Bike polo in Cardiff

am gunna see how my bike goes i think...if its a problem ill take it from there

oh and good idea on the back of howard gardens! i completely forgot it was there..

what about maindy? theres this court hidden round the back of the velodrome i think...thats what google maps told me

Thanks I'll check those venues out.

Hi all, I've just had a look at the courts behind Maindy Stadium and they look really promising. And even better at the moment they are left unlocked and are free.
They are not illuminated but as the clocks go forward this weekend and it's light till gone 8 there should be a good hour and a half of evening play.
Anyone have a preference for a particular evening? Any night but Wednesday would be good for me, starting about 6.30.
Cheers and thanks Pip for the suggestion of the venue.
Martin

Will you play any weekends? I can't really make evenings at the moment as the daylight is too short, perhaps May will be OK for evening visits as I have to travel from Bristol.

huzzar! shall all be fantastic,
im good to play on monday, wednesday, friday, saturday, i work sundays which kinda sucks

also im looking for people to come for little bikerides in and around cardiff, been frequently riding up the taff trail stoping off at tongwynlais for a it of pubbing maybe up the mountain to the black cock (haha) to be honest kinda killed me cycling up there on a single speed

awesome news this is.
im in Newport for uni, although leaving at the end of May, as im a third year, but its always good to see more polo getting off the ground.
Not sure if you have seen my other thread, but Im doing a photo project on bike polo, so if anyone is willing to pose for me, i would be really appreciative of it :)

http://www.lfgss.com/thread39266.html

Sam

awesome news this is.
im in Newport for uni, although leaving at the end of May, as im a third year, but its always good to see more polo getting off the ground.
Not sure if you have seen my other thread, but Im doing a photo project on bike polo, so if anyone is willing to pose for me, i would be really appreciative of it :)

http://www.lfgss.com/thread39266.html

Sam

newport as in caerleon university?
i go there :) (to be honest its not amazing) although im leaving at the end of this year as im transfering to uwic

yeh, Caerleon campus.
what course/year are you?

Hi all, things are moving apace and I hope to have a few more mallets ready in the next couple of days, so then we'll be able to name a day for an inaugural chukka! Yay.

sam- first year doing fine art, basically in the basement! its dreadful, what course you on??

martin- i will pop to the bikeshed soonish, cant make it next week for polo as im going to live on a farm for a week. maybe we could play this weekend??

actually to be more precise only saturday is free, kinda going unicycling if im not to exhausted on the sunday

sam- first year doing fine art, basically in the basement! its dreadful, what course you on??

do you climb as well? female, shortish blond hair?
if so, i help Kate run the uni climbin club, we've had a few chats at boulders before.
im 3rd yr Doc Phot.

yeah thats me! (aka pip) ahaha, what a small world!... This has highly amused me
your the tall one with dark hair right?

just wondering if you and kate have got any climbing trips coming up? it would be nice to get out somewhere and climb

haha, yeh, that is pretty weird.
yeh, thats me, small tattoo behind my right ear. i work at boulders as well.

umm, not sure, when the weather brightens up we will hopefully get outdoors rather than to boulders, but that is dependant on getting more kit from uni, ropes, quickdraws etc.
otherwise outside of uni, weekends etc im sure we will be going climbin on our own outside.

ooh brill, drop me a line if your going outside at all, would be nice to have some people to climb with, i have not yet accumulated many partners of my own, what is always an awsome day out is taking a ride up to a spot, there's a nice cliff only 7 miles outside of cardiff, it is right by a huge road but i don't really notice the traffic, its separated by a nice amount of trees (good due to accessibility)

maaaarrrttttttin get some dates on the go :p

OK we have 3 spare mallets (poss. more tmrw, two balls, several other people who have mallets, a venue at Maindy so how about Saturday or Sunday to say hello? Play, share mallets, whack balls etc.
Martin

saturday! :D

critical mass is also saturday, 11 am museum steps, alsooo, i could try and find people there who would like to play

Looks like Sunday will be the most reliable weather wise

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/4

I have 2 mallets, coming on the train ;-)

How about a knock about on Sunday at 3 at Maindy. The hardcourts are behind the velodrome. I've got three spare mallets so we can share them about. If some can't make it then there will be lots of other sessions I hope.
Martin

Martin, is this the court? : http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=maindy+stadium+cardiff&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=maindy+stadium&hnear=Cardiff,+UK&ei=Jju2S-zuEor-0gT8rM0w&ved=0CBAQtgMwAA&ll=51.497266,-3.188508&spn=0.001197,0.003441&t=h&z=19

thats the one! amazing, ill be there

necessity = name stickers :)

Hi Sanyi, yes that's the spot. Good to see you on Sunday.

Well it happened, glorious weather and brilliant fun, lets do it again soon. Shall we try and get two regular weekly dates and people can come to one or the other or both? What days work best?
Cheers
Martin