posted Feb 18th, 2021 - The latest NSL News update from Finland on January 15th reported that the country's indoor 4-way champions of 2020, Just4Fun, had a change in the team's lineup. Mikael Kaulanen is back in action for Just4Fun and replaces Vesa Vuorenkoski who has to take a temporary break for medical reasons.

The latest news from Finland are good ones, as Vesa Vuorenkoski has already restarted with his own indoor training and might be back in action earlier than expected.

Another personnel change took place in the meantime, and it involves Vesa Vuorenkoski's long-time team mate and friend Matthew Iles. The NSL News featured the indoor comeback of the two national team members with Chymos/Max 4/Blackjack at the FAI World Meet 1997 with several updates after the first story on 2 April 2017.

Vesa Vuorenkoski and Matthew Iles started their comeback together with their original team mates before they separated and continued in different teams, Vesa Vuorenkoski with Just4Fun and Matthew Iles with Blue Steel. The June meet of the Finnish Tunnel League was the last time that both teams competed directly against each other in a 3-point battle over ten rounds.

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Finnish Tunnel League November 2019		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	K,13,E,17		11,C,1		N,M,16,6		14,9,B		Q,D,3,7		21,18,L		8,10,G		4,H,O,F		J,A,22,5		12,15,P		Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	29		24	-2	27	-1	30		26	-1	23		21		35		24		22		261	26.1
2	Just4Fun	21		21		22		22	-2	20	-1	17	-1	16		27	-1	17	-4	18		201	20.1
3	Blue Steel	21		17		21		22		21		18		16		23	-3	19	-1	16		194	19.4

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Pro Team and Blue Steel at the November 2019 meet of the Finish Tunnel League

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Finland's strongest 4-way team, the Pro Team, did not attend any meets last year, due to the implications of the corona virus crisis. They were in meet action last time in November 2019 when they met Just4Fun and Blue Steel both and left them far behind.

The Pro Team had a very busy 2019 season behind them. They had competed first at the FAI Indoor World Meet at Weembi Lille in April and followed up at the FAI Outdoor World Cup in Eloy in October.

Kimmo Pohjola's son Kalle had completed his AFF school by then and was in full training with the Pro Team. He attended his second outdoor competition in Eloy and finished with an 18.5 average. The same Pro Team lineup then won the November meet with a 26.1 average.

Father Kimmo Pohjola, outside center for the Pro Team, now informed the NSL News that his son Kalle will focus more on his studies at the university, and the new Pro Team alternate will help the team with indoor training and in competition whenever it is necessary.

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FAI Indoor World Meet 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		M,K,D,14		Q,4,5		P,E,9,15		3,N,G,2		6,1,8		F,12,11		13,22,J		H,L,B,18		O,20,A,17		21,7,19		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	39		36		42		35		27		32		29		42	-1	38		31		351	35.1
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	38	-2	33	-1	44		32	-1	27		29	-1	26	-2	47		37		31		344	34.4
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	39		33		40		30		27		29		24	-3	39		33		27		321	32.1
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	34		30	-2	36		29		22	-3	27	-1	28		36		32		28		302	30.2
5	Airheads	CH	35		28	-1	33	-2	29		25		27		24	-1	36		30		25	-1	292	29.2
6	Black Cat	RU	34		29		39	-1	29		25		22	-2	25	-1	36	-1	26	-3	22	-2	287	28.7
7	Echochamber	SE	34		27	-1	35		26	-1	22	-2	25		20	-5	35		26	-3	24	-1	274	27.4
8	ACM Weembi	UK	32	-1	28		32	-2	26	-1	20	-1	24		19	-2	35		26		25		267	26.7
9	Airfource	DE	33	-3	22	-1	33	-1	25		22	-1	23		20	-3	35	-2	25	-1	24	-1	262	26.2
10	HF Flying Circus	CZ	31		26		28	-1	23		24		22		18	-2	33		19	-5	23		247	24.7
11	Pro Team	FI	27	-2	24		30		23		23		22		22		30		23	-3	22	-1	246	24.6
12	Monaco Indoor Skydive Team	MC	27	-1	21		27	-2	23		20		22		21		29		21		21		232	23.2
13	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	27	-1	23		28	-1	23		19	-2	20	-1	20		29		21	-1	21	-1	231	23.1
14	Papea Masculino	ES	28	-2	23		26	-1	16	-3	21	-1	20	-1	21		30	-1	23	-2	22		230	23.0
15	Out of the Blue	NL	24		22		27		19	-1	19		19		18		27		24		20	-1	219	21.9
16	H40	IE	22	-1	19		23		17		18		17	-1	17	-1	24		20		19		196	19.6
17	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	23	-2	19		23	-1	17	-2	18		17	-1	14	-3	22		19		17	-2	189	18.9
18	Magic 4	LT	26		15	-1	19	-5	15	-2	17		16	-3	17	-1	21		-		-		146	18.3

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Pro Team at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019

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Matthew Iles will be the new tail for the Pro Team and begin training with the team in May. The Finnish teams still have their national indoor championship scheduled for next month, and Matthew Iles will still compete with Blue Steel at the event.

Then he will have to change gear very quickly to switch from the 22-average level to the 26+ where the Pro Team finished at their last meet. It is obviously a very exciting and challenging situation for Matthew Iles.

One of Finland's longest-standing 4-way competitors brings in a lot of experiences and replaces the youngest 4-way competitor in the country's history. Matthew Iles said that he plans to be ready for the challenge. He continues to work individually with NMP PCH HayaBusa's David Grauwels, while Sweden's Echochamber member Mattias Nord will be coaching the Pro Team.

Matthew Iles has enough time to get ready, as the Pro Team with him in the lineup will resume competition action in October at the Nordic Indoor Championship. Finland's national indoor championship will be next in March 2022, followed by the indoor world cup in April. The new Pro Team plans continue throughout the next indoor nationals in March 2023, followed by the indoor world meet in April.

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FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		13,11,16		P,22,4		O,7,21		9,20,G		18,15,L		K,10,3		6,14,C		1,M,A,17		F,D,Q,8		2,5,E		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	20	-1	22		28		29		21		21	-1	21	-2	29		31	-2	24	-2	246	24.6
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	19	-1	22		25		21	-2	20	-1	20		23		25		29	-1	24	-2	228	22.8
3	Airspeed Odyssey	US	14	-2	17	-2	22	-2	21	-2	18	-1	16	-3	21		23		26	-3	17	-2	195	19.5
4	Defiance	US	17		17		21	-1	22		16	-2	15	-2	21		20	-2	26		16	-2	191	19.1
5	Aerodyne Cypres Lille-Bondues	FR	15	-1	16		19		21		16	-1	17		18		22		25		21		190	19.0
6	Echochamber	SE	17		14	-3	22		20	-3	17		16	-1	19		20		23	-1	21		189	18.9
7	Chimera	UK	14	-1	16	-1	21		19	-1	17		16	-1	18	-1	22		26	-1	18	-1	187	18.7
8	Pro Team	FI	15	-1	18		20		17	-1	17		15		18		21		26		18	-1	185	18.5
9	Kinetix	AU	14	-1	17		19		19		15	-1	17		18		19		23	-1	16		177	17.7
10	China	CN	12	-1	17		19		17	-1	14	-1	13	-1	16		20		24		15	-1	167	16.7
11	Eros	UK	12	-2	16		20		18		15	-1	13	-2	12	-4	17	-1	22		16	-1	161	16.1
12	eX3MO	IT	13		13	-2	17	-2	13	-4	12	-1	14		13		16	-1	22	-2	14		147	14.7
13	Pajama Pumas	UK	10	-2	12		17		14	-1	13		12		15		16		15	-2	13		137	13.7

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Pro Team at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019

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