posted Mar 19th, 2021 - The Shamrock Showdown 2021 began with the traditional opening ceremony on the evening before the scheduled Round 1. It is the time when the teams, host and judges are being introduced to each other and to any visitors.

Briefing and introduction include the competition draw, which has its own tradition, as well. It has been a manual procedure ever since the Shamrock Showdown was inaugurated in 2002. The participants enter the stage and draw round by round from a hat, or any other container, which is often one of the NSL trophies.

It happened three times in the past that the participants created a Super Sequence of five random formations, first time at the first Shamrock Showdown in 2002. DeLand Majik and Airspeed Vertical tied Round 2 (J,L,G,D,P) with 34-pointers.

It happened again four years later in Round 4 (F,M,P,O,E) and DeLand Fire won with a 47-pointer. The last Super Sequence was drawn at the Shamrock Showdown 2008 and the French national team from Maubeuge won Round 6 (G,C,J,D,B) with 45 points.

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Shamrock Showdown 2021 at Skydive City - Thursday evening and Friday morning

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It took 13 years until the next group of Shamrock Showdown participants created a new Super Sequence last night. In fact, it was the complete XPG4 lineup with the special touch, and with the help of Arizona Airspeed member Mikhail, who added the 5th random formation to the XPG4 draw.

Round 2 brings the new Super Sequence (Q,K,D,H,L) to the Shamrock Showdown teams in 4-way and in 8-way. Even the next sequence began with three more random formations, before Block 22 put an end to the series of random formations.

Chief Judge Jim Rees calculated that the chances to get a series of eight consecutive random formations is next to zero, and it still happened at this year's Shamrock Showdown.

Round 2 was not the only fast sequence in the competition draw. 8-way world champions Kirk Verner, Matt Davidson and Brian Krause were in charge of the first round of the competition, and they put together an 8-way sequence in Round 1 that had the potential for an outdoor world record. Airspeed XP8 launched the Shamrock Showdown 2021 action this morning with Round 1, and they missed the opportunity.

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Shamrock Showdown 2021 at Skydive City - Thursday evening and Friday morning

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