Tourney: London Open 2011 - NS - July 30th and 31st

£30 per team. No cap on the number of teams.

Three courts (20m x 30m), super smooth surface at the centre of Hackney Downs.

Swiss Rounds (or seeded groups) for qualification, Double Elimination for knockout. (Part of the UK National Series.)

The main sponsors are:

Prize givers and friends of the event include:

Friday will be fairly informal (BBQ and throw-ins as people arrive), Max is hosting a Polocat at 7pm from Downham.
Saturday starts at 9am, first game at 10am, finish at 9pm.
Saturday night party till 2am (sponsored by Crumpler).
Sunday starts at 9am, first game at 10am, prizes presented at 9pm.
Sunday night drinks at the Orwell.

More courts, teams, polo, prizes and parties. It's going to be great.
Did someone say free food/beer/coffee? (Fingers crossed.)

LHBPA page
Team registration page
LOBP page
Facebook group
Tournament rules
Tournament location

Registered teams (since last edit):

1. Spring Break, London (paid, no housing)
   
2. Big Bush Bears, London (unpaid, no housing)
   
3. Rotten Manguis, Barcelona/Bordeaux (paid, staying with PiQuE)
   
4. Netto Superstars, Manchester (paid, staying with Ben)
   
5. King Salami, Lausanne (unpaid, staying with Brendan)
   
6. Anti Polo Consortium, Brighton (paid, no housing)
   
7. Tour de Court, Dublin (unpaid, staying with Emmet)
   
8. Polo Erectus, Manchester (paid, staying with Tim)
   
9. Dead Rappers, London (paid, no housing)
   
10. Tornadoes, London/Dresden (paid, staying with Jono)
    
11. Call Me Daddy, Grenoble (paid, staying with DT)
    
12. DAM Cosmic, Amsterdam/Eindhoven (paid, staying with Cosmic Matt)
    
13. La Bagarre, Brussels (paid, staying with Jacqui)
    
14. Dans Ta Goal, Pique, London (paid, no housing)
    
15. ASBO Polo, Manchester (paid, staying with Mark)
    
16. Tigers, Venice (paid, staying with Ben)
    
17. Degeneration, London (unpaid, no housing)
    
18. Dogma or Pie, London (paid, no housing)
    
19. Thor, Cambridge (paid, no housing)
    
20. Classic Amsterdam, Amsterdam (paid, staying with Sandy)
    
21. Hacked Off, Bristol (paid, no housing)
    
22. Team Warin, Bristol/Brighton (paid, no housing)
    
23. Hooks, Rouen (paid, staying with Snoops)
    
24. Scouting for Goals, Birmingham (paid, need housing)
    
25. Rusty Rims, London (paid, no housing)
    
26. Supersonic, Frankfurt (unpaid, staying with Todd)
    
27. Drill Collins, Birmingham (paid, no housing)
    
28. Lucky Draw, Cardiff (paid, need housing)
    
29. Blackjack, Paris/Munich/Berlin (paid, staying with Em)
    
30. Peinture French, Paris (unpaid, no housing)
    
31. Guns At a Knife Fight (G.A.K.F), Paris (unpaid, staying with Jono)
    
32. Acapolo, Brighton (paid, no housing)
    
33. Nice Touch, London (paid, no housing)
    
34. Simon Says, Antwerp (paid, staying with Mark)
    
35. Skip Rats, Bristol (paid, no housing)
    
36. Ill Pigs, Birmingham (paid, no housing)
    
37. SoYo Polo Co, Sheffield (paid, need housing)
    
38. Broken Legs, Rouen (unpaid, staying with Bill)
    
39. Frogs, Rouen (paid, staying with Helen)
    
40. Monkey Punch, Germany (paid, staying with Jono)
    
41. Cosmic, London (unpaid, no housing)
    
42. Rakete, Berlin (unpaid, staying with Vidal)
    
43. Electric Cream, Cambridge (paid, no housing)
    
44. #sckbrn, London (paid, no housing)
    
45. Les Mouettes Sauvages, France/Australia (unpaid, staying with Jono)
    
46. Peckham AllStars, London (paid, no housing)
    
47. Les Pea Cocks, London (paid, no housing)
    
48. BCF, International (paid, no housing)
    
49. Multiple Scorgasm, London (unpaid, no housing)
    
50. BoomShakaLaka, London (unpaid, no housing)
    
51. Zombie Uprising - 28 players later, London (unpaid, no housing)
    
52. TNT, London (paid, no housing)
    
53. Rathclaren Rovers, London (paid, no housing)
    
54. Polo Prospects, Amsterdam (paid, staying with Tim)
    

Thor are in.

Yeah, Jono!

Nice poster, Wayne!

Awesome, can't wait!

Rad poster wayne

Old Father Thames looks mean as hell!

Can I get accommodation?

Visiting London this summer? yesssss

3 courts, awesome!

Sweet!

Yes!

i need a team for this! PM me if you too

Jono, you are a true gent.
Fair play to you, you are an organising machine.
Well done to BDW on the design too - top notch.

Wayne told me about the design at wests on thirsday, he was really pleased with it... It's even better than i imagined...

Ok anyone need a not very good player? My recent achievements include coming bottom of last years league. :)
(wait, is it the year before last league now?! Whatever, league 2)

Awesome, cannot wait for this one.......
great poster!

Brighton in.

and so the chan tags begin…

Yes London! nice Jono!
Cant wait

Registration now open, tah.

www.lhbpa.org/lo2011/

awesome...

First come first serve or invitational?

No cap on teams, everyone's welcome... we expect between 45 and 65 teams to enter.

its an Open, no cap on teams!

loving the poster!

No cap on teams, everyone's welcome... we expect between 45 and 65 teams to enter.

This would be awesome.

We had 48 last year from 13 countries, it'd be cool to beat that statistic (proving that the tournament can keep on growing year-on-year and showing the growth of polo, etc).

Too good.