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I'm so conflicted about this. If it comes to London I'm more than happy to help out but a few things stirke me as needing discussion.
If the tournament is on Mainland Europe there would likely be larger representation from other countries. I'd be concerned that if it was in London we would have less people able to travel. London can be an expensive city and with the quanity of teams you'd hope for in a european tournament it would be hards to find them all places to crash (Though if it happens here I'll certainly put a couple of teams up again).
Personally, I love polo. But if the tournament was in another european country I'd get to travel AND play polo. For me this is a good thing.
For timing, I'd suggest that holding the tournament in May would be more suitable as travel during the summer months also becomes more expensive. It would also be less likely to conflict with the CMWC championships due to be held in Septermber 09. In london at lot of the players aren't messengers but is this true for the rest of europe's player?
Obviously travel to Tokyo and accommodation could realistically price would-be players out of the Polo championships and vice-versa.
That said. London is my home and to host the European championships of hardcourt bike polo would be awesome.