Tourney: Greif Masters 2011

In fact, max, I see room for a second bench minor this year... No national boundaries. Everyone who can make it signs up to a players list and a group of coaches (n=players/10) all take turns at picks.

Is there a tourney in march?

This is the format I suggested hannes should choose for greifmasters.

Can next year's Greif Masters be a 5-a-side grass polo tourney?

octahedron court.

i don't understand the popularity of the bm format. it's like back in the school in sports, choosing the best friends for your team. and then no one has experience in playing with the other 9 guys, so a lot of failed passes/actions, sounds boring. sorry for my 2 cents, i should better ride at the velodrome.

I'm with you sven, I don't get it either. People complained that last years Greif Masters was 'invitational' then 'first come first serve'. Therefore it was pretty exclusive. But now, this year, it will be all about who's friends with those doing the 'drafts'.

It's a shame that the GM guys got fucked over by Neue Messe, if only they'd stuck with ZKM, it would be such a great venue for a tourney. I'm not even going to travel just to play on that slippery surface, even if you clean it 100 times in a day, it will still be akin to riding on ice.

Bring on GM 2012, team tourney, with lots of courts.

Cough, London Excel 2012 too, it will be the "event of the decade", maybe.

"Fuck Yes, Indoor (with a good surface)"

Bring on GM 2012, team tourney, with lots of courts.

...that's our aim for 2012

i don't understand the popularity of the bm format.

Bring on GM 2012, team tourney, with lots of courts.

This.

For once I agree with what Uolmo is saying and fuck the borders - shit should be mixed up if you're not making a team tourney.

+1, List of players, draft for 5 or whatever teams. At least make it more interesting. I've love to play on a team with french, spanish, german, italian, swiss, etc etc players, way more interesting than playing with people you play with every few days.

Yes, that would be nice. like at Polomotion, I played with people I never played before, Rik as coach, went great!!

I think we need to set a deadline for picking a coach asap. Ticket prices are cheap and they are only going to get more expensive. Once we've counted the votes for coach the draft should be closed, then the team can be picked.

How does Monday 20/12/10 sound? Everyone tell people courtside at pickup this weekend that if they dont register an interest by then they won't be able to go. Sound good?

Vote for coach thread here

Draft thread here

Kremin and Dillman seems to looking for a team:
http://leagueofbikepolo.com/greif-masters-2011

Italy will also have a non playing manager, sweet.

Catenaccio.

French Team :
Greg (Paris / MGM) (Captain)
Marmousou (Paris / MGM)
Marc Sich (Paris / Apologie)
Luis Davis (Paris / Apologie)
Hugo (Paris / DTGP)
Pierre Adrien - Bidou (Rouen / Broken Legs)
Maks (Rouen / ex DBAA => Hooks)
Lefty Will (Grenoble / Rolling Hoods & Call Me Daddy)
Jo (Lilles / Rolling Hoods & Call Me Daddy)
Polo (Toulouse / Poloccitan & Call Me Daddy)

Strong team.

1/2 Paris, 2/5 rouen, seems pretty balanced selection. Who ran the draft?

Spanish team:

1- Rik (you all know who is)
2- Lucas (El Club)
3- Tom (El Club)
4- Jordi (Ex 24 hour polo people)
5- Alejandro (Ex 24 hour polo people)
6- Camilo (Los Manguis)
7- Francesc (Los Manguis)
8- Marcos (Los Manguis)
9- Pablo (Ex 24 hour polo people)
10- Kico (El Club - CAPITÁN)

3 teams + rik.

3 teams + rik.

Easy...

James Aufbruch of Nice Touch fame, voted in as London's manager.

video of the last GREIFMASTERS! was fun :)
See you in February
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2:24, sweet mallet throw!

Holy shit! Footage of us playing! We were there!