HNA Installer Championship regional winners announced

LOUISVILLE – The 2019 Hardscape North America Installer Championship competition has announced the regional winners who will join teams on-site at HNA next week to compete for the championship title.

Team registrations are still being accepted for the 7th annual event, which will be held at HNA October 17-18 in Louisville, Kentucky. The following teams won their regional installer competition events and have been sponsored to compete at Hardscape North America (HNA) 2019:

• Returning 2018 Champion: Segmental Systems
• Southwest Region: Urban Earth Landscaping
• New England Region: Clarke Landscapes
• National Collegiate Landscape Competition 1st Place: Cuyahoga Community College
• National Collegiate Landscape Competition 2nd Place: Brigham Young University - Provo
• Pacific Northwest Region: Shovel and Thumb (2^nd place team; 1^st place team, Segmental Systems is already sponsored to compete)
• Central Region: CG Paving
• Southeast Region: All Outdoors

The Hardscape North America Installer Championships are intended to test and recognize the skill of hardscape contractors from Canada, the United States and Mexico. At the national competition, up to 24 teams will have their understanding of industry best practices and guidelines tested in a race against the clock and other top installers in the industry.

The registration fee is $200 per team. All teams who compete in the installer championship event at HNA will have $150 of their registration fee refunded. Teams may download registration forms at the HNA website. 

Preliminary rounds will take place Thursday, October 17 in the Hardscape House at Hardscape North America in Louisville, Kentucky. The final championship round to determine the 2019 National Champion will take place at 9:30 a.m. next Friday. The Hardscape House is the new outdoor display and demonstration area at the Kentucky Exposition Center.