posted Feb 16th, 2022 - The British Indoor Nationals used to be a part of the annual World Challenge in Bedford, the largest 4-way competition in the world and in history, first unofficially, later as a championship event for the British 4-way teams. The host eventually added an 8-way competition to the event, as well.

The last World Challenge, after a change of ownership, took place in April 2019, just a week before theFAI Indoor World Meet at Weembi Lille. There were still 71 teams from 20 different countries in Bedford in 2019 before the event was discontinued.

No indoor championships were scheduled in 2020 and 2021, and the new British indoor association hosted the event last week at iFLY Basingstoke, where a total of 30 British 4-way teams celebrated the comeback of indoor competition in the United Kingdom.

It was a comeback into active 4-way training and competition for Pete Allum at the same time, one of the longest-standing skydiving competitors in the sport, and he took some time to talk about the event with the NSL News.

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British Indoor Nationals 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	21,6,4	15,20,9	22,Q,3	12,N,L,D	16,19,C	A,13,P,11	17,E,F,10	G,K,18,H	B,8,5	1,O,J,7	Total	Avg
1	Chimera	21	25	24	22	23	25	29	28	24	30	251	25.1
2	Meraki	21	21	24	26	25	25	25	26	22	28	243	24.3
3	NFTO	21	19	21	22	23	25	26	25	22	25	229	22.9
4	Eros	18	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	17	25	201	20.1
5	Shaka	12	17	14	17	20	18	19	18	17	22	174	17.4
6	Alola	16	18	16	17	17	17	15	16	17	22	171	17.1
7	Volt4ge	13	11	11	12	13	11	17	10	12	17	127	12.7
8	Omni	10	10	10	11	8	9	11	10	12	15	106	10.6
Rank	AA Class	15,13	A,O,18	D,19,8	21,P,20	4,G,M	N,11,6	1,F,Q	E,B,2	C,H,7	L,14,22	Total	Avg
1	Deep n' Filthy!!	14	18	14	14	19	17	21	19	23	14	173	17.3
2	4Reigners	9	16	13	13	16	11	21	16	19	11	145	14.5
3	Gren4de	12	15	13	14	15	12	17	15	19	12	144	14.4
4	Marshall Law	11	12	9	11	14	11	13	14	16	12	123	12.3
5	Birds of Paradise	9	9	10	11	12	6	-	-	-	-	57	9.5
6	Jail	7	8	8	8	8	7	5	-	-	-	51	7.3
7	SQU4D Game	7	6	8	9	12	7	-	-	-	-	49	8.2
7	IBME	6	11	7	9	10	6	-	-	-	-	49	8.2

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NSL Live Talk with Pete Allum on 16 February 2022

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Pete Allum did not need a comeback from skydiving competition that he has never left in his career. He attended many events in different disciplines, even when he did not train and compete with a 4-way team. He was also still coaching when he was not scoring 4-way points himself, often even while he was training and competing.

However, he explained during the NSL Talk that he experienced a new situation with his new team, Meraki, who placed 2nd behind Chimera and ahead of NFTO at the British Indoor Nationals last week. He said that it was the first time for him that he had a coach telling him what to do.

Meraki had worked with NMP PCH HayaBusa's 4-time world champion David Grauwels this year, who has now been filming the Belgian team since 2020. Pete Allum said that he enjoyed very much the situation as a receiver of 4-way instructions instead of trying to guide teams and competitors to their best performances.

The combination of the highly experienced coach and competitor in the Meraki lineup and HayaBusa coach David Grauwels worked very well and successfully, as the 24.3 average and the 2nd place are showing.

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British Indoor Nationals 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	J,K,M	6,P	8,D	A,C,F	2,G	Q,9	21,B	19,4	O,H,E	7,L	Total	Avg
1	Skydive Recruitz	26	16	14	25	14	22	17	8	36	25	203	20.3
2	Winged Hussars	19	11	9	23	10	21	14	6	22	16	151	15.1
3	Breaking Dad	21	14	7	17	12	19	14	11	16	16	147	14.7
4	Pantheon	19	10	9	20	9	17	10	7	18	13	132	13.2
5	Nemesis	17	12	9	17	7	15	-	-	-	-	77	12.8
6	Wind Kickers	17	11	8	17	9	13	-	-	-	-	75	12.5
7	Team Tilstock	16	9	6	13	8	11	-	-	-	-	63	10.5
8	Scratch 22	15	8	6	7	6	15	-	-	-	-	57	9.5
9	One Night Only	16	10	3	10	6	9	-	-	-	-	54	9.0
Rank	Rookie	H,D,C	N,Q,F	B,M,L	O,K,G	J,P,E	A,L,N	E,Q,C	B,H,A	F,G,D	M,K,O	Total	Avg
1	Space Pirates	12	19	18	12	20	7	15	17	15	18	153	15.3
2	Booties Call	13	14	15	12	15	9	12	10	16	19	135	13.5
3	First Date	10	11	10	9	12	8	9	9	11	14	103	10.3
4	The Chaos Unit	7	9	11	7	10	9	-	-	-	-	53	8.8
5	Best Served Cold	7	10	11	4	11	9	-	-	-	-	52	8.7
6	Impromptu	7	8	7	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	30	5.0

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The three medal winners on the AAA Class leaderboard were well separated, even though each of the three top teams claimed or tied some of the highscores for rounds. Chimera, the British national team in 4-way Open, is done with indoor competition now and will focus on outdoor training and competition to get ready for this year's FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Eloy.

Pete Allum and Meraki continue with indoor competition and have the FAI Indoor World Cup on their schedule. NFTO, the British national team in 4-way Women will post their scores on the other AAA Class leaderboard in Charleroi, together with Alola's all-female lineup.

The British indoor delegation also had a 4-way Junior team at the previous FAI indoor event, the Skydive Recruitz, who were training in Bedford and competing at the World Challenges of earlier years. They have grown into senior 4-way competition now and competed in the A Class last week.

Pete Allum also pointed out that the British national 4-way VFS team, Omni, tested the AAA Class dive pool for a change, after easily winning their prime event against the Not Omni team.