Did you know that Elsinore Vengeance competed with an alternate on August 19? posted: Aug 30th, 2006 The NSL News catches up with a competition that took place while the NSL office was still on the road. The scores and meet information from the last meet of the Northwest Skydiving League are now available, and NWSL Director Harry Waller wrote the outline of the meet story.
Meet #2 of the Northwest Skydiving League started early on August 19 and proceeded without a hitch. However, it proved challenging for Elsinore Vengeance. Training was going well this year until the team's Point, Lisa Albrecht, broke her leg three weeks ago on the 3rd jump of a 2-day training camp in Oregon. (more)
Did you know that Sky Service completed a very successful Czech 2006 season? posted: Aug 29th, 2006 Yesterday's NSL News covered one of the two international meets last weekend, while an update from New England was expected to arrive at any time. The Dutch League's scoreboard needed an update with some missing scores, as well, which have now been added. In the meantime, word came from New England, and the meet was weathered out, due to a low ceiling of less than 5,000 feet for the whole weekend.
This means that only the Netherlands and the Czech Republic are responsible all scores on last weekend's leaderboard. However, the teams of both European countries kept distance from each other. The... (more)
Did you know that the Dutch League had a record participation last weekend? posted: Aug 28th, 2006 The latest scores on the NSL leaderboard are from the two international meets last weekend. The Dutch League (DL) held its fourth and last competition of the 2006 season at Blue Side Up on the island of Texel. League manager Mike Pennock reported a record participation of eleven teams.
Other events in the Netherlands, as the Tomscat Trophy and the national championships, which are both included in the Dutch League's schedule, have attracted a larger number of teams in the past. However, last weekend's competition had new record numbers for the A Class and Rookie Class competition at a regulat... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury scores changed last weekend's leaderboard in the AAA Class? posted: Aug 26th, 2006 The new meet weekend is already in full swing, while the NSL News takes another closer look at last weekend's complete leaderboard. 72 teams are listed on the scores page and used the same competition draw. This number represents a new record weekend in the NSL history. Participation records have been broken on a regular basis this year.
Great Britain was the major contributor to the new record number this time. 47 of the 72 teams competed at the British Nationals 2006. Each of the four competition classes was well attended by the British teams (9 - 10 - 14 - 14), and the A Class and Rookie... (more)
Did you know that new 4-way VRW scores were posted last weekend? posted: Aug 25th, 2006 Last weekend's 4-way events also included the last competition of the regular Vertical Relative Work season in 2006. The test event at the USPA Nationals 2006 will conclude this year's step of the new discipline onto the stage of the competition community.
The NSL News introduced 4-way Vertical Relative Work with the story on April 23, and the NSL website made room for a new league within the league. 4-way competition is the heart and soul of the National Skydiving League, the new category is based on the current competition format, and is has the potential to become a popular event. (more)
Did you know that bad weather did not keep three Midwest teams from competing? posted: Aug 24th, 2006 A lousy weather forecast for Saturday held down attendance, and a stubborn layer of low clouds delayed the start of our fourth meet of the season at Chicagoland Skydiving until the following day. We have not had serious weather issues for a meet for over two years here in the Midwest, but our luck finally ran out. Sunday did open with gorgeous clear skies and nice skydiving weather, but by then only three teams had returned to take advantage of it.
Whether it was the long delay or just coincidence, all three teams got off to rough starts on Sunday. In the AAA Class, CSC Rubicon (Rich Madsen,... (more)