posted Apr 26th, 2022 - The NSL News has covered the German 4-way Women indoor duel between Piteraq and Skynamite since both teams were facing each other for the first time at the German Indoor Nationals 2019.

Skynamite is the longest standing 4-way Women team in Germany, with Yasmin Schütte as one of the earliest team members. Skynamite appeared twice on AA Class leaderboards in 2012 and 2013 before the mixed-gender lineup of 2015 (Yasmin Schütte, Sandra Dederichs, Christian Margardt, Oliver Wagner, Thorsten Jung on camera, alternate Janina Jungen) entered the AAA Class competition.

The 2017 lineup (Yasmin Schütte, Sandra Dederichs, Carola Fietz, Janine Tillenburg, Thorsten Jung on camera) eventually became a 4-way Women team and qualified as the national team in this category for the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018 in Australia.

Skynamite's new 2019 lineup (Yasmin Schütte, Sandra Dederichs, Janine Tillenburg, Sylvia Schlaphof) then represented Germany at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019, as well, while Piteraq had meanwhile entered the 4-way Women world in the team's first year.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	O,18,14	L,C,F,9	1,J,H,19	3,E,P,Q	20,7,16	2,13,8	17,D,6	N,22,A,G	12,5,11	M,21,4	Total	Avg
1	Piteraq	19	37	23	30	17	17	24	21	16	22	226	22.6
Roster: Petra Jastram, Linda Koeb, Sylvia Maier, Susa Serra
2	Skynamite	17	35	23	25	19	16	25	22	15	22	219	21.9
Roster: Shaline Dincher, Katharina Reiß, Sylvia Schlaphof, Yasmin Schütte
German Indoor Nationals 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	1,17,J	A,O,5,D	9,H,2	10,12,21	E,M,3,C	16,8,K	B,7,P,4	L,15,14	G,19,N,22	18,20,13	Total	Avg
1	Piteraq	22	29	23	17	31	19	26	19	20	17	223	22.3
Roster: Petra Jastram, Linda Koeb, Sylvia Maier, Susa Serra
2	Skynamite	21	24	25	17	27	20	24	19	21	17	215	21.5
Roster: Shaline Dincher, Katharina Reiß, Sylvia Schlaphof, Yasmin Schütte
4-way Women Qualification 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	11,12,J	O,9,F,H	8,G,16	A,22,14	Q,21,1	L,M,4,C	6,B,P,15	10,3,20	19,2,7	N,E,17,D	Total	Avg
1	Piteraq	15	43	19	16	19	24	23	17	18	26	220	22.0
Roster: Petra Jastram, Linda Koeb, Sylvia Maier, Susa Serra
2	Skynamite	16	35	17	14	18	21	21	15	19	22	198	19.8
Roster: Shaline Dincher, Katharina Reiß, Sylvia Schlaphof, Yasmin Schütte
Fly Challenge 2020		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	C,D,Q,20	J,4,G,19	18,5,O	F,16,M,10	P,13,21	11,15,17	1,12,2	N,K,L,A,E	B,11,6	3,9,14	Total	Avg
1	Skynamite	24	16	17	23	19	15	15	28	21	19	197	19.7
Roster: Sandra Dederichs, Verena Juergens, Sylvia Schlaphof, Yasmin Schütte
2	Piteraq	21	19	16	21	15	15	15	24	19	18	183	18.3
Roster: Carola Fietz, Linda Koeb, Sylvia Maier, Susa Serra
German Indoor Nationals 2019		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	21,22,G	E,M,Q,A,11	19,7,14	P,10,O,15	H,4,2	B,1,F,J	13,3,5	6,17,C	18,N,20	9,12,16	Total	Avg
1	Skynamite FSZ Saar	19	29	16	20	21	31	19	20	15	21	211	21.1
Roster: Sandra Dederichs, Sylvia Schlaphof, Yasmin Schütte, Janine Tillenburg
2	Piteraq	15	29	19	20	15	33	19	19	19	19	207	20.7
Roster: Linda Koeb, Sylvia Maier, Susa Serra, Evangelina Warich

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Skynamite kept the upper hand in 2019 and 2020, before the corona virus crisis interfered heavily with all team training and competition plans. After the long break, Germany's national indoor coach Thomas Spielvogel scheduled a qualification duel between Skynamite and Piteraq, as the NSL News reported on February 15th.

Both teams had different lineups, which was Thomas Spielvogel's main reason for a new evaluation of the teams' current performance level. Piteraq won this qualification duel by 22 points and earned the slot as the national team in 4-way Women at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 and the embedded European Indoor Championship.

Both teams were facing each other three times with the same lineups this year, beginning in January at the qualification event. Piteraq defended the top position in this 4-way Women duel twice, while Skynamite reduced the distance, first from 22 points in January to eight points in March.

The significantly closer positioning at the German Indoor Nationals 2022 moved Skynamite into striking position at the FAI Indoor World Cup, as the NSL News reported on March 21st.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		O,18,14		L,C,F,9		1,J,H,19		3,E,P,Q		20,7,16		2,13,8		17,D,6		N,22,A,G		12,5,11		M,21,4		Total	Avg
1	HF Cubs	CZ	24		47	-2	24	-5	34	-2	23	-2	23		30		32		22		26	-1	285	28.5
2	Nephtys	FR	22		44	-1	28		33	-2	23		20	-1	29		29	-1	21	-1	23	-1	272	27.2
3	Piteraq	DE	19		37		23		30	-1	17	-2	17		24		21		16	-1	22		226	22.6
4	Skynamite	DE	17	-1	35		23	-1	25	-3	19		16	-1	25		22		15	-2	22		219	21.9
5	Windwerk EOS	CH	14	-2	30		20		25		17		16		21		19		14	-1	17	-3	193	19.3
6	Squadra Militare Femminile	IT	12		19	-3	15		14		12		11	-1	14		15		9	-1	14		135	13.5
7	Fatal Four	NL	11	-1	18	-2	14		16		12	-1	12		14		8	-3	9	-2	15		129	12.9

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Piteraq - Skynamite at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi

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Skynamite were ready to make the next move and challenge Piteraq for the FAI bronze medals in Charleroi. They finished with a new team record average, with coach Roy Janssen at the competition site for the complete and comprehensive support.

Skynamite got another point closer (7) to Piteraq and the 3rd place, and it was still not enough. Piteraq posted their own new team record average at the right time and won the world cup bronze medals in 4-way Women, plus the additional set of bronze medals in the European Indoor Championship.

Piteraq members Linda Koeb and Petra Jastram are now switching to outdoor training and competition with Germany's 4-way Women outdoor champions of Meltemi Illertissen. Their Piteraq team mate Susa Serra was also in the Meltemi lineup who won the 4-way Women outdoor qualification at the German Outdoor Nationals 2021.

The NSL News reported on 12 December 2021 that former AtomiX member Andrea Kleinschmidt will replace her at this year's outdoor world meet in October. Linda Koeb will be the only German competitor at the world meet with double-duties in 4-way and 8-way.