posted Nov 13th, 2023 - It does not happen very often that one single leaderboard features only exciting competition from the top to the bottom. This was the case though at the Flyspot Open 2023 where six teams engaged each other in three different 10-round duels.

The NSL News covered the first two duels with the update on November 12th. The two national teams from Czech Republic and Poland, Skywalkers Junior and Flyspot Sky4Four, were separated by three points after the ten rounds. HF Chameleons and MAD Team from the same countries had the second duel for the bronze medals and needed an extra round to break their tie.

The third AAA Class duel brought a team from a different country into the game. The Polish home team Flyspot Omega was challenged by Jazz Republic from South Africa, and these two teams were tied in 5th place. There was no need for an extra round, as they did not compete for medals of the open championship.

The Flyspot Open included the official South African indoor championship as the qualification for the next FAI/ISC event. South Africa does not have its own windtunnel, and potential candidates for the country's representation have to travel to other places, this time to Flyspot in Katovice, Poland.

Flyspot Open 202			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		18,E,17		5,K,O,C		16,M,15		8,1,H		21,7,13		D,P,10,14		G,11,3		N,22,12		Q,2,20		4,9,J		Total	Avg
5	Jazz Republic	ZA	16		18		19		15		19		18		13		16		16		17		167	16.7
5	Flyspot Omega	PL	14		24		21		19		17		16		12		12		17		15		167	16.7

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Jazz Republic - Flyspot Omega at the Flyspot Open 2023, Video Footage Courtesy of Flyspot/InTime

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The NSL News reported on 16 November 2022 how the situation was the same for Italian 4-way teams at the Flyspot Open 2022. Italy had indoor championships at Aero Gravity this year, and no traveling was necessary.

Jazz Republic had to attend the ISR Grand Prix 2022 in Roosendaal, Netherlands, last year to qualify as South Africa's national indoor 4-way team. The South African team, with InTime owners and FAI judges Claire King and Dirk Venter in the lineup, competed for their country at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2018, which they qualified for at the World Challenge 2018.

The same Jazz Republic lineup who competed at Flyspot last week attended their last indoor meet together a year ago in Roosendaal. They are now qualified again as the national indoor team, while they have no plans yet for the next indoor world cup in China.

However, team members Simba Marcellin and Colin Rothman will continue with more indoor training soon, when they rejoin Savolo, South Africa's national outdoor team. South Africa's national outdoor championships are usually scheduled for April.

Flyspot Open 2023			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		18,E,17		5,K,O,C		16,M,15		8,1,H		21,7,13		D,P,10,14		G,11,3		N,22,12		Q,2,20		4,9,J		F,A,B,6		Total	Avg
1	Skywalkers Junior	CZ	22	-2	32		23		23	-2	19	-4	20	-1	16	-2	13	-4	22		27	-1	-		217	21.7
2	Flyspot Sky4Four	PL	21		27		24		20		21		21		17		17		20		26		-		214	21.4
3	HF Chameleons	CZ	14	-4	24	-2	17	-1	19		20		18	-1	12	-5	15		19		25		26	-7	183	18.3
4	MAD Team	PL	16	-3	20	-2	19	-1	21		19		21		14	-3	15	-1	19		19	-2	22	-7	183	18.3
5	Jazz Republic	ZA	16		18		19		15		19		18		13		16		16		17		-		167	16.7
5	Flyspot Omega	PL	14		24		21		19		17		16		12		12		17		15		-		167	16.7
Rank	AA Class		18,E,15		8,K,O		C,M,H,21		7,D,P		14,G,11		N,22,2		Q,20,4		9,J,F		A,B,6		19,L,E		7,2,D		Total	Avg
1	Bitches from Hell	PL	14		17		18		21		11		14		12		27		17		15		-		166	16.6
2	Panthers	CZ	12		14		19		19		11		8		13		19		20		17		-		152	15.2
3	Kiss & Piss	CZ	7		14		16		16		8		11		10		20		15		13		-		130	13.0
4	Helicopters	CZ	8		11		16		16		8		10		7		21		17		13		-		127	12.7
5	Last Minute Flight	CZ	9		12		11		14		9		5		3		16		17		14		-		110	11.0
6	Moravian Flyers	CZ	7		13		12		12		8		8		8		15		14		8		-		105	10.5
Rank	A Class		E,8		K,O,C		M,H,21		7,D		P,G,N		2,Q		4,9		J,F,A		8,6		19,L		E,G,7		Total	Avg
1	Star4s	PL	13		17		16		21		17		13		13		29		19		10		-		168	16.8
2	Dark Team	PL	10		9		15		22		15		12		14		31		17		8		-		153	15.3
3	Surikaty	CZ	10		15		16		15		12		9		9		22		14		11		-		133	13.3
4	Eagles	CZ	6		10		10		12		13		8		9		21		11		8		-		108	10.8

Nine of the 16 teams at Flyspot Katovice visited from the Czech Republic, including several lineups of Jan Klapka's 4-way Junior team project. Six of the nine Czech teams have only a few days for traveling back home and then visiting the Hurricane Factory in Prague, where the first World Tunnel League meet of the winter season is scheduled for this Wednesday.

Skywalkers Junior will be facing the HF Cubs, the only Czech 4-way team that could challenge the new outdoor champions' top position. The HF Cubs, 4-way Junior world champions at Weembi 2019 and 4-way Women world cup champions at Charleroi 2022 have not attended a competition since they posted the 25.8 average at the 4th FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championship.

The members of Skywalkers Junior and HF Cubs know each other very well after years together in the Czech 4-way junior project, the Skywalkers Junior members with Flying Rebels and Chameleons, the Cubs with their all-female lineup. They are now the two best 4-way teams in the country and will meet each other for the first time with their current lineups. The HF Chameleons will be back together with their complete lineup, and Flyspot substitute Jan Klapka competes with his M Team.