Cup of the West 2026

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Early Bird Registration Closes February 28th 2026

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General information

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The 5th Annual Edition of Cup of the West (COW) tournament is here!

Join us for COW 2026 on the weekend of April 18-19, 2026 at Shoreline Lake in Mountain View, CA.

Registration fees:

Division A, B & Women: $450 per team if registered by February 28th. Late registration (March1st-April 1st) is $500.

Youth Division: $250 per team if registered by February 15th. Late registration (March 1st-April 1st) is $300.

We hope to have A, B and youth divisions, but there will need to be at least 3 teams in each division.

* Youth teams that would like to play in B division can do so at a discounted fee of $250 ($300 after March 1st).

Please be sure to disclose your intent to join multiple division in the "Comments? Questions?" section at the end of the Team Registration form.

Click Here for TEAM REGISTRATION

Additionally, each athlete need to register individually.

Click Here for INDIVIDUAL Athlete Registration - COMING SOON

Each participant also needs to submit an ACA event waiver. If you are an ACA member click on "ACA MEMBER WAIVER", otherwise click on "NON-MEMBER WAIVER".

Click HERE to submit the ACA Waiver (Mandatory for every participant) - COMING SOON

Camping option:

Dumbarton Quarry Campground is about 20 minutes to the north of the venue. Click here to reserve camping.

Questions? Contact Peter & Sam: bayareakayakpolo@gmail.com

Shoreline Lake Boathouse and Cafe website: https://shorelinelake.com/index.html

Map of the Venue:

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Games Schedule (Coming Soon)

Last Update: 1/1/2026 @8pm PDT

Important ANNOUNCEMENTS (Updated 1/1/2026 @8Pm)

For the successful and smooth of the tournament, we please ask participants to be familiar with the following requirements:

Parking is limited and fills up quickly on the weekends. We advise you to get to the event site early and secure a parking space. Overflow parking is available South-East of the main parking lot (see map below).
Teams are advised to carefully check the schedule and note when they are scheduled to ref. Teams should be at the scoreboard tent 5 minutes before the start of the game they will be reffing. Teams that arrive late to their reffing will be penalized by 2 points at their following game.

TOURNAMENT RULES HIGHLIGHTS:
- Swapping of the ball from the hands from a player in a clear act of shooting or passing will be considered a foul. Swapping of the ball from the hands when not shooting or passing is permitted, as long as no pressure is exerted on the opponent's hand or arm.
- Any foul on a player actively shooting within the 6 meter line will be a dangerous foul with GPS. A green card will be administered to the player, who will exit the pitch for 2 minutes or until the opposing team scores a goal (powerplay).
- Committing a foul on foul (fouling on a player who received a foul and who is presenting the ball) within the 6 meter line will be flagged with a green card (2-minute powerplay). If committing a foul on foul on a player in the act of shooting a GPS will be also administered.
- For the final game of division A the pitch time will be stopped during GPS, fouls requiring positioning of the player and when the ball is out of bounds.

Aerial of Event Site

Detailed Event View

Captains' Meeting

Thursday April 16th at 8pm EDT (5pm PDT)

Format: Google Meet Call

Meeting Link: Google Meet link has been sent out via our newsletter. If you did not received it let us know at bayareakayakpolo@gmail.com

Dinner Location - (TBD)

Time: Saturday April 18th at 6:30PM

How to get there?

FAQs

I cannot find my team when filling out the individual registration form.

Please email us at bayareakayakpolo@gmail.com and we will be sure to include your team in the individual registration form.

Can I register my team in two divisions?

Yes. A fee for each division team is registered for is required. Youth teams can register in A or B teams at a discounted rate.

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