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The story on July 19th followed up with the travel agenda of the Qatar Lions and the Qatar Cheetahs, the two 4-way teams who train and compete with the purpose of getting ready for the situation when the two national teams in 4-way and 8-way will need new team members.
Last and not least, the NSL News update on July 22nd completed the travel agenda of all of Qatar's Formation Skydiving competition teams this year before the outdoor season comes to an 
end, and before the teams turn to indoor training and competition. The NSL News was then fortunate enough to connect with two of the four coaches who work for the Qatar delegation and have guided them carefully to the world's top level over the years. Gary Smith brought Qatar's national teams in both events to their first set of FAI medals, 8-way team Falcons in Australia 2018, 4-way team Tigers in Tanay 2021. Gary Smith is now working with the Lions and the Cheetahs, Jeremie Rollett with the Falcons.
Gary Smith's travel mate is usually 4-way coach Luc Verstrepen. The Qatar Tigers also have their own and separate schedule with coach Andy Grauwels.
These logistics of the Qatar delegation make it easier to discuss topics with NSL Live Talk in the Coaches Corner when the Lions and the Cheetahs conduct one of the training camps with their two coaches, Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen.
However, the Belgian former NMP PCH HayaBusa member Luc Verstrepen was not at the same location this week, while Gary Smith was working in Qatar.
At the same time, 8-way coach Jeremie Rollett was coaching the Qatar Falcons in Spain before they will compete at the French Outdoor Nationals next month. Jeremie Rollett has been living in Qatar already for three years, while Gary Smith still resides on the island of Texel in the Netherlands. Gary Smith in Qatar and Jeremie Rollett in Spain were still available to coordinate an online conversation for NSL Live Talk, despite the time differences between their current locations and the NSL headquarters in DeLand, Florida.
FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 4-way Open Top 10 | 20,16,B | P,D,21,13 | 17,K,11 | E,A,19,22 | 2,9,M | C,14,F,12 | 3,6,18 | 4,10,1 | 8,Q,O,H | 5,7,J | Total | Avg | |||||||||||
| 1 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 21 | -1 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 261 | 26.1 | |||||||||
| 2 | NMP-PCH Hayabusa | BE | 20 | -1 | 25 | -2 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 20 | -2 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 26 | 228 | 22.8 | |||||||
| 3 | Qatar Tigers | QA | 19 | -2 | 23 | -1 | 22 | -1 | 21 | -1 | 26 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 17 | 28 | 28 | 219 | 21.9 | |||||
| 4 | France 4-way Open | FR | 19 | 23 | -1 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 20 | -1 | 18 | 15 | -1 | 20 | -5 | 27 | -1 | 214 | 21.4 | |||||
| 5 | Chimera | UK | 16 | 21 | -2 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 18 | -5 | 18 | -1 | 16 | 14 | -1 | 23 | -1 | 24 | 188 | 18.8 | ||||
| 6 | Papea Masculino | ES | 17 | -1 | 20 | -1 | 18 | -1 | 21 | 21 | -2 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 20 | -3 | 186 | 18.6 | ||||
| 7 | Echochamber Oceanside | SE | 14 | -1 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 24 | -1 | 20 | -1 | 185 | 18.5 | ||||||
| 8 | Airbus Oceanside Illertissen | DE | 16 | 18 | -2 | 19 | 16 | -1 | 20 | -1 | 13 | -3 | 15 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 22 | -1 | 172 | 17.2 | ||||
| 9 | Agera FS 2022 | NO | 16 | 16 | -2 | 17 | -1 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 15 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 18 | -3 | 21 | 166 | 16.6 | |||||
| 9 | 4Astrophe | CA | 15 | -1 | 20 | 19 | 15 | -2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 16 | -2 | 166 | 16.6 | |||||
The Shamrock Showdown 2020 at Skydive City was then canceled due to the pandemic restrictions, and Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett discussed the strange situation with the NSL News online in June 2020.
Jeremie Rollett was already working with the Qatar Falcons 8-way team, while Gary Smith was the 4-way coach for the Qatar Tigers. They had switched their assignments at the end of the 2018 season, as the NSL News reported on 14 December 2018. The Falcons had just won the first set of FAI medals for Qatar in Australia with coach Gary Smith, and Jeremie Rollett had been working with the Qatar Tigers since 2015.
They discussed their history with Qatar's Formation Skydiving competition teams after switching their jobs within the delegation at that time. Jeremie Rollett is now in his 6th year with the Falcons 8-way team, and Gary Smith is expected to prepare the next generation of 4-way and 8-way medal winners for Qatar. They discussed several different topics in their latest NSL Live Talk conversation.
FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
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| Rank | 8-way Open | 20,16,B | P,D,21,13 | 17,K,11 | E,A,19,22 | 2,9,M | C,14,F,12 | 3,6,18 | 4,10,1 | 8,Q,O,H | 5,7,J | Total | Avg | |||||||||||
| 1 | Paraclete XP8 | US | 25 | -1 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 18 | -1 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 23 | 26 | -1 | 16 | -2 | 20 | -2 | 205 | 20.5 | |||
| 2 | Qatar Falcons | QA | 21 | -1 | 14 | -2 | 16 | -1 | 17 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 19 | -1 | 20 | -1 | 14 | -1 | 12 | -4 | 164 | 16.4 | ||
| 3 | Airbus | DE | 18 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 4 | -1 | 12 | -2 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 133 | 13.3 | ||||||||
| 4 | MicroClim8 | UK | 16 | 9 | -2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 7 | -3 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 119 | 11.9 | ||||||
| 5 | Mojo Annecy-Clermont | FR | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 8 | -5 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | ||||||||
