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

JB did the same thing in the Torros game but while calling the shuffle they scored their own goal.

kandycolouredclowns

All day I thought they were called Candycolouredcolons until someone corrected me.

All day I thought they were called Candycolouredcolons until someone corrected me.

maybe after eating too many skittles

OK, So I'd like to summarise the awesomeness of the weekend for the mailing list. If you don't yet know the mailing list has 9,000+ people on it and I'd like to send a message out in a few hours.

So...

Who has photos (links please)?
Who can do a good job of summarising the weekend in a few paragraphs?

I'm really keen to make sure that EHBPC gets the coverage it deserves, but I am such a shite writer that I could do with a hand. So I'd appreciate it if someone can knock something up.

the guys from the us in the chat laughing all the time when i've explained them why these or that isn't allowed.

@yorgo: Cmon Yorgo you’ve been playing for 4 years and that’s all you can do?!
who was that? :)

That was Yorgo's team mate Mike. Ha ha

gimme some scores, facts...

what i know so far

1. geneva
   
2. london
   
3. ...?!
   
4. munich
   
   

best style:
clowns

which team cheated and didn't go to the partys?
bitch around! cmon.

i'm still frustrated that i couldn't make it.

yeah, who won what award?

Third was Discordia a team from [strike]Canada[/strike] Paris....

i thought munich in the third and discordia in the fourth?

^oh yeah, brain not working today...

It's taken me ages to read all this thread.
+1 to almost everything, what a wicked weekend. I even enjoyed picking rubbish out of recycling and vice versa. Only bad thing was trying to cheer on both teams for most games as I wanted everyone to win, BAD vs Cosmic was a particularly hard one - I love them both. My voice has totally gone and I think it's from shouting "James Brown" so many times.

Think Em should win an award for best heckling. Well done London!

thanks for the weekend everyone!

Thanks for best style and fair-play award :)))

Back in Germany now, feeling "dead" ;)

a whole whack of photos.

hey skoota, can you get ahold of the transcript from the chatroom? apparently there were a couple dozen bikepolo.ca types virtually heckling, it might be amusing. i didn't realize there was live announcing going on, would have loved to have had a chat with them....

Can't find the downham thread using my phone so i'll post here.... A few of us are having some v hungover throw ins at Downham... If anyone wants to sweat out last nights over indulgences....?

i just started a thread at bikepolo.ca about the great reffing:

http://bikepolo.ca/forum/tournaments/2009/08/03/refs-at-ehbpc

Think Em should win an award for best heckling. Well done London!
He sucks.

He sucks.

"he sucks" is pretty shitty heckling. take the prize away.

hey skoota, can you get ahold of the transcript from the chatroom? apparently there were a couple dozen bikepolo.ca types virtually heckling, it might be amusing. i didn't realize there was live announcing going on, would have loved to have had a chat with them....

i was in the chat and it was a lot of fun. they bidding free beers to the operator in philly when they can bring you to the computer, but the guy was not involved in the polocommunity and lazy

tell you what i saw - a fuckin amazing display of polo from many many teams. big mention has to go to the winning side, malice and toros, but there was lots of great polo on display.

massive thanks to the organisers who did an absolutely brilliant job. i was proud to see how well it came off and proud to be part of this community.

big shout to ray and bill for some top reffing too.

To chime in on behalf of the Oxford contingent, that was an amazing weekend. You people know how to put on a polo tournament. Extra special thanks to the organizers, all the volunteers (sorry we couldn't stay to help tear down the court!) and to the refs, who did a fantastic job under considerable pressure.
See you all in September for the BFF tournament!
Some photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36067328@N05/

some good shots here

To chime in on behalf of the Oxford contingent, that was an amazing weekend. You people know how to put on a polo tournament. Extra special thanks to the organizers, all the volunteers (sorry we couldn't stay to help tear down the court!) and to the refs, who did a fantastic job under considerable pressure.

TOFFs vs I think it was Fixa Club? was one of my favourite games - fast and furious all the way through, and total mayhem for the last minute!

I have new polo-tournament-related ailment (to add to skinned arms, cut fingers, sore knees, bruised ankles, raging hang-over and lost voice): mild tinnitus from blowing that damn whistle.

Well done Bill, you and Ray did an a great job in some games that were very hard to ref.

My favorite game:
FFF vs L'Equipe (result was 3-2) closest I saw L'equipe get taken all day. FFF were being very physical and fast, was not an easy job to ref that one.