Did you know that Impulse Rhode Island improved their average at Skydive New England? posted: Jul 25th, 2000 Robbie Spencer's team Impulse Rhode Island keeps charging toward the top of the leaderboard of the Eastern Skies. At last weekend's second season meet of the New England Skydiving League, Impulse won the Advanced Class with a 12.2 average. The new team's season average of 11.6 is tying the FSL team Zephyrhills Frost in 4th place of the Eastern Skies. With these results, Impulse are slowly putting themselves in a position of medal contention at this year's USPA Nationals.
Impulse team members are Robbie Spencer (Alternate), Dennis Rook (Point), Jim Rees (Tail), Tom Hendricks (Inside Center),... (more)
Did you know that seven teams competed in Ohio? posted: Jun 28th, 2000 The Great Lakes Skydiving League had a great season opener last weekend at AerOhio. Seven teams completed six rounds for the first GLSL rankings of the inaugural 2000 season. Two teams competed in the Advanced Class, five teams in the new Intermediate Class.
4 Dead in Ohio won the Overall Class with an average of 8.0 points. Between the two Advanced Class teams, Sintrifugal Force stayed ahead of Vertex. Both teams are training at AerOhio.
AerOhio supported the season opener of the Great Lakes Skydiving League as the host of the meet and as a sponsor, as well. Other meet sponsors were Jumper... (more)
Did you know that the New England Skydiving League has posted rules and basic information for the inaugural 2000 season? posted: Mar 5th, 2000 The first set of NESL rules are following the basic outline of the National Skydiving League. They are specified according to the regional needs of the new league.
The Pepperell Skydive Center and Skydive New England are the first hosts for two meets each. The dates are posted at the New England Skydiving League home page on Skyleague.com and the NSL Calendar 2000. League direcor Beth Murray was introducing the new league:
"Following the formation and success of the National Skydiving League (NSL), a new regional league to service the New England area is being established. The new regional... (more)
Did you know that the New England Skydiving League is expecting a a very exciting inaugural 2000 season? posted: Feb 12th, 2000 The new NESL Director Beth Murray has put together all the pieces in the beautiful New England area. Skydive New England and Pepperell Skydive Center are the first two hosts with two meets each. However, the new league is still open for other interested hosts, as well.
Skydive New England is expecting four teams to participate in the league meets. Pepperell already has two teams committed for the first season. The whole area is very excited about the new project and is finding overwhelming support. League director Beth Murray is enjoying positive cooperation with Mike Carpenter at Skydive New... (more)
Did you know that New England 4-way teams are preparing for the first season of the New England Skydiving League? posted: Jan 14th, 2000 Paula Philbrook at Skydive Pepperell had been observing the activities of the National Skydiving League already from its very beginnings. Recently, the local interest in joining the rapidly growing National Skydiving League has become strong enough to initiate the beginning of the league this year.
Paula Philbrook is convinced that only Skydive Pepperell alone can already produce a few teams with the motivation to learn about 4-way competition. Negotiations with Skydive Lebanon in Maine have begun to possibly join forces. Both drop zones are within one hour of driving distance from each other,... (more)
Did you know that the Great Lakes Skydiving League starts in 2000? posted: Oct 10th, 1999 The Great Lakes Skydiving League is preparing its inaugural season. The GLSL will run four meets in the 2000 season. The date for the first meet has been set for June 23-25, 2000.
League sponsor Aerohio will host this meet. Other skydiving centers in the area are still welcome to join the league. Mark Belmont is the league's director. Sherry Butcher of Aerohio is supporting Belmont's efforts. He has already worked on putting things together for a while.
The plan for the first meet at Aerohio is including a six-day skills camp with Arizona Airspeed on June 17-22, just prior to the competition.... (more)