Author: Mark Aseltine

Numbers and Bike Polo

Posted on by Mark Aseltine

Occasionally playing members in North America take on independent work which is worth spreading to a wider audience. In this instance, Elliot Bosveld, of Seattle Bike Polo, has spent a significant amount of time studying the recorded games from the WHBPC 2017. He has put together an extensive statistics repost on his findings. We encourage others who take on passion projects to reach out to the NAH for air in publication to a wider audience. Please take the time to browse the link below.

Simplified NAH Bike Polo Worlds 2017 Stats Report by Elliot Bosveld

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WHBPC Call for Bids

Posted on by Mark Aseltine

The World Hardcourt Bike Polo Organising Board is seeking early bids to host the 9th edition of the World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship.

As previously advised, bids will be accepted only from Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

Interested host clubs or regions are asked to complete the following form to provide information on their preliminary bid by 13 May 2018 – https://goo.gl/forms/Ituz5y5p3e5c5Zf72

Where information is unknown, note that in the form. Bidders will have an opportunity to update and refine their bid prior to a community-wide vote.

Bids will be presented to the polo community for feedback and discussion from mid May 2018. No new bidders will be accepted after 13 May 2018!

Bidders will be asked to submit final bids by 30 June 2018 and a vote of the community will take place in July 2018 with the winning bid announced in early August 2018.

Please note: the bid form does not include competition format (i.e. 3v3 or squad). Our top priority is finding a host club. Without a host, the competition format is irrelevant.

If anyone has any questions please contact your local rep about the bid.

Asia
Ai Tanaka
xxxaiaiaixxx@gmail.com
Member of the Japanese Bike Polo Association

Australia/New Zealand
Nick Dixon-Wilmshurst
xoqz01@gmail.com
Canberra representative on the Australasian Hardcourt Bike Polo Association

Europe
Gernot Gruber aka. Django
eurohardcourt@gmail.com
Member of the European Hardcourt Bikepolo Association

Latin America
Vero Enríquez Ruiz
vero.enriquez.ruiz@gmail.com
Member of the Latin American Bike Polo Association

North America
Mark Aseltine
mark@nahardcourt.com
NAH Tournament Director

2018 NAHBPC Bids & Regional Qualifiers

Posted on by Mark Aseltine

Welcome to the official call for bids for the 2018 NAHBPC. This year’s call is going to be different than past years. As you might know last year the NAH brought an added level of support and collaboration to the NAHBPC than in past years. We helped create schedules for the tournament, we aided in the collection of team names and registration. We used our website and social media platform to distribute information and communicate to team captains directly.

This year we will be doing all of this and more. This year we will be giving out seed money to the club successful in hosting the 2018 NAHBPC. That’s right, we’re giving out money! Up to $2,275.00!

Here is a quick breakdown of the money we will be offering up to a host club looking to take on this years event:

$500 Winning bid (two courts)
$300 Additional Courts (for each additional court) max 4
$75/court Lights (until at least 10pm) to a maximum of $225
$50/court Court Access (symmetrical squad ready doors) to a maximum of $150
$100/court Reffing facilities (elevated, covered stands with functional scoreboards)
50% contribution Free Food (match costs on food, snacks, beverages) max $100/day
$5/Game Refereeing (for every game in the tournament we will front $5 for reffing)

These are the financial perks we will be offering up to the host of the 2018 NAHBPC. This along with the support from our team and the skills of past tournament organizing, we feel any club in the NAH has the ability to take this on and we encourage you to submit a bid. Interested hosts should consider how else they would fundraise for the NAHBPC in conjunction with NAH funds. Bids should be submitted via email (mark@nahardcourt.com) with the documents provided here.

The 2018 NAHBPC should be held no earlier than September 21st and no later than October 22, 2018. If you would like to host outside of this time window, please contact the NAH Tournament Organiser to discuss the feasibility.

Regional Qualifiers

Like last year, we are using the new prorated ranking system for regional allocation which factors a region’s performance over the previous four years. For a more information on 2018 regional qualifiers, read more here.

For any questions regarding the bid process or the application form, please contact Mark Aseltine directly at mark@nahardcourt.com.

For questions regarding hosting the NAHBPC, please contact Jennifer Spencer directly at jennifer@nahardcourt.com or Matt Krofcheck at thiscarcrash1@gmail.com.

Photo by Carlos Hauck

2018 World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship Announcement

Posted on by Mark Aseltine

Since the 2017 World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship, an informal group with members in official or semi-official roles in the five bike polo regions (NA/EU/ANZ/LA/ASIA) have been discussing the future World Championships.

The current group involved with this discussion are:

  • Asia
    Ai Tanaka
    xxxaiaiaixxx@gmail.com
    Member of the Japanese Bike Polo Association
  • Australia/New Zealand
    Nick Dixon-Wilmshurst
    xoqz01@gmail.com
    Canberra representative on the Australasian Hardcourt Bike Polo Association
  • Europe
    Gernot Gruber aka. Django
    eurohardcourt@gmail.com
    Member of the European Hardcourt Bikepolo Association
  • Latin America
    Vero Enríquez Ruiz
    vero.enriquez.ruiz@gmail.com
    Member of the Latin American Bike Polo Association
  • North America
    Mark Aseltine
    mark@nahardcourt.com
    NAH Tournament Director

We have been conversing for a couple months now and so far our conversations have been productive. They are ongoing and have been revolving around a few key questions.

We want to find a way to answer questions such as:

  • How do we determine who hosts the WHBPC?
  • What format should the WHBPC be?
  • How often should the WHBPC be held?
  • How do we properly represent the world community?

We have agreed that the community needs to make a decision on the host of the next WHBPC sooner than later.

We have also agreed that the region that last hosted the WHBPC (i.e. North America) should not be able to submit a bid, and that the host region before that (i.e. Australasia) should only get a chance to bid if no other region bids. That leaves Asia, Europe and Latin America as potential bidders.

The next step is to determine the bid criteria, a bidding timeline, and a method of voting on the bids. Questions on format and timing may be more difficult to resolve but we believe it can be done.

Before we go too far, we wanted the community to know what we are doing and how to get involved. All regions will be invited to add a second representative to the group as discussions continue. However, we wish to hear from all interested players so please get in touch with your reps (above) and tell them your ideas and together we can get the best results for the community.

2017 WHBPC Survey

Posted on by Mark Aseltine

We are gathering feedback from this year’s WHBPC and would love to get your input. This survey is for everyone, whether you watched from home, played in the Wildcard or competed in the finals! This information will help organizers of future world championships. Thank you!

Take the Survey!