posted Apr 20th, 2018 - There was a time when HF Flying Circus from the Czech Republic was pursuing the 20+ indoor scoring benchmark, as the NSL News reported several times. That was not too long ago since the team entered the AAA Class world only at the beginning of the 2017 season. Little over a year later, the team is well settled on a significantly higher level.

It was the team's third visit at Bedford for the World Challenge 2018, after winning the Rookie Class in 2015 and an 18th place in the AAA Class last year. The 12th place this month with a 22.2 average was not enough yet to make the last cut and the Top 9. However, it seems to be only a matter of time when the young Czech team will be in contention for a slot in the final round.

The NSL News had the opportunity to introduce HF Flying Circus live on World Challenge TV, and the team is already defining the next target. NFTO was the last team making the final cut with a 24.4 average, and the Flying Circus members had their eyes on the British team and the performance level.

HF Flying Circus also has two special duels going on that help to keep the motivation on the highest level. The Belgian team Jetmax has been sharing the road from the Rookie Class to the AAA Class with the Czech team, and they have developed a friendly rivalry over the last three years.

World Challenge 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		10,H,F,13	20,6,22	12,1,11	4,M,G,J	9,B,P,A	N,C,8,3	K,7,L,D	18,19,14	5,Q,21	15,16,O	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	31	25	25	38	62	32	47	26	31	32	349	34.9
2	Weembi Mix MF	FR	29	25	24	40	59	33	45	27	32	31	345	34.5
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	29	24	23	35	59	26	43	24	33	28	324	32.4
4	IFS-Moscow	RU	26	21	23	33	50	26	40	23	29	24	295	29.5
5	ACM Weembi	UK	24	21	21	29	48	21	36	21	25	23	269	26.9
6	Gavroche Weembi	FR	23	17	17	31	46	25	35	21	26	26	267	26.7
7	ISR FireFlash	BE	23	17	20	28	45	27	35	21	25	24	265	26.5
8	Chimera	UK	23	21	20	26	44	24	31	21	24	24	258	25.8
9	NFTO	UK	21	19	19	29	42	23	31	19	22	19	244	24.4
10	Odin Parachute System	FR	22	19	18	26	44	23	30	19	23	-	224	24.9
11	Tenanine	MR	23	20	18	29	39	23	27	17	25	-	221	24.6
12	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20	17	17	24	40	20(-1)	25(-5)	17	20(-1)	-	200(-7)	22.2
13	JETMAX	BE	19	17	17	23	38	18	31	17	18	-	198	22.0
14	Eclipse	UK	19	16	14	26	36	12	24	17	18	-	182	20.2
15	Les Affranchis Flyzone	FR	17	15	15	24	35	15	28	17	15	-	181	20.1
15	Jazz Republic	ZA	16	15	15	24	30	18	28	16	19	-	181	20.1
17	Alakran	ES	18	17	15	23	34	14	23	17	17	-	178	19.8
18	Eros	UK	19	17	14	23	30	18	25	14	17	-	177	19.7
19	Aladeen	HU	18	16	14	22	36	16	21	15	-	-	158	19.8
20	Chicas Recycled	DE	17	15	14	23	28	18	27	14	-	-	156	19.5
21	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	16	13	17	25	25	19	25	15	-	-	155	19.4
22	Telakka	FI	18	11	13	19	32	17	27	15	-	-	152	19.0
23	Le 4 Cretins	FR	17	15	12	21	29	15	25	15	-	-	149	18.6
23	Antimatter	UK	18	16	11	21	28	17	23	15	-	-	149	18.6
25	Pajama Pumas	UK	16	15	15	20	23	18	24	15	-	-	146	18.3
25	Blackjack	FI	17	14	13	20	28	16	24	14	-	-	146	18.3
25	Aggrieved Bucaneers	UK	17	14	13	20	29	16	22	15	-	-	146	18.3
28	H40	IE	19	16	15	22	25	15	18	15	-	-	145	18.1
29	Skyfool	UK	15	15	12	18	26	17	21	13	-	-	137	17.1
30	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	18(-1)	15	10(-4)	23	21(-6)	17(-1)	17(-5)	15	-	-	136(-17)	17.0
31	Vantage	UK	13	13	13	21	24	16	22	13	-	-	135	16.9
32	Falco	BE	13	12	12	14	25	15	21	12	-	-	124	15.5
33	Nova	CH	10	11	10	17	23	11	19	12	-	-	113	14.1
34	Salty Jacks	UK	11	12	10	16	22	11	18	11	-	-	111	13.9
35	White Squall	FR	11	9	8	14	18	11	12	11	-	-	94	11.8

The relationship with HF Bad Boys is very similar and even more special. Jetmax is pushing Flying Circus from behind so far, while Bad Boys have been the target ahead. Bad Boys member Jan Klapka, Jakub Klapka's father, is helping Flying Circus as much as he can with 4-way experiences and knowledge that he has been collecting with Bad Boys and his team's coaches.

HF Flying Circus and Bad Boys were fighting it out once again little over a week after the World Challenge in Bedford, this time on their home turf, the Hurricane Factory in Prague.

Bad Boys had skipped the trip to Bedford, as all other Czech 4-way teams, to compete at the FAI European Indoor Championship in Norway right after the World Challenge.

Unfortunately, some Bad Boys fell ill in Norway and could not finish the meet after completing four rounds. The situation was still the same at the April meet of the World Tunnel League, and two Flying Circus members (Dagmar Bezdeková, Lukas Kaderabek) helped out by working the center slots for two Bad Boys (Marián Jeziak, Jan Klapka).

The health situation was bad luck for Bad Boys in Norway and in Prague, and Flying Circus had no problem this time to win the Czech AAA Class duel with their complete lineup.

FAI European Indoor Championship 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		G,12,20	F,16,22	N,E,D,21	17,L,4	18,14,O	19,2,5	7,15,Q	6,B,M,P	K,11,9	8,H,J,C	Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Realfly	FR	25	29	39	31	26	26	32	45	33	38	324	32.4
2	Black Cat	RU	23	31	36	32	25	26	32	46	30	35	316	31.6
3	Echochamber	SE	21	26	34	27	23	23	29	38	27	35	283	28.3
4	Airheads	CH	21	26	35	26	22	23	29	40	28	32	282	28.2
5	Amnesya	IT	21	28	29	22	24	22	29	39	27	38	279	27.9
6	ACM Weembi	UK	19	24	29	24	20	22	29	35	25	28	255	25.5
7	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	16	18	20	19	17	16	21	25	21	20	193	19.3
8	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	14	18	21(-1)	17	15(-1)	14(-1)	19(-1)	27	21	25	191(-4)	19.1
9	Norway	NO	13	14	19	13	14	15	16	26	19	15	164	16.4
10	HF Bad Boys	CZ	16(-1)	22(-2)	22	21(-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	81(-4)	20.3

Skydive University Slovakia even attended all three meets, ten rounds in Bedford, ten rounds in Norway and ten rounds in Prague, for a total of 30 meet rounds within less than two weeks.

It's the first year for the team in the AAA Class, and they have competed at eight 10-round meets since November 2017. This is a new attendance record in the history of 4-way competition.

Skydive University Slovakia started with a 16.3 average at the first AAA Class meet, after one meet in the A Class and one year with nine meets in the AA Class. It is no surprise that the same lineup is now knocking on the 20-average door, just as HF Flying Circus did at the end of the team's first AAA Class year.

The 19.1 average in Norway was the team's highest result so far, after a 2-point battle with Poland's national team in 4-way Open, FlySpot Sky4Four. Too many infringements at the World Challenge (16 in eight rounds) had kept the Slovakian team from posting their top scores in Bedford. They learned the lesson and finished with only four point deductions at the FAI European Indoor Championship. The Czech indoor winter season is over now, and the teams will focus on outdoor competition and the Indoor Cloud League battle with Paraclete XP...

World Tunnel League April 2018		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	C,7,F,3	21,16,15	6,L,17	A,G,18,K	5,11,J	H,D,9,E	14,13,M	8,12,O	19,1,N	4,Q,22	Total	Avg
1	HF Flying Circus	24	19	22	23	21	31	18	17	18	18	211	21.1
2	HF Bad Boys	23	17	22	20	18	28	16	15	17	15	191	19.1
3	Skydive University Slovakia	20	17	21	19	17	28	16	16	16	17	187	18.7
4	Sky....	18	13	16	13	14	21	12	11	13	11	142	14.2
5	Accord	15	10	10	12	8	19	13	11	11	11	120	12.0
Rank	AA Class	E,7,15	21,14	6,L,K	A,G,18	11,J,B	H,D,9	2,13	8,O,M	19,1	4,Q,22	Total	Avg
1	HF Cubs	21	18	23	22	17	33	12	20	15	15	196	19.6
2	M Team	12	13	15	14	13	23	8	15	9	11	133	13.3
3	Mimozemky	14	12	15	13	12	19	10	13	10	10	128	12.8
Rank	A Class	O,N,6	21,C	L,K,7	A,G,E	J,B,F	H,D,9	2,P	8,M	19,O	4,Q	Total	Avg
1	Ladies&Gentlemants	19	12	16	20	37	23	13	16	13	14	183	18.3
2	Elements	13	10	13	14	28	16	11	13	12	10	140	14.0
3	HF Flying Rebels	11	12	12	14	21	14	9	11	7	10	121	12.1
4	HF Chameleons	7	7	5	6	10	5	5	4	3	5	57	5.7
Rank	Rookie	E,C,F	N,P,M	L,K,O	A,G,Q	J,B,E	H,D,C	P,F,N	M,L,A	O,K,G	Q,J,H	Total	Avg
1	High Five	21	18	17	19	22	13	22	20	19	19	190	19.0
2	HF Dragonflies	15	13	8	6	12	5	9	11	8	9	96	9.6