Old Polo Thread

that's fine Paul but it is the other way round than we said, means regulars get 1 hour at the start, the previous suggestion (which fair enough was never set in stone) was that new people play for 1 hour and regular players play for 2.

voice your idea on here and check people agree with them before you do it.

The way things are going needs to change, were catering for new people more than the regular people. For example on thursdays when the regulars are paying for it we get 16 people, then on Sunday when its light all day and free there was just 7 of us.

The problem is now new people are already settled in and presume they can play whenever, which makes it harder to tell them they cant. It does need to be done because at the moment the games are farcical, I also think we should set an age limit of 16+ for the later 2 hours at powerhouse, its dangerous to be playing against young kids. It wouldn't happen in any other sport, especially one that has as many collisions as polo.

i have suggested the other week:
Saturday/Sundays - newbies/regulars
powerhouse: 6.30-7.30 everyone, 7.30-9.30 experienced players

this gives new players the opportunity to play 3 times a week for free which i think is more than fair.

Im gonna give it a rest for a week or so until we can sort this out because IMO were in a worse position now than we were a year ago playing in the car park.
I know things change, people move away and we need to fill those gaps but we have to look out for the people who have been doing this for years rain or shine without floodlights etc and are still here becuse at the moment they are the people who are comming off worse from all this.

• loads. rather than discussing it on here, we really need to all get together and discuss it in person. i know i've not been to the previous MHBPA meetings but i agree we need to get this sorted sooner rather than later. what we need is to get all suggestions down, vote and then (most importantly) stick to what we decide to do. there seems to have been too much of us deciding to do things and then changing our minds, we really need to be consistent.
  i'm free pretty much all evenings during the week at the mo, so any day next week is fine with me - how about everyone else?