posted May 20th, 2011 - An interesting situation develops in Denmark. A new lineup with former members of different national teams have joined forces to compete at the national championships this year.

It is not new that teams and competitors who are not too serious any longer get together to attend meets here and there. Especially the Scandinavian countries Denmark and Norway have a tradition for such kind of reunions. The DeLand Norgies are probably the most famous example for that.

The DaneZ, Demark's national team between 2003 and 2006, have done this quite a few times at the national championships, as well. In fact, the DaneZ even won the gold medals at the 2009 reunion (17.4 - 16.8) over the national team Voluntas.

July 13th, 2009		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	12,21,10	3,15,2	18,D,6	O,16,8	19,G,J,5	M,Q,13,A	L,K,7,22	B,11,E,N	H,1,14	C,20,P,F	Total	Avg
1	DK Danez	14	15	15	16	18	22	17	20	15	22	174	17.4
2	DK Voluntas	13	12	15	15	18	23	17	21	14	20	168	16.8
3	DK Sequence	12	12	16	14	9	18	15	17	14	17	144	14.4
4	DK Altius	10	10	11	11	12	17	10	13	12	13	119	11.9
5	DK Skybreakers	9	8	11	11	12	13	11	14	11	14	114	11.4

Two of the 2009 DaneZ, Jesper Rasmussen and Jess Römer, will now compete together with two former Voluntas members, Kasper Brandt-Svanekier and Brian Gregersen at this year's national championships.

The same two Danez were also in the lineup that competed for Denmark at the World Meet 2006 in Germany and finished in 8th place with an 18.0 average. There were no DaneZ at the Danish Nationals 2010, and the hibernation was probably too long for Jesper Rasmussen and Jess Römer.

This lineup is strong and creates a very competitive situation in Denmark. The new Bodyflight Voluntas lineup is still in the building phase and will be seriously challenged for the top position this year.

World Meet 2006		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	N-20-16	K-J-C-G-3	D-19-B-6	L-14-10	F-17-M-2	Total	Avg
1	USA DeLand Fire	20	27	25	17	28	117	23.4
2	France Gap Nice Icarius Autrement	17	25	23	21	25	111	22.2
3	Italy Sinapsi PD	19	26	22	19	24	110	22.0
4	Russia Sky Panthers Barkli	21	23	23	17	25	109	21.8
5	Norway Arcteryx	18	25	21	17	24	105	21.0
6	Belgium Spa Hayabusa	19	25	18	17	23	102	20.4
7	Germany EADS	17	23	20	16	18	94	18.8
8	Denmark Danez	15	22	15	17	21	90	18.0

Only one Voluntas member of 2010 is back this year, and Point Flemming Borup Andersen also shares his 4-way time with the Perris Blitz team in California. The three new members, Peter Andreas Andersen (Center Outside), Ulrik Høgsberg (Tail) and Martin Søeby Mikkelsen (Center Inside) are still on their way up to the previous Voluntas performance and scoring level.

Voluntas of 2009 and 2010 (Flemming Borop Andersen, Kasper Brandt-Svanekier, Kenneth Gajda, Brian Gregersen) had brought up the Danish scoring level to a 19.0 average at the World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk.

The Voluntas 2010 lineup finished in 11th place and just missed the semifinals after a great 8-round battle with the national team from Finland, the Pro Team. It was the highest outdoor meet average for a team from Denmark.

World Meet 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	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	Total	Avg
7	Germany Paratec-Saar	16	18	53	17	15	18	16	19	30	202	22.4
8	UK Satori	18	18	47	16	17	18	17	18	29	198	22.0
9	Netherlands Dynamic Fource	17	18	44	16	16	15	16	18	26	186	20.7
10	Finland Pro Team	17	16	43	14	15	17	17	17	28	184	20.4
11	DK Bodyflight Voluntas	17	15	37	16	15	18	16	18	-	152	19.0

A complete shakeup of Denmark's three national teams followed at the end of the 2010 season, and project leader Flemming Borup Andersen was facing a fresh start, together with project coach Solly Williams.

Bodyflight Voluntas competed with the new lineup at the Shamrock Showdown 2011 (15.3) and then at the World Challenge 2011.

New Voluntas member and Center Outside Peter Andreas Andersen has his own history with the DaneZ. He was in the DaneZ lineup that beat Voluntas at the Danish Nationals 2009. His is now team mate with Voluntas member Flemming Borup Andersen who tried to hold back the DaneZ that year.

World Challenge 2011		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	10,C,5	20,P,2	H,M,Q,K,A	L,J,16,12	E,7,15	O,11,22	14,B,17	6,13,9	4,3,21	1,G,8	Total	Avg
20	Portugal Atmosfera G4	15	16	37	19	20	17	17	17	13	17	188	18.8
21	DK Bodyflight Voluntas	19	17	28	18	23	15	19	18	17	11	185	18.5
22	UK Brit Chicks	15	17	31	17	20	15	19	17	17	16	184	18.4
23	UK Team Bodyflight	15	15	37	17	17	17	16	18	16	15	183	18.3
24	SA Voodoo	16	16	34	17	18	14	18	18	14	16	181	18.1

Peter Andreas Andersen's DaneZ team mates of 2009, Jesper Rasmussen and Jess Römer, will now try to defeat his new team, Denmark's official national 4-way lineup of Bodyflight Voluntas.

Current Voluntas Point Flemming Borup Andersen is in the same boat with his piece partner in the Center Outside slot. His team mates of 2009 and 2010, Kasper Brandt-Svanekier and Brian Gregersen, have joined forces with the two DaneZ in the pursuit of this year's top spot in Denmark.

Denmark's national championhips are scheduled for July 18 - 21 at Vestjyllands Flyveplads. The NSL News will keep an eye on this interesting development in Denmark's 4-way community.