posted Dec 3rd, 2017 - The NSL News reported on 28 October 2017 that NMP PCH HayaBusa fended off the "ultimate Weembi challenge" at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017. The event in Montreal was the most relevant FAI/IPC event of the year, and the Belgians defended their indoor top spot in the world successfully against the Weembi High Rollers.

It may have been the ultimate challenge this year, and it still was not the last one. HayaBusa and High Rollers both added one more very long trip to the 2017 meet agenda and competed once more, this time at the Flight Fighters in Bahrain, host of the FAI Indoor World Cup 2018.

It was the same showdown as at the previous six events that both teams had attended with the same signature lineups, showcasing the very best of what 4-way Formation Skydiving competition has to offer at this point in time.

Both teams once again exchanged blows round by round, and the same team ended up as the winner in this incredible indoor duel that began at the Clash of Champions in November 2015 in Dubai. HayaBusa finished in the top spot with an 8-point advantage this time, after the better performance on the second meet day.

Flight Fighters			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		22,G,8	J,E,10,K	D,6,11	18,C,12	O,17,A,15	7,Q,4	19,F,9	B,21,20	2,N,3	H,L,P,16	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	26	34(-1)	31(-1)	26(-1)	35(-2)	33(-1)	36(-1)	27(-1)	29	45	322	32.2
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	26	32(-2)	28(-4)	27	36(-1)	34	37(-1)	24(-4)	28(-1)	42(-2)	314	31.4
3	French Weembi Girls	FR	21	30(-2)	23(-1)	23	29	31	30(-1)	25	26	38	276	27.6
4	Tenanine	MR	16(-3)	22(-1)	20	19	23	24	22(-7)	19(-3)	20(-1)	29	214	21.4
5	Jazz Republic	ZA	14(-1)	21(-1)	19	13(-1)	19	22	21	17	15(-1)	22	183	18.3

The five AAA and four AA Class teams in Bahrain completed six rounds on Friday, and the Weembi High Rollers had reduced the 5-point deficit after Round 3 to a 2-point difference at the end of the first day. HayaBusa then won the remaining four rounds by a total of six points on Sunday.

The penalty situation was one of the main factors at the final HayaBusa - Weembi 2017 showdown in Bahrain, especially on the second day. As always, both teams were on the same pace level and had completed almost exactly the same number of formations in the 210 seconds of the first six rounds, HayaBusa 191 and the High Rollers 190.

HayaBusa was only one point cleaner than Weembi in the same six rounds (6 - 7) and had thus worked out a thin 2-point lead at the end of the first day.

The pace level was even closer throughout the remaining four rounds. It was in fact exactly the same breath-taking speed that both teams were show-casing once again. The Weembi High Rollers matched Hayabusa's 139-point total for the last four rounds and was one single point behind the Belgian pace after all ten rounds.

History of 4-way meets between NMP PCH HayaBusa and Weembi High Rollers since the Clash of Champions 2015

Flight Fighters Bahrain			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	October 20		22,G,8	J,E,10,K	D,6,11	18,C,12	O,17,A,15	7,Q,4	19,F,9	B,21,20	2,N,3	H,L,P,16	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	26	34	31	26	35	33	36	27	29	45	322	32.2
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	26	32	28	27	36	34	37	24	28	42	314	31.4
FAI Indoor World Meet 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	October 20		16,P,12	2,8,H	22,20,3	15,D,4	A,J,6,L	7,M,19	5,Q,21	18,B,17	G,14,C,N	K,E,10,11	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	30	29	25	30	47	33	34	34	37	28	327	32.7
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	30	29	26	30	41	35	32	32	37	28	320	32.0
World Challenge 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	April 7		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
French Indoor Nationals 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	March 25		10,12,O	21,E,9	M,J,22,G	15,6,Q	4,N,14	19,2,F	18,A,16	D,20,3	B,17,8	P,13,K,1	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	26	36	37	33	29	32	29	30	29	32	313	31.3
2	Weembi Lille	FR	26	34	35	33	29	31	28	28	27	29	300	30.0
Wind Games 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	February 3		D,2,P,13	C,21,11	Q,O,17,A	6,10,18	5,E,K,22	19,1,F	8,20,J	L,N,7,9	16,M,15	14,G,H,4	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	28	27	43	25	35	31	26	45	34	31	325	32.5
2	Weembi Lille	FR	29	27	46	24	32	31	27	43	30	31	320	32.0
FAI Indoor World Cup 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	October 13		15,11,6	7,2,A	J,B,18,5	E,19,Q,3	8,P,21	12,L,O,C	G,20,F,16	10,D,22	N,9,K,4	14,M,17	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	25	32	33	31	24	31	32	26	41	31	306	30.6
2	Weembi	FR	24	30	33	33	25	33	31	26	36	31	302	30.2
Clash of Champions 2015			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	November 26		J,13,8	K,20,5	9,21,19	C,3,6	7,O,15	A,18,1	2,H,P,D	16,L,11	E,N,10,B	12,Q,F,22	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	26	32	30	28	33	29	41	28	37	29	313	31.3
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	28	30	29	30	34	27	39	28	34	26	305	30.5
3	Weembi Lille	FR	27	28	30	29	33	27	35	28	30	28	295	29.5

The penalty situation was different on the second day of the meet, and it was once again the match-winner for the Belgian indoor and outdoor world champions. HayaBusa lost only two points, while the High Rollers gave away a total of eight points due to penalties in the same four rounds of the second day.

The biggest loss came at the wrong time. The Weembi team had started the second day with a winning round, which was the fourth consecutive sole highscore and reduced the HayaBusa lead to one single point after Round 7. The 4-point deduction in Round 8 killed the 4-round momentum, and the HayaBusa lead was back up to four points.

The Belgian world champions never looked back after Round 8 and eventually finished eight points ahead. The new Weembi - HayaBusa showdown included once again all the drama that a 4-way competition can offer, and Weembi's High Rollers will hopefully continue to challenge the Belgians next year.

The 2018 season will offer enough new indoor opportunities, and the 2017 season seems to be over now, at least for NMP PCH HayaBusa and Weembi High Rollers...