posted Aug 9th, 2004 - The Belgian team Hayabusa was already selected earlier this year as the national team at one of the Belgium Skydiving Trophy (BST) events in June. The NSL News had covered the Hayabusa competition with the Belgian Army team NMPV/Pushing Air in 2003/2004 and the qualification event in June.

Hayabusa could now take the actual Belgian championship event easy since there was no serious competition left. The Belgian Nationals took place at the end of July, and teams competed in three competition classes. The competition draw was not available. However, Hayabusa finished the 10-round competition with a 17.2 meet average.

This result confirms that the Belgian team will compete with several other teams in a probably very tight race for the fifth position and the "amateur title" at this year's World Championship of Formation Skydiving. The German team EADS and the Danez from Denmark scored at a similar level at the Malevsky Cup 2004. The new Norwegian national team Arcteryx was not too far behind and posted new scores at their own national championship, as well. The NSL News will follow up with these scores soon.

The Belgian Intermediate Class is identical with the A Class of the National Skydiving League. Team Sparks, a regular at the events of the Belgium Skydiving Trophy, won the 10-round competition in this class with a 12.4 meet average. Sparks was obviously well prepared after attending two BST meets (6.3 - 8.5) earlier this year. The last meet of the Belgium Skydiving Trophy is scheduled for September 3 - 5 and is also a part of the European Skydiving League Championship 2004.

Competition Draw AAA Class: R1: O-21-B-3, R2: K-2-13, R3: 19-J-12, R4: 4-5-11, R5: 18-14-M, R6: P-22-8, R7: 6-7-9, R8: 16-N-17, R9: E-15-D-10, R10: Q-20-1

Competition Draw A Class: R1: 9-E, R2: Q-A-C, R3: 21-8, R4: 19-2, R5: O-B-D, R6: G-F-7, R7: K-6, R8: P-H-M