posted Nov 30th, 2024 - The NSL News update of the 4-way competition at the Weembinamic 2024 pointed out that only two British competitors, NFTO members Sian Stokes and Vana Parker, returned to Weembi Lille after winning the national indoor championship title at the same location earlier in November.

There was actually one complete 8-way team, QRF XONR8, that attended both events. The team members did not have to go back to Great Britain for the two weeks between the two indoor competitions. In fact, most of the team members of the international lineup live in France or near the French border in Central Europe.

The recent NSL News update of the Qatar Falcons visit at the British indoor championship mentioned that QRF XONR8 was the second guest team at the British indoor championship and finished in 2nd place behind the Qatar Falcons. They followed up two weeks later with a 3rd place at the Weembinamic behind two French 8-way lineups and with a new indoor team record average, which was supported by two very fast sequences in Rounds 5 and 10. The finishing order of the Top 8 rankings at the Weembinamic 8-way battles was perfectly identical with the Top 8 on the traditional leaderboard. Only the three 8-way teams on the bottom of the leaderboard scrambled their positions at the end of the ten Weembinamic rounds and the different format. The 4-way competition had created more differences in the rankings between Weembinamic format and traditional leaderboard.

Weembinamic 2024			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	8-way Open		16,A,18	19,7,13	K,2,G,F	21,E,M,H	O,L,J,C,P	9,14,12	N,6,D,17	20,11,22	B,10,15	4,1,3	Total	Avg
1	No Name	FR	29	20	24	19	33	21	27	24	27	40	264	26.4
2	Nova	FR	29	20	25	26	29	20	22	25	22	38	256	25.6
3	QRF XONR8	FR	29	18	22	21	29	18	25	21	23	39	245	24.5
4	Infinite Octane	US	26	16	20	22	26	20	28	20	20	39	237	23.7
5	QRF3	FR	19	14	15	16	14	13	17	17	16	23	164	16.4
6	Quiet Chaos	FR	17	11	15	14	17	14	18	15	11	24	156	15.6
7	Les Sans Noms	FR	10	11	9	13	11	13	16	13	12	20	128	12.8
7	ACCUR8	UK	12	9	12	10	15	12	16	11	12	19	128	12.8
9	Team 42	IT	14	11	10	13	12	11	12	9	11	18	121	12.1
10	Banter Panthers	UK	15	8	11	10	14	9	13	10	9	15	114	11.4
11	The Afterfall Collective	SE	9	10	13	11	13	10	14	9	10	14	113	11.3

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No Name - Nova at the Weembinamic 2024

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The lineups of the two French 8-way teams on the top of the leaderboard featured once again several former and current members of the national teams in 4-way Open and 4-way Women. Winner No Name had former 4-way and 8-way world champion Martial Ferre oin the lineup, together with former 4-way Women and 8-way world championship medalist Gaelle Giesen. Marie Pineau competed with the Nephtys for France at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships.

She was also in the team that finished in 2nd place on the traditional Weembinamic 4-way leaderboard, Zip Le Pingouin, together with her 8-way team mates Noe Mattoni and Thomas Misztal. 8-way experts Martial Ferre and Gaelle Giesen guided this talented lineup to the 1st place with their wealth of 8-way experiences.

Reigning GKXP8 world champions Jeana Billings and Kirk Verner tried the same with their U.S. lineup, Infinite Octane, who had also competed at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2024. Six members of the lineup in February traveled to France and competed in both events, “Hopes and Dreams” and “Killers of Hopes and Dreams” in 4-way, Infinite Octane in 8-way.

Nova, in 2nd place of the 8-way competition, had guidance by the former team captain of the French 8-way world champions (2006/2008), Emmanuel "Manu" Sarrazin, who had also player-coached the French national 8-way team at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022. He had two Nephtys in his Nova lineup, Pamela Lissajoux and Elise Poindron, and their former team mate Jessica Thebault, plus former French national 4-way Open Class member Pierre-Emmanuel Balageas, father Arnaud Camproux and his daughter Elisa Camproux.

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QRF EXONR8 - Infinite Octane at the Weembinamic 2024

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