posted Apr 2nd, 2022 - The German Indoor Nationals 2022 offered more than only the successful title defense of Jochen Schweizer Arena's Airfource and the impressive performance of the country's national outdoor team, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen.

The NSL News also pointed out in the event's review on March 21st that the two 4-way Women teams, Piteraq and Skynamite, may be engaged in a new German battle for bronze medals at the upcoming FAI Indoor World Cup in Charleroi.

Even this was not enough of interesting treats at this year's national indoor championships. Piteraq and Skynamite competed for the German gold medals in 4-way Women and were also in contention for the 3rd place on the AAA/Open Class leaderboard.

It was still another team that actually won this race for the 3rd place on the AAA/Open Class leaderboard. Paratec Saar finished tied with Piteraq and won the bronze medals, as Piteraq would receive the gold medals in 4-way Women and did not appear officially on the German 4-way Open Class leaderboard.

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Germany Indoor Nationals 2022			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		1,17,J	A,O,5,D	9,H,2	10,12,21	E,M,3,C	16,8,K	B,7,P,4	L,15,14	G,19,N,22	18,20,13	Total	Avg
1	Jochen Schweizer Arena Airfource	DE	24	34	29	19	32	23	30	24	23	15	253	25.3
2	Airbus Oceanside Illertissen	DE	24	30	27	17	34	20	26	23	23	20	244	24.4
3	Piteraq	DE	22	29	23	17	31	19	26	19	20	17	223	22.3
3	Paratec-Saar	DE	22	29	26	16	26	17	26	22	22	17	223	22.3
5	Skynamite	DE	21	24	25	17	27	20	24	19	21	17	215	21.5
6	Paranodon 4way Illertissen	DE	21	22	21	15	27	15	23	18	17	13	192	19.2
7	EOS	CH	20	24	21	13	24	18	22	13	14	17	186	18.6
8	NeVa FSZ Saar	DE	16	23	20	15	23	17	23	15	17	15	184	18.4
9	Bardarbunga Flystation Munich	DE	16	22	19	15	21	15	21	18	16	16	179	17.9
10	Buena Vista Tunnel Club	DE	14	20	18	14	19	15	19	17	16	12	164	16.4
11	Funknown Spätis	DE	12	14	19	14	21	16	20	17	14	11	158	15.8
11	Feierabendflieger	DE	16	14	18	11	22	15	16	16	16	14	158	15.8
13	Air-W	CH	13	16	19	12	19	13	18	16	13	11	150	15.0
14	Das KO's Saar	DE	13	14	10	11	18	13	17	13	12	11	132	13.2

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Paratec Saar - Piteraq at Germany's Indoor Nationals 2022

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The reunion of the original Paratec Saar lineup, with brothers Joern and Max Thiele, Dieter Schwarz and Markus Bastuck was one of the highlights of the national championships, as well. Only team videographer Alexander Hau could not join the reunion celebration, as indoor competition does not need the extra camera slot.

This original lineup has the Shamrock Showdown 2005 as the team's first competition in the NSL News records, which launched one of the most successful and exciting team careers in the German Formation Skydiving history.

The story begins with Joern and Max Thiele's family bonds, who have been following their father's footsteps (Professor Hanshelmut Thiele) as future German 4-way and 8-way champions. The NSL News update on 26 February 2012 provided more information how their father was a part of the brothers' 4-way and 8-way career story.

The first competition at the Shamrock Showdown 2005 was already the start of a very exciting race for the top spot in Germany, as the reigning national champions of EADS/Airbus competed at the same event, and the new German 4-way team outscored the national champions at Skydive DeLand (162 - 156).

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Shamrock Showdown 2005			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		11,16,J	15,17,H	F,20,9	P,L,5,6	7,Q,21	E,3,K,4	19,14,G	22,2,1	12,18,A	13,B,D,8	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Fire	US	21	22	24	23	23	20	20	15	16	23	207	20.7
2	Golden Knights Black	US	21	21	23	25	23	20	19	15	16	21	204	20.4
3	Sinapsi PD	IT	19	20	25	22	23	18	18	15	15	20	195	19.5
4	DeLand Majik	US	18	19	22	23	20	21	18	15	16	21	193	19.3
5	Fastrax	US	18	19	22	21	19	19	17	14	15	19	183	18.3
6	Spa Hayabusa	BE	18	17	22	20	19	20	17	16	15	18	182	18.2
7	Arcteryx	NO	16	16	19	20	18	16	15	14	14	17	165	16.5
8	FSC Remscheid	DE	16	16	20	17	19	16	15	13	13	17	162	16.2
9	EADS	DE	17	16	19	16	17	16	15	13	13	14	156	15.6
10	Team 42	SE	10	11	16	14	16	16	13	12	8	11	127	12.7
11	Glitter Pimps	US	10	12	16	14	14	14	12	11	6	13	122	12.2
12	Monkey Circus	AT	13	11	17	15	14	12	13	11	11	4	121	12.1
13	Teiwa-Z-Hills	US	10	9	14	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	114	11.4
14	Fastrax Select	US	10	12	12	14	12	12	11	7	8	9	107	10.7
Rank	AA Class		11,1	15,8	F,20,9	P,L,6	7,Q,21	E,4,K	19,14	22,2	18,A,C	13,B,D	Total	Avg
1	Jamba	US	7	8	12	14	8	10	8	8	7	12	94	9.4
Rank	A Class		21,J	8,H	F,9	P,L,6	7,Q	E,4	19,G	2,K	A,C,M	B,D,N	Total	Avg
1	Zero Tolerance Miami	US	6	1	3	7	5	4	-	-	-	-	26	4.3

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FSC Remscheid/Paratec Saar at the Shamrock Showdown 2005

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EADS/Airbus still defended the national 4-way title the same year and represented Germany once again at the FAI World Meet 2006 on German home turf in Gera. However, the 4-way dominance of EADS/Airbus was over in 2006, when Paratec Saar/Next Generation outscored EADS/Airbus again at a 4-way competition of the NSL Network.

The same original lineup eventually won the national championship title in 2007 and then competed for Germany at the next three FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving (2008 - 2010 - 2012), at each event with Alexander Hau on camera.

Max Thiele did not continue after the world meet in Dubai 2012, and the new lineup with Petra van Overveld and Luc van Britsom on camera defended the German 4-way title one more time successfully in 2013. The lineup changed even more for the world meet in Prostejov 2014, with only original members Markuus Bastuck and Joern Thiele competing for Paratec Saar.

That was the end of the story for the original 2005 lineup - until March 13th this year. That's when Paratec Saar attended their first indoor competition with the original lineup and won the bronze medals with a 22.3 average.

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FAI 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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