posted Jul 17th, 2010 - The NSL News story on 3 May 2010 mentioned that Finland's Pro Team may join another battle in Russia. Finland's national team was expected to compete for the unofficial Scandinavian Championship at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010.

The new battle was the one for the unofficial title of the best amateur team in the world. The story on 5 July 2010 explained more why the Pro Team may also have a strong position in this exciting race within the competition in Menzelinsk, Russia.

Finland's national championship is over, and the scores have been posted. The NSL News now compared the scores of three of the top contenders in the amateur race. The audience can take a closer look at the scores and the according competition draw.

June 19th, 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Total	Avg
Rank	AAAClass	N,4,H,O	21,13,9	15,19,P	6,D,B,16	L,5,10	Total	Avg
1	Netherlands Dynamic Fource	25	20	18	21	19	103	20.6

May 15th, 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Total	Avg
Rank	AAAClass	P,17,6	C,D,J,O,L	H,1,11	18,M,7	F,10,E,16	Total	Avg
1	DK Bodyflight Voluntas	18	31	17	18	19	103	20.6

July 17th, 2010

Round1

Round2

Round3

Round4

Round5

Round6

Round7

Round8

Round9

Round10

Total

Avg

Rank

AAAClass

18,Q,4

B,13,K,L

5,9,F

G,3,14

15,2,19

22,O,M,D

11,6,10

21,P,H,N

A,12,J,1

C,7,20

Total

Avg

1

Finland Pro Team

16

22

26

16

16

21

15

23

17

19

191

19.1

The Road to Russia

Dynamic Fource from the Netherlands and Bodyflight Voluntas from Denmark both posted 20.6 averages after 5-round meets. The Pro Team finished the national championship with a 19.1 average after ten rounds.

The Danish 20.6 average was supported by a sequence of only Random Formations in Round 2. However, the other scores were impressive, too. The Dutch 20.6 average came after a more challenging competition draw and seems to confirm Dynamic Fource as the top contender in this unofficial race.

The Pro Team went through almost the whole dive pool with 19 of the 22 blocks. Two of the ten rounds were slow 3-block sequences. Jump plane was a Cessna Caravan. The team from Finland posted the highest meet average in team history and also in the history of Finnish Formation Skydiving competition. The Pro Team surely has a great momentum a few weeks before the start of the competition in Russia.

Meet judge Jukka Olkkonen reported a perfect meet from Finland. He said that the weather was great, and the organisation was one of the best ever in Finland: "Everyone was happy after the meet."

He gave the small skydiving club in Alavus great credit, as it was a big task to organize the national championships: "They did it beautifully. All events went smoothly."

Style and Accuracy took place in the center of the town. It was the first time ever in Finland that a national championship event did not take place at an airport. Jukka Olkkonen said that the events received good attention, and it was some nice publicity for skydiving. The Pro Team will now get ready to represent Finland at the World Meet 2010 as strongly as possible.