posted Jul 28th, 2007 - The competition draw was handed out to the teams in Raeford as soon as the weather did not allow any more jumps Friday evening. Tony Thacker, former Carolina Skydiving League Director and expert event manager, is organizing the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007 for Kirk Verner and Tim D'Annunzio. He has also set up the dubbing and judging area, which is connected to TV screens at the creeper pad. The setup includes an efficient way to create extra copies of the meet jumps for NSL-TV...

The teams went straight to work Friday evening as soon as the competition draw was available. Airspeed Odyssey and Golden Knights studied the sequences very carefully. Odyssey's performance at the Malevsky Cup 2007 set new standards in 4-way, and one of the newest questions is whether Airspeed will once again be able to score only above the 20-point level.

The lowest Airspeed scores in Russia were 21-pointers in rounds three (5-10-21) and seven (2-22-A). The first two rounds will probably show whether Airspeed can continue the 20 and up streak or not.

The competition draw, provided by the meet management in France, is not as slow as it seems, accroding to Golden Knight John Hoover. He evaluated the ten sequences and expected scores on a "medium to high" level. The best French teams scored between 18 and 19 points in the first two rounds.

Five rounds have been completed in France so far, and scores from Germany have alreay been posted, as well. The first round is now in full swing in Raeford. The Golden Knights Black team, Mass Defiance, Carolina Ice and Paraclete XP were in the first load of the day.

Aispeed Odyssey had to wait longer for their own turn and watched the first load take off. The scores of the first round will be posted very soon. NSL-TV will follow later on.