Tourney: WHBPC 2011: Seattle 08-11.09.2011

I had to double check the rules, and yes it looks like you are correct:

6.6 – Play continues and the time restarts once the ball or an offensive player crosses the halfway line.
6.6.1 – You may not score a goal from your half of the court if the game is still stopped (no "cheap shots").

I had assumed the ball has to cross the line.

Yes sorry I always forget you hosted the EHBPC 09 because I was not there.. and I well understand another city have to host it for 2012..

Good news for LO 2012, 4 courts with smooth surface will make it awesome!!

I'm still hoping for Munich 2012. that would be amazing.

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Polocatepetl in July was great fun and very well organised.

The spot was slippery apparently, could be great in Munich but I hope in an other place..

No slippy surfaces for the Euros 2012 please, my hip is still recovering from Barcelona!

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Let's play Hardcourt bikepolo not Softcourt (copyright Ruppert ;)

The spot was slippery apparently, could be great in Munich but I hope in an other place..

Hm, not as far as I can recall.
Barcelona was slippery and I kept losing grip, didn´t happen once in Munich even though I used the same tyres.

Also: We should've been there, London are idiots, gutted, see you in 2012, etc.

Now you can't be upset that we said it on camera if you admit it yourself

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Let's play Hardcourt bikepolo not Softcourt (copyright Yorgo)

I gave Yorgo that!

No more tournaments *anywhere *on a slippy surface. Hope you're all ready for the final National Series event in Cambridge! Love the Cambridge guys, but that surface is crap.

Rain made Bristol quite exciting but the surface was rough enough to take a bit of moisture.

I gave Yorgo that!

I don't even remember taking it from you, let alone saying it later...

Terrain Mou sounds good though

I gave Yorgo that!

No more tournaments *anywhere *on a slippy surface. Hope you're all ready for the final National Series event in Cambridge! Love the Cambridge guys, but that surface is crap.

i agree about the surface being not the best. whenever i brake whilst turning i do a front wheel skid. thats why i am going to put a lot of effort into getting the courts as grippy as possible. we will be cleaning them probably next week and maybe again before tournament.

clean them with solvents!

I can't imagine that surface will ever be grippy. You might get it less slippy, but any surface where your front wheel will wash out when accelerating is not suitable for a polo tournament IMO.

Everything other than the surface has been brilliant with Cambridge events, and an indoor court is an amazing thing. But it's about the game, and the game doesn't work on a slippy surface.

Snoops you're my new hero!!

Can the surface not be scarified in some way??

I don't want to single out cambridge here, they have a wicked space, and are super lucky to have an indoor winter spot.

Barcelona was also slippy as hell, and it's just not good polo on that surface. Even if the barca guys are used to it, the rest of europe isn't, and all our games suffered for it. Asphalt or nothing, for major tourneys at least.

Same goes for UK champs by all accounts. Wasn't there tho, so can't comment.

I'm interested in everyones opinions of the surface of the courts we had for the bristol tourney. Was it too bumpy or was that enough of a sacrifice for the size/grippiness?

about 3 hours from tokyo by car...
but really good court.

I'm interested in everyones opinions of the surface of the courts we had for the bristol tourney. Was it too bumpy or was that enough of a sacrifice for the size/grippiness?

Abrasive and uneven.

No more sacrifices and no more polo unless it's on perfect surfaces!

Oh, wait...

James do you not agree that the surfaces at 90% of the tournaments over the past year have forced teams to play a game where they can't brake and accelerate at will?

It's nothing personal against tournament organisers, but playing surface should be the number one concern. It makes or breaks a tournament.

...playing surface should be the number one concern. It makes or breaks a tournament.

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I agree with you that we've seen some bad surfaces over the past year, but have they ruined tournaments for me personally? Nope.

I'd hate to think that having read your post 90% of tournaments in the UK would dry up because the courts didn't meet some arbitrary standard voted on by 4 people on the internet.