Category: Qualifying Series

The weather and courts were both fantastic in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend for the Midwest Champeenship 11. Anyone watching on bikepolo.tv or following on podium would have noticed a great deal of upsets, new teams stepping up and the overall quality of play improving in the Midwest. Everything from the playoff for the 9th place spot to the final loser’s and winner’s bracket games showed that the skill gap is closing among the Midwest’s competitive players.

This incarnation of the Beaver’s managed to secure their 4th consecutive Midwest victory, and the newly assembled 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams did not make it easy for them. Congratulations Brian, Kremin and Pierre, and everyone else who competed this past weekend. Good work Columbus.

Qualified Teams:
1st Beaver Bros (Pierre DC, Brian, eric MKE)
2nd The Makers (Nick LEX, Ben, Chris MKE)
3rd Turd Mergers (Christopher ATL, Drew LOU, Adam TO)
4th The Breaknecks (Charlie, Nick COMO, Nick MPLS)
5th The Lone Rangers (Jake, Matt, Guthrie MKE)
5th The Stragglers (chris, Ian, Alan CIN)
7th Dark Horse (Jeff, Matt, Wade MPLS)
7th Pup n Suds (Justin, Michael, Jeremy CBUS)
9th Huffin’ Farts (Eric ATL, David, Peter CBUS).

We could only get partial results off the internet, but the tournament was won by The Control! Congratulations. Here are the 6 teams that qualified for North Americans from the Southwest Region:

1) The Control (Forest ?, Andrew CRZ, Ace SF)
2) The Young & The Restless (Alex, Pistolero LA, Joey SF)
3) Grass Assault (AJ, Jacob, Mini PHX)
4) The Goons (Brandon CRZ, Brian LA, josh SDM)
5) Tri-City Pedal Junkies (?, ?, ?)
6) Creamy Beavers (Jody, Chris, Ben SF).

This past weekend, Boston hosted the NAH Eastside Qualifier, the first on our 2013 NAH Qualifier Series. Sunday night’s final match found The Means (Nick Vaughn, Alexis Mills, Chris Roberts) pitted against DGT (Rob Biddle, Jake Mazonson, Jon Lomax) in the final game. The Means emerged victorious with a decisive 5-1 win over DGT. Rounding out the podium was White Fang, an all-Boston team comprised of Javier Garcia-Albea, Addison Minott, James Lavenson.

Big thanks to the Boston crew who hosted and to all of the sponsors who helped make the event possible, especially DZR shoes, Naragansett, St. Cago Polo Works! Thanks also go out to our 2013 NAH Qualifier Series partners Fixcraft, Podium, and Urban Velo.

Up next: The NAH Southwest Qualifier in Fresno, CA the weekend of April 20-21. Follow the tournament at hardcourtpodium.com

 

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Regional qualifiers

Eastside Qualifer
April 13th – 14th
Boston, MA
LOBP | Podium | Registration

Southwest Qualifier
April 20th – 21st
Fresno, CA
LOBP | Podium | Registration

Midwest Qualifier
May 25th – 26th
Columbus, OH
LOBP | Podium | Registration

South East Qualifier
June 15th – 16th
Athens, GA
LOBP | Podium | Registration

Northside Qualifier
June 15th – 16th
Grand Rapids, MI
LOBP | Podium | Registration

South Central Qualifier
June 22nd – 23rd
Denver, CO
LOBP | Podium | Registration

Cascadia Qualifier
June 29th – 30th
Seattle, WA
LOBP | Podium | Registration

2013 North American Championship

August 16th, 17th, 18th
Minneapolis, MN
LOBP | Podium | Registration

2013 World Championship

October 16, 17, 18, 19
Fort Lauderdale, FL
LOBP | Podium | Registration.