posted Jan 2nd, 2022 - Times have changed, dramatically. The review of the most current leaderboards, especially the last one of the World Tunnel League in December 2021, is a sad affair, compared to the last monthly leaderboard before the beginning of the corona virus crisis.

A total of 33 teams had used the January 2019 draw to post their own scores and compare them with results from other parts of the skydiving and windtunnel world. The 2019 participation right before the impact of the pandemic now compares to the total of 16 teams in December 2021, and the pandemic does not seem to come to an end yet.

The teams on the NSL/WTL leaderboard of January 2019 competed regularly at the meets of their respective leagues before the implications of the pandemic interfered heavily. The January 2019 leaderboard was generated by teams of four different leagues (Czech Republic, Finland, California, Florida). The December 2021 scores were posted by 14 Czech teams and two from Finland.

Nevertheless, it is no exaggeration to point out that the most recent scores of the World Tunnel League included a very exciting situation on the AAA Class leaderboard.

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World Tunnel League January 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		Q,E,F,18	3,9,11	D,K,21,16	14,G,M,17	O,L,B,7	5,15,6	P,A,12,20	C,13,1	10,8,N	22,J,H,4	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	FI	34	20	27	24	37	23	19	23	20	21	248	24.8
2	HF Flying Circus	CZ	34	21	23	25	39	19	21	22	21	21	246	24.6
3	HF Bad Boys	CZ	31	21	22	23	33	19	21	19	19	19	227	22.7
4	HF Cubs	CZ	29	19	20	19	31	17	17	18	16	21	207	20.7
5	HF Chicks	CZ	29	19	19	20	29	17	15	15	16	20	199	19.9
6	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	24	17	20	19	27	15	16	16	16	18	188	18.8
7	Blackjack	FI	28	13	19	19	29	15	16	16	15	16	186	18.6
8	Tempo	FI	23	17	21	19	26	15	15	17	14	17	184	18.4
9	Telakka	FI	24	17	19	18	24	13	16	16	14	16	177	17.7
10	Sky....	CZ	20	14	18	18	29	15	14	15	14	15	172	17.2
11	Cali4nia Raptors	US	21	12	14	17	20	15	-	-	-	-	99	16.5
12	FSL Kickers Tampa	US	19	17	15	18	25	14	15	15	13	12	163	16.3
13	Silver Knights	FI	18	13	16	17	24	15	14	14	13	16	160	16.0
14	SCZ ZEUS	US	22	16	17	18	18	14	15	13	13	13	159	15.9
15	M Team	CZ	19	11	14	13	21	10	10	14	11	14	137	13.7
16	Accord	CZ	16	11	13	15	21	11	9	12	7	13	128	12.8
Rank	AA Class		Q,E,F,18	9,11	D,K,21	14,G,M	O,L,B,7	15,6	P,A,20	C,13,1	8,N,4	22,J,H	Total	Avg
1	Cali4nia Kids	US	19	16	17	17	22	14	-	-	-	-	105	17.5
2	HF Dragonflies	CZ	19	15	17	18	21	14	16	13	13	13	159	15.9
3	Ladies&Gentlemen	CZ	20	15	16	18	22	12	14	14	13	14	158	15.8
4	HF Flying Rebels	CZ	15	17	17	17	20	13	15	13	13	15	155	15.5
5	SCZ FurtheranZe XP 2.5	US	12	15	16	17	22	10	13	12	14	13	144	14.4
6	Ompeluseura	FI	17	15	15	15	19	12	8	12	12	13	138	13.8
7	4Tune	US	14	11	11	13	15	9	-	-	-	-	73	12.2
8	SCZ ZEUS 2.0	US	11	13	13	12	19	11	11	9	8	8	115	11.5
9	Mimozemky	CZ	13	13	11	11	17	5	9	10	10	13	112	11.2
10	HF Chameleons	CZ	11	9	9	9	10	7	8	5	7	8	83	8.3
Rank	A Class		Q,E,F	9,7	D,K,21	G,M,J	O,L,B	6,H	P,A,2	C,19	8,N	J,H,4	Total	Avg
1	High Five	CZ	27	15	12	22	21	15	14	11	11	14	162	16.2
2	Hermannin Nuorisoseura	FI	22	15	13	23	18	9	14	10	13	12	149	14.9
3	4K	FI	23	14	12	20	13	11	13	9	5	11	131	13.1
4	Flailing Sirkus	FI	18	12	11	18	16	11	9	9	11	8	123	12.3
Rank	Rookie		Q,E,F	L,P,C	D,K,A	G,M,J	O,L,B	H,Q,D	P,A,E	C,F,K	N,G,O	J,H,M	Total	Avg
1	New Hands	US	14	12	9	17	14	11	13	9	9	17	125	12.5
2	SCZ ZEUS Evolve	US	9	9	11	16	12	13	12	10	10	19	121	12.1
3	Dr. Spot & Patients	FI	6	1	6	5	7	5	6	7	3	10	56	5.6

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It was coincidence that the Finnish 4-way team 4K chose the December competition in Helsinki to make the big and last step from AA to AAA Class competition at the last meet of the year, and five of the six slot-switching AAA blocks were drawn for the 10-round competition

This big step in Finland created a 1-point duel on the December leaderboard where the Czech 4-way team Accord were once again back in the AAA Class.

Accord, with original team member Dana Stankova still in the current lineup, started in the AAA Class at outdoor meets in the Czech Republic in 2005.

The current NSL categories were introduced for indoor and outdoor competition years later. Even with the opportunity to use the lower categories, Accord continued in the AAA Class until 2013 and then spent three years (2014 - 2016) on AA Class leaderboards.

The switch back to AAA Class competition came in 2017, and Accord have posted their indoor and outdoor scores on AAA leaderboards ever since. In fact, Accord trained and competed in 4-way beginning in the early 90s, together with Jan Klapka's Bad Boys.

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World Tunnel League December 2021			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		22,H,C,Q	G,20,11	17,4,F	12,L,9	13,8,N	2,6,15	A,7,J,3	14,19,D	E,5,1	M,K,18,16	Total	Avg
1	HF Cubs	CZ	29	19	26	26	25	24	29	22	24	27	251	25.1
2	HF Flying Circus	CZ	22	19	22	21	20	19	27	20	24	23	217	21.7
3	Tribe	FI	26	18	23	21	16	17	23	19	23	22	208	20.8
4	HF Flying Rebels	CZ	23	16	19	17	18	15	21	16	19	14	178	17.8
5	HF Chameleons	CZ	18	15	14	15	16	13	15	13	17	15	151	15.1
6	4 V Tunelu	CZ	15	13	10	15	13	13	16	10	14	14	133	13.3
7	Accord	CZ	10	10	8	12	11	9	12	11	10	11	104	10.4
8	4K	FI	12	10	11	7	11	8	12	11	12	9	103	10.3

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Accord at the December meet of the Czech Tunnel League

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Accord did not know that they would have a new opponent in their area of the AAA Class leaderboard in December. Two teams were eager enough in Finland to brave the current pandemic situation, 4K for the first time in AAA Class competition.

The complete current lineup (Pauli Hattunen, Leena Kajamäki, Heikki Kervinen, Ari Kousa) started together in the Rookie Class of 2016. They moved up to A Class competition in 2017 until the end of the 2018 season, and made the next step to AA in 2019. The same lineup did not miss a meet of the Finnish Tunnel League after that and were obviously ready for the final and ultimate step to AAA in December.

The December leaderboard 2021 turned out to be the first time that Accord and 4K were facing each other indirectly in the same category. Both teams had actually comped at the same time in January 2019, as well, and they just posted their scores on different leaderboards, Accord as usual in AAA, 4K for their last time in the A Class.

Accord won this exciting 1-point battle this time, and 4K will probably take a closer look at their AAA opponent in the Czech Republic in the near future. Finnish team Tribe, with Nadja Lönnroth substituting for Vesa Vuorenkoski, split the Czech senior and junior teams with their 3rd place on the December leaderboard.