Did you know that the Golden Knights spoiled Craig Girard's birthday party in Round 9? posted: Jul 29th, 2007 It is obviously no news that the Golden Knights have been giving Airspeed Odyssey a very hard time throughout the seven rounds of the first day at the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007. Nothing changed in the first round on Sunday morning. The two top teams tied their scores once again and for the fourth consecutive round.
The course of the AAA Class competition then changed dramatically in Round 9. The Golden Knights seemed to put all available energy into the second last round and spoiled Craig Girard's birthday party on Sunday with a 35-pointer that won the round by three points over Airspeed.
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Did you know that the AAA Class teams continue with the Money Meet in Raeford? posted: Jul 29th, 2007 Saturday ended with seven completed rounds in the AAA Class competition and the award ceremony for the teams that competed in the AA Class and in the Rookie Class competition.
Team M.O.M. dominated the field of five teams in the Rookie Class and tokk the first place with a 3.8 average after four rounds. All jumps of the Rookie Class competition were made from the Pac, and the exits were probably the biggest challenge for the teams.
Five other teams from North and South Carolina competed in the AA Class competition. Carolina Fire and Fast Fockers battled it out for the CASL gold medals over... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights won a point and $500 extra cash in Round 4? posted: Jul 28th, 2007 The scores of Round 3 don't show an overwhelming dominance of Airspeed Odyssey any longer. The Arizona team still completed the highest number of points in working time. However, the judges deducted another point, and the 21-pointer was tied by the Golden Knights.
Not only the Golden Knights kept up with Airspeed Odyssey in this round. The new French national 4-way team, France VR 4, scored a 21-pointer in this round, as well. The new A-Team line-up is still only in second place after five rounds in France. The B-Team with Paul "Polo" Grisoni and Erwan Pouliquen has a 3-point lead at the moment.
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Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey lost a point in Round 2? posted: Jul 28th, 2007 The scores of Round 1 are posted, and Airspeed Odyssey continued in Raeford as the team's performance ended in Russia. The 20-pointer for the slowest round of the meet is in the books, Airspeed is on its way to exhibit another meet result on the team's new scoring level.
It would be a new statement if Airspeed can get to a 24-25 average level in this meet. The previous record scores on this level always included sequences with only random formations, which boosted the averages to a record level. This time, all AAA Class teams don't have the benefit of an extremely fast round. It doesn't seem... (more)
Did you know that the top teams evaluated the competition draw carefully in Raeford? 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... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights had a light training day? posted: Jul 27th, 2007 The NSL News headquarters for this weekend is set at the Raeford Parachute Center, host of the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007.
The Golden Knights Black team had just completed their warm-up training with two jumps on Friday when the NSL News arrived. They were putting the team equipment away and got ready to visit the new windtunnel in Raeford.
Paraclete XP owner Tim D'Annunzio, sponsor of this weekend's competition and owner of the tunnel, had invited the Army team to a tour at the construction site. (more)