Did You
Know.....
.....that DeLand Majik won a $12,000
purse at the Malevsky Memorial Cup in
Russia?
 DeLand Majik with Malevsky Memorial Cup in 2002
It was a good trip for DeLand
Majik. The Malevsky Memorial Cup winner of 2002 trained
for a few days in Russia, defended the title
successfully, made a statement about the current top
position in the world and brings $12,000 back home for
the team account. Was it a walk in the park? A closer
look at the scoring table shows that Majik had to work
for the money. The competition for the first place was
not as tough as it was in 2002 when Airspeed Vertical
competed in Russia. However, Majik had to give up the
highest scores in two rounds and tied for the highest
scores in four other
rounds. |
 Italy Sinapsi PD
The two challengers who tried to
make it as difficult as possible for the DeLand team
came from Russia and Italy. Sinapsi PD, the Italian
national team, was expected to perform on a world
class scoring level after they had just posted a 21.1
meet average at the Italian Nationals last week. Sinapsi
tied Majik in three rounds and posted the highest score
of the whole competition with a 32 in round five
(F-O-Q-H-6). |
 Russian team Sky Panthers
The best Russian team, the Sky
Panthers, ended up only one single point behind Sinapsi.
The performance level of the Russian 4-way teams was
unknown until this event. The Malevsky Memorial Cup now
showed clearly that this team will not just watch the
race for the medals at the world meet from behind. The
Sky Panthers also tied Majik in three rounds and posted
the highest score in round four. If Sinapsi PD has
become a serious contender for the medals at the World
Championship 2003, then this Russian team has now joined
the elite club, as
well. |
 DeLand Majik level shot at a training jump
And Majik? Fact is that the DeLand
team will not compete in France since the Golden Knights
won the USPA Nationals 2002 and qualified as the
national team. Fact is also that Majik has lost only one
competition in team history - the USPA Nationals 2002.
Other than that, Majik is still on top of the world at
this point. The Sky Panthers and Sinapsi PD managed to
win or tie a round here and there. But Majik was still
nine points ahead of Italy in second place after ten
rounds in Russia. And nine points after ten rounds means
a difference of almost 1.0
average. |
 Golden Knights after winning the USPA Nationals
2002
The DeLand team will not be able to
show this year whether they are the best team in the
world or not. The Golden Knights, Sinapsi PD, the DeLand
Norgies, Sebastian XL and the Sky Panthers will
challenge France Maubeuge in September and fight it out
for the top positions. Majik will have to wait for
another month until they will have the next chance to
qualify for the world meet in 2004. The USPA Nationals
2003 are scheduled for October in Lake Wales. And the
competition will be a repeat showdown between the Golden
Knights, Airspeed Vertical and DeLand Majik. However,
for now, Majik has the money in the pockets and another
big-meet victory in the log
books. |
| Malevsky
Memorial |
Rd.
1 |
Rd.
2 |
Rd.
3 |
Rd.
4 |
Rd.
5 |
Rd.
6 |
Rd.
7 |
Rd.
8 |
Rd.
9 |
Rd.
10 |
Total |
Av. |
| Rank |
Teams |
10-4-16 |
3-P-D-7 |
2-19-A |
17-G-22 |
F-O-Q-H-6 |
N-12-E-20 |
14-8-M |
L-C-18-5 |
15-K-21 |
J-1-13 |
Total |
Av. |
| 1 |
Deland
Majik (USA) |
18 |
24 |
21 |
18 |
31 |
20 |
18 |
21 |
20 |
19 |
210 |
21.0 |
| 2 |
Simapsi PD
(Italy) |
18 |
24 |
18 |
16 |
32 |
18 |
17 |
21 |
19 |
18 |
201 |
20.1 |
| 3 |
Sky
Panthers (Russia) |
18 |
20 |
20 |
21 |
29 |
20 |
15 |
21 |
18 |
18 |
200 |
20.0 |
| 7 |
Sebastian
Danez (DK) |
13 |
17 |
11 |
14 |
23 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
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129 |
14.3 |
| 10 |
Wingmates
(Finland) |
10 |
11 |
12 |
17 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
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99 |
11.0 |
| 11 |
Lady Birds
(Russia) |
11 |
15 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
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10.6 |
| 13 |
Skydance
(Ukraine) |
7 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
11 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
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44 |
7.3 | | |
Blue Skies - Go
Compete, 07/31/03
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