Tourney: European Hard-court Bike Polo Championship - 01/02.08.2009

**Our Polo
**Which art in London,
Hallowed be thy game,
Thy Championship come,
Thy League be done,
In Hackney as it is in Peckham.
Give us this day our daily throw-in
And forgive us our missed passes,
As we forgive those who T-bone against us,
And lead us not into tap outs,
And deliver us from punctures,
For thine is the court,
The mallet and the disc wheel,
Forever and ever,

POLO!

i like this poem.

good luck with the tourney.

i will get down at some stage.

great event so far. me and vic just got back home. the set up looked amazing, the games were great, good food, great coffee, good merch, great people. the weather held too, mostly, so good look to those in the remaining games, good to meet you all and god bless Yorgo Tloupas for inventing this wonderful sport*. hahaha!

*haha!

+1
And toilets!

and some first results? who wins or enter the next rounds? what's with the best teams, any surprises?

biggest surprise of the day: he switched out the spinergy wheel for a disk wheel.

There was some man-on-bike action, too

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And some players have taken on the crowd, too

im on my way back home. stopping in mk. i'll see you all in the morning.

erm, some results

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Polo is great - had fun today even if we played like shit. So nice to see all the different styles.
My favorites:

• Irish Grass polo guys: WTF??! funniest match ever - when the dude scored then completely hit the barriers at full speed (no brakes no straps...)
  
• Team Sparton - Lyon: Again What The Fuck? Dudes arrived super cocky and confident, like they wer gonna crush the opposition. One spit in his hand before shaking Hugo's (DTGP). Then they got a reality check.
  
• Barcelona team (the good one): They are actually good!
  

Dropped by this afternoon and watched some really exciting games. I'll be back tomorrow, meanwhile here are a few pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkstar/sets/72157621789390265/

:D
Was awesome seeing the most of you.
At home now! Sleeeppppyyyy. Sorry I werent very chatty.

Party at 14 from 8.30 to 2am tonight!

more flickr photostream links please!

You're so vain, Rupert.

haha andy made me type that

waaaaaa! what a day! (hey organisers, how about an announcement of who is playing who just before each game? i know there is a mic and speakers :-) )

Well done everyone who took part in today, was great to watch some of the best polo ive seen... now get off the court...please.

roll on tomorrow.

R

waaaaaa! what a day! (hey organisers, how about an announcement of who is playing who just before each game? i know there is a mic and speakers :-) )

+1

So far so brilliant.

waaaaaa! what a day! (hey organisers, how about an announcement of who is playing who just before each game? i know there is a mic and speakers :-) )

We'll try and sort that out tomorrow.

Forecast looks good.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/se_forecast_radar.html

Amazing pictures :D

Ok, I've put my pictures from today in a flickr set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/booksnake/sets/72157621788905011/

Tagged with EHBPC2009

And via the flickr slideshow.

Thanks to everyone for taking part, and esp. to those making it happen. Sorry that I'm going to miss day two.

could someone say me what munich teams are in for tomorrow? i've saw on the results pic that the torros wins against bad? what's with geneva?

eingang the crutch guy

I have added some pictures of today Bicycle Polo Championship if you could not make it today go tomorrow it was really great at http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/3778997494/

Zebra