posted May 12th, 2018 - Five British teams followed up on the World Challenge 2018 with the first outdoor competition of the United Kingdom Skydiving League this year, which took place at Skydive99 in Dunkeswell last weekend.

Six rounds are scheduled at the UKSL meets, and the first outdoor meet brought 12 blocks, with three of the six slot-switchers, to the three AAA Class teams.

The British national team in 4-way Women, NFTO, used the first outdoor competition on British home turf for competition practice, while the meet was the first AAA Class competition with exits from jump planes for Pajama Pumas and Vantage.

Both teams entered the AAA Class competition world with the beginning of the 2018 season. Salty Jacks (1st), Pajama Pumas (2nd) and Vantage (3rd) had won the three sets of UK medals in the AA Class of the national championships last year, and all three teams came back in the AAA Class of the World Challenge 2018. Pajama Pumas launched their AAA Class career at the Wind Games 2018 before they met the other two AA Class medal winners of 2017 in Bedford for the first AAA Class showdown.

UKSL 2018 - May Meet		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	D,13,E,14	N,12,B,K	8,18,22	O,16,19	G,4,5	J,11,20	Total	Avg
1	NFTO	17	16	10	16	14	17	90	15.0
2	Pajama Pumas	13	13	7	10	11	10	64	10.7
3	Vantage	9	10	5	8	7	6	45	7.5
Rank	AA Class	D,13,E	N,B,K,22	8,18	O,19,15	G,4,L	J,11,20	Total	Avg
1	RAF 100	8	9	6	8	8	6	45	7.5
2	Vertigo	5	8	5	8	8	5	39	6.5
3	Nexus	4	6	6	7	7	6	36	6.0
4	Manticore	5	6	5	6	6	7	35	5.8
5	Alchemy	6	8	5	2	6	6	33	5.5
6	Viento	4	6	3	4	7	4	28	4.7
Rank	A Class	D,E,L	N,B,K	8,P	O,19	G,4	J,6	Total	Avg
1	Cloudbusters	8	11	6	6	4	7	42	7.0
2	Flying Fossils	7	9	7	5	3	6	37	6.2
3	RAFSPA Meteor	4	7	6	4	5	6	32	5.3
3	Nebula	4	7	6	4	5	6	32	5.3
5	Volt4ge	5	6	2	6	3	5	27	4.5
6	Rubix	2	3	1	3	4	5	18	3.0
Rank	Rookie	D,E,L	N,B,K	P,C,H	O,M,D	G,F,Q	J,A,E	Total	Avg
1	Jersey Beans	6	6	10	8	7	7	44	7.3
2	Nick Her Jiblets	1	2	5	2	5	0	15	2.5
3	Sky Monkeys	0	2	1	4	2	4	13	2.2
4	RAFSPA Poseidon	0	3	1	2	1	0	7	1.2

Pajama Pumas had finished one point behind Salty Jacks at last year's national championships and began at the Wind Games with a 14.7 average, which they turned into 18.3 after eight rounds three months later in Bedford.

Neither Vantage (16.9) nor Salty Jacks (13.9) were able to keep up with Pajama Pumas at the first AAA Class competition.

Pajama Pumas had a strong showing at the first outdoor competition in the new category, as well, and beat the 10-average benchmark easily with the first attempt. The NSL News had reported on 19 September 2017 how the British team had moved from a 0.2 average at the first meet in the Rookie Class of 2016 to the current position.

Vertigo and Nebula are both teams who started at the World Challenge 2018, Vertigo in the AA Class and Nebula in the A Class. They continued with outdoor competition in the same category and at the first UKSL meet in Dunkeswell.

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
5	ACM Weembi	24	21	21	29	48	21	36	21	25	23	269	26.9
8	Chimera	23	21	20	26	44	24	31	21	24	24	258	25.8
9	NFTO	21	19	19	29	42	23	31	19	22	19	244	24.4
14	Eclipse	19	16	14	26	36	12	24	17	18	-	182	20.2
18	Eros	19	17	14	23	30	18	25	14	17	-	177	19.7
23	Antimatter	18	16	11	21	28	17	23	15	-	-	149	18.6
25	Pajama Pumas	16	15	15	20	23	18	24	15	-	-	146	18.3
25	Aggrieved Bucaneers	17	14	13	20	29	16	22	15	-	-	146	18.3
29	Skyfool	15	15	12	18	26	17	21	13	-	-	137	17.1
31	Vantage	13	13	13	21	24	16	22	13	-	-	135	16.9
34	Salty Jacks	11	12	10	16	22	11	18	11	-	-	111	13.9
Rank	AA Class	H,F,13	20,6	1,11	4,M,G	9,B,P	N,C,8	K,7,L	18,19	Q,21,22	15,O,J	Total	Avg
4	Alola	13	13	10	16	25	15	20	12	13	15	152	15.2
12	Vertigo	16	6	12	13	24	13	16	9	13	8	130	13.0
13	IISYIOCILY	15	8	9	13	16	12	13	9	11	11	117	11.7
14	Flies4Cake	12	10	9	14	17	11	16	8	9	10	116	11.6
Rank	A Class	H,F,D	6,G	P,L,E	4,M	9,B	N,C,8	K,7	19,2	Q,21	O,J,A	Total	Avg
7	Nebula	29	14	17	13	21	9	17	10	14	19	163	16.3
9	Recruitz Ice	18	13	10	10	15	9	16	9	14	16	130	13.0
9	Black Magick	18	10	14	12	15	13	13	10	11	14	130	13.0
11	Anemoi	14	10	16	10	18	11	12	9	11	18	129	12.9
13	Back Panthers	10	7	4	7	5	7	6	3	7	13	69	6.9
Rank	Rookie	H,F,D	G,K,Q	P,L,E	M,O,A	B,J,H	N,C,F	E,G,N	P,C,M	Q,K,L	O,J,A	Total	Avg
3	Funnel the Tunnel	12	14	13	15	17	14	11	20	10	8	134	13.4
4	Tunnel Vision	14	10	12	19	13	10	10	16	8	13	125	12.5
6	Bumblebex	10	7	7	12	10	9	7	12	8	9	91	9.1
7	Recruitz Fire	13	9	8	9	9	6	6	10	6	8	84	8.4

The World Challenge is the British indoor championship at the same time, and the teams are mixing up with teams from all over the world in the four different categories, while they also determine their own indoor champions and the national rankings.

Eleven British teams competed in the AAA Class in Bedford. NFTO finished in 3rd place in Bedford and made the Top 9, with scores for all ten rounds on the official leaderboard. NFTO was also the best British team in 4-way Women.

Pajama Pumas and Vantage did not make the first and the second cut on the World Challenge leaderboard, while the teams in the other three categories (AA - A - Rookie) had their scores for all ten rounds on the leaderboards.

New AA Class team Vertigo competed with three other British teams at the World Challenge and then with five different British teams in Dunkeswell. Vertigo placed 2nd at both events.

Nebula was the best of five British A Class teams in Bedford and then finished tied in 3rd place at the outdoor meet, where a total of six teams competed. The next UKSL meet is scheduled for June 9th in Langar.