posted Jan 12th, 2023 - Original HayaBusa member and new Team Leader & Managing Director for VIGIL, Sven Ibens, introduced a new ISR FireFlash member during the NSL Live Talk on January 3rd.

The official announcement by the Belgian world-class team followed a few days later: "We are proud to announce that Lena Clynhens will join the ISR FireFlash family! Lena started skydiving 4.5 years ago at Skydive Flanders. She's a former member of Aquila, but will now complete our team after Wesley's retirement at the end of last summer. Indoor training with the new line-up has already started and we are very stoked to see where this story will bring us."

Lena Clynhens competed with her former team, Aquila, at the ISR Grand Prix 2022 in November last year. Aquila was just launched at the Tomscat Trophy 2022 in July, and Sven Ibens, one of the most experienced Formation Skydiving competitors in the world, recognized her talent and potential together with the other FireFlash members at the end of Aquila's first year and invited her for to make a big next step.

ISR Grand Prix 2022			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		13,12,D	O,10,3	11,Q,N,15	A,J,6,18	9,16,7	22,K,F,C	B,P,5,L	1,21,H	Total	Avg
1	Out of the Blue	NL	21	18	23	26	24	26	31	24	193	24.1
2	HF Flying Circus	CZ	19	19	23	25	23	26	33	22	190	23.8
3	Chaotic Motion VIXX	NL	19	21	23	24	24	25	31	21	188	23.5
4	Falco	BE	20	21	20	24	23	26	28	23	185	23.1
5	Realfly Fire	CH	18	20	16	21	22	25	25	21	168	21.0
6	HF Chameleons	CZ	19	19	20	17	17	25	24	20	161	20.1
7	Phoenix	BE	13	17	15	20	19	23	23	20	150	18.8
8	Fuel	NL	16	17	17	17	18	21	25	18	149	18.6
9	HF Flying Rebels	CZ	18	18	20	18	21	13	20	20	148	18.5
10	Jazz Republic	ZA	16	17	17	18	14	21	23	17	143	17.9
11	Trance Ition	NL	13	16	17	17	19	19	21	18	140	17.5
12	Aquila	NL	15	17	16	16	17	20	22	16	139	17.4
13	Lux	NL	15	14	17	15	19	18	20	18	136	17.0
14	Oblivion	IT	14	15	17	16	18	18	22	15	135	16.9
15	Aerogravity	IT	15	13	17	15	17	22	20	15	134	16.8
16	Full Flow	BE	13	14	14	15	12	16	18	15	117	14.6
17	Fire Phoenix	IT	15	13	15	15	12	13	19	11	113	14.1
18	50 50	NL	11	13	13	12	13	16	15	12	105	13.1
19	Shinobi	NL	11	11	10	13	14	13	13	11	96	12.0
20	Ascension	ZA	10	11	11	11	13	11	14	11	92	11.5
21	Joulz	NL	10	9	11	11	11	10	13	11	86	10.8

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Aquila at the ISR Grand Prix 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of Rogier Carper/Indoor Skydive Roosendaal

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Sven Ibens explained during the NSL Live Talk that his team mate of 2009 - 2022, Wesley Claessens, would not come back after the end of the 2022 season. ISR FireFlash was recruiting a new team member, and Lena Clynhens was eventually invited to join FireFlash.

She is coming from a 10+ outdoor and 17.4 average with Aquila at the ISR Grand Prix, while ISR FireFlash had finished with a 27.6 average in 4th place at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022. It is a big step, of course, while bringing new team members up to speed is not new to ISR FireFlash.

Sven Ibens and Wesley Claessens had posted their last scores with Thunder ISR at the ISR Grand Prix 2016 (29.2) before they recruited two new team members for their first ISR FireFlash lineup.

In fact, NMP PCH HayaBusa and Thunder ISR had joined forces for the casual Thund8rbirds 8-way project in 2015 and 2016, and Sven Ibens and Wesley Claessens were planning to be back for more 8-way in 2017 with the reigning 4-way world champions.

Belgian Outdoor Nationals 2015		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	16,15,D	9,22,11	8,H,20	13,J,F,B	N,C,2,E	12,1,3	L,7,19	6,10,18	21,M,P,4	5,K,Q,O	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	24	21	24	31	32	21	24	20	25	35	257	25.7
2	Les Stunts	12	11	10	17	16	10	13	10	15	11	125	12.5
3	Four Mad Men and a Poontang	8	11	10	11	11	8	10	8	10	9	96	9.6
4	James Stuts	4	8	9	11	8	7	9	7	12	10	85	8.5
Rank	AA Class	15,D,11	9,22	8,H,20	13,J,F	N,C,2	1,B,E	L,7,19	6,18	21,M,P	4,K,Q	Total	Avg
1	Fast Forward	10	11	10	10	10	12	13	9	13	13	111	11.1
2	Hoppaaaa	8	10	10	9	11	8	10	6	12	12	96	9.6
3	Gaypride MF	7	7	7	7	8	10	5	3	10	10	74	7.4
Rank	A Class	D,19	9,P	8,H	J,F,Q	N,C,2	B,E,G	L,7	6,A	21,M	4,K	Total	Avg
1	Sunny Side Up	4	12	6	17	7	10	7	8	11	2	84	8.4
2	Last Minute	4	6	4	10	6	7	7	6	10	5	65	6.5
3	Leading Edge	4	6	3	11	6	11	5	7	8	3	64	6.4
4	Multiple Scorgasm	5	5	1	10	4	7	5	6	9	1	53	5.3
Rank	Rookie	D,L,A	P,M,K	H,O,D	J,F,Q	N,C,P	B,E,G	L,H,J	A,F,N	M,Q,C	K,B,E	Total	Avg
1	Jetmax	11	12	12	16	6	14	12	13	17	14	127	12.7
2	GirlZ	6	10	9	7	5	4	8	8	10	9	76	7.6
3	Ahzoe Skydive	7	9	8	7	5	6	10	9	7	6	74	7.4
4	Funnel Rats	0	5	5	3	1	2	3	2	7	5	33	3.3

Sven Ibens and Wesley Claessens invited Maya Van Campenhout and Glenn Straeluyc to join their new 4-way team, who both came from a significantly lower scoring and performance level. The two new team members were on the same Belgian leaderboard in 2015 with their previous teams, Maya Van Campenhout with Belgium's national team in 4-way Women, Les Stunts (12.5) and Glenn Straeluyc with Fast Forward (11.1) in the AA Class of the Belgian outdoor championship.

Maya Van Campenhout joined ISR FireFlash after the 15.7 average for the 5th place in 4-way Women at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2016. Glenn Straeluyc moved up into the AAA Class world with ISR FireFlash, after one year in the A Class and two AA Class years with Fast Forward.

Sven Ibens obviously knows how to bring new team mates up to his own performance level, while Maya Van Campenhout and Glenn Straeluyc went through the same process with him. They will now be able to forward their own experiences to new FireFlash member Lena Clynhens.

FireFlash with new members Maya Van Campenhout and Glenn Straeluyc finished with a 27.3 indoor average at the end of their first year and won the ISR Grand Prix 2017 in the AAA Class, after an 18.3 average at the Belgian Outdoor Nationals 2017. Lena Clynhens can trust the integration experiences of her team mates.