Category: NAHBPC

The 2017 NAH Regional Qualifying series has finally come to an end! Here are the results so far:

GREAT PLAINS

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
June 17-18

1. Mosquito* (Will, Daren, Andrea, Greg, Dellwo, Duane SKN)
2. Magpie (Josh, John, Bill EDM, Duane SKN)
3. Triple Threat (Zach, Lee, Matt, Brad SKN, Gibson SLC)

GREAT LAKES

Wausau, Wisconsin
June 10-11

1. Abracadbra* (Zack MKE, Matt CLE, Cailyn CBUS, Jonathan ANC, Calebtru LNS)
2. The Hardwoods* (Trevor ???, Flynn MKE, Dylan MAD, Seth, Tyler WAU)
3. Be Still My Heart (Megan PHL, Chris, Tomohiko, Mark CHI, Emma GR)
   TBD (Bird, Sean, Genghis, Jan MKE, Thomas LAF)

MEXICO

San Luis Potosí, Mexico
May 27-28

1. Annunakis* (Yair, Raúl, Paco, Christina, Flavia)
2. Pandilla Tortura (Kevin, Axel, D. Ruano, Yanet, Omayra)
3. Vándalos (Daniel, Fernando Neza, Diego, Belen, Diana)
4. Chilaquil (Samuel, Fernando S.L.P, Marian, Paul, Daniel)

NORTHSIDE

Ottawa, Ontario
May 27-28

1. Low Key Hugz* (Allan, Angelo, Wes OTT, patricia, Bustin TO, Jonathan ANC)
2. Trash Panda (Tex, Oskar, Nick Iwanyshyn, Ngaihon TO, Charlie BUF)
3. Mont-Paul (Germain, Olivier, Matthieu, Vincent MTL, Dolly MTL)
   Literally Aluminium Garage (chandel, John, Aaron, Nick, Shane TO)

SOUTH CENTRAL

Denver, Colorado
May 27-28

1. Chicken Wingz* (Dasha VAN, Miguel, Max ATX, Jenny DAV, Diego HOU)
2. Los Banditos (Zach ATX, chu, Cara MEM, Giblets SLC, Tucker COS)
3. Dad Strength (Kyle LNC, Davièr STL, Erin, Brandon, Duncan DEN)
4. Piper United (Nathan, todd, Tim, DEN, Hite, kimberly ATX)

SOUTH WEST

Folsom, California
May 20-21

1. Control* (Shitty, Jacki, Bruce, Forrest, Ace SF)
2. Ouch* (Taco Tony MAD, Ben, Jenny DAV, Diego HOU, niCo SF)
3. Cornodogs* (Mrk Dvs SF, Aaron PDX, Stiven SF, chandel TO)
4. Les Beehive Baes (Dove, Tate, Mr.CSB, Gabe, Tina, SLC)

EASTSIDE

Boston, Massachusetts
May 13-14

1. Judgement* (Addison BOS, Bird MAD, Arnold, Shelley NYC, Tyler OAK)
2. Rat Queen* (Erica, Nate, Zach NYC, Jessi TAC)
3. Whistle Pig (Alex, Carter, Matt K, Matt H. K. LAN, Meg PHL)
4. Toni’s Wives (Taylor, Jav, Mike, Tobi, Robby BOS)

CASCADIA

Seattle, Washington
May 6-7

1. Bob Ross* (Redbeard, kouyo, Sterling SEA, Hams LEX, Emma GR)
2. Crunchy* (Arlyn, Pete, Aaron, Thatblackarm PDX, Elijah SEA, Diego HOU)
3. Albatross* (Fletcher PDX, jake, JT, Smarsh, Danielle SEA)
4. Planeteers* (DrewT PDX, Dustin, Jess SEA, Nick MPLS, paperplane SKN)

SOUTH EAST

Tallahassee, Florida
April 29-30

1. Sea Cowabunga* (Jimmy, Christopher, Delgado, Kyle, Alison TLH)
2. Shleemies (Bobby FTM, Peter PHL, Danny TLH, Emily, Mike TPA)
3. Puttin on the Gritz (Stuart, Joel, Salem AVL, KCJ JAX, Melly RDU)
   All You Can Eat Jimmy Buffet (Jessica, TravisAtom GNV, JJ, Cherri JAX, Wil TPA)

HEARTLAND

Columbus, Ohio
April 29-30

1. Ghost Ships* (Taco Tony, Kaylasagne MAD, David, Peter, SLIME BOY CBUS)
2. Edmund Fitzgerald* fka Lexington.ca (Adam, Sergio LEX, Bird MKE, Ben MAD, Travis CBUS, Rob CHI)
3. Pagans (Andy, Graham, chu, Juice, Cara MEM)
4. Paul Alka Fan Club (Stas CIN, Fun MEM, Thomas LAF, Betsy IND, Jonathan ANC)

*Qualified for NAHBPC

NAHBPC 2017
Friday July 28th to Sunday July 30th

The NAH is pleased to announce that Frederick, MD will be hosting the NAHBPC 2017! The planning and coordination will be managed by the Lancaster United Bike Polo Club, with supplemental support from the NAH. The Hillstreet Park courts have long been a go-to in the Eastside Region for years. The two symmetrical courts have professional lighting, fast playing concrete, and full boards with fencing. Each court has two bench areas, one for each team, and each bench area has two doors onto the court for ease of access.

Frederick is a town in NW Maryland on I-70. Frederick is accessible from DC by MARC train. For those flying in, Frederick is in the proximity of three major airports:

• 42 miles from IAD
• 55 miles from BWI
• 60 miles from DCA

SCHEDULE

The main event will have 18 teams compete over the course of three days.

Fri July 28th	OPENING STAGE	9am-9pm (Round Robin, 2 groups of 9 teams)
Sat July 29th	OPENING STAGE (con’t)	9am-9pm (Round Robin, 2 groups of 9 teams)
Sun July 30th	SECOND STAGE	9am-2pm (Round Robin, 2 groups of 4 teams)
Sun July 30th	ELIMINATION STAGE	3pm-8pm (Single Elimination, top 8 teams)

REGIONAL ALLOCATION

The NAH would like to introduce and announce its new regional allocation system, the Pro-Rated Ranking System. This post highlights the main reasons for changing the system and explains the new system in comparison to the old system to help everyone understand how NAH will allocate spots for teams from all ten North American regions this year and in the future.

The most important reason for the change is that the new system more accurately captures the strength of a region through collecting points for every team that attends NAHBPC and considers four years of performance, not just one, when allocating spots.

A more in-depth explanation of the Pro-Rated Ranking system can be read in its entirety here.

NAHBPC 2017 Regional allocation is as follows:

Cascadia	4
South West	3
Heartland	2
Eastsides	2
Great Lakes	2
South Central	1
Great Plains	1
South East	1
North Sides	1
Mexico	1

Regions are in the process of announcing their Qualifiers. Details can be found here.

Reminder that for all qualifiers you must adhere to the following “rules” unless your regions agrees to any variations:

1. Follow the current NAH ruleset (2017 coming soon).
2. Qualified teams should take ⅗ of that team to NAHBPC or else their spot shall be forfeited to the following team.
3. Regional reps are responsible for delivering names of successful teams to the NAH Tournament Director (date TBD pending NAHBPC).
4. Regional reps are required to make very clear to the region how teams will qualify for the NAHBPC.
5. Qualifiers must be open to outside regional players, but regions have the option of making restrictions on this by making the first two weeks “in-region only registration” followed by registration being open to all regions. See description of In-Region below.
6. Regions are responsible for collecting their own registration fees.

In-Region Status

A squad can have up to 6 players, but can only dress 5 of those players for each game. You must declare “in-region” wherever the majority of your players who are attending the tournament are located. You are only allowed to register during the “in-region” registration period for the region in which you have declared or otherwise fit into! If you want to register in additional qualifiers, you have to do so after the “in-region” window has closed.

So, for example, if you have 3 members from “region A” and 2 members from “region B”, you are considered “in-region” in A. If you have 2 from A, 2 from B and 1 from C, you get to declare A or B. Here is a chart to help clarify:

Players, marked by region	“In-Region” status
AAABB*	Region A
AABBC	Declare A or B
AABCD	Region A
ABCDE	Declare A, B, C, D or E

*If you do have a roster of 6 people, use the same logic, but with the players who are traveling and planning on playing. So if you’re team looks like AAABBB, but you are only playing 5 people use the majority. If you are traveling and playing all 6, you can declare A or B but those 3 players must attend that tournament.

Multiple Qualifiers

If your team decides to travel to multiple qualifiers and qualifies in both, you must choose the region for you to have “in-region” status.

If you only qualify out-of-region, you will represent that region and the points system will allocate points to that region.

For questions regarding the schedule, format or allocation, please contact Mark Aseltine directly at mark@nahardcourt.com.

For questions regarding rules or team composition, please contact Joe Rstom directly at joe@nahardcourt.com.