posted Jun 30th, 2010 - Another NSL News update goes back to the 19 June meet weekend, which featured the record leaderboard of the 2010 season. A total of 55 teams competed at the same time and used the same competition draw.

The Netherlands had the highest number of teams at the 16th annual Tomscat Trophy, as 22 of the 55 teams competed on the Dutch island of Texel. Dynamic Fource, the Dutch national 4-way team, finished on the top of the AAA Class leaderboard. The NSL News story on 21 June 2010 had provided more details.

The NSL News took another look at the numbers of that weekend, which included the impressive performance of the Dutch national team. The 20.6 average is a new record average of the team and comes at a time when Dynamic Fource prepares for the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia.

It was only a 5-round meet, and meet averages have actually real value only after going through almost the whole dive pool in a 10-round meet. However, the SDC Rhythm XP scores after all ten rounds show that the second half (103) was faster than the first half (93). Dynamic Fource's average would most likely be even better after ten rounds.

It was no surprise that the Dutch national team was very pleased with the results at this year's Tomscat Trophy. Dutch League manager Mike Pennock said that the team gave coach Gary Smith a lot of credit for the recent achievements and the progression over the years.

In fact, the Dynamic Fource members were so grateful for Gary Smith's work with the team that they forwarded the honor of adding a new name plate to the trophy to the coach. Mike Pennock provided the photos of Dynamic Fource at the Tomscat Trophy.

Jun19th, 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAAClass	N,4,H,O	21,13,9	15,19,P	6,D,B,16	L,5,10	1,20,7	K,J,12,G	A,Q,C,11	F,E,2,M	14,18,17	Total	Avg
1	Netherlands Dynamic Fource	25	20	18	21	19	-	-	-	-	-	103	20.6
2	SDC Rhythm XP	21	18	17	19	18	18	18	24	28	15	196	19.6
3	Founding Fathers	21	18	17	19	15	13	-	-	-	-	103	17.2
4	Netherlands Whooops	17	14	12	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	70	14.0
5	Carolina Turbo XP	16	11	12	16	12	12	13	19	19	10	140	14.0
6	Netherlands Mixed Up	18	13	12	13	9	-	-	-	-	-	65	13.0
7	Netherlands Ignition	14	13	11	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	58	11.6
8	Teiwaz	18	12	12	14	0	12	-	-	-	-	68	11.3
8	Team 104	16	11	8	13	10	10	-	-	-	-	68	11.3
8	Perris Jimani	13	9	13	13	10	10	-	-	-	-	68	11.3
11	Netherlands Turbulence	11	12	9	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	55	11.0
12	SDC Furies XP	14	10	9	13	10	10	10	11	-	-	87	10.9
13	Disarray	12	10	10	11	10	9	-	-	-	-	62	10.3
14	Fast Forward	11	10	8	11	9	9	-	-	-	-	58	9.7
15	Netherlands 4tunate	12	8	8	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	44	8.8

The Dutch national team seems to be ready to become the first "amateur team" that will win the unofficial amateur title at a World Championship of Formation Skydiving by breaking the 20-point average in a 10-round meet.

Mike Pennock also provided information of this year's ESL Championship competition where Dynamic Fource will once again collect points for the Dutch delegation. The Netherlands won the ESL Spirit in 2005, 2007 and 2009 and are the defending champions.

The ESL Championship 2010 is scheduled on the 11 September weekend and will be hosted once again by the Paracentrum Texel. Additional information can be found at the event pages.

The AAA Class competition at the Tomscat Trophy 2010 had a few new teams on the leaderboard.

Mixed Up is a new lineup, while Ignition was last year's Dutch national champion in the AA Class. Whooops, Turbulence and 4tunate came back in the AAA Class where they competed in 2009.

Ignition had a great start into the AAA Class 2010 season. The 11.6 average after the slower first half of the meet beats the 11.5 average that Ignition posted to win the AA Class competition at the Dutch Nationals 2009.

Other Dutch teams moved up into new categories, as well, and started the 2010 season with impressive results. The NSL News will get back to the same overall leaderboard later on.