posted Jan 30th, 2011 - The NSL News has to go back one more time to the Dubai Championship 2011 before zooming in on the upcoming events.

However, it surely will not be the last time that Dubai will make the NSL News headline in the near future. At least the World Championship of Formation Skydiving as a part of the Mondial 2012, the Dubai 500 world record attempt and updates from Eliana Rodriguez and Craig Girard will bring back Dubai topics, as well.

The penalty updates of the Dubai Championship 2011 were not complete so far, and it is time to wrap up this part of the competition. This special information is courtesy of IPC's Chief Judge in Dubai, Dr. Rainer "Exi" Hoenle, who tried to squeeze in regular penalty updates between his many other chores. The complete Open Class leaderboard below shows the German team Connatural with the worst damage, while silver medalist Aerodyne Aerokart was one of the three teams without any penalties.

Dubai Championship 2011		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	P,17,18	M,N,F,3	H,A,6,B	Q,1,C,14	4,10,15	16,O,J,22	K,2,E,11	G,9,8	Total	Avg
1	Belgium NMP-PCH Hayabusa	24	34	30(-2)	23	19	22(-1)	24	28	204	25.5
2	France Aerodyne Aerokart	24	33	33	20	18	25	23	24	200	25.0
3	USA Arizona Airspeed	23	33	31(-2)	23	19	23	22	25	199	24.9
4	Russia Gradient Alpha	19	29	28	20	11(-4)	21	20	23	171	21.4
5	Russia Black Cat	20	22(-1)	25	18	16	19	20	21	161	20.1
6	Russia FS3	14	18	22	14	11	15(-1)	15	11	120	15.0
7	France Monaco Aerial	10	19	16(-2)	14	11(-1)	17	15(-1)	13	115	14.4
7	France Air Force	10	18	18	14	11	14(-1)	15	15	115	14.4
9	Qatar Tigers	13	14	17	12	10(-1)	14	15	13	108	13.5
10	Qatar Falcon	9(-1)	14	13	11	9(-1)	12	11	13	92	11.5
11	U.A.E.	9	11	13	8(-1)	9	12	11(-1)	12	85	10.6
12	South Africa	9	14	12	9	8(-1)	9	11	11	83	10.4
13	Germany Black Moon	8(-1)	8	11(-2)	8(-1)	9	10	7	12	73	9.1
14	Germany Connatural	5(-3)	10(-3)	9(-4)	6(-3)	6(-1)	11	10	12	69	8.6
15	Brazil	5	5	9	5	1(-2)	5	4(-2)	5	39	4.9
16	Slovakia	0	7	7	4	5	3	3(-4)	8	37	4.6
17	Malaysia	3	4	6	3	3(-1)	4(-1)	2(-2)	3	28	3.5
18	Bahrain Military	3	2	3	2	1(-1)	4	1(-2)	2	18	2.3
19	Saudi Arabia A	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	9	1.1
20	Saudi Arabia B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1

The two cleanest teams won the 4-way competition in the female category. The Aerodyne Cypres/Deep Blue 4-way world champions of 2010 finished without any penalties in 1st place, followed by the US Alpha Armada who pleased the judges in Dubai as much as the French team.

Russia's pickup team Illusions recorded the biggest damage with a 4-point deduction in Round 5. It was a costly bust for Illusions. The four additional points would have brought the meet average to 17.3 after eight rounds. The standing Russian record average for a female 4-way team is 17.2 which was posted by the Ladybirds at the Russian Nationals 2006.

Elena Mazaeva was a member of the Ladybirds who are still holding the Russian record and won the bronze medals for Russia at the World Meet 2006 in Germany. Now she competed with the Illusions in Dubai and came so close. There will be another time...

Dubai Championship 2011		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Female	P,17,18	M,N,F,3	H,A,6,B	Q,1,C,14	4,10,15	16,O,J,22	K,2,E,11	G,9,8	Total	Avg
1	France Aerodyne Cypres	20	26	28	20	15	19	20	21	169	21.1
2	USA Alpha Armada	17	26	30	17	14	19	18	19	160	20.0
3	Russia Illusions	16	21	22(-1)	15	9(-4)	17	17	17	134	16.8
4	Spain Empuria Gatas	11	14	13	10(-1)	10	12	11(-1)	10	91	11.4
5	Denmark Lady Vikings	8	13	12(-1)	11	9	11	10	11	85	10.6
6	Canada	4	9	8	0(-2)	2(-2)	7	6	6	42	5.3