posted Sep 3rd, 2010 - The NSL News story 22 August 2010 featured Rounds 1 - 3 of the semi-finalists at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010. It is time to follow up with the next three rounds of the four teams that competed for the unofficial title of the "amateur world champion".

The headline of the first story explained in a few words that those four teams would not change their ranking order at any time any more after the results of Round 3. However, this does not mean that there was not much competition for the amateur championship.

In fact, it was surprising enough that UK team Satori was a part of this internal competition. It was even more surprising that the German team Paratec-Saar was ahead of Satori after Round 3. It became really threatening for UK's national team when the Germans were still ahead by three points after Round 6.

World Meet 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	10,7,12	3,11,5	J,M,Q,P,L	19,1,13	N,18,20	K,17,8	2,15,H	4,D,6	O,E,9,G	22,B,16	Total	Avg
7	Germany	16	18	53	17	15	18	-	-	-	-	137	22.8
8	United Kingdom	18	18	47	16	17	18	-	-	-	-	134	22.3
9	Netherlands	17	18	44	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	126	21.0
10	Finland	17	16	43	14	15	17	-	-	-	-	122	20.3

Then it was not only a race between Paratec-Saar and Satori for the amateur championship title, as it turned out to be after six rounds.

There was also Finland's Pro Team that was hanging on to Dynamic Fource's heels.

The Dutch team seemed to have a comfortable 6-point lead after Round 5 before the Pro Team charged in Round 6 and reduced the distance to four points.

All four teams lost points in Round 6, and Dynamic Fource suffered the most with two deductions. The three other contenders lost one point each. The videos offer the details and the penalty situations.

World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk: "Amateur Championship" - Rounds 4 to 6

The battle between Paratec-Saar and Satori would continue for the remaining four rounds, and the German team simply did not allow the British team to get any closer. It was an exciting race with unexpected final results.

Dynamic Fource could not get any closer to the two teams ahead and was also not able to shake off the Pro Team. This race between the national teams from the Netherlands and Finland became even closer, and the Pro Team eventually reduced the difference to two points.

This middle stretch of the competition in Menzelinsk was also the slowest one of meet. The three opening rounds were a mixture of two slow 3-point sequences and the world record sequence of Round 3. The slow middle part was followed by the last three rounds for the semi-finalists, which accelerated in pace until the fast finish in Round 9. Only the TOP 6 teams completed all ten rounds.