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The Qatar Tigers participated in the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 for their restart after a long corona virus break. Gary Smith, Luc Verstrepen and Marin Ferre explained how difficult it was for the Qatar teams to keep in shape somehow while they were waiting for the next training opportunities.
The NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 was the only competition for the Qatar Tigers before the next cloud event, this time the Shamrock Showdown 2021, offered the next outdoor opportunity. Once again the Tigers could not look back at a lot of training before, and they still took on some of the competition sequences during their first training camp after the next break.
The Qatar Tigers attended their last real outdoor competition in November 2019 at the Asiana Championship. They had competed only at indoor events between the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018 in Australia and the Asiana a year later.
Shamrock Showdown Cloud 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Avg | ||||||
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Rank | AAA Class | 1,J,3 | Q,K,D,H,L | F,B,C,22 | 18,E,21 | Total | Avg | |||||
1 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 24 | 53 | 32 | -1 | 24 | 133 | 33.3 | |||
2 | Skydive Midwest NEXT | US | 16 | 25 | -3 | 22 | 16 | 79 | 19.8 | |||
3 | XPG4 | US | 16 | 25 | -1 | 20 | 16 | 77 | 19.3 | |||
4 | Qatar Tigers | QA | 20 | -1 | 0 | 24 | -3 | 21 | 65 | 16.3 | ||
5 | CPI Legacy | US | 13 | -1 | 19 | -1 | 14 | -2 | 12 | 58 | 14.5 | |
6 | Quiet Riot | US | 12 | 19 | 14 | -1 | 12 | 57 | 14.3 | |||
Rank | AA Class | 1,J,L | Q,K,D,H | F,B,C,22 | 18,E,21 | Total | Avg | |||||
1 | Just 4 Fun | US | 7 | -2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 9.5 | |||
2 | Qatar Cheetahs | QA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
The weather conditions then interfered with the planned jump order, and the Qatar Tigers could not complete Round 2. However, coach and team had agreed to send the videos to the NSL cloud and simulate at least some kind of a competition situation.
Luc Verstrepen, coach of the Qatar Cheetahs, did the same with his 4-way lineup. He had all four rounds available at the end of his training camp, and the Cheetahs are now waiting for the official InTime evaluation of their competition sequences.
The 4-way competition of the Shamrock Showdown Cloud 2021 will not be continued beyond Round 4, even though some additional rounds might be featured later on.
ESL Championship 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Avg | |||
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Rank | A Class | F,E,A | J,4 | M,8 | 2,9 | Q,6 | 21,N | L,P,7 | 19,O | Total | Avg | ||
1 | Lions | QA | n/a | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 79 | 9.9 |
2 | Falcons | QA | n/a | 18 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 78 | 9.8 |
3 | Cheetas | QA | n/a | 17 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 9.6 |
4 | High Five | CZ | 10 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 76 | 9.5 |
5 | British Army Volt4ge | UK | 8 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 8.9 |
6 | High Voltage | BE | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 69 | 8.6 |
6 | Funky Falcon | NL | 6 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 8.6 |
8 | Huayra | BE | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 8.1 |
9 | Black Devils | BE | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 6.6 |
10 | Oljakoda | BE | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 5.4 |
The Cheetahs are at a very similar point and at similar ages as the Tigers members were when they started their skydiving and 4-way careers. Coach Luc Verstrepen, former NMP PCH HayaBusa member, had provided more details of the new generation of Formation Skydiving competitors from Qatar on 11 November 2019.
The Qatar Tigers launched their team career in the AAA/Open Class, while the Cheetahs have been following the NSL categories for a more gradual progression. They started with their first competition in the A Class of the ESL Championship 2019, where the three teams of the Qatar delegation took the Top 3 positions as guest teams.
The Cheetahs have mastered the AA Class dive pool by now and performed the first four rounds of the Shamrock Showdown Cloud 2021 during their last training camp in Portugal. Three of the four blocks in the first four rounds were new AA Class blocks beyond the eight blocks of the A Class dive pool. The videos of the Cheetahs performance can be previewed before the scores will be added.