posted Sep 27th, 2020 - Formation Skydiving training and competition activities are resuming in Brazil, as well. It was in November 2019 when André Ferraz, organizer of Brazil's part of the World Tunnel League, hosted the last indoor competition at iFLY Sao Paulo, a few months after the Brazilian Outdoor Nationals.

This weekend he was back with indoor competition, and the teams were very eager to put some scores on a 4-way leaderboard. In fact, the total number of 13 teams at iFLY Sao Paulo was a new record for participation at an indoor competition in Brazil.

It was the first time that André Ferraz offered the Rookie Class at his indoor meets, and four teams in this category helped to generate the new record participation.

André Ferraz is the organizer of the Brazilian Tunnel League, and he is also the team founder and only original member of the Brazilian indoor and outdoor champions, Optimum CTR. The record participation must have been inspiring for him and his team mates, as they also finished the eight meet rounds with a 25.1 team record average. It is the highest result of a 4-way team in the country's history and significantly higher than the previous 22.8 that Optimum CTR posted three times between December 2018 and June 2019.

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World Tunnel League September 2020			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		E,13,H,3		A,C,J,Q,7		17,9,11		5,1,16		18,O,G,6		21,15,K		P,2,M,F		B,N,19,8		D,L,14,4		20,12,22		Total	Avg
1	CTR Optimum	BR	23		36		23		21		22		23		32		21		-		-		201	25.1
2	Just4Fun	FI	21	-1	32		22		20		18	-1	20		27		21		(16)	-1	(15)		181	21.2
3	So Pressao	BR	20		31		19		18		18		29		18		21		-		-		174	21.8
4	Go Fly	BR	20		27		20		18		19		26		18		16		-		-		164	20.5
5	Optimum Red	BR	14		26		19		17		17		30		18		20		-		-		161	20.1
6	Netunos	BR	17		25		17		15		17		23		16		16		-		-		146	18.3
7	Sörkan Laskuvarjourheilijat	FI	17		19	-4	15	-1	15		16		15	-1	22		15	-1	(14)	-1	(13)		134	16.1
8	Anima	BR	12		19		14		11		12		17		11		14		-		-		110	13.8
9	Plano B	BR	12		19		12		11		9		20		12		13		-		-		108	13.5

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Record averages: Optimum CTR and So Pressao at the September meet of the Brazilian Tunnel League

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The 25.1 average moves Optimum CTR up into a new category on the international scale. In the past, the best Finnish teams behind the Pro Team, Just4Fun and Blue Steel, were able to be within striking distance of Optimum CTR, as they did in June 2019. The Brazilian team now seems to be ready to take on the best Finnish team, and possibly even the HF Cubs of the Czech Tunnel League.

All three leagues of the World Tunnel League will eventually run their events in the same months during the coming indoor season, which will then create new and very exciting international indoor leaderboards.

However, the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 will first conclude the 2020 outdoor season before the main focus switches to indoor competition.

Organizer and Optimum CTR member André Ferraz did not only generate new record participation and the highest 8-round meet average with his team last week

He and his indoor team mate Juliana Sé were also player-coaching a second team, Optimum Red, through the same 8-round competition at iFLY Sao Paulo. with Debora Schroder and Augusto Rosa in the lineup.

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Go Fly and Optimum Red at the September meet of the Brazilian Tunnel League

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André Ferraz and Juliana Sé were Optimum CTR outdoor team mates, as well, before Juliana Sé decided to continue only with indoor training and competition, as the NSL News reported on July 10th. The Optimum project now consists of three different teams.

André Ferraz, George Narita, Alisson Vargas and Jorge Neto train and compete together at outdoor events. Juliana Sé replaces Jorge Neto, the newest CTR member, for indoor training and competition, which allows him to focus on catching up with his new and highly experienced outdoor team mates.

Last and not least, Optimum CTR members are also helping other Brazilian 4-way competitors with player-coaching lineups, as André Ferraz and Juliana Sé did with Optimum Red at the recent competition. The Red lineup was even close to CTR in a few rounds (6 and 8) and battled with Go Fly for the 3rd place. So Pressao finished with a new team record average, as well. So Pressao and Go Fly both had finished ahead of a different Optimum CTR lineup at the November 2019 competition.

The next indoor meet of the Brazilian Tunnel League will be held right before the outdoor championship in November (22 - 27).