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WHBPC REGISTRATION INFO

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World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships are coming up fast!

Time for registration. We are now accepting FULL team registration for all those qualified to participate in the WHBPC and for those hoping to be in the Wild Card Entry tournament. You should know if you’re considered qualified or not. Please check with your International Continental Reps to confirm. We will also compare against our community lists regarding eligibility.

Information regarding the Wild Card Entry tournament break down to come.

Please visit: http://whbpc2013.com/registration-form/

See the teams already signed up here: http://whbpc2013.com/register/teams/

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Beavers are your 2013 NAHBPC Champions!

Posted on by John Hayes

This weekend marked the 5th annual occurrence of the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship, hosted by the Minneapolis Polo Club at the remarkable Roseville Skating Oval. 2013 has proven to be one of the most competitive and progressive seasons we’ve ever had and not enough can be said about this event. We’d like to thank everyone in Minneapolis for putting forth an incredible effort and building a relationship with this world class facility. Player’s agreed that the surface at the Oval was the best they had ever had the opportunity to play on, and hopefully it won’t be the last time the Minneapolis Club utilizes this space. The NAH staff worked together to help this tournament run smoothly and to advance the state of refereeing for future seasons. We hope you had as much fun as we did! Here is a list of teams who have qualified for the WHBPC in October:

1st Beavers (Eric, Brian, Joey SF)
2nd The Guardians (Cody, julian, Dustin SEA)
3rd The Assassins (Joe, kouyo, Evan SEA)
4th Portland United (Jason, Arlyn, Eric PDX)
5th Big Country (Alex, Rory VAN, Henry VIC)
5th the Makers Y’all (Greg CHI, Nick LEX, Ben MKE)
7th The Greens (Christopher ATL, Nic COMO, Adam TO)
7th The Control (Forest SF, Andrew CRZ, Ace NYC)
9th White Fang (Addison, Tyler, James BOS)
9th D G T (Jake BOS, Jonathan PGH, Rob Philly)
9th Los Cuatreros (Israel, Robert ATX, Andrew SMC)
9th Mosquito (Daren EDM, Duane REG, Will SKN)
13th Thunder Buddies (Matt, scooter SEA, Martin VAN)
13th Journeymen (Allan, Robie OTT, Nick TO)
13th The Means (Chris NYC, alexis OTT, Nick RVA)
13th KMANG (Matt CHI, Ngaihon, kev TO)
17th Magic Toast (nate, Zach, Paul NYC)
17th Call Me Laddy (Brodie, Seamus OTT, Luke TO)
17th The Breaknecks (Charlie, Nick COMO, Nick MPLS)
17th Bill Murray (Emmet LDN, jake SAC, Sterling SEA)

Congratulations to Eric, Brian and Joey taking down this tournament with only one loss in the first final. Very impressive! The Cascadia region took down 5 of the top 12 spots, the Midwest took 3, Eastside 2, South Central 1, and South West 1. There are both new and old names in the top 24 of this tournament, and next year is guaranteed to be even more interesting. We will be releasing more information regarding regional spot allocation and structure changes for 2014 as soon as they become available.

Lastly, thank you Minneapolis Bike Polo and thank you to the community for coming together again this year.

(photo credit to Kevin Walsh)

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WHBPC 2013 Continental Regional Registration Info

Posted on by John Hayes

The community of World Hardcourt Bike Polo is wrapping up it’s international championships schedule and has patiently waited for the breakdown of entrants to the WHBPC 2013 being held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA, October 16th-20th.

Wait no more!

The team distribution is as follows:

20 North America [based on placing finish at the North American Bike Polo Championships 2013] http://leagueofbikepolo.com/nahbpc2013

20 European [based on placing finish at the European Championships 2013] http://www.ehbpc.org/2013/

6 Australasia [based on the Australasian Championships 2013] http://www.timarupolochamps.com/Timaru-Bid

3 South America [based on the South American Championships 2013] yet to be completed. http://leagueofbikepolo.com/3rd-south-american-bike-polo-championships-s%C3%A3o-polo-0

3 Central America/Mexico/Caribbean [as determined by the region]

3 Japan

1 Taiwan

2 Florida [as selected by Florida representatives]

6 WILDCARD [distribution and registration information to follow in a separate post]

 

What you can expect right now:

We are in the process of contacting all leaders in the international community to gather the summarized team registration lists for each region listed above. So far direct contact has been established with the Australasian bike polo organization, John Hayes from London is handling the european connection, and we’ve heard from Puerto Rico.
North Americans will be handled by NAH once the tournament has completed.
South America, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Cuba/Central America we’re still needing a direct contact from you!

If you have not been in contact via email and can actively contribute to the registration of your region please email tournaments@nahardcourt.com

Thank you and watch for more worlds updates soon!.

NAHBPC 2013 APPROACHES!

Posted on by John Hayes

We sit exactly 4 weeks away from the 2013 North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships being held in Minneapolis, MN! August 16-18 are the dates and the invitations have been sent!

Congratulations to the teams that qualified to participate this year! You can find the list here: http://leagueofbikepolo.com/nahbpc2013#comment-119745

All teams have been contacted and the registration is underway. Teams are expected to reply via email to tournaments@nahardcourt.com to confirm their participation and team names by JULY 24TH. The payment info will be sent after this date to all teams confirmed. Please check your inboxes for the email and reply if you haven’t done so already.

The organizing group has done a fantastic job with getting this all set up for us! The facilities look amazing, and it being the home town of bikepolo.tv we can expect great coverage for all those that cannot be there in person! If you plan on being there and you’re not qualified, no worries! We’ve got some space lined up on Thursday to have an organized battle royale bench style mini-tournament! From this group, we also expect that some of you will volunteer to help run the show on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. More info on Thursday’s activities as well as volunteering to come.

Can’t wait to visit the Twin Cities and see what stage North American Hardcourt Bike Polo has reached in both competitive skill and community support!

All info can be found at the league of bike polo page here: http://leagueofbikepolo.com/nahbpc2013

Thanks and we’ll see you all very soon!

 

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The Guardians Win Cascadia!

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The final qualifier was held in Seattle this weekend and featured one of the strongest fields in the country. We’re not sure how many years in a row this has been for the Guardians, but they managed to do it again! Congratulations to the 9 teams who qualified:

1st Guardians (Cody, julian, Dustin SEA)
2nd The Assasins (Joe, kouyo, Evan SEA)
3rd Portland United (Arlyn, jason, Eric PDX)
4th Big Country (Alex, Rory VAN, Henry VIC)
5th Thunder Buddies (Matt, scooter SEA, Martin VAN)
5th Bill Murray (Emmet LDN, jake SAC, Sterling SEA)
7th Grumpy Town (Leon, Drew, Wade SEA)
7th short shorts shorties (paul, Sean, Stiven SEA)
9th Mosquito (Daren EDM, Duane REG, Will SKN).