posted Dec 25th, 2018 - The 2018 season of the Indoor Cloud League is slowly coming to its end. The ICL update on December 3rd had explained how tight the race was between Hurricane Factory and Paraclete XP for the top spot on the 14+ leaderboard.

Only six points (1316 - 1310) separated both teams at the end of the November competition, and the last month of the year will bring the final conclusion.

The same story pointed out how the Czech 4-way junior teams contribute heavily to the next successfully running ICL season of the Hurricane Factory team.

One of the NSL News updates after the Czech part of the World Tunnel League's December competition explained the important role of the three junior teams (Flying Rebels - Dragonflies - Chameleons) with more details on December 19th. This story mentioned that the same three teams have already moved up from the RRR Class and the A Class leaderboards to the AA Class, which is identical with the FAI/IPC 4-way junior category. Czech 4-way godfather Jan Klapka would soon have to create new lineups for the three Rookie Class categories (RRR - RR - R) and the A Class.

Hurricane Factory - December	AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
Teams	O,11,H,17	Q,9,11	E,N,7	D,O,H	M,E,N	M,Q	Total
HF Flying Circus	26	29	-	-	-	-	55
HF Cubs	23	27	-	-	-	-	-
M Team	14	19	22	-	-	-	22
Accord	14	14	18	-	-	-	-
HF Flying Rebels	-	15	17	20	24	30	44
HF Dragonflies	-	15	15	19	21	29	46
HF Flying Chameleons	-	10	10	11	14	16	-
J-Elita	-	-	-	-	15	14	-
Hurricane Factory's Best of December	26	29	22	20	21	25	143

Hurricane Factory highscores for the December competition of the Indoor Cloud League

The World Tunnel League events offer competition only in four of the six Indoor Cloud League categories. The two additional Rookie Class categories (RR - R) are a playground for all beginners in the sport, not only for the 4-way juniors.

The Czech WTL/ETL December leaderboard is showing the challenge that Jan Klapka is currently facing. The four junior teams, including the HF Cubs, are posting their scores on the AAA/AA leaderboards, and only one team, High Five, competes in the A Class. The Czech December leaderboard does not even have any scores in the Rookie Class at all.

However, some of the 4-way junior teams are still eligible to post their scores on the Indoor Cloud League leaderboards, even though they are also exceeding the scoring limitations team by team.

The HF Cubs are posting their scores only for AAA and AA sequences and try to challenge the best Czech senior teams. The Flying Rebels have scored 25 points or higher for RR and R Class sequences twice, and the team's 24-pointer (RR) and 30-pointer (R) could not be used for the Czech December total any longer.

World Tunnel League December 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		3,B,5	15,J,7	9,16,18	17,C,H,M	14,Q,11	L,6,21	A,P,F,20	K,D,22,13	1,4,12	19,O,8	Total	Avg
1	HF Flying Circus	CZ	24	26	23	32	20	22	33	18	16	20	234	23.4
2	HF Bad Cubs	CZ	22	26	20	33	19	22	29	21	17	18	227	22.7
3	HF Chicks	CZ	22	24	19	25	19	19	29	15	14	19	205	20.5
4	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	15	18	15	24	15	17	21	15	12	16	168	16.8
5	Sky....	CZ	18	18	15	24	15	17	20	15	11	12	165	16.5
6	Accord	CZ	13	15	10	20	9	13	13	11	10	12	126	12.6
7	M Team	CZ	11	16	12	12	8	14	17	13	8	11	122	12.2
Rank	AA Class		B,E,G,N	15,J,7	9,18	C,H,M,L	14,Q,11	6,21	A,P,F,20	K,D,22	1,4	19,O,8	Total	Avg
1	HF Flying Rebels	CZ	21	19	16	24	14	14	21	15	12	13	169	16.9
2	HF Dragonflies	CZ	22	16	15	31	12	13	19	12	11	14	165	16.5
3	Ladies&Gentlemen	CZ	19	12	12	27	11	12	15	11	10	13	142	14.2
4	Mimozemky	CZ	17	8	11	21	10	12	14	12	9	10	124	12.4
5	HF Chameleons	CZ	4	9	9	11	8	9	10	9	7	6	82	8.2
Rank	A Class		B,E,G	J,7	9,N	C,H,M	Q,L,O	6,21	A,P,F	K,D,8	4,2	19,O	Total	Avg
1	High Five	CZ	20	18	16	24	19	11	12	14	9	12	155	15.5

HF Flying Rebels are still eligible to perform RRR Class sequences and contributed 20 points for the December total. The Dragonflies took care of the RR and R business and added 46 points to the Czech total. Their 29-pointer was capped at the 25-point maximum score for the two lowest Rookie Class categories (RR - R).

HF Dragonflies can still post scores for RR Class sequences, while they are done now with the R Class. Only one of the four Czech junior teams, the HF Chameleons, is left for the R Class sequences next year. The Chameleons have not posted any scores for the Hurricane Factory on Indoor Cloud League leaderboards yet. However, their time is most likely coming in the following months.

It may seem like the Hurricane Factory team could soon run into a problem with the Rookie Class categories. However, Jan Klapka is prepared for the situation next year.

He said that he is currently preparing 16 new 4-way juniors at weekly training camps. He expects them to be ready for ICL sequences soon, and possibly even for their first WTL/ETL meet in April 2019...