Did you know that the DeLand Norgies won the Norwegian Nationals at their 2006 reunion? posted: Sep 2nd, 2006 Norway Arcteryx was one more national team that still had to compete at the national championships after representing the Scandinavian country at the World Meet 2006. The travel and competition schedule for Arcteryx was tight and gave the Norwegian team seven days between the end of the competition in Germany and the first jump in Norway.
The Czech team Sky Service and Italy's Sinapsi PD did not have any serious competition at their national championships after the World Meet. This was very different for Norway's national team when they came home, even though the challenger has no plans to threaten... (more)
Did you know that Sinapsi PD won the Italian Nationals 2006 for a 22.9 season average? posted: Aug 31st, 2006 The valued NSL News audience has probably already detected that last weekend's scores on the front page were replaced step by step with new results. The 4-way competition of the Italian Nationals 2006 was completed today, and Italy's IPC Delegate Sara Sacchet directed the NSL attention to the latest event in Europe.
The NSL News story on August 29 mentioned that the 2006 season is far from over. Only the national teams are actually past their main event after the conclusion of the World Meet 2006 in Germany. Several national championships and other larger competitions were and are still to come.
Two... (more)
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)