Tourney: WHBPC 2011: Seattle 08-11.09.2011

http://www.lhbpa.org/resources/LHBPA_Bike_Polo_Rules.pdf

This season's LHBPA rules updates:

• Incidental clarification within penalties
  
• More succinct/simple sections
  
• Playing advantage (ref's arm in air)
  
• Mallet head length
  
• Resets unified and simplified across the board
  
• Penalty foul examples of accepted (and not) moves
  
• Drop bars not allowed
  
• Mallet protrusions clarified
  
• Hooking not hacking clarified
  
• Ref guidelines added at the end
  
• No left on right charges
  
• Not shooting from your own half during a "reset" (cheap shots)
  
• No checking of players into court walls that have "meshing" (Newington style)
  
• A sub point that the referee can award second "mechanical" time-outs to teams if it was caused by a foul by the other team
  
• The new method for starting a game (no 3,2,1, polo...), "are you ready?" to each team and then the ref blowing a whistle
  
  
  

Future things for next season:

• Expulsion from tournaments (by organiser)
  
• Mallet standardisation
  
• No more tapping out (except for dabs)
  
• Foreign objects on court
  
• Cockpit space clarification/fouls
  
• Short stopping ruling clarification