Teams consist of up to 3 persons. Team members must be 18 or older and will be required to sign a liability waiver.

Event is capped at 60 teams.

Each team will compete in TWO rounds of pool play to earn a place on the final single-elimination bracket play

Teams will have a total of 3 minutes to set up launching mechanism on launch zone.

Pool Play launching order will be determined at registration.

Teams will be placed into launch zones at registration.

Teams will launch in order of launch zones.

For bracket play, two launch zones will be removed and the two remaining zones will be renamed Launch Zone 1 and Launch Zone 2.

• Teams on the top of the bracket are in launch zone 1 and will launch first.

For safety reasons, only the registered team members are permitted in the designated launch zone during their scheduled launch. Only NALC Staff, Volunteers, and current launching teams are permitted in the arena. All other teams or spectators will remain outside of the competition arena.

Teams will alternate shooting 3 avocados each, with a time limit of 30 seconds per launch. The avocado must make contact with a target in order to get ‘Target’ point value (side or top). Bouncing (from the ground to the tank) will not count at ‘Target’ points. A bounce could still result in points (see ‘Official Rules Document’ for more information). The distance to the target zones are (approximately):

Front – 170 ft.
Center – 200 ft.
Back – 230 ft.
Width of Total Target Zone – 60 ft.

Pool Play scores will be combined and the teams with the highest accumulated points from all SIX launches will be added to the bracket until the bracket is full. If there are too many teams or not enough, teams will move into a tie-breaker to determine teams competing in the bracket elimination.

During bracket play, teams will compete one-on-one. The teams accumulating the most points from their three launches will move on to the next round. In the event of a tie, teams will move into a tie-breaker.

Tie-breakers:

• Pool Play: Teams will compete in a Wholy Guacamole Toss-Off.
• General Competition: A tie-breaker will be determined by a shoot-out where the teams will launch 1 avocado each for the highest points. Teams will get 2 tie-breaker launches, if a winner is unable to be determined, teams will move into a Wholy Guacamole Toss-Off.
• Championship Tie-Breaker: A shoot-out, up to 10 launches, will determine the Champion. After 10 launches, teams will move to a Wholy Guacamole Toss-Off.

Prize Money will be awarded to the 4 last teams remaining!

Champion – $3,500
Runner-up – $2,000
The Other Two-$750/per team

Champion Crowned: After the competition, an awards ceremony will take place in the Wild West Arena Pavilion.

Please see ‘Official Rules Document’ for the full set of rules and regulations.