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Did You Know...

... that Vibeke Birk Tidemann was planning in 2007 to compete at a world meet?

Vibeke Birk and Torben Tiedemann with Sequence in 2009
posted Jul 16th, 2021 - The recent updates from Denmark included a brief overview of Vibeke Birk Tidemann's 4-way competition career. The story on July 9th explained that the name of her first team in the Danish 4-way project, Sequence, was back on the leaderboard for the winning lineup at the national championships a few weeks ago.

The first Sequence of 2007 was not a winning team in Denmark, even though it was a part of the 4-way project. The DaneZ had dominated 4-way competition in Denmark for several years, and the new national team of 2007, Danish Blaze, had been selected to represent the country at the next world meet in Maubeuge, France.

Vibeke Birk Tidemann now won her first Danish 4-way title 15 years after her first visit at the Shamrock Showdown 2006. She was back in DeLand a year later for a training camp of the Danish 4-way project that she had joined. Sequence did not compete at the Shamrock Showdown 2007. Only the new national team, Danish Blaze, posted their first scoring numbers at the event at the end of the training camp.

The NSL News invited Vibeke Birk and Torben Tiedemann for an interview in 2007. Torben Tiedemann, her future husband, was a member of the new national 4-way team, and together they provided insights of the Danish 4-way project.


Shamrock Showdown 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank AAA Class 8,7,C J,2,12 O,E,19,5 3,21,16 H,14,L,P M,13,17 K,9,1 G,4,N,B 6,11,20 18,F,A,22 Total Avg
1 Airspeed Odyssey US 23 19 26 19 27 23 24 27 19 23 230 23.0
2 Fastrax US 22 19 22 21 23 25 26 27 19 23 227 22.7
3 Golden Knights Black US 22 19 27 20 25 22 23 25 17 22 222 22.2
4 Arcteryx NO 19 17 21 18 22 20 22 22 17 19 197 19.7
5 Optic Nerve US 16 14 16 14 19 17 17 16 13 15 157 15.7
6 Fastrax Blue US 15 14 18 14 17 15 16 16 13 14 152 15.2
7 Teiwaz US 16 14 16 14 15 17 16 16 11 13 148 14.8
8 Danish Blaze DK 14 13 15 13 17 13 16 17 8 13 139 13.9
9 Golden Leaf CA 15 12 14 12 13 14 13 11 11 13 128 12.8
9 DeLand Groove US 21 19 24 19 23 22 - - - - 128 21.3
11 Chicas DE 11 11 11 11 12 9 13 12 11 12 113 11.3

Torben Tiedemann had prepared his step up into the national 4-way team of 2007 and 2008, Danish Blaze, with his first year of training and competition with the previous B-Team, Vitesse. He explained his own efforts and the investment into the team project during the interview.

The members of the project were selected by former members of the previous national team, the DaneZ, together with project coach Solly Williams. The DaneZ had competed for Denmark at the world meets in 2004 and 2006, and they had decided to take a break from the obligations of a national team.

The DaneZ still competed at the national championship and won in 2007, 2008 and 2009 where they defeated the official national teams, first Danish Blaze in 2007 and 2008, then Voluntas in 2009. However, they still stayed away from the international representation at the world meets in Maubeuge 2008 and Menzelinsk 2010, where the official national teams competed for Denmark, Danish Blaze followed by Voluntas.

As a result of the DaneZ' persistence, Torben Tiedemann actually never won the national 4-way title, even though he competed with Danish Blaze at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2008.


Danish Outdoor Nationals 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank AAA Class 10,14,H 9,8,6 F,B,Q,J,11 19,C,13 22,L,12 15,P,4 3,M,K,2 1,A,5 N,17,20 21,G,D,E Total Avg
1 ZenaD 15 15 22 13 11 13 16 16 15 21 157 15.7
2 Danish Blaze 13 15 21 12 4 13 13 15 14 17 137 13.7
3 Sequence 10 11 17 11 8 10 15 12 9 14 117 11.7
4 Contra 10 11 15 11 10 11 10 10 9 18 115 11.5
5 4-Octopus 8 9 9 7 6 7 7 7 7 10 77 7.7
6 Normannerne 6 7 9 5 7 5 10 6 6 8 69 6.9
7 Joyride 6 3 10 4 4 6 6 6 6 9 60 6.0
8 Synergy 4 5 8 4 4 5 6 4 6 3 49 4.9

Vibeke Birk Tidemann with VAF Warriors at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016
Vibeke Birk and Torben Tiedemann eventually ended up together in the same Sequence lineup of 2009 and 2010. That's when the Sequence story seemed to be over, while Vibeke Birk and Torben Tiedemann tied their lives even closer by getting married.

Vibeke Birk Tidemann then joined a Danish 4-way Women team in 2011 (Danish Divas) and helped out for the VAF Warriors at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016. The Tiedemanns were also back together in action with JustinTime in 2018.

Back in 2007, Vibeke Birk Tidemann alone was planning to make it to the national 4-way team at some point in time. She had a 3-year plan to make it happen. Now she has accomplished this goal a few years later, and she won the national 4-way title that her husband is still missing.

Torben Tiedemann had the experience of a world meet ahead of his wife. Vibeke Birk will now catch up if the new Sequence lineup continue and compete for Denmark in Eloy 2022...


FAI Outdoor World Meet 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Open B,17,7 H,N,13,A 10,J,C,6 18,12,2 E,3,9 19,O,4 D,M,5,16 14,20,21 Total Avg
1 Airspeed Odyssey  US  30 32 24 16 29 21 28 15 195 24.4
2 Maubeuge  FR  28 30 23 17 27 23 28 18 194 24.3
3 HayaBusa Defence  BE  27 33 23 17 27 22 25 17 191 23.9
4 Sky Panthers Barkli  RU  28 30 22 16 28 20 27 17 188 23.5
5 Arcteryx  NO  27 29 21 17 25 21 26 14 180 22.5
6 Evolution  CA  25 27 22 17 24 18 26 16 175 21.9
7 Spin Team  IT  23 21 16 13 21 16 21 - 131 18.7
8 Dynamic Fource  NL  22 20 16 12 21 16 22 - 129 18.4
9 VIVA  CH  19 23 17 13 21 15 18 - 126 18.0
10 FSC Eisenach  DE  21 17 14 13 21 15 21 - 122 17.4
11 Airtite  AU  15 21 16 11 19 16 - - 98 16.3
12 Magic 4  LT  19 19 13 13 16 15 - - 95 15.8
12 Danish Blaze  DK  18 20 14 11 16 16 - - 95 15.8
14 Voodoo  ZA  17 18 15 11 19 14 - - 94 15.7
15 Evolution  SE  16 18 14 10 16 16 - - 90 15.0
16 Tigers  FI  19 19 14 10 16 9 - - 87 14.5
16 Monkey Circus  AT  14 19 15 12 16 11 - - 87 14.5
18 CTR Optimum  BR  15 14 11 10 17 14 - - 81 13.5
19 Fusion  UK  15 17 14 8 16 6 - - 76 12.7
20 China  CN  7 9 8 5 9 8 - - 46 7.7
21 Cyprus  CY  6 5 4 5 5 6 - - 31 5.2
22 Turkey  TR  5 6 6 2 6 4 - - 29 4.8
23 Slovakia  SK  9 4 4 0 4 3 - - 24 4.0

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