posted Dec 5th, 2023 - Eight teams had attended the Italian Indoor Nationals at the end of October, and most of them were not done with this year's 4-way competition after that, even though the national outdoor championship was just completed four weeks earlier at the end of September.

However, the Italian 4-way delegation continued in different ways. Bandits Revolution traveled to France in November to compete at the Weembinamic 2023, while five other teams waited another week for this year's ISR Grand Prix.

It was still only one Italian team that competed with the complete lineup in Roosendaal, even though the other four teams consisted of several Italian 4-way competitors, who had different plans for the annual 4-way Grand Prix. The Walkers had competed for the last time in the Rookie Class at the national indoor championship, after eight previous rounds in the same category a month earlier at the Italian outdoor nationals.

The Walkers stepped up into the A Class in Roosendaal with the same lineup, and only the Belgian winners, Hybris, finished ahead of the Italian team in the 9-team field. They had won the Rookie Class competition at the ISR Grand Prix 2022 and attended three 4-way events this year, including their first eight A Class rounds in Roosendaal.

Italian Indoor Nationals 2023		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	O,9,C,Q	8,21,15	H,14,J,M	11,L,13	N,16,22	7,P,12	B,17,D,10	19,K,G,A	4,5,3	20,1,F	Total	Avg
1	Fly X	44	19	32	23	22	24	29	32	21	25	271	27.1
2	Aerogravity FS4	32	15	27	19	18	20	17	19	15	19	201	20.1
3	Fire Phoenix	25	13	25	17	17	21	19	22	13	17	189	18.9
4	Bandits Revolution	24	14	26	16	17	18	17	22	16	17	187	18.7
5	Bad Boys	24	14	26	13	15	17	17	16	13	15	170	17.0
6	Panik	25	11	21	14	15	16	15	15	8	16	156	15.6
7	QQ4	21	11	18	13	12	10	14	16	11	14	140	14.0
Rank	Rookie	O,M,C	A,K,Q	J,B,D	L,G,P	E,N,H	F,A,G	H,O,N	P,J,E	-	-	Total	Avg
1	The Walkers	24	16	24	6	22	21	21	24	-	-	158	19.8

Competitors of three other Italian teams at their indoor championship had new plans for the ISR Grand Prix, while AA Class team Zero had a comeback in Roosendaal after their last visit there in 2019. Zero had attended each ISR Grand Prix between 2014 and 2019. The corona virus crisis interrupted Zero's regular journeys to the Netherlands in 2020 and 2021, and they missed the event's comeback last year. Zero were back now for the 2023 event.

Members of Italy's AAA Class teams Fire Phoenix, Bandits Revolution and Bad Boys competed with different teams in Roosendaal. Emanuele Palombi was in the Bandits lineup only at the Italian indoor championship. He has been training and competing with 4-way team Synergy for several years, together with Gabriele Russo. The complete Synergy lineup had still attended the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 in Charleroi.

Emanuele Palombi, Gabriele Russo had no Synergy plans for 2023, and they joined forces with two Fire Phoenix members, who had no team commitment for the ISR Grand Prix. Fire Phoenix had won Italian indoor bronze medals in October, as the NSL News reported on October 30th. Daniela D’Angelo and Lucia Fattori decided to compete with Synergy's Emanuele Palombi and Gabriele Russo in Roosendaal, and the team name changed to Phinergy for the ISR Grand Prix.

ISR Grand Prix 2023			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		F,E,17,D		O,14,1		5,B,L,16		18,N,H,7		22,10,G		6,C,P,M		A,13,Q,21		12,2,11		Total	Avg
1	ISR Fireflash	BE	41		24		30		28	-1	19		36		25	-1	20		223	27.9
2	Out Of The Blue	NL	39		23		29		26		17		36		24	-1	19		213	26.6
3	Echochamber Stars	SE	32	-2	22		27		25		18		34		22	-1	17		197	24.6
4	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	36		24		25	-4	21	-2	17		32		24	-2	17	-2	196	24.5
5	Magic 4	LT	31		21		23		22	-1	18		30		23		17		185	23.1
6	Realfly Fire	CH	31	-2	19	-2	23		24		16		31		19	-3	16	-1	179	22.4
7	Phoenix	BE	24	-2	22		22		22		14	-2	28		19	-1	15		166	20.8
8	Phinergy	IT	29		17		17	-2	19		14		26	-2	16		15		153	19.1
9	Garudas	BE	16	-4	16	-1	22		17	-2	13	-1	27		23		14		148	18.5
10	Trance Ition	NL	25		17		19		18	-1	13		22		19		13		146	18.3
10	FSH2	BE	23		15	-2	17	-1	19		13		26		19		14		146	18.3
12	Full Power	IT	27		18		20		17	-2	12	-1	22	-2	16	-2	13		145	18.1
13	Lux	NL	21	-2	17		17	-1	18	-1	14		22	-1	18	-1	14		141	17.6
14	Aquila	NL	19	-2	17		18	-1	19		14		21	-1	16		13		137	17.1
15	Atomic	NL	17	-1	16		15		17		13		20		16	-1	13		127	15.9
16	Pneuma	BE	16	-1	13	-1	14	-2	16	-1	13		21		14		11		118	14.8
17	Shinobi	NL	16	-2	10	-2	13		12	-1	10		15		14		10		100	12.5
18	Patchwork	NL	13		10		11		6	-1	8		12		11		6	-1	77	9.6

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Phinergy - Full Power at the ISR Grand Prix 2023 - Video Footage Courtesy of Indoor Skydive Roosendaal

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The other half of Fire Phoenix, Antonella Chiarin and Paola Vana, had already joined eX3MO founder Placido Udine and his long-time team mate Stefano Rossi at the Italian Outoor Nationals. In fact, Antonella Chiarin was an eX3MO member in 2014 and 2015, as well.

Ex3mo Fire's Antonella Chiarin, Paola Vana and Placido Udine at the Italian Outdoor Nationals decided to join forces again at the ISR Grand Prix, this time with another former eX3MO member, Giovanni Carne, who also trained and between 2007 and 2011.

The third team of this trio at the Italian Indoor Nationals in October were the Bad Boys. Placido Udine and Giovanni competed with EvolutionCarne competed with Massimiliano Filippini and Davide Pomati in their lineup. The Bad Boys could not keep up with the complete Fire Phoenix lineup and the Bandits, who finished with a 2-point difference in the 10-round battle for the 3rd place in Italy. Phinergy, with Daniela D’Angelo and Lucia Fattori, then outscored Full Power, with Antonella Chiarin and Paola Vana, in Roosendaal, where all four Fire Phoenix members were actually present and might have been the strongest Italian team. However, the two Phinergy members finished with their highest personal record average (19.1) and Fire Phoenix may get back together for the next indoor competition.