Beginners Polo

wow its really chukking it down, whos deff in, i dont mind riding in the rain but if im the only one who braves it then il be pissed

i'll be down for 7.

I'm still up for it but will probs be around 8ish.

I'm here already so you better all turn up. Only my feet are wet

Ha, Rusties defo in. Dean will be there in 20 mins, and I'm not far behind.

urmm yeah... about polo
i just cycled home from london zoo, while having to carry my portfolio, and pretty much ruining all my work
which is a fucking piss take
so im out, and probably have hypothermia
but i shall see you guys real soon

and ++1 on kev being awesome!!!

fark...came on here to say i was still at work and wasn't going to come....now not so sure as it looks like it will be a decent shindig.

torn,....

dont worry Felix, you dont have hypotermia
if you were, you wouldnt be writen in your PC

I'm on my way

making our way down now.

great games! sorry about wrecking up your bike Joe, and a massive thanks to Glenn for helping me out with a flat type on the way home.

We have plenty of pedals dude, no worries. Some wicked games this evening ladies and gents. Wish I had time to play more :(

Epic turn out! And welcome to our 3 noobs, well played, hope you come again.
Need more loaner bikes.

Which reminds me, Margs old polo is for sale for £75 mates rates if anyone wants.

great games! sorry about wrecking up your bike Joe, and a massive thanks to Glenn for helping me out with a flat type on the way home.

Don't worry about it man, it's not like the bike is special in anyway. It's sole purpose in life is Polo and expects many more accidents

And apparently gets better with crashes ;)

I wondered who gopher was!

it was great yesterday! thanks a lot for a great introduction. looking forward for a next time.

Yeah, cheers for last night guys (and gals). Good fun all round.
Nice to be able to play somewhere dry when the weather is as bad as it was early on.

Epic turn out! And welcome to our 3 noobs, well played, hope you come again.
Need more loaner bikes.

Which reminds me, Margs old polo is for sale for £75 mates rates if anyone wants.

in the unlikely event no1 snaps up this bargin and she splits i'll take the rear wheel, and if its 1 1/8 headset that too...

Ha, thanks Alex.
I'd really rather not take it apart. I'm sick of mechanics. ;)

alex i might get it, depending on certaint hings
in which case you can have mine

ahahahahahahahhahahahah

great games! sorry about wrecking up your bike Joe, and a massive thanks to Glenn for helping me out with a flat type on the way home.

you're welk!

its times like this i wish i had mud guards, atleast peckhams got a roof!

Its times like this I cut a 1L bottle in half and fix it with parceltape.

Massive fun yesterday! keep it up!

+1.
Kev's like a passionate manager from the sidelines, shouting advice and telling us what's going on. Love it. Keep it up. And please come and support the Rusties ;)

No worries, you're welcome. I seriously do want the beginners teams to do well and get stuck into the game, everyone is a beginner at some point and needs encouragement.

Who knows, maybe they'll make some cheesy film in the future about a bike polo team of some beginners, taken on by a manager who's all washed up but wants to recreate the glory days... who just manages to get the team into the worlds... and who knows what might happen next? etc etc.

Oh yeah - I seriously / obviously dont want to step on your toes Joni, but I work late every Tuesday and I've just gotten a new job. Two new part-time jobs to be precise. So I am going to be working lots very soon, for the next eight months or so. I wont ever make the beginners session at the car park. But its the only one I can really play in at the moment with the injury, the pace of it is all I can handle, I am too paranoid about being injured again at the Newington and Downham games. Until it is sorted out in February or thereabouts.

So...

Would it be ok to call a beginners day session for Newington this Sunday?

I'd like to play a bit, seeing the tourney last weekend and not being able to participate was depressing.
I dont want to take away from the Tuesday session, but it seems like there is enough numbers and appetites for a bit more not to fuck with it. Sunday morning would be a good time to play on the court, we'd get a good lot of time in, the court wouldnt be occupied.

It's just a one off. It'll be the first and last outing for me for me for a while when my new jobs kick in.

sounds good to me, as long as it's after 5 so i can come :D

sounds good to me, as long as it's after 5 so i can come :D

You work on Sundays? Thats tough. I'll be working every Saturday from now on, it makes me cry. But if you come after 5, you might only get one game in... it'll be getting dark by then and there's no lights there (yet!).