posted Feb 18th, 2022 - The Czech 4-way delegation in 4-way Open, 4-way Women and 4-way Junior for the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 completed their February competition of the Czech Tunnel League at the beginning of the month.

All four teams (HF Cubs, HF Flying Circus, HF Flying Rebels, HF Chameleons) used the ten rounds for more competition practice, even though the two junior teams (HF Flying Rebels, HF Chameleons) posted their scores once again on different leaderboards.

Both teams will compete in the 4-way Junior event at the indoor world cup, which is identical with the AA Class rules and dive pool. However, the official Czech national team in this category, HF Flying Rebels, challenged themselves with the latest AAA Class draw, as they have done in all five meets since the beginning of the winter season in December.

The Flying Rebels have now lifted their AAA Class average from 17.7 in December to the 22.8 this month. It is very difficult to estimate the team's current performance level in a AA Class competition. The Flying Rebels posted their last AA Class scores in June 2020, with a 22.7 average after ten rounds.

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Czech Tunnel League February 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	8,18,10	C,20,14	15,P,E,G	1,5,12	D,A,N,B,3	H,O,9,F	7,21,Q	4,L,11	16,J,K,19	22,6,13	Total	Avg
1	HF Cubs	19	22	31	22	32	46	28	23	26	22	271	27.1
2	HF Flying Circus	17	22	27	20	30	43	27	18	27	20	251	25.1
3	HF Flying Rebels	16	21	26	17	25	38	27	19	20	19	228	22.8
4	HF Chameleons	15	14	17	17	16	32	20	14	13	14	172	17.2
5	Accord	5	11	13	9	15	24	13	10	13	11	124	12.4
Rank	AA Class	8,18	C,20,14	15,P,E	1,G,F	D,A,N,B	H,O,9	7,21	4,L,11	J,K,19	22,6	Total	Avg
1	Rusalky	12	13	17	17	24	24	17	13	15	13	165	16.5
2	Impact	11	12	13	13	19	20	13	11	13	11	136	13.6
3	M Team	8	9	10	11	13	15	11	10	11	9	107	10.7

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HF Cubs - HF Flying Circus at the February meet of the Czech Tunnel League

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The HF Cubs, 4-way Junior world champions at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019, transitioned from their last AA Class scores in January 2019 (20.7) to the 30.3 winning average in 4-way Junior at the indoor world meet three months later. They had finished the ten AAA Class rounds in April 2019, right before the indoor world meet, with a 23.3 average.

The HF Flying Rebels were on a higher AA Class level than the HF Cubs at their last meet in this category, and their 22.8 average in the AAA Class this month almost matches the 23.3 that the HF Cubs posted in April 2019. There is a good chance that the current Czech national team in 4-way Junior match the scoring numbers that the HF Cubs posted to win the indoor world meet in 2019.

Jan Klapka is bringing two 4-way junior teams to Charleroi in Belgium in April this time. The HF Flying Rebels will try to defend the world championship title for the Czech Republic, while the all-female lineup of the HF Dragonflies collect their first international FAI/ISC meet experiences.

The HF Cubs collected their world cup/world meet experiences over several years (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) before they eventually won the world championship title in 2019. The HF Flying Rebels could not make the same experiences with the lack of FAI/ISC indoor world cups or world meets since 2019.

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Czech Tunnel League February 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	8,18,10	C,20,14	15,P,E,G	1,5,12	D,A,N,B,3	H,O,9,F	7,21,Q	4,L,11	16,J,K,19	22,6,13	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	8,Q	C,2	P,E,M	G,F,B	D,A,N	H,O,9	7,21	4,L	J,K,19	6,E	Total	Avg
1	HF Dragonflies	16	16	40	31	24	18	12	13	13	16	199	19.9
2	HF Invisible	11	12	25	27	20	16	14	15	13	15	168	16.8
Rank	Rookie	K,Q,L	C,J,O	P,E,M	G,F,B	D,A,N	H,O,P	B,N,C	A,L,H	J,K,D	Q,E,G	Total	Avg
1	Dycky Most	16	17	25	21	16	19	16	15	9	17	171	17.1
2	MCBP	12	12	17	16	12	15	13	13	13	12	135	13.5
3	Smart Fish	9	8	10	11	9	5	8	5	6	6	77	7.7
4	Loosers	4	9	12	7	9	7	2	6	9	6	71	7.1

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HF Flying Rebels - HF Dragonflies at the February meet of the Czech Tunnel League

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The HF Chameleons have been on a different path on the way to their first international FAI/ISC event. They started together with the HF Flying Rebels in the A Class of 2017/2018 and both teams moved into AA Class competition in 2018/2019. The Flying Rebels then continued in the AA Class in 2019/2020, while the Chameleons stepped back down to A Class with a new lineup.

Krystýna Cejkova, Aleš Marýsko, Anastasiya Okhmar and Antonín Ondráček came back with different new team members for A Class training and competition, before the current lineup joined the HF Flying Rebels on AAA Class leaderboards at the beginning of the 2021/2022 winter season in November.

AAA Class teams HF Flying Circus (4-way Open) and HF Cubs (4-way Women) both performed on the top level of their scoring numbers at the beginning of February. The complete Czech 4-way delegation has one more opportunity to collect 10-round meet experiences at the league's March meet before traveling to Belgium at the beginning of April.

It will be interesting to see if the two Czech 4-way junior teams will use the last meet practice to compete in the same category, 4-way Junior with the AA Class dive pool and rules, that they are registered for at the indoor world cup.