posted Jun 22nd, 2019 - Teams from Finland and Florida have posted several scores of the World Tunnel League's June competition earlier this month, and more results will follow soon from Florida and Northern California. Only teams from Finland have taken on the ten AAA Class sequences so far, at their meet on June 15th at the Fööni wind tunnel in Helsinki.

Finland's participation at the World Tunnel league events, initiated and organized by Vesa Vuorenkoski, is showing great results. It was the first time that three Finnish AAA Class teams posted 20+ meet averages at the same competition. In fact, it was the first time that any other AAA Class team from Finland than Pro Team left the 20-average benchmark behind.

Tempo came close at the World Challenge with a 19.6 average and has not followed up so far this year due to changes in the lineup. However, Tempo member Jorma Löfgren did not want to sit out at the June meet of the World Tunnel League at Fööni and joined the Syrjähyppy lineup for the meet.

He had three other experienced 4-way competitors by his side (Nadja Lönnroth, Matthew Iles, Vesa Vuorenkoski), and result was the 21.3 average on June 15th.

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World Tunnel League June 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		K,18,A,16	H,L,C,5	B,17,3	7,M,9	11,Q,13	1,21,6	20,E,G,12	N,4,2	O,22,D,J	14,F,15	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	FI	23	34	28	36	24	22	23	23	24	24	261	26.1
2	Syrjähyppy	FI	19	29	22	31	17	18	18	17	22	20	213	21.3
3	Just4Fun	FI	18	26	19	31	17	17	16	18	22	19	203	20.3
Rank	AA Class		Q,1,18	H,L,C,A	B,J,K,P	7,M,9	11,13	21,6	20,E,G	N,4,2	O,22,D	14,F,15	Total	Avg
1	SCZ FurtheranZe XP	US	14	24	20	20	10	13	13	14	14	14	156	15.6
2	Ote	FI	10	24	23	18	13	12	10	10	13	14	147	14.7
3	SCZ ZEUS	US	11	14	20	19	13	14	13	11	12	-	127	14.1
4	Hermannin Nuorisoseura	FI	11	18	23	16	7	9	8	10	10	10	122	12.2
5	4K	FI	7	16	22	16	9	10	7	11	11	11	120	12.0

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Matthew Iles and Vesa Vuorenkoski had not mastered the 20-average challenge with their previous team Blackjack, after a 19.8 average at the World Challenge. Together with AAA Class opponent Jorma Löfgren and Nadja Lönnroth they finished with new personal records this month.

Nadja Lönnroth was a member of the Tigers, Finland's national 4-way team before the Pro Team took over the reigns. She moved to the United States and continued with 4-way competition in different teams, including Mark Kirkby's player-coach team EOS at the USPA Nationals 2015 and several AAA Class pickup teams at other events.

The third Finnish team with a 20+ average, Just4Fun, had Vesa Vuorenkoski in his second lineup, together with Nina Kivilompolo, Riku Peltola and Markus Pitkänen. Nina Kivilompolo and Markus Pitkänen both were Nadja Lönnroth's team mates in the original Tigers lineup.

The three Tigers of 2006 - 2008 were back this month in their two different lineups, and they even met the team that succeeded them as the national 4-way team in 2009, the Pro Team. The 4-point battle at the national championships in 2009 had brought the change, and the Pro Team competed for Finland at the FAI World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk.

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Finnish Nationals 2009		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	6,F,19	16,9,B	20,13,4	M,10,H,8	2,22,15	1,E,18	17,7,A	14,21,J	5,D,L,11	12,Q,K,O	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	20	19	13	16	13	13	18	15	15	17	159	15.9
2	Tigers	17	19	13	15	13	13	19	15	15	16	155	15.5
3	Tarzanelli	12	14	9	6	8	10	12	10	8	9	98	9.8
4	Hanko Fairspeed	9	9	6	8	6	8	8	7	6	5	72	7.2
5	HV Helsinki	8	9	5	8	6	5	8	6	7	6	68	6.8
6	Sunshine-Boys	9	2	6	7	6	5	9	6	8	8	66	6.6
7	Fly Like A Girl	10	6	3	7	6	6	4	6	6	6	60	6.0
8	AXON	8	5	5	3	5	5	7	3	3	4	48	4.8

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The Pro Team is in a different situation by now. They have been Finland's national team ever since the takeover, and Kimmo Pohjola's son Kalle is now in the tail slot. Pro Team 2019 missed the last Top 10 spot on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard of the FAI Indoor World Meet only by one single point and are a part of the world's best international 4-way competition.

The 26.1 average this month was a new team record average and the first time above the 25+ level. A 26+ average would have been close to the 8th place at the indoor world meet in April.

The meets of the World Tunnel League offer Pro Team valuable competition practice that the team needs to continue with their progression. Goal is the outdoor world meet in Tanya 2020, where the Pro Team would like to leave all other previous results of Finnish teams in the dust, including their own 20.4 average in Menzelinsk 2010, which was boosted by one Super Sequence (43) in Round 3 and a second fast sequence in Round 9 (28).

The world meet in Menzelinsk 2010 was the last one that the Pro Team attended, and they will be back in Russia a decade later, with former team packer Kalle Pohjola in the lineup...