posted Jun 11th, 2019 - The scores of the British 4-way teams have been added to last weekend's leaderboard. The AAA Class winner is Pajama Pumas, who placed themselves in front of the three German teams.

The NSL News had introduced British 4-way team Pajama Pumas with the update on 19 September 2017. It was at the end of the team's AA Class season that they finished with a 2nd place at the UK Nationals. Pajama Pumas had started with a 0.2 average in the Rookie Class of 2016 and wrapped up the first team year with a 10.9 average and the 1st place in the A Class at the ESL Championship 2016.

They moved up into the AA Class in 2017 and placed 2nd at the national championships with an 11.4 average, after a 1-point battle over eight rounds with Salty Jacks. The impressive progression continued in the AAA Class last year, and a 14.1 outdoor average at the UK Nationals was in the team records, after Wind Games, World Challenge and three meets of the United Kingdom Skydiving League (UKSL).

With Paul Colman stepping down at the end of the 2018 season to take a break from skydiving, there was space for a new team Pajama Puma, Jodie-Leigh Foster.The scores of the British 4-way teams have been added to last weekend's leaderboard. The AAA Class winner is Pajama Pumas, who placed themselves in front of the three German teams.

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NSL Meet Weekend June 8th, 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		22,13,Q	11,6,E	F,K,L,18	20,J,M,15	16,12,7	O,C,17,2	A,3,4	8,P,B,14	G,1,10	9,N,H,5	Total	Avg
1	Pajama Pumas	UK	12	12	16	13	7	13	-	-	-	-	60	12.2
2	Paranodon 2019	DE	11	11	12	12	10	12	10	10	8	15	56	11.1
3	Dark Energy	DE	10	12	12	12	9	13	11	7	10	14	55	11.0
4	Titten und Bier	DE	10	12	11	10	11	8	10	11	8	13	54	10.4
5	AZ Defiance	US	10	11	14	8	9	12	-	-	-	-	52	10.7
6	Air-W	CH	9	8	8	11	8	8	9	10	9	9	44	8.9
7	Jerry's Kidz	US	8	7	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	41	8.3
7	Arizona Windfall	US	6	8	10	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	41	8.2
9	Cors	DE	8	9	9	6	6	9	7	8	6	9	38	7.7

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While Pajama Pumas were progressing, Jodie-Leigh Foster earned her first 4-way wings at Skydive Langar at the beginning of the 2017 season with team 3fall. Her progression was similar to Pajama Pumas, as she posted an 11.7 average in the A Class a year later at the UK Nationals 2018 and won the gold medals with Cloud Busters.

Pajama Puma Matt Cumming was coaching Cloud Busters in 2018, and Jodie-Leigh Foster's A Class team (Scott Brettle, Mike Swann, Jamie Ball) won every UKSL meet and the UK Nationals in this category.

Cloud Busters finished off the 2018 season at the Revenge in Bedford, where they won the AA Class competition with a 16.8 average.

Jodie-Leigh Foster and Michael Swann had coach Matt Cumming and another Pajama Puma, Paul Willcock, in their lineup at the Revenge.

Both Pajama Pumas were impressed how Jodie-Leigh Foster copied their own progression at the beginning of their 4-way career. She had gone from 3.4 in the Rookie Class of 2017 to the 16.8 indoor average a year later in the AA Class.

Jodie-Leigh Foster made new plans for the 2019 season and agreed to join a AAA Class team skipping the AA Class after only one event in this category, the Revenge in October 2018.

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World Challenge 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		P,H,Q,5	19,16,E	L,3,2	B,A,22,D	J,14,8	11,M,G,1	15,21,18	7,O,4	C,N,K,13	20,6,F	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	52	32	28	39	29	32	28	34	42	31	347	34.7
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	48	30	27	37	27	31	25	33	36	28	322	32.2
3	IFS-Moscow	RU	44	29	26	33	27	29	23	33	34	31	309	30.9
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	44	29	26	35	24	29	24	31	32	31	305	30.5
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	46	28	24	32	25	29	24	31	35	27	301	30.1
6	Airheads	CH	44	28	22	36	24	27	19	29	33	26	288	28.8
7	Weembi Unicorns	FR	43	28	23	32	23	28	19	28	33	26	283	28.3
8	ISR FireFlash	BE	40	26	24	33	24	25	19	25	28	26	270	27.0
9	NFTO	UK	35	25	24	29	24	25	20	27	30	24	263	26.3
10	Odin Parachute Systems	FR	35	28	21	29	22	25	20	25	29	25	259	25.9
10	Chimera	UK	36	24	21	27	23	27	21	25	29	26	259	25.9
12	ACM Weembi	UK	38	22	24	28	21	24	21	25	29	26	258	25.8
13	Gavroche Weembi	FR	38	27	23	26	21	25	14	27	28	23	252	25.2
14	Tenanine	MR	37	25	22	22	20	24	19	26	29	22	246	24.6
15	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	36	19	18	26	20	22	19	25	21	21	227	22.7
16	Eros	UK	27	21	22	24	19	23	17	24	27	21	225	22.5
17	Jazz Republic	ZA	29	22	18	23	19	20	18	24	23	22	218	21.8
18	Falco	BE	22	20	17	19	20	20	17	24	26	19	204	20.4
19	Blackjack	FI	24	20	17	23	19	19	15	21	22	18	198	19.8
20	Pajama Pumas	UK	27	21	16	21	19	19	16	21	20	17	197	19.7
21	Tempo	FI	26	18	18	23	18	19	15	21	20	18	196	19.6
22	Aladeen	HU	28	21	19	16	16	19	13	19	18	20	189	18.9
23	Alakran	ES	26	18	12	18	17	21	17	23	18	18	188	18.8
24	FlyPonots	FR	26	19	17	21	16	18	10	18	18	18	181	18.1
25	Nefertit	UK	24	18	16	18	15	16	13	20	17	16	173	17.3
26	Windobona Angels	ES	20	16	14	18	16	17	15	21	17	18	172	17.2
27	Ayro	BE	16	18	15	18	17	15	14	19	19	17	168	16.8
28	Koloncok	HU	21	16	13	19	14	16	15	19	18	16	167	16.7
29	Stardust	BE	21	15	12	17	16	16	11	18	17	13	156	15.6
30	Nova	CH	21	14	12	16	13	13	11	17	19	16	152	15.2
31	Barak	ES	25	19	17	21	16	19	14	19	0	0	150	15.0
32	Wood Fella’s	UK	17	13	10	16	13	13	11	17	19	13	142	14.2
33	Draconis	UK	16	13	12	13	12	15	10	15	13	15	134	13.4
34	Free Burds	IE	16	10	11	11	13	12	11	15	15	13	127	12.7

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However, Jodie-Leigh Foster's original team plans for the 2019 season did not work out, and the new opportunity with the Pujama Pumas came up when Paul Colman decided to step back.

Pajama Pumas re-arranged their previous slots completely for the new lineup: Matt Cumming from inside center to outside center, Paul Willcock from point to tail, Stefan "Potter" Cocksedge from tail to inside Center. Jodie-Leigh Foster continued in her point slot, while she had to learn the AA and AAA Class dive pool in A- and B-slots.

Jodie-Leigh Foster remembers that she was under pressure: "I was very nervous about whether I'd be able to learn all the AA and AAA blocks in point, as well as all of the randoms, A, AA and AAA blocks in outside center – especially when the other team members have already competed in AAA, and each have over three times as many jumps as me. It was hard work but also lots of fun – a really good challenge!"

The new team member seems to fit in very well, and the new lineup has already lived up to the challenge. Pajama Pumas posted two new team record averages in 2019 so far, first with the 19.7 at the World Challenge, followed by a 19.8 average at the Weembi Cup.

Pajama Pumas have even received an invitation by the British Parachute Association (BPA) to compete for the British delegation at the FAI World Cup in Eloy this October. They will join NFTO, Chimera and Eros as the 4th team in the 4-way Open Class.

Matt Cumming said that his team gladly accepted the invitation: "We're very excited to be going to the World Cup! We'd only planned to fly in the tunnel this year, so hadn't thought that swapping slots would be much of an issue. Now that we have our World Cup invite, we've realized we need to get jumping. Our first training weekends were an interesting learning experience – who'd have thought everyone swapping slots would make the exits so much harder?!"

The first outdoor competition, with ACM member Marc Fletcher filling the inside center slot for Stefan Potter, was a great start into the 2019 season, as well, despite the exit troubles. Pajama Pumas finished on top of the international AAA Class leaderboard.

Jodie-Leigh Foster has now moved from her first 4-way team in 2017 to training for the FAI World Cup at Skydive Arizona in 2019. She and Pajama Pumas are a good match in the fast lane of 4-way progression. New coach, NFTO member Sian Stokes, fits just as well to the team speed and the progression. She will be able to be with the team at the world cup, where her own team wants to win in 4-way Women...