posted Mar 30th, 2015 - The World Challenge 2015 will once again offer insights of the situation in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the important 2015 season. The winner of this year's national championships will compete as UK's national 4-way team at the Mondial 2016 in the USA, and the best female lineup qualifies for the 4-way Women competition at Skydive Chicago.

This year's AAA/Open Class field at Bodyflight Bedford includes the two national top contenders in 2014 (Voodoo, Vision 99) and two other UK teams (Eclipse, Anti Matter) in the AAA/Open Class who had competed at the World Challenge a year ago. Three additional AAA Class teams (Equal Pay 4 Women, Co-Motion, Bodyflight Aero) posted scores on the AA Class leaderboard of the World Challenge 2014 and have moved up.

Funnel Vision and Entropy are both coming back in the AAA Class after competing in the AA Class at the UK Nationals 2014. Several additional UK teams (ACM, Left Shark Squad, Skyfool, Ninja Swans, Quasar, Whoosh!) include team members of other former AAA Class teams in new lineups with new team names.

World Challenge 2014		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	17,18,19	5,16,6	4,N,13	P,F,12,M	J,D,10,K	G,3,O,C	H,22,14	20,2,8	1,21,11	15,7,L	Total	Avg
2	XL	25	25	21	34	28	30	23	21	23	33	263	26.3
8	Voodoo	21	23	19	28	26	27	19	18	19	23	223	22.3
13	Vision 99	17	21	16	22	23	24	18	15	16	23	195	19.5
19	Eclipse	14	13	16	23	20	21	16	15	16	18	172	17.2
25	Anti Matter	13	14	15	19	16	20	12	13	15	17	154	15.4
Rank	AA Class	18,6	15,1	22,F,D	9,A,J	K,2,O	H,13,Q	M,L,G,E	N,11,20	14,7	21,B,19	Total	Avg
1	Equal Pay 4 Women	13	15	18	30	19	18	28	14	16	16	187	18.7
3	Co-Motion	15	13	16	21	19	18	28	12	17	16	175	17.5
8	Bodyflight Aero	10	10	13	21	14	14	19	9	13	13	136	13.6

Voodoo is the reigning British 4-way champion in 4-way Open, while Vision 99 was the national team in this category at the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2014. UK's national team in 4-way Women (Kaizen) has disbanded, and the situation in this category is open, as the Sun Path Products NSL News explained on 22 March 2015.

National team Vision 99 has been outscored by Voodoo at each meet that both teams have attended in the past two years. However, Vision 99 moved closer at the Bodyflight Revenge and would like to continue with the same status and compete for the United Kingdom at the Mondial 2016. Three Voodoo members competed for South Africa at world meets between 2003 and 2012 and would like to continue as the British national 4-way team at the international events.

NMP-PCH Hayabusa coach Gary Smith competes once again for Voodoo this weekend. Liz Matthews tries to win in 4-way Women with Fly Like a Girl. Neither XL nor Full Stop XL or Satori have a lineup for the World Challenge 2015, and the UK battle for the top spot is between Voodoo and Vision 99.

Revenge 2014		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	E,16,15	2,B,6	4,8,13	L,5,10	9,20,22	1,G,11	J,M,Q,O,3	C,P,A,12	K,7,21	19,18,F	Total	Avg
1	Full Stop XL	25	26	19	24	23	22	34	29	27	24	253	25.3
2	Voodoo	26	24	17	24	21	19	32	26	24	23	236	23.6
3	Vision 99	22	20	17	22	21	20	32	23	22	19	218	21.8
5	Bodyflight Isis	20	24	17	19	15	19	29	25	23	21	212	21.2
7	Eclipse	17	19	15	18	16	16	25	19	22	-	167	18.6
13	Equal Pay 4 Women	13	18	13	12	11	14	21	15	-	-	117	14.6

Vision 99 will be ready and well prepared for the first UK showdown this year. The 2015 lineup is the same as at the Bodyflight Revenge 2014 (Mike Hayes, Si Guest, Pete Mather, Ady King). Richard Orford will be on camera at the outdoor meets. Vision 99 recently completed an indoor and outdoor training camp in Dubai.

XL members John McIver and Steve Hamilton will be working with the team this year. Steve Hamilton competed for Vision 99 at the World Meet 2014 in Prostejov, when Pete Mather was not available, and knows the team very well.

John McIver won the UK Nationals 2013 with Satori and competed neither with Satori nor with XL in 2014. Now he traveled to Dubai and helped Vision 99 with the preparations for the 2015 season, and the first scores will be posted on Saturday from Bodyflight Bedford.