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The beginnings of Qatar's Formation Skydiving competition project were a part of yesterday's NSL News update. Forming two competitive teams, one for each traditional event, was the main goal at that time, and DeLand Majik 4-way world champion of 2004, Solly Williams, was working on accomplishing the first part.
Yesterday's update mentioned that the 4-way and 8-way lineups were eventually separated, and both teams could focus only on one event. The results of this planning and execution have now become tangible with two medal contenders from Qatar, the Tigers in 4-way and the Falcons in 8-way.
The first decade in the Formation Skydiving competition world was obviously convincing enough. Qatar decided to continue with the efforts, after building their own skydiving centers and a wind-tunnel in their own country on the Arabian Peninsula.
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 | Qatar Cheetahs | QA | 17 | 23 | 16 | -1 | 13 | -1 | 69 | 17.3 | ||
2 | Just 4 Fun | US | 7 | -2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 9.5 |
Despite the Tigers' passion for the sport and their team, it is always beneficial for the top teams to have a recruiting ground to go to when they need new team members. The potential is limited in Qatar without much civilian participation in the sport. The members of the national teams are state-employed by police and military.
The success of the Falcons and Tigers encouraged the Qatar management of the Formation Skydiving delegation to recruit two more 4-way teams and hire two more experienced coaches to work with them, Luc Verstrepen (Qatar Cheetahs) and Marin Ferre (Qatar Lions).
Together with Gary Smith (Qatar Tigers) and Jeremie Rollett (Qatar Falcons) they work with the Formation Skydiving delegation and prepare a new generation of competitors for the time when the national teams will need new team members.
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 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 79 | 9.9 |
2 | Falcons | QA | 18 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 78 | 9.8 |
3 | Cheetahs | QA | 17 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 9.6 |
4 | Hight Five | CZ | 13 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 76 | 9.5 |
5 | British Army Volt4ge | UK | 19 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 8.9 |
6 | High Voltage | BE | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 69 | 8.6 |
6 | Funky Falcon | NL | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 8.6 |
8 | Huayra | BE | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 8.1 |
9 | Black Devils | BE | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 6.6 |
10 | Oljakoda | BE | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 5.4 |
The Qatar Cheetahs, with coach Luc Verstrepen, took on the same four sequences of the Shamrock Showdown 2021 that the teams at Skydive City and their national 4-way team had performed before. They submitted their videos from the last training camp in Portugal and now have their scores on the AA Class leaderboard.
The Cheetahs have moved from a 9.6 average in the A Class competition of the ESL Championship to the 17.3 outdoor average on the AA Class leaderboard after the four rounds of the Shamrock Showdown.
The format of the NSL competition draw created another interesting situation on the leaderboard, where two of the four rounds had identical sequences between the two categories. The Cheetahs outscored two of the AAA Class teams in both rounds. It would be no big surprise to see the Cheetahs competing in the AAA Class at their next competition.
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 | Qatar Cheetahs | QA | 17 | 23 | 16 | -1 | 13 | -1 | 69 | 17.3 | ||
2 | Just 4 Fun | US | 7 | -2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 9.5 |