Tourney: EHBPC 2014 - Padova 25/29 June

I had to leave on friday morning for work reasons, back to paris, so here is my early feedback on the tourney:

The Good:

• Court surface was amazing (when dry)
  
• Court sizes were good.
  
• The main area around the courts A/B was nice to hang out, and beautiful to look at with ancient fortifications and greenery
  
• The city is amazing
  
• The atmosphere was great, so nice to see teams from all over europe, all serous about the game
  
  

The not so good:

• During the wildcard, under heavy rain, courts were really slippery, braking was near-impossible
  
• THE FENCES: not having put boards on top of the metal fences was unacceptable, as it made the courts really dangerous. I even fell at full speed whilst tapping out, as my mallet shaft got stuck between gaps!!
  
• The schedule: do bike polo players have no jobs or what? Why do tourneys end on saturdays now? To party?? This is a sport not a fucking party! Who can take 5 days off just for this? The tourney should have started on fri, with the wildcard on thu. Even better: it should all be concentrated on 2 days, with more courts.
  
• The red bull "sponsorship": I don't mind a massive red bull tent, trucks, logos everywhere... but I hope they paid some money to be present, because they were charging 3€ per can.
  
• The reffing: still really uneven.. with really dangerous moves uncalled.
  
• No on-site repair booth.
  
  

voila!