posted May 17th, 2020 - The next NSL Live Talk update on ZOOM is coming from South Africa. Claire King and Dirk Venter, owners and operators of the InTime scoring system, are locked down at their home and wait for the corona virus crisis to come to an end.

Dirk Venter said that he is making the best out of the situation, which would even be similar under normal circumstances at this time of the year. There is the small gap between the end of the indoor competition season and the beginning of the outdoor season that he is using to update and improve the system, with changes sometimes related to the dive pool or other rules and regulations.

This year, the opportunity for updates was not planned as it happened. Claire King and Dirk Venter were just getting ready for their trip to Florida, where they visit annually to provide the Shamrock Showdown with their judging services. They are operating the InTime scoring system, and they are FAI Judges at the same time. In fact, the InTime system does not need their supervision, and they can focus exclusively on their judging.

They are also 4-way competitors at the same time, which completes their full and comprehensive spectrum in the sport. Their practical experiences in front of the judging camera and in the middle of a 4-way competition are very helpful to understand the details from the competitor's point of view when they work on the InTime scoring system and as FAI Judges.

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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

Jazz Republic at the World Challenge 2019 and the ISR Grand Prix 2018

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This year's spring tour would have brought them from Florida to Bedford for the World Challenge, followed by the FAI Indoor World Cup in Charleroi, Belgium. The corona virus crisis changed their plans just as it did for all teams and competitors in the world, and they never left South Africa.

World Challenge 2019 was actually the last meet that their team, Jazz Republic, attended in April. They finished with a new team record average of 21.8 at Twinwoods Adventure. Jazz Republic had also competed at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2018 and at the ISR Grand Prix 2018.

Claire King and Dirk Venter launched the InTime scoring system in 2012 and had their first big event with the FAI Mondial Dubai 2012. Omniskore then covered the world meets in Prostejov 2014 and Ottawa 2016 before InTime was back in Australia 2018.

InTime was the third relevant electronic scoring system in the history of Formation Skydiving since 1985. Omniskore was the first one in the sport, and CamScore offered a new system for several years before InTime offered a third option. Omniskore is still servicing the USPA Nationals annually, while InTime has a large international clientele.

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Claire King is more heavily involved in judging and the development of rules and regulations with the Formation Skydiving committee of FAI's International Skydiving Commission (ISC) than Dirk Venter is. She explained that the speed of judging and presenting scores to the public is currently one of the major topics.

She pointed out that the situation at the Wind Games brought the difficulties to the surface. The average judging time for a round was just over two minutes before the score was posted, and it changed dramatically in Round 10. A record number of penalties for a more challenging sequence (M,B,3,L) for teams (slot-switcher) and judges (fast random transitions) increased the judging time dramatically to over five minutes for a score.

Claire King and Dirk Venter know through their direct involvement as fellow competitors at the meets that the teams have their highest priority on the accuracy of the results, even if the scores are not available instantly. They are aware of the fact that the desire of the ISC commission to present results as quickly as possible to the public is creating a conflict that needs to be balanced adequately.

Claire King said that the commission is also looking closer at different ways how to use the windtunnel time as efficiently as possible to make it easier and more affordable for the host. Entry into the flying chamber and start of the working time are a part of the experimental phase at events like the Wind Games and Weembinamic.