London Bike Polo League II (winter 2009/2010)

;857153'] If a team can't make up a fixture by the end of the league, they should forfeit the entire league.

I disagree with this. The problem with last year's system of all games being played to 5 was that if a team failed to turn up, the other team - the forfeit-game-winners, so to speak - necessarily took a 15-0 victory. If in League II we were to have a time limit set on games, then the forfeit-game-winners could also just take a 1-0 hypothetical victory in each of the fixture's 3 games, giving a less objectionable goal difference of +3.This is also intuitively pleasing because it fits with the supposed game situation whereby forfeit-game-winners (who are the only team on the court) can win the charge and score the first goal in a game, but would be unable to score further since they cannot take possession of the ball. Final score: 1-0.

That way a team could still play, say, 19 games of a 20 league season, and not have all their efforts come to nothing, because something unforeseen prevents them from playing one (or more) fixtures. To throw such a team out of the league is not in keeping with the spirit that the players run the league, and real life can happen to players.

why not play all league games in corfu where its warm and we can lick ice cream

because it has more chav kids than mitch!

do they throw cones at you?

why not play all the league games where ever the 'home' team wants? just like the last one

Yep. Someone made a point earlier about the fact that having a 'home' team means that there is someone with the responsibility for making the games happen.

I disagree with this. The problem with last year's system of all games being played to 5 was that if a team failed to turn up, the other team - the forfeit-game-winners, so to speak - necessarily took a 15-0 victory. If in League II we were to have a time limit set on games, then the forfeit-game-winners could also just take a 1-0 hypothetical victory in each of the fixture's 3 games, giving a less objectionable goal difference of +3.This is also intuitively pleasing because it fits with the supposed game situation whereby forfeit-game-winners (who are the only team on the court) can win the charge and score the first goal in a game, but would be unable to score further since they cannot take possession of the ball. Final score: 1-0.

That way a team could still play, say, 19 games of a 20 league season, and not have all their efforts come to nothing, because something unforeseen prevents them from playing one (or more) fixtures. To throw such a team out of the league is not in keeping with the spirit that the players run the league, and real life can happen to players.

I like this.

+1

Can we work with this basic set of rules?

• 3 games per fixture.
  
• 2 weeks to play.
  
• no-show counts as a forfeit (unless you can rearrange before end of league).
  
• a forfeit gives the other team 1 point and 1 goal per game (3 points and +3 GD per fixture).
  
• a referee should be present at all games.
  
• league can occur on Tuesday team night or any other time, so long as it does not conflict with throw-ins.
  
• home team to bear responsibility of making the fixture happen with other team.
  
  
  

And then vote on the rest?

1. Time limit for games (10, 12, 15, 20, none)?
   
2. Subs can be league players (yes, no)?
   
3. League results count towards next year's Euros (no; yes, first place; yes, more spots than first)?
   
4. In the case of the forfeit what does the team that turned up get (3 points and no goals, 3 points and 3 goals, something else)?
   

1. Beardy Beard Beards
   
2. Spinal Tap Out
   
3. Rotten Apples (or whatever) ((emphasis on whatever))
   
4. Cosmic ³
   
5. Black Rebel Fuck Yeeeaaaaahhhhhh!
   
6. Zombie Pistachio Unit Force
   
7. Dinosaurs love/loved sex
   
8. Sparkle Motion
   
9. BAD
   
10. Malice in Pololand
    
11. ABZ of Steel
    
    

(at least I think were in)

Werd.

1. Beardy Beard Beards
   
2. Spinal Tap Out
   
3. Rotten Apples (or whatever) ((emphasis on whatever))
   
4. Cosmic ³
   
5. Black Rebel Fuck Yeeeaaaaahhhhhh!
   
6. Zombie Pistachio Unit Force
   
7. Dinosaurs love/loved sex
   
8. Sparkle Motion
   
9. BAD
   
10. Malice in Pololand
    
11. ABZ of Steel
    
12. Los Co[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Ñ[/SIZE][/FONT]os
    

thats a fucking mouthful of a name ali.

ho ho! (brend, you perve! ha!)

;857322']Why not play all league games at Mitchison where there isn't a regular night.
Surely as it moves into winter and the nights get darker Mitch will become the usual north east court again?

Can we work with this basic set of rules?

• 3 games per fixture.
  
• 2 weeks to play.
  
• no-show counts as a forfeit (unless you can rearrange before end of league).
  
• a forfeit gives the other team 1 point and 1 goal per game (3 points and +3 GD per fixture).
  
• a referee should be present at all games.
  
• league can occur on Tuesday team night or any other time, so long as it does not conflict with throw-ins.
  
• home team to bear responsibility of making the fixture happen with other team.
  
  
  
  

Yes.

And then vote on the rest?

1. Time limit for games (10, 12, 15, 20, none)?
   
2. Subs can be league players (yes, no)?
   
3. League results count towards next year's Euros (no; yes, first place; yes, more spots than first)?
   
4. In the case of the forfeit what does the team that turned up get (3 points and no goals, 3 points and 3 goals, something else)?
   
   

1. 20 mins = total 60 mins
   
2. No.
   
3. Winning team gets Euros spot (if the 2010 organisers cap cities)
   
4. Errr. 3 points and 3 goals.
   

Surely as it moves into winter and the nights get darker Mitch will become the usual north east court again?

wasn't Tom. and someone else chatting the local residents assoc lady about the lights at downham? any progress on that?

paid entry?
trophy?

wasn't Tom. and someone else chatting the local residents assoc lady about the lights at downham? any progress on that?

She wrote the letter, but I don't know whether the council wrote back.

Never mind that, Matt, what we all want to know is whether Black Rebel are going to be more of a polo club this season, and less of a posing club, as they were last season.

paid entry?
Trophy?

+1, +1

BB - i saw you smoking a fag on your balc. this morning 9:07am.

BB - i saw you smoking a fag on your balc. this morning 9:07am.

Unless Anna's grown a beard or Oscar has gotten really big and simultaneously mastered bipedism and smoking in the last 2 hours, it wasn't me or my balcony. I been in work since 630am.

probably the former, who is this anna?

She wrote the letter, but I don't know whether the council wrote back.

Never mind that, Matt, what we all want to know is whether Black Rebel are going to be more of a polo club this season, and less of a posing club, as they were last season.

hmmn, that's a tough one. does one roll whilst letting ones appearance become compromised? i fear the answer may be "fuck no you honkey". :D

hmmn, that's a tough one. does one roll whilst letting ones appearance become compromised? i fear the answer may be "fuck no you honkey". :D

I have to say I do love the way BRPC accessorised their polo outfits so well.

I particularly love the walking stick.

Not.

i'm gonna kick the wolf man in the nards.