S-Sense like many other skydivers spent some time in the tunnel this winter – as you can expect with the cold weather we get in Britain we’re all doing tunnel time now that the Bedford and Airkix wind tunnels have opened.

The tunnel time definitely shows, as we started our spring camp at Skydive Spain near Seville, the blocks we pulled off were outstanding. I was well pleased with the work the team did in the air, it’s a pleasure to watch from my slot on camera and they make my job so easy.

Weather at Seville wasn’t in our favour at all, the locals said it had been unusually bad since the Christmas boogie. Shame, but when the sun did come out it was glorious jumping weather.

Hospitality at the drop zone was second to none – this must be partly due to being owned and run by Hibaldstow, (the most progressive dz in the UK). The attitude here was fantastic – never felt so more at home.

S-Sense exit out of the G92 in Spain

Jan 10 2006

S-Sense 4 way FS team

S-sense are an Intermediate 4 way formation skydiving team based at Headcorn Parachute Club. After taking a year off in 2005, we are now back in training and will be entering the 4 way Nationals in 2006 in the AA category.

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Although we didn’t get to jump much together last year, we still entered all the FS competitions at Headcorn and the boys helped out as usual during FS week.

The Andy Kelly 4 way meet in May is a handicapped competition held each year at the club. Mike Dawson’s team, “Four Cats in a Dryer” beat us and got Gold, and due to our handicap we got Bronze as the best senior team with an average of 10 points in time.

After FS week which was ruined by weather in July, we competed in the Scrambles. The Scrambles is a 4 way competition – all jumpers are picked at random and weighted so there’s a fair match of skill amongst all teams. Graham Stone’s team won Gold.

During last year, Mark and Chris carried on doing 4 way with Ritz Pixies instead and entered into the Nationals, but they didn’t come back with any medals.

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S-Sense 2005 photos

For 2006 S-Sense has got together again – Mark Lawson has left to spend more time playing with his boys, Michelle Garwood has taken over his place. We’ve all changed our slots as well - Graham Stone is now inside centre, Graham Cooper is outside centre and Chris Shaw is tail. Michelle is flying point, this might be the hardest slot but she's definately the best candidate for this position.

We will be training mid week this year, hoping to help get the jump numbers up for FS and flat flyers. We will also be at the Andy Kelly and the Nationals, as well as FS week.