posted Dec 9th, 2024 - It is not unusual any longer that national indoor championship are hosted by windtunnels in a different country. The NSL News reported on November 6th that 4-way teams from Denmark had to travel to Sweden if they wanted to compete at the indoor nationals.

The travel distance to the national indoor championship was even longer for British 4-way teams who competed for their medals and positions at Weembi Lille in France, as the update on November 17th explained. The next event that is nationally meaningful for visiting teams from a different country was the ISR Grand Prix 2024, and the Wind Games in Spain will also include a foreign qualification for the next indoor world championship at Paraclete XP in April next year.

The NSL News reported on December 6th that two 4-way Women teams from Switzerland, Airdrops and WingX, had traveled to Roosendaal in the Netherlands where they finished very close to each other. The Swiss 4-way Women duel caught the attention of the NSL News, while the whole story of the competition was not known at that time. Airdrops kindly provided more background information, which added even more exciting competition news to the same story after the completion of the eight rounds in the Netherlands.

ISR Grand Prix 2024			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		15,G,D,3	10,9,11	22,16,N	J,12,21	O,17,C,K	18,B,A	E,L,5,14	Q,P,13,2	6,M,7	Total	Avg
1	ISR FireFlash	BE	23	22	21	24	33	34	27	28	-	212	26.5
2	Magic 4	LT	19	20	18	19	29	26	19	21	-	171	21.4
3	Garudas	BE	15	17	21	18	28	26	22	19	27	166	20.8
4	Falco	BE	20	18	18	18	27	21	23	21	24	166	20.8
5	Airdrops	CH	18	16	17	16	27	25	19	21	-	159	19.9
6	Zooitje Geregeld	NL	17	17	16	18	23	26	20	21	-	158	19.8
7	WingX	CH	18	17	16	15	24	26	20	21	-	157	19.6
8	Trance Ition	NL	16	16	16	16	23	22	18	19	-	146	18.3
9	Atomic	NL	14	16	16	13	18	18	17	18	-	130	16.3
10	Scratch That	UK	12	13	14	14	21	20	15	16	-	125	15.6
11	Pneuma	BE	14	12	8	14	16	17	16	15	-	112	14.0
12	SouthernCom4T	NL	10	7	10	11	12	12	10	13	-	85	10.6
13	Exploding Kittens	NL	8	8	10	9	11	11	9	11	-	77	9.6
13	Caribbean Vibes	NL	7	8	9	9	11	13	10	10	-	77	9.6

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Airdrops - WingX at the ISR Grand Prix 2024

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There was a good reason why Airdrops and WingX traveled to the Netherlands first and will follow up with the next trip to Spain where they attend the Wind Games at the end of January. Both events include the qualification for the indoor world championship, where one of the two teams will most likely represent Switzerland.

Swiss teams competed in their own country's flying chamber in Winterthur in March this year, where the same two 4-way Women teams were facing each other, as the NSL News reported on March 22nd. However, the time period between a similar date in 2025 and the scheduled indoor world championship is probably too short for accommodating an official qualification at the national event.

Federation and teams agreed with a special qualification format that includes the results at the ISR Grand Prix 2024 and at the Wind Games 2025. The team with the highest average at any of the two events earns the right to represent Switzerland at Paraclete XP in April. The first of the two events has been completed, and both teams knew about the relevance of the scores in Roosendaal. Airdrops are in the lead at the moment.

Wind Games 2024			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		16,4,17		G,E,9,Q		21,K,D,13		A,B,15,20		3,5,F		J,C,P,19		1,8,H		18,7,L		2,10,6		O,22,14		Total	Avg
1	Aethers Medjay	FR	30		53		32		34		38		43	-1	26	-2	32	-1	25		25	-2	338	33.8
2	Qatar Tigers	QA	26		43	-2	26	-3	31		35	-1	38	-1	27	-1	29		23		23		301	30.1
3	NFTO	UK	25		42	-2	27		27		28	-2	39		26		27		20	-1	21	-1	282	28.2
4	ISR Fireflash	BE	22	-1	43	-1	25		28		33		40		21	-2	23	-3	20	-1	22		277	27.7
5	Qatar Lions	QA	23	-1	41	-2	25	-2	27	-1	32		34		23		25		20	-1	22		272	27.2
6	Papea 1	ES	23	-1	33	-3	26		25	-2	28	-2	38		25	-1	26		21		21	-1	266	26.6
7	Nephtys	FR	21	-1	42	-2	25	-1	24	-3	30		35	-2	21	-2	25	-1	21		21		265	26.5
7	Fly X	IT	22	-1	35	-4	26	-1	26		31		32	-2	26		28		19	-1	20	-2	265	26.5
9	FCUK Weembi	UK	22	-1	43		29		25	-2	25	-3	33	-1	20	-1	23	-3	23		20	-1	263	26.3
10	Chimera	UK	21		42	-1	25		29		27	-2	33	-1	22		25		20		18	-2	262	26.2
11	Airbus Illertissen Oceanside	DE	21		36	-3	23		26	-1	29		35		23		25		19		19		256	25.6
12	Autrement Nice	FR	22		35	-3	25		25		28		34		21		24		20		18	-1	252	25.2
13	Once Pakoi	FR	18	-1	33		23		24		26		29	-1	23		24		19		19		238	23.8
14	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	21		37	-1	19		24	-2	24	-4	32		19	-2	22		17		19	-2	234	23.4
15	Windabona Alakran	ES	21		28	-6	24		20	-3	24	-1	31		23		23	-1	15	-3	16	-3	225	22.5
16	Viserion	UK	17	-2	35		22		21	-1	24	-2	28	-2	19		20		17		15	-2	218	21.8
17	HSV Red Bull AerodynamiX	AT	17	-2	34	-4	21	-2	17	-5	18	-5	29		21		17	-4	18		18	-2	210	21.0
18	Papea 2	ES	17	-2	28		21		21		22		28		16		20		17		16	-3	206	20.6
18	Airdrops	CH	16	-2	32	-1	21		19	-2	26		23	-3	16	-2	20		16		17		206	20.6
20	Windabona Angels	ES	17	-1	28		19	-2	18	-3	22	-1	27		20		20	-1	17		16	-1	204	20.4
21	HiFly Madrid Kalash	ES	17	-3	29	-5	20	-3	16	-6	24	-1	25	-5	19	-1	19	-2	14	-3	12	-6	195	19.5
22	Magyx	ES	12		20		13	-2	11	-1	13		16		13		14		10	-1	12		134	13.4
23	Aerium	ZA	13		18	-3	13	-1	9	-5	16		15	-1	12	-1	12	-1	10	-1	11	-1	129	12.9
24	Falling Stones	ES	7	-2	12	-4	11		8	-3	8	-1	14		15		11		9	-2	10		105	10.5

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Airdrops at the Wind Games 2024

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The 2-point advantage for Airdrops at the ISR Grand Prix it is only a temporary lead, and everything is still possible at the Wind Games. However, the pressure is on WingX who have to win the second leg of the qualification to have a chance.

WingX also have to defeat the 19.9 average that Airdrops posted at the end of the eight rounds in Roosendaal. Finishing ahead of their opponent below the 19.9 average level would not be enough to qualify as the national indoor team for the world championship.

Both teams have more than enough time to train for the next qualification event in Spain at the end of January. Airdrops have already posted 20+ averages three times, last time at the Swiss national indoor championship in March this year. WingX are familiar with the same pace after their 20.8 average in the AA Class competition at the ISR Grand Prix in November 2023. There is a very good chance that both teams will finish with new team record averages at the Wind Games after their preparations before the next trip to Spain. Any 20+ average at the Wind Games will overrule the results at the ISR Grand Prix, and the final placement on the Spanish leaderboard will probably be the actual qualifier. The Swiss stakes in 4-way Women will be set high at the Wind Games.