posted Oct 20th, 2019 - The interesting Indoor Cloud League duel between iFLY SF Bay and iFLY Orlando continued in September. The Northern California and Florida wind tunnels have the only 12-foot flying chambers, all other ICL teams are posting their scores on the 14+ leaderboard.

They have been battling since Lori Connor launched her Indoor Cloud League team with monthly events in 2013, first on the same leaderboard and with the same sequences as the 14+ teams, then on the separate 12+ leaderboard when the dive pool for the 14+ chambers was extended.

The iFLY Orlando team won the duel in the first three years (2013 - 2015), and Lori Connor booked her first victory at the end of the 2016 season. She has maintained the upper hand ever since and won the next three years (2016 - 2018).

This year, the iFLY Orlando team had the better start and won the first three months (January - March). The iFLY SF Bay team was back in business in April, and both teams have been taking turns in winning month by month ever since. iFLY Orlando was still in the lead at the end of September, due to the 43-point cushion after the first three months.

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iFLY SF Bay - September	AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
Teams	L,6,B,17	E,6,15	P,O,9	N,L,B	M,P,O	M,E	Total
Jessica Lee, Ethan DeLano, Julius Frank, Eric Gin	19(-1)	19	-	-	-	-	38
Cali4rnia Raptors	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cali4rnia Kids	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
Racheet Matai, Michael Stevens, Kiran Shivaram, Ethan DeLano	-	-	14	20(-1)	-	-	34
Nacho's 4-Way	-	-	9	-	-	-	-
Vikas Bagur, Craig Navickas, Ethan DeLano, Eric Gin	-	-	-	12	11(-1)	-	11
SF Bay Rookies	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
Lauren Liddell, Jan Blaha, Jessica Lee, Julius Frank	-	-	-	-	8	13	13
Dmitriy Kalugin-Balashov, Aditya Srinivas, Jessica Lee, Julius Frank	-	-	-	-	-	12	-
iFLY SF Bay's Best of September	19	19	14	20	11	13	96

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It was iFLY Orlando's turn again in September, even though iFLY SF Bay claimed or tied more highscores for the six ICL sequences than iFLY Orlando did (4 - 3). The iFLY SF Bay team had an interesting situation at last month's event. The four teams who also competed at the September meet of the World Tunnel League were not able to get onto the ICL leaderboard for the same month with their WTL scores in Round 1.

Four other lineups posted the higher scores, even though it was a very close call. Lori Connor reported from Northern California that she even needed a tie-breaker for some of the scoring duels:

"I had to use a tie-breaking rule and the fastest time to the last point to determine the video submissions for September. AAA went to Eric Gin's team who flew at the Tunnel Kicker and they scored 19-1 after completing their 19th point at 33.21 seconds, compared to the WTL Raptors who scored their 19th point at 34.50. AA went again to Eric Gin's team with their 19th point at 33.08 compared to the WTL Kids who scored their 19th point at 35 seconds."

Cali4nia Raptors finished in 5th place in the AAA Class on the World Tunnel League leaderboard for September. Cali4nia Kids took the 2nd place in the AA Class and lost the 1st place to Sörkan Laskuvarjourheilijat from Finland only in Round 6.

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World Tunnel League September 2019				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class			O,6,D,5	15,C,A,B	3,L,17	21,11,18	1,N,16	13,P,M,E	10,2,19	H,Q,K,22	8,9,14	F,G,J,20	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	FI	FITL	31	31	25	21	24	33	19	27	22	29	262	26.2
2	Just4Fun	FI	FITL	19	18	20	12	19	25	16	23	16	23	191	19.1
3	AllSaints	FI	FITL	22	21	18	13	19	25	16	17	18	22	191	19.1
4	Tempo	FI	FITL	18	21	16	15	19	25	15	20	17	24	190	19.0
5	Cali4nia Raptors	US	CATL	19	13	13	12	12	19	-	-	-	-	88	14.7
6	SCZ ZEUS	US	FTL	11	12	0	12	8	14	9	17	11	-	94	10.4
Rank	AA Class			B,7,6	15,C,A	L,18,E	21,11	1,N,14	13,P,M	2,19	H,Q,K,22	8,9	F,G,J,20	Total	Avg
1	Sörkan Laskuvarjourheilijat	FI	FITL	18	17	17	11	13	21	13	16	17	19	162	16.2
2	Cali4nia Kids	US	CATL	19	17	16	13	14	15	-	-	-	-	94	15.7
3	iFLY Ontario AA	US	CATL	17	14	14	13	13	18	13	19	14	16	151	15.1
4	Ote	FI	FITL	17	14	7	10	10	16	13	14	13	15	129	12.9
5	Jump Florida Furtherance 2.5	US	FTL	13	12	12	13	13	17	13	9	13	-	115	12.8
6	4K	FI	FITL	13	8	8	10	11	15	9	12	9	12	107	10.7
7	Hermannin Nuorisoseura	FI	FITL	14	12	11	9	10	13	7	11	9	9	105	10.5
Rank	A Class			C,H,21	A,9	L,6	7,B	Q,O,K	D,M,E	2,19	8,N	P,4	F,G,J	Total	Avg
1	Nacho's 4-Way	US	CATL	9	14	11	13	16	20	-	-	-	-	83	13.8
Rank	Rookie			F,O,D	C,A,J	L,Q,P	B,K,D	N,M,O	F,E,B	G,C,L	Q,K,F	P,D,A	G,J,E	Total	Avg
1	SF Bay Rookies	US	CATL	8	9	6	7	10	12	-	-	-	-	52	8.7
2	My First 4-way Team	US	CATL	7	6	5	4	10	12	5	10	5	9	73	7.3

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The teams from Finland controlled the AAA Class leaderboard in September. All four teams took the top positions and created a sweep as the four U.S. teams did at the FAI Outdoor World Cup.

The Pro Team witnessed the strong U.S. performance in the AAA/4-way Open Class at the world cup after posting their own indoor scores on the WTL leaderboard in September. The 26.2 average at the Fööni wind tunnel in Helsinki was a new indoor record average for the team, and they followed up with an impressive outdoor record of 18.5 at Skydive Arizona, where most of the teams finished below their best numbers due to the slow competition draw.

The most exciting part of the WTL September meet took place right behind the Pro Team. The other three Finnish AAA Class teams finished with a 1-point difference. Just4Fun and AllSaints were tied after Round 10, and another tie-breaking procedure was necessary. Both teams had the same highscore of 25 points in Round 6, and Just4Fun eventually took the 2nd place with the 23-pointer in Round 10. Just4Fun and AllSaints, with Pro Team alternate Juho Mikkola in the lineup, both were formed this year after Blackjack disbanded.

Tempo finished one single point behind with a different lineup. Nadja Lönnroth replaced injured Saara Laakko who is one of the original Tempo members, together with Antti Heinola and Otto Virkki.