
3	SCZ FutheranZe XP 2.2	FTL	5	9	13	9	9	11	6	7	14	8	91	9.1
4	Zephyr Pulse	FTL	7	8	13	7	10	7	5	5	7	6	75	7.5
Rank	A Class		N,H,6	9,A	B,C,P	7,E	O,9	K,Q,D	19,L	G,J,6	M,F,A	4,8	Total	Avg
1	Err Speed	NCTL	14	21	19	17	20	22	-	-	-	-	113	18.8
2	Flight Club	NCTL	15	18	19	16	19	18	-	-	-	-	105	17.5
3	Out of Order	NCTL	9	13	11	13	8	8	-	-	-	-	62	10.3
Rank	Rookie		G,B,L	J,M,K	H,C,P	E,G,F	O,A,N	K,Q,D	L,B,C	G,J,P	M,F,A	D,E,O	Total	Avg
1	Grip Tease	NCTL	10	15	12	14	9	10	-	-	-	-	70	11.7
2	Hot Fuel	NCTL	6	16	11	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	58	9.7

Lori Connor: World Tunnel League at iFLY Sacramento

The teams were busy at iFLY Sacramento in August with four separate events. The month started out with the usual fast and furious 3-way tunnel scrambles held on August 3rd! Next up on August 17th was the first version of the August Tunnel Kicker where six teams competed using the August Indoor Cloud League draw published on the 1st of the month on the SKYLEAGUE.COM web page.

There was internal competition among two A Class teams with the Err Speed lineup of John Verley, Lisa Larkin, Calli Waltrip and Ron Ashcraft ranking 1st in this category with 16 points.

The Rookie Class teams were the most competitive, as usual, with three teams flying RRR and four flying RR sequences. Even though the team with the Stephens family (father Monty and brothers Travis and Matt, along with Lori Connor) scored 13 points in RRR, their score did not qualify since the lineup rules only allow one player coach to fly in RRR. So the top score in RRR went to Ryan Kihm, Reed Lawson, Matt Lawson and player coach Pete Swan with 11 points.

Both the RR and R Class highscores went to Brenda Jacobs, Keith Clayton and player coaches Lori Connor and Matt Stephens. They added 27 points in RR and 21 points in R to the iFLY Sacramento account. This was the first event that 4-way rookie Brenda Jacobs had ever flown with the NCSL Sacramento team!

NCSL coaches held another August Tunnel Kicker on August 23rd where Matt Stephens, Lori Connor, Jason Russell and Steven Walker performed their AAA and AA Class rounds and added 20 points in AAA and 17 points in AA. Collectively, the Sacramento team scored 112 for iFLY Sacramento, which is hopefully enough to defend the 1st place on the ICL leaderboard for the 12-foot tunnels.

The iFLY Sacramento World Tunnel League Meet was held on August 31st. Five teams competed using the World Tunnel League draw published on the 1st of the month on the SKYLEAGUE.COM website.

The WTL lineup for Sacramento included three A Class teams and two Rookie Class teams.

Err Speed took 1st place with a total of 113 points and an 18.9 average.

Flight Club took 2nd place with 105 points and a 17.5 average at Kristen and Justin Breaux's first time A Class competition! Out of Order, with Monty Stephens, Russ Hebert, Scott Rainey and Matt Stephens, took 3rd with a 10.4 average.

Rookie Class team Grip Tease (Maria Sheets, Michelle Hart, Sona Santos-Linsenbach, Brenda Jacobs) won the Rookie Class, where Hot Fuel was close in 2nd place. Thanks iFLY Sacramento for the awesome tunnel, great staff and for being such a great host! Next up is this Thursday's 3-way tunnel scrambles! It's always a favorite...!