London Bike Polo

runcible rakan Anyone whose going to polo on Sunday and wants to chat to a woman from Time Out can you whisper me today please?

They want to do a piece about bike polo for a cycling issue of the mag.

They like to have a number of a couple of people they can meet up with when they get there and to check its actually happening....

Yeh i just spoke to a friend of mine at time out, she has given the photographer my number to interview and photograph me. I think it would be better if they interview/photograph someone who has played polo more than once.....

Whose number shall i give her????

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the lady photographer was very friendly

You could have some fun..

"you see it's a ride to the death.. the balls is steel.. the mallets are spiked.. the last person to retire injured or killed wins the match.."

I dieded last! I win!

I'm totally into playing tmrw. Rain or not.
Who's up for it?

So long as people are playing, and the weather isn't shit, I'm going to stop by and watch. Maybe meet up with a friend or two, and drink some beers.

no go for me, out of country :(

i'm in, rain or shine

car park as plan b back up?

(ps. its max/glow)

i'm in, rain or shine

car park as plan b back up?

(ps. its max/glow)

hey max check this:

http://intelligence.arkitip.com/author/yorgo/

wicked!

the emily's are in.....

the emily's are in.....

I cant PM you for some reason... so ill just post it here instead

• Still thinking about coming over to the house before polo?
  You know you want to :D
  
  

I might even have some brownies left over -

the polo was much fun today, although there weren't that many players. and there was a lot of bmx. and a nice chap riding what appeared to be a tractor. and several frenchies avec yorgo.

but yes, good games all round.

i feel the barbecue season is not far off.

yeah good day, but too much tricks/posing/looking good shit. Good atmosphere but slow polo, people didn't even want to play!! In NYC they have a lottery system cause so many people wanna play all at once!
Were was the hardcore crew? Mike, Michael, Rob, Dale, Aidan, etc...?

dale is in scotland. aidan hasn't been seen since Herne Hill. Michael was moving house. Rob, DT, Hops had a heavy night.

none of them are hardcore enough.

indeed, excellent polo shananagins, thanks all for the games, excellent. i agree yorgo, for all the people there there wasn't a lot of folks getting involved, i think a lotto is an excellent idea, we have a chalk board installed and everything, it is hard for us novices to get in on games when the hardcore crew are around :D

sorry i wasn't there...i was hanging with the south London crew :)
until next week....

indeed, excellent polo shananagins, thanks all for the games, excellent. i agree yorgo, for all the people there there wasn't a lot of folks getting involved, i think a lotto is an excellent idea, we have a chalk board installed and everything, it is hard for us novices to get in on games when the hardcore crew are around :D

We tried to do a novices/beginners day once. Was going to do a 2 regular games and 1 novice game rota but nobody stepped up...

BTW Michael, Agata and myself were moving house yesterday with the help of Rob (not slamm rob).

but the lotto is a good idea no? hope the move went well mike :)

has anyone seen rad ball before? Who needs mallets when you have crazy handlebars and seat tubes (and a strict work out regime).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzH0mvr7X2A&feature=related

yeah i felt pretty lucky to only rock up for 45 mins or so but get a couple of games in. was surprised as i heard often it is hard to get a game at all. not complaining though, and always happy to lose a bit of skin to (mad) max ;)

From BSNYC:

"The whole "bike polo" thing is really funny, but is obviously made up. I mean, who would actually want to play polo on a bike? Cyclists don't enjoy chasing balls around with sticks in small areas--that's why they become cyclists! If there really was such a thing as "bike polo," then the people who played it would essentially just be frat boys in different clothing."

when I say they have a "lottery" in NYC what happens is that everyone throws their mallets in, and they end up with like 20 mallets on the court, and 6 get selected to play, then the rest get bundled in packs of 6 and are used in the next games etc...

I was gonna spread the word at polo today but since it doesn't look like it's happening... some mates are playing a gig at the Dolphin on Mare St. tonight so if anybody wants to get out, come down and have a few drinks.

Hear them here:
http://www.myspace.com/mattboroff

lets play in a car park, i need my hit