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Two of the three teams in Finland were not new to the audience at all. The Pro Team has been a topic for the NSL News many times, in the beginnings of the team history due to impressive performances for a team from a small country, including the Top 10 finish at the FAI World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, and later on due to the Pohjala 4-way family and son Kalle's career in the sport, from a young packer to a competitor.
The latest updates from Finland have become a combination of both. The Pro Team now delivers impressive 4-way performances, and Kalle Pohjola is also in the active lineup.
This week's national championship was a historic event for the Pro Team, as Kalle Pohjola attended his first outdoor competition in the tail slot. He has his 18th birthday this year and launched his AAA Class outdoor carrer with a 17.0 average. He had attended his first 4-way competition at the World Challenge 2013. He was 12 years old by then and won the Rookie Class with Pro Team Extended and a 39.1 average.
August 2nd, 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | AAA Class | P,8,20 | 4,E,5 | A,12,2 | 17,19,11 | 9,Q,21 | L,1,D,H | 15,N,C,O | M,6,18 | J,G,22,14 | 3,7,F | Total | Avg | |
1 | Echochamber | SE | 22 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 211 | 21.1 |
2 | Pro Team | FI | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 170 | 17.0 |
3 | Team X | SE | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 162 | 16.2 |
4 | Team C4 | SE | 15 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 148 | 14.8 |
5 | Aurora | SE | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 144 | 14.4 |
6 | Edge | SE | 11 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 137 | 13.7 |
7 | HF Flying Circus | CZ | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | - | 120 | 13.3 |
8 | Tempo | FI | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 101 | 10.1 |
9 | Sky.... | CZ | 9 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | - | 78 | 8.7 |
10 | SE Kolmas Flätsijoukkue | FI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 |
Now he is on his way to wipe out the highest Finnish scores that his own family team has in the records of Finnish 4-way history.
This week's 17.0 average is not yet the highest average that the Pro Team has posted. The 2010 lineup, with his mother and father both in the lineup, plus Laura Miettinen and Eija Suvala, had finished with a 20.4 average in Menzelinsk 2010.
The average was boosted though by one Super Sequence in Round 3 (43) and another very fast sequence in Round 9 (28), and the Pro Team did not perform the slow sequence of Round 10.
However, the same lineup had also posted a 19.1 average at the national championships the same year before the trip to Russia for the world meet. This week's 17.0 average is the starting point for Kalle Pohjola's outdoor 4-way career.
His father Kimmo Pohjola was still in this week's lineup, together with 2010 team mate Eija Suvala. Emilia Sormunen, who had joined the Pro Team in 2014, was in Outi Pohjola's slot last week.
FAI World Meet 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | |
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Rank | AAA Class | 10,7,12 | 3,11,5 | J,M,Q,P,L | 19,1,13 | N,18,20 | K,17,8 | 2,15,H | 4,D,6 | O,E,9,G | - | Total | Avg |
10 | Pro Team | 17 | 16 | 43 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 28 | - | 184 | 20.4 |
Roster: Mikko Kajala (Video), Laura Miettinen (Tail), Kimmo Pohjola (Outside Center), Outi Pohjola (Point), Eija Suvala (Inside Center) | |||||||||||||
Finnish Nationals 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | |
Rank | AAA Class | 18,Q,4 | B,13,K,L | 5,9,F | G,3,14 | 15,2,19 | 22,O,M,D | 11,6,10 | 21,P,H,N | A,12,J,1 | C,7,20 | Total | Avg |
1 | Pro Team | 16 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 191 | 19.1 |
Roster: Mikko Kajala (Video), Laura Miettinen (Tail), Kimmo Pohjola (Outside Center), Outi Pohjola (Point), Eija Suvala (Inside Center) | |||||||||||||
World Challenge 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | |
Rank | AAA Class | 5,4,12 | J,M,E,D,L | 20,17,8 | 15,18,7 | 22,A,F,K | 21,C,G,6 | 9,19,16 | B,13,14 | H,P,O,3 | N,2,10 | Total | Avg |
14 | Pro Team | 17 | 47 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 232 | 23.2 |
Roster: Laura Miettinen (Tail), Kimmo Pohjola (Outside Center), Outi Pohjola (Point), Eija Suvala (Inside Center) |
The next opportunity might come up when 4-way teams from Finland join the World Tunnel League for the first time in September. A new wind tunnel in Helsinki downtown is hosting the 10-round competition on the last September weekend, and the Pro Team plans to attend the event.
Tempo will compete at the same WTL meet, as well. The NSL News had introduced the team on 9 April 2018, after winning the AA Class competition of the World Challenge in Bedford. Many teams usually attend their first event in a higher category at indoor meets. Tempo turned to AAA Class outdoor training after the World Challenge and then competed first at the national outdoor championships last week.
Tempo mastered the 10-average level at the first outdoor attempt and will follow up with indoor scores in September.