Category: WHBPC

WHBPC REGISTRATION INFO

Posted on by John Hayes

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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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!.

World Championships for 2013 in Florida!

Posted on by Ben Schultz

After great amounts of discussion (online as well as off, you can see the LoBP discussion here) and thorough consideration from North American Hardcourt’s 7 appointed regional board members, the tournament and sponsorship committees, AND the international community of bike polo, the debate has been settled! After a 5-2 vote, we are excited and proud to announce Florida will be hosting the World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships 2013! The Fort Lauderdale, West Broward, Miami, Orlando, and the rest of the Florida clubs stepped up, congratulations on your winning bid!

Great bids were presented by both the Florida and Milwaukee groups, and a huge thanks and appreciation is extended to both for their efforts in creating a very difficult decision between the two. Ultimately, the voting went as follows:

  • Cascadia – Florida
  • Midwest – Milwaukee
  • Northsides – Florida
  • Eastsides – Florida
  • South East – Florida
  • South Central – Florida
  • South West – Milwaukee

The date will be officially set coming immediately, but there is a secure time from October 10-28 that can be used.

The location is the pristine and multi-million dollar park facility, Regional Park at Weston. See the link here., and the google map is here.

The court surfaces are smooth, professional grade hockey courts with 4′ walls, rounded corners, and an additional 4′ fencing around all courts. There is an option to utilize all 7 courts side-by-side to create identical courts, maintaining consistency throughout the tournament. The facility itself is virtually unmatched in it’s world class standards. Full access to running water, electricity, FREE WIFI, restrooms, an on-site YMCA with it’s own benefits, including an Olympic size swimming pool, and many other bonus’ to hosting here.

The proximity to two international airports, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, within an hour’s drive make this great for all travelers coming to North America – be they fom Central/South America, Europe, the UK, Australia, or Asia. It would be great to see some of the less noted clubs represent at Worlds due to it’s closeness to the Caribbean, Central/South America, and Mexico. With plans to shuttle/bus/drive the distance from the airports to the hotels/beach condos/camping available for the participants, the travelers can worry about their playing rather than their driving.

The area around Florida, including the closeness to the Keys, Caribbean, etc makes this a unique and popular travel destination for many people, so if you’ve ever wanted to create a trip around polo this is a great state to start in! I’m sure that in the next couple of weeks we’ll see other opportunities around the event that will allow for travelers from farther away to really take advantage of their time in the South East of the United States.

There will be many updates and details to come, but we are very excited to see Florida coming together to show North America and the World what they have to offer! We support them 110% and are confident that this will be a tournament that raises the standards yet again!

Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the discussion, and both Milwaukee and Florida for your bids.
North American Hardcourt

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Qualifying for WHBPC 2012

Posted on by Ben Schultz

The organizers of this August’s WHBPC 2012 in Geneva have allocated 16 spots to North American teams, plus another 4 or so for a wildcard tournament.

NAHBPC 2012 is taking place this July 6-8, which doesn’t give much time for teams who place well to get their tickets for Geneva, so NAH has created a system to ensure that as many top NA teams will be able to participate, while still making NAHBPC an essential part of qualification, as it was in 2011.

Like in other types of NAH qualification, you can register as a team if 2 of your 3 players are “qualified”. This system is designed for 48 players, where a minimum of 32 players will be “qualified”.

There are three ways to qualify:

  1. WHBPC 2011 (3 players)
    The top placing North American team from WHBPC 2011 is qualified for WHBPC 2012. That’d be Crazy Canucks, so Chris P, Alex C, and Rory, from East Van are now qualified, and have until June 30 2012 to claim their spot.
  1. NAH Regional qualifiers (21 players)
    Three players from each NAH regional qualifier will qualify for WHBPC. The team that places first at the qualifier tourney has 7 days to lay claim to their spot, which means that two players on that team must form a team and register for Geneva within those 7 days. If after 7 days this hasn’t happened, players on the team that places 2nd at the regional qualifier can claim the spot. Similarly, if after 7 days two players on the 2nd place team do not claim their spot, the players on the 3rd place team can claim it. But it stops there, the spot can not get passed to the 4th place team. For these players to keep their “qualified” status, they must attend NAHBPC 2012 in Milwaukee. Players who won the SW and SC regional qualifiers have until April 30 (10 days) to claim their spot. NAH regional reps will be managing this process in their respective regions, and checking in with the players who qualified at their respective region’s qualifier. By the 4th week of June, we will have a full list of the players qualified for WHBPC 2012 via the regional qualifiers.
  1. NAHBPC 2012 (8-24 players, or more.)
    The remaining spots will be allocated via NAHBPC 2012 in Milwaukee, according to how their teams place. We expect this to be the top 8 teams, approximately. If, 7 days after NAHBPC, the spots earned at NAHBPC 2012 have not been claimed and the 16 slots allocated to North American teams have not been filled, this will become first come first served.