Meh, it's Wednesday, and I'm bored. I think that at least 12 of the Regionals are in the system right now, and (for the purposes of this rough analysis) I'm assuming they're correct. Let's see what the numb3rs have to say about this. These are ordered by percentage increase, not by raw attendance.
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[B]Regional Championship Jr / Sr / Ma = Total (Last Year) (% Difference)[/B]
North East 44 / 54 / 130 = 228 (35/41/68 = 145) (25.71 / 31.7 / 91.18 = [B]57.24[/B])
Southern California 36 / 47 / 158 = 241 (40/43/52 = 155) (-10 / 9.3 / 203.8 = [B]55.5[/B])
North West 100 / 85 / 179 = 364 (58/62/116 = 236) (72.41 / 37.10 / 54.31 = [B]54.23[/B])
Mid-Atlantic 29 / 44 / 119 = 192 (25/42/66 = 133) (16 / 4.8 / 80.3 = [B]44.4[/B])
Great Lakes 46 / 55 / 109 = 210 (36/33/85 = 154) (27.78 / 66.67 / 28.24 = [B]36.36[/B])
Midwest 39 / 53 / 89 = 181 (31/33/70 = 134) (25.81 / 60.61 / 27.14 = [B]35.07[/B])
Florida 65 / 66 / 135 = 266 (62/50/85 = 197) (4.84 / 32.0 / 58.82 = [B]35.03[/B])
West Canada 31 / 28 / 62 = 121 (31/31/29 = 91) (0.00 / -9.68 / 113.8 = [B]32.97[/B])
East Canada 37 / 40 / 76 = 153 (26/43/51 = 120) (42.3 / -6.98 / 49.02 = [B]27.5[/B])
Southern Plains 121 / 96 / 159 = 376 (121/75/106 = 302) (0.00 / 28.00 / 50.00 = [B]24.50[/B])
Mississippi Valley 71 / 65 / 145 = 281 (75/62/89 = 226) (-5.33 / 4.84 / 62.92 = [B]24.34[/B])
New England 38 / 47 / 94 = 179 (45/32/69 = 146) (-15.56 / 46.88 / 36.23 = [B]22.60[/B])
Northern California 24 / 29 / 74 = 127 (33/25/59 = 117) (-27.27 / 16.0 / 25.4 = [B]8.55[/B])
South East 25 / 36 / 73 = 134 (29/30/71 = 130) (-13.79 / 20.0 / 2.82 = [B]3.08[/B])
Mountain West 24 / 36 / 65 = 125 (23/48/62 = 133) (4.35 / -25.0 / 4.83 = [B]-6.02[/B])
TOTAL:
665 / 690 / 1390 = 2745
(605 / 565 / 960 = 2130)
(9.91 / 22.12 / 44.79 = 28.87)
OK, not quite as big of a difference as I was expecting given the insane States numbers, but roughly 30% growth is still impressive, as is that number 2745, which is likely to push 3000 when Long Beach and Virginia put their numbers on the OP website.
First off, some massive (preliminary) congratulations are in order for the following Regionals.
North East for having the largest overall percentage increase compared to last year.
West Canada for having the largest percentage increase in the Masters age division.
Great Lakes for having the largest percentage increase in the Seniors age division.
North West for having the largest percentage increase in the Juniors age division.
North West again for having the largest raw increase in total attendance (the
increase) was larger than 3 separate
Regionals).
North West again for having the largest raw increase in the Masters age division (the increase being larger than the Masters division of one Regionals)
North West again for having the largest raw increase in the Seniors age division.
North West again for having the largest raw increase in the Juniors age division (the increase being larger than the Juniors division of 7 Regionals).
And, finally, a HUGE set of congratulations towards everybody who Organized, Judged, Staffed, and otherwise helped out at all of the Regionals here. Without all of your help and dedication, none of this would even be possible. Thank you, and please continue doing what you're doing to help the game!
