posted Mar 23rd, 2020 - The French Indoor Nationals was another event that took place before the corona virus changed and stopped almost all athletic activities in sports. However, none of the French national Formation Skydiving senior competitors participated in the event at iFly Aix-Marseille.

The French delegation was getting ready for the trip to Florida and their winter camp at Skydive DeLand, where they arrived shortly after the indoor competition was completed in Marseille. The training camp in DeLand would have been concluded with the Shamrock Showdown 4-way and 8-way competition at Skydive City.

The NSL News then reported on March 13th that the French national teams had to terminate their training camp in Florida: “The French government and skydiving federation had ordered the French delegation to terminate the training camp and return to France immediately, shortly after the U.S. government had announced at 30-day travel ban for European visitors.” The Qatar delegation left shortly afterward, and the Shamrock Showdown was canceled.

There was still one French national team that competed at the national indoor championships. The 4-way junior teams of the Aerokart Ak'demie are not ready yet to jump from air planes and could not join the French outdoor delegation in Florida.

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French Indoor Nationals 2020		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	N,21,P,2	22,M,C,1	14,K,J,A	E,L,B,10	8,20,17	16,19,O	D,13,6	Q,5,F,7	15,3,11	9,H,G,18	Total	Avg
1	Monaco Aerokart Ak'demie	28	24	28	34	19	23	27	31	18	28	260	26.0
2	Once Pakoi	20	22	26	29	18	21	24	28	17	26	231	23.1
3	St Flow Weembi	17	19	25	24	15	20	20	25	15	21	201	20.1
4	Monaco Indoor Team	18	19	21	21	14	18	21	21	16	18	187	18.7
5	3 Boys 1 Girl	19	16	20	19	15	20	20	19	16	21	185	18.5
6	Be Air Force	17	16	20	19	14	18	17	21	14	17	173	17.3
7	Les Herissons	12	16	16	13	10	13	12	14	10	14	130	13.0
8	Engrenage	12	11	10	14	8	13	12	5	8	12	105	10.5
9	Skolems Lyon-Corbas	10	12	10	9	5	9	11	10	8	10	94	9.4
10	Les Poissons Vive la Chute	8	12	13	11	4	9	6	12	6	12	93	9.3
Rank	AA Class	P,21,2	14,D,9	19,H,L	20,J,7	1,B,F	G,M,O,N	15,22	A,18,E	13,8	6,C,Q	Total	Avg
1	Monaco Aerokart Ak'demie	12	13	9	11	14	18	11	13	12	14	127	12.7
2	Scavenger	10	9	13	11	13	22	9	13	11	14	125	12.5
3	Team Furiosi	9	12	12	12	13	20	7	13	12	11	121	12.1
4	Les Playmo	9	8	8	5	9	11	7	9	7	7	80	8.0

Monaco Aerokart Ak'demie 1 and Monaco Indoor Team at the French Indoor Nationals 2020

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It was the second time that the French national team in 4-way Junior won a AAA Class competition in France, after the Weembinamic in November last year. Last year, the same Ak'demie lineup had placed 3rd on the AAA Class leaderboard at the indoor nationals with a 25.5 average.

Without the Weembi High Rollers and the French national 4-way senior teams Monaco Aerokart Ak'demie did not have any serious opposition earlier this month, and the 4-way juniors still generated a new team record average in the AAA Class with their 26.0 average.

Tom Mattoni, Cameron Malie, Eliot and Oscar Massier are now in their 5th year with the same lineup. Tom Mattoni and Eliot Massier have even two more years together in one of the earliest lineups of the French 4-way junior project at Aerokart.

The current lineup would have won their next set of FAI gold medals in 4-way Junior (AA) at the upcoming indoor world cup in Charleroi, Belgium, as the reigning 4-way Junior world champions, HF Cubs, have moved up into the 4-way Women competition.

Tom Mattoni, Cameron Malie, Eliot and Oscar Massier have collected two sets of FAI gold and three silver medals together so far. Unfortunately, the FAI Indoor World Cup was canceled, as well, and the team may not be eligible for junior medals any longer next year.

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French Indoor Nationals 2020		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class	P,21,2	14,D,9	19,H,L	20,J,7	1,B,F	G,M,O,N	15,22	A,18,E	13,8	6,C,Q	Total	Avg
1	Monaco Aerokart Ak'demie	12	13	9	11	14	18	11	13	12	14	127	12.7
2	Scavenger	10	9	13	11	13	22	9	13	11	14	125	12.5
3	Team Furiosi	9	12	12	12	13	20	7	13	12	11	121	12.1
4	Les Playmo	9	8	8	5	9	11	7	9	7	7	80	8.0

Monaco Aerokart Ak'demie 2 at the French Indoor Nationals 2020

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They will probably soon meet the HF Cubs again on AAA Class leaderboards, even though the Czech team is eligible for the separate 4-way Women leaderboard. Both teams are very close to each other in AAA Class competition.

The HF Cubs have posted two 26+ averages earlier this year at the monthly World Tunnel League meets at the Hurricane Factory, and the Monaco Aerokart Ak'demie team finished with 26.0 at the indoor nationals.

The Monaco Indoor team has now taken the Aerokart teams under their Monaco umbrella, as well. Tom Mattoni's father Stéphane and his team mates cannot really keep up with the 4-way juniors any longer. However, they offer the French juniors the transition into senior 4-way competition, as they have done it with former Ak'demie member Kylian Forsans.

Stéphane Mattoni, Jeff Ronzevalle and Franck Vazille have now integrated Franck Vazille's son Valentin for the second time into their senior lineup.

Valentin Vazille started in the same Ak'demie lineup of 2014, together with Tom Mattoni and Eliot Massier. He continued with the same AA Class team that won this year's indoor nationals in this category. The winning Ak'demie lineup included Chloe Massier and Noe Mattoni, sister and brother of the new French AAA Class champions. It's a big French 4-way family under the Monaco umbrella...