Medal ceremony for the 11th New Eden alliance tournament.

Fourth District News Service was present when medals was handed out to pilots that participated in the 11th alliance tournament for capsuleer which as usual was held in a secluded part of New Eden. Many of the District members had gathers in the foyer of the Yakiya Garden were they was served drinks and socialised with both capsuleers and non capsuleers from the District. After an hour had past everyone was welcomed to the Officers club in garden itself and were the tournament captain Admiral Ladel Teravada had prepared a speech. Members from almost every corporation, and some non capuleers was gathered to see the medals being handed out by the Admiral.

"Its a great honour to be handing out these medals to those who deserve it, they have shown that they are willing to put there own agenda aside and serve their alliance. We do this not out of profit but to show that we can be as good as the best out there, and we do this with pride, wear them accordingly. But before  I present you the pilots who has participated in this years alliance tournament I would like to address those who did not receive a medal today but by helping their team with targets and practise and theorycrafting. We can not state enough the importance how much this was an alliance effort, so also a great thanks to members of Ubuntu and Copperhead. Now if you will please join me up here and receive your medal after I read your name."

Team Captain Admiral Ladel Teravada.

The gathered crowd applaud whilst those pilots who flew under the flag of Fourth District joined the Admiral on the balcony. One after one they were called up to receive this years medal, one medal for the officers of Caldari Independent Navy Reserve and one for the pilots from Melnie Vanagi.

After the ceremony the officers club of Yakiya Garden was open for the public were the gathered crowd could celebrate the recipients for the rest of the evening. 

The recipients from Caldari Independent Navy Reserve are as followed:

Admiral Ladel Teravada

Admiral Trony

Commander Demion Samenel

Commander Ellyra

Lieutenant Commander Lord Shrewsberry
Lieutenant Turleus

Lieutenant Junior Grade Alexande Serand

Lieutenant Junior Grade Nidia Masters

Midshipman Aegir Rasputin

Midshipman Calder dk

Midshipman Sillanda Kachira

Midshipman Xissit

The recipients from Melnie Vanagi are as followed:

Purpura Vanags Pure Kickass
Melnai Vanags Puupolinsh

Alliance Tournament Interview with LT Turelus of CAIN.

The Fourth District News Service managed to secure an interview earlier today with Lieutenant Turelus of the Caldari Independent Navy Reserve, where we were able to get the details of The Fourth District’s first two Alliance Tournament matches.

District News: First of all, welcome Turelus and thank you for taking some time to have a chat with us.

Turelus: No problem.

District News: For our first question, how have you felt about the overall training and preparation of The Fourth District in regards to the tournament?

Turelus: I've been very impressed with it. We have seen a lot of participation from each of the member corporations of The Fourth District this year, and have worked closely as a group to improve upon faults we discovered early on. I really felt with each practice flight that we were becoming less individual pilots from our respective corporations and more of a united team.
 
District News: For those who have followed the tournament in previous years, one noticeable difference this year is the change in team captain from Fleet Admiral Trony to Admiral Teravada. Can you tell us about this decision?

Turelus: While Admiral Trony has led the team in previous tournaments, his growing responsibilities as The Fourth District Executor meant that Admiral Teravada stepped in to assume the position of team captain this year. Admirals Trony and Teravada have worked closely together in regards to our tournament training and organisation in the past, so while he is not the captain of our team this year you can rest assured that Trony has had a great deal of input into our team.

District News: Moving on to the matches you participated in this weekend, could you tell me how confident you were going into the first match and a little about your thoughts and tactics within the match? From our point of view it was an impressive and clean victory.

Turelus: Certainly. Going into the first match we were pretty confident, and while you're never sure what fleet compositions you will come up against the setup we chose had proven in previous tournaments to be a strong and capable fleet. Before the match our nerves were high; there is something about Alliance Tournament matches that make even the most veteran pilots return to the adrenalin-pumped and heart pounding feeling of being a rookie Capsuleer.
Once we saw our opponent’s setup we were very confident we had the match won as long as we kept our cool and didn't make any stupid mistakes. The MJD (Micro-Jump Drive) from our opponents caught us off guard, but the team was able to recover quickly and adapt to a new set of tactics, a testament to the hours each pilot has spent in training. We did take a couple of avoidable losses due to piloting error, which were discussed by the team in the post-flight debrief.

District News: Thank you. We have the same question now regarding you confidence and tactics for the second match. This one didn't go as well for you.

Turelus: No, not at all. There was a lot more pressure going into this match. Rote Kapelle has proven to be a formidable opponent in previous tournaments and there is still a lot of tension when our two alliances clash. We knew the battle would be a struggle from the moment we saw their fleet composition and the announcement of their flag ship Bhaalgorn in local channels. Our greatest fear had been realised as they had fielded the scissors to our paper. This didn't stop us from trying though. We're not the kind of alliance to say "well, we're screwed, let’s go home," so tactics and orders were laid out before the match began and we tried our hardest to overcome the immeasurable odds. Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

District News: You have a week now before your next match where you will face off against R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. How confident are you about this match and will you be making any special preparations for it?

Turelus: We're reasonably confident about the match, but we won't get cocky. R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N is an unknown to us as a new alliance within the tournament so we don't yet have a full grasp of their skills. As for preparations, we will go back to training and discussions to continue pushing the potential of our team.

District News: Lieutenant Turelus, thank you again for your time. We wish you and the rest of The Fourth District alliance the best of luck in your upcoming match and look forward to watching the team hopefully make it all the way to the finals and beyond.

Turelus: Thank you.

District News: We will be setting up an interview with another member of The Fourth District’s tournament team after next weekend's matches. Be sure to tune in for the latest information and news as we follow the team’s progress through the Alliance Tournament.

For those of you who missed The Fourth District's matches last weekend we have included the holoreels below.

ATXI - Day 1 Match 8 - Perihelion Alliance vs The Fourth District

ATXI - Day 2 Match 36 - Rote Kapelle vs The Fourth District

Fourth District will be entering this year Alliance Tournament.

This has just been announced that Fourth District has been accepted in the yearly recurring alliance fleet tournament for capsuleers all over New Eden. This is the 11th year in a row, that the secretive CCP Alliance host the tournament  in a secluded area of space. 64 alliances will be going head to head in a large arena set up in space, in combat fleets with 12 pilots each, and much is heading to a realy exiting event.

4TH will  not be the only allinace from Providence that is participating in this years tournament, both CVA and Of Sound Mind will be entering the tournament to, best of luck to them!

"We are looking forward to this years tournament, we have a great team this year and everyone is putting everything into this years training" the team captain told District News.

4TH Districts first match will be on the 20th of July against Perihelion Alliance.

Here is this years Schedule so stay tuned!