Did you know that the Pro Team won in Finland after a dramatic battle with the Tigers? posted: Jul 27th, 2009 The names of 11 teams from Finland have been added to the leaderboard, which makes it already a 3-nation affair at the moment, as several teams from Switzerland joined the competition at the Nuggets Cup 2009 in Leutkirch, Germany.
Two of the teams from Finland placed themselves in the Top 5 of last weekend's AAA Class leaderboard of currently 18 teams. The team names are not new to the NSL News audience. The Tigers have been the national champion since 2007, the Pro Team has been the challenger ever since. The NSL News has covered this exciting race for the top spot in Finland with several stories.
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Did you know that X-Ray Remscheid won the Nuggets Cup 2009? posted: Jul 26th, 2009 The upset is complete at the Nuggets Cup 2009 in Germany. It was not only an upset, it was more like a landslide.
Incognito Leutkirch did not even leave the Chicas a chance to catch up on the second day and the second half of the meet. In fact, the new shooting star in the female 4-way category won seven of the ten rounds over the current national team, tied two rounds and gave up only Round 6 by one point. Steffi Dichmann (Center Outside), Sarah Hajooze (Point), Anne Heinrich (Tail) and Pia Weingart (Center Inside) even beat the Nuggets Cup winner, X-Ray Remscheid, in two rounds.
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Did you know that Incognito Leutkirch is ready for the big upset in Germany? posted: Jul 25th, 2009 The German teams at the Nuggets Cup 2009 completed five rounds despite a slow start with a weather hold due to rain after the first round.
It looks as if the Incognito Leutkirch girls might really be able to create a big upset and send a strong message to the Chicas just a few weeks before the national championships.
The 16.4 average after the first and slower half of the 10-round meet promises a new scoring annd performance level for a German female lineup. New Chicas member and 4-way veteran Nina Kuebler will have to pull all her cards to bring her new team on course to defend the national... (more)
Did you know that Hayabusa Defence lost ten video points at the World Games 2009? posted: Jul 25th, 2009 The Nuggets Cup in Germany has the first scores on this weekend's leaderboard. As expected, FSC Eisenach and EADS are not competing, however, it is a quite interesting start, as the young all-female Incognito Leutkirch lineup is shaking up the standard situation in Germany so far. The challenger of the female national team, Chicas, is not only one point ahead of the target, Incognito is also tied in first place with X-Ray Remscheid after two rounds. The NSL News will update the leaderboard as soon as new scores are available.
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Did you know that this weekend's Nuggets Cup features a preview of the German Nationals 2009? posted: Jul 24th, 2009 A very busy meet weekend is coming up with four competitions in the USA and five in Europe. Two of these meets take place in Germany, and one of them is the very popular annual Nuggets Cup in Leutkirch. 26 teams attended the competition last year, and the NSL News reported live from the competition site.
It is an exciting situation this year in Germany, as the NSL News reported already on 7 May 2009. Three teams will be competing for this year's national championship title, which will qualify the winner as the national team for the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Russia.
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Did you know that Rookie Class teams dominated the FSL meet at Skydive Miami? posted: Jul 24th, 2009 The Rookie Class competition was the main part of the July meet of the Florida Skydiving League, which was hosted for the second time by Skydive Miami in Homestead.
It was a home affair only, as no other FSL teams made the long way down to the very south of Florida during the hottest summer time of the year. Only FSL coach and meet director Bob Byrne from Orlando was in Homestead to provide the three Rookie Class teams and one A Class team with guidance for the meet.
Skydive Miami has built a reputation of recruiting many new skydivers for their 4-way lineups in the past years. Some of them,... (more)