posted Sep 14th, 2023 - The NSL News covered the new combined Belgian/Dutch outdoor championship when the teams had completed eight rounds at Skydive Flanders in Moorsele on September 8th. The competition was not only the combined national championship for teams from Belgian and the Netherlands. The NSL News mentioned in the first update that the two new Qatar teams, Cheetahs and Lions, were also heading to the event to participate as guest teams.

The event turned out to be a re-match between five of the teams who had visited Skydive Voss in Norway just a week earlier. Dutch national team Out Of The Blue had finished behind the Qatar Cheetahs at Skydive Voss and were a point ahead of the Qatar Lions in Moorsele after Round 8. They defended the 1st place on the AAA Class leaderboard successfully with a new 10-round team record average (17.7) and won their next Dutch 4-way title, as well.

Neither NMP PCH HayaBusa nor ISR FireFlash competed for Belgian medals this year, and the annual battle between Ayro and Falco would generate the new Belgian 4-way champions. This year's outdoor duel between the same two teams became the closest one ever with a 1-point difference, and Ayro has now had the upper hand at outdoor meets since September 2021.

Falco won the last outdoor duel at the ESL Championship 2019 and the indoor duel at the Belgian Indoor Nationals 2022. The 15.9 average for the Belgian silver medals was almost matching the 16.0 average of the national championship last year where NMP PCH HayaBusa won the national championship title.

Belgian/Dutch Outdoor Nationals 2023			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		3,E,B,18	21,A,P,13	O,22,Q,1	9,D,10	16,M,17	J,14,4	12,H,N,15	8,G,6	19,K,C,5	F,20,2	Total	Avg
1	Out Of The Blue	NL	18	20	15	19	18	16	16	16	20	19	177	17.7
2	Qatar Lions	QA	16	18	18	19	21	16	13	16	18	18	173	17.3
3	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	16	17	17	17	18	17	14	16	18	16	166	16.6
4	Chaotic Motion VIXX	NL	17	17	17	16	17	14	15	16	18	17	164	16.4
5	AYRO	BE	17	19	14	18	16	15	16	15	14	16	160	16.0
6	Falco	BE	15	18	16	17	18	14	14	14	15	18	159	15.9
7	Family Flash	BE	13	14	14	13	14	12	11	12	14	13	130	13.0
8	LUX	NL	11	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	128	12.8
9	Phoenix	BE	12	15	13	13	10	10	12	14	13	9	121	12.1
10	Full Flow	BE	12	13	12	11	13	11	12	11	12	12	119	11.9
11	Aquila	NL	8	12	8	10	11	11	9	11	9	12	101	10.1
12	Shinobi	NL	8	11	8	9	10	8	7	9	7	11	88	8.8

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Ayro - Falco at the Belgian/Dutch Outdoor Nationals 2023

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Qatar Cheetahs and Lions switched their finishing positions in Moorsele, as their coaches Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen expected at the outdoor world cup. The Lions were shocked by the zero in Round 1 at Skydive Voss and had no chance to place on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard on the ranking level where they actually performed.

They fully recovered at the Belgian/Dutch outdoor championship and placed ahead of the second Dutch 4-way team in Norway, Chaotic Motion VIXX, and in front of the Cheetahs, as well. The 17.3 average was a new team record for the Lions, after the previous 15.7 at the USPA Nationals 2022.

The Cheetahs had posted their own record average (17.6) for the challenging ten rounds at the 23rd FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving in Norway and could not copy the same performance level in Belgium. They ended up behind OOTB and the Lions both.

Family Flash won the Belgian bronze medals, behind Ayro and Falco. The lineup of the team is a very special one that deserves more special attention. The NSL News will follow up soon.

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Family Flash at the Belgian/Dutch Outdoor Nationals 2023

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