posted Mar 14th, 2023 - Other 4-way events have been taking place while the NSL News focused primarily on the Shamrock Showdown 2023. There was a good reason to give attention to the outdoor event at Skydive DeLand in the middle of the indoor season, as it was a copy of the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022, at least on the very top of the leaderboard.

The Shamrock Showdown lived up to all expectations, while the final rankings were surely not a copy of the results in Eloy last year. The NSL News aftermath of the Shamrock Showdown will continue, while it is time to catch up with the other events.

One of the most interesting recent indoor events was the German national indoor championship, where the defending champions of the Jochen Schweizer Arena Airfource were holding off the German national outdoor team, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen.

This was not a surprise, as the Airbus members explained in NSL Live Talk on January 11th at end of their outdoor training camp in DeLand. The Airbus 4-way team knew that they would not be able to offer much indoor opposition to the national indoor team in the middle of the Airfource preparations for the indoor world championship next month.

German Indoor Nationals 2023			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		J,16,6	3,4,E	11,Q,L,20	7,A,M,G	O,17,2	10,19,D	B,F,12,15	C,K,8,9	1,18,21	5,14,N	Total	Avg
G	Weembi	FR	27	23	23	32	29	23	29	32	22	27	267	26.7
1	Jochen Schweizer Arena Airforce	DE	26	24	27	38	28	23	27	29	20	24	266	26.6
G	Kuddelmuddel	UK	23	22	23	33	24	21	21	27	19	23	236	23.6
2	Airbus Oceanside Illertissen	DE	24	20	23	36	17	20	23	24	19	23	229	22.9
3	Piteraq	DE	21	17	18	31	20	18	23	24	19	21	212	21.2
4	Skynamite & Friends	DE	18	18	18	31	22	21	22	19	17	20	206	20.6
G	Airdrops	CH	21	18	17	30	19	17	21	22	13	17	195	19.5
5	Juss Illertissen	DE	15	15	17	26	16	16	17	18	15	16	171	17.1
6	Neva Lazarus	DE	14	13	16	27	17	16	18	20	14	11	166	16.6
7	Feierabendflieger	DE	16	14	15	23	14	16	17	19	14	16	164	16.4
G	Air-W	CH	15	13	13	26	16	16	17	16	14	15	161	16.1
8	Wintertunnel	DE	15	12	15	24	15	14	17	17	14	14	157	15.7
G	Fire Phoenix	IT	12	12	14	26	11	14	17	17	12	14	149	14.9
9	Coolgang 2 light	DE	14	13	9	20	14	13	15	15	12	11	136	13.6
10	Django Untrained	DE	14	5	9	20	14	11	14	14	11	11	123	12.3
G	Airvolution	AT	13	9	10	15	12	11	15	13	11	12	121	12.1

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Weembi - Airfource at the German Indoor Nationals 2023

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The most interesting parts of the indoor championship in Germany were created by two very strong guest teams.

The international Weembi lineup even outscored the German Airfource and finished in 1st place on the open leaderboard.

The German national indoor team does not have to worry about the strongest opponent on their home turf.

Weembi International will not be eligible for the indoor world championship with team members from three different countries.

There was actually only one German 4-way competitor in the Weembi lineup. Claire Rebhahn was in the last AtomiX lineup, who lost the battle for the German outdoor championship in 2021 in the dramatic Round 10 Super Sequence. The NSL News reported the outcome of the event on 10 September 2021.

AtomiX announced plans to continue a month after the event. The plans were canceled a week later, and Claire Rebhahn did not have a team any longer.

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Kuddelmuddel - Airbus at the German Indoor Nationals 2023

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The former AtomiX member and only German 4-way competitor in the Weembi lineup was obviously still very well prepared for the indoor competition, as the 1st place with a 26.7 average is showing. The three German Bundeswehr soldiers and former Airbus member Christian Schaefer eventually lost by one point against the Weembi team with Claire Rebhahn, her two female team mates and player-coach Roy Janssen.

The German national indoor team had the upper hand throughout the first half of the meet (143 - 134) before Roy Janssen and his three female team mates picked up the pace and did not give away any of the last six rounds.

The Weembi lineup included two world-class opponents in 4-way Women. Christine Malnis has been a team member of the strongest 4-way Women team in history and also competed for France together with Roy Janssen and her 4-way Women team mate Sophia Pecout at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2019 for France with the Weembi High Rollers. Julien Degen completed the High Rollers lineup.

Sian Stokes is a current member of NFTO and will try to win 4-way Women gold medals at the upcoming indoor world championship in Slovakia, after outdoor gold in Eloy. Her NFTO team mates Vana Parker and Elizabeth Kennedy competed with Kuddelmuddel at the same event and finished ahead of Airbus in 3rd place. Sian Stokes, Vana Parker and Elizabeth Kennedy will compete together in 4-way Women next month, while Christine Malnis has her own plans for the same event. The NSL News will follow up very soon...