posted Mar 15th, 2023 - The German Indoor Nationals featured the two German national 4-way teams (Jochen Schweizer Arena Airfource - indoor, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen - outdoor) and the guest teams from Weembi and Great Britain, as the NSL News reported yesterday.

There was also a very interesting duel right behind the same four teams who took the four top positions on the open leaderboard. Germany's third national team, Piteraq in 4-way Women indoor, had to fend off a challenge by their former rivals in the same category, Skynamite.

Skynamite members Katharina Reiß, Sylvia Schlaphof and Yasmin Schütte replaced Shaline Dincher with Marco Keller. The NSL News reported on January 23rd that Shaline Dincher has joined the new Airbus 8-way lineup, together with Carola Fietz, another former Skynamite member.

Piteraq did not have to win this 4-way Women duel, as the Skynamite lineup at the German indoor championship would obviously not be eligible for any qualification in 4-way Women. However, Skynamite indicated with the appearance and the scores that they could once again become a serious opponent with a 4th female team member.

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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Piteraq - Skynamite & Friends - Fire Phoenix at the German Indoor Nationals 2023

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Piteraq and Skynamite had battled with each other for the set of bronze medals in 4-way Women at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 and were separated by seven points after Round 10. Piteraq won the spot on the podium in 4-way Women. The same duel at the German Indoor Nationals ended with a 6-point difference, again to the Piteraq advantage.

The same two German teams had two more complete 4-way Women lineups on the same open leaderboard in Munich. Fire Phoenix from Italy joined the 4-way competition world in 2022, as the NSL News reported on 21 December 2022. They will replace Squadra Militare Femminile on the 4-way Women leaderboard, who represented Italy in Charleroi last year.

There was also a new team from Switzerland in 4-way Women that has not attended an international FAI/ISC competition yet. Airdrops finished in 7th place on the open leaderboard as a guest team, right behind and not too far from the two German teams.

In fact, Airdrops could be even closer to Piteraq if they travel to Slovakia next month. They just posted the team's first 20+ average at the Swiss indoor championships.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		O,18,14		L,C,F,9		1,J,H,19		3,E,P,Q		20,7,16		2,13,8		17,D,6		N,22,A,G		12,5,11		M,21,4		Total	Avg
1	HF Cubs	CZ	24		47	-2	24	-5	34	-2	23	-2	23		30		32		22		26	-1	285	28.5
2	Nephtys	FR	22		44	-1	28		33	-2	23		20	-1	29		29	-1	21	-1	23	-1	272	27.2
3	Piteraq	DE	19		37		23		30	-1	17	-2	17		24		21		16	-1	22		226	22.6
4	Skynamite	DE	17	-1	35		23	-1	25	-3	19		16	-1	25		22		15	-2	22		219	21.9
5	Windwerk EOS	CH	14	-2	30		20		25		17		16		21		19		14	-1	17	-3	193	19.3
6	Squadra Militare Femminile	IT	12		19	-3	15		14		12		11	-1	14		15		9	-1	14		135	13.5
7	Fatal Four	NL	11	-1	18	-2	14		16		12	-1	12		14		8	-3	9	-2	15		129	12.9

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Piteraq - Skynamite - Squadra Militare Femminile at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022

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Neither Piteraq nor Airdrops will be able to challenge some of the other female 4-way competitors who attended the German national indoor championship. Weembi International member Sian Stokes and Kuddelmuddel members Vana Parker and Elizabeth Kennedy will compete with NFTO in Slovakia.

Vana Parker and Sian Stokes will try to unite the world's 4-way Women indoor and outdoor top spot, together with original team member Anna Hicks and new member Elizabeth Kennedy, who replaced Catherine Anderson after the outdoor world meet in Eloy.

The Czech 4-way Junior world champions of 2019 and 4-way Women world cup champions of 2022, HF Cubs from the Czech Republic, seemed to be the biggest obstacle on the way to the double indoor/outdoor top spots for NFTO, in the absence of the Russian 4-way Women world champions of 2021, Bubbles.

There is a new top contender though, as French national coach Mathieu Bernier told the NSL News at his recent Shamrock Showdown visit in DeLand. He has registered a very strong French 4-way Women lineup for the indoor world championship, where Weembi International members Sian Stokes and Christine Malnis will now be opponents. The NSL News will follow up with more details.