Brighton Hard Court Bike Polo - Official Thread

So is is it uni courts tonight them people?

I've sent out a group text to people about tonight. Just to reiterate it's on Brigton Uni campus by the halls called Paddock Field. Make sure your bikes are safe. T

Cool, what time??
Also, if anyone needs it in the future for this kind of thing (i missed Jamie's birthday drinks because the conversation left the board), my number is 07885762959.
Nice one, Andy :)

what time are people getting there? 5 or later?

I'm here already in the library. I'm heading over at 6ish to get sorted.

Same! kl - I can only play for an hour so I might come later.

I might take a ride over in a bit, if I can find it

Last night was good. To me It felt like a bit of a slog getting out there but nobody else reported such trouble. Tim's got a sneaky route that does take a bit of the leg work out of it. The surface is absolutely pristine and we could easily fit two courts in the available space. Although we enjoyed the space, we have begun discussing a good way of partitioning it - boards being the obvious choice.

More of you hardcore guys should come up and check it out.

Anyone wanna do a writeup form last night? More on the courts- are they just big with no boarders? are we playing there on Sundays too?

I'll do write-up this afternoon.

Sounds like you all had fun, sorry I couldnt make it. Boozy lunch turned into a bit of a session

New courts writeup:
First session at the new courts was good.
I don't find the ride to be a problem and the shortcut I know does make a difference. It's about 20 minutes but flat all the way and downhill on the way home when tired. I though the ride back was nice and there's something good about everyone heading home together. Stopping off at a pub en route to break up the journey would be a perfect end to the session. It's just a case of HTFU or GTFT (get the fucking train).

The surface is pretty much perfect, it's brand new, grippy and has good water dispersal which makes it feel grippy even when wet. It was weird how the surface felt wet under foot but it was still possible to stop without skidding too much. It did get a bit skiddy towards the end, but the grass next to the courts was sopping wet by that time. The long and short is that it's winter and will be wet no matter what. I think there's a certain amount of just getting used to a wet court, but It doesn't have the slimyness of PP and there's not a leaf in sight.

We didn't really do any damage, there were a few superficial skid marks and one slight gouge where Jamie skidded out, but nothing that would constitute 'wrecking the courts'. I'll have to wait and see what the uni say about the state of the courts, but I think we'll be ok for now. We dfo have to be a bit careful and not do anything stupid because it's not something I want to lose! The floods are great and provide ample light, but playing under flood lighting is difficult full stop so needs getting used to.

As Dice said, if we could split the court down the centre we would have two perfectly proportioned courts and it would be ideal. Playing on a massive, square court makes things slow and drawn out and goals are infrequent. Very good for our passing, but too big to be practical. In the meantime we could just get a heavy rope like they do in Paris and look at proper solutions as and when people have time.

No-one showed up to use the courts after us and the lights were still on when we left so I think we'd be able to play until 10 if needs be, but for now I think a 6pm start works.

Better turn out next week please, I have put a bit of effort into this and want to be able to enjoy it.

how high do boards need to be do we recon? they do second hand scaffolding boards about 9in high by 8-10ft at the wood store on grand parade for 70p a board un-sanded. are these too low? what did you do for boards at the tourney?

Woody you fecker, I did a write up before you asked but you didn't even read it!

Tim, what exactly is the deal with paying for membership for non-students? It's £30 right? Is that also Gym membership or just for the courts?

Woody you fecker, I did a write up before you asked but you didn't even read it!

Tim, what exactly is the deal with paying for membership for non-students? It's £30 right? Is that also Gym membership or just for the courts?

Ha, I wanted roe substncial Dice.
Also Tim, following in Dice's vain, does our £30 mean we get to stay in the halls of residence?

Ha, I wanted roe substncial Dice.
Also Tim, following in Dice's vain, does our £30 mean we get to stay in the halls of residence?

No that's £25, £30 gets you a Drama BA hons

Roe substantial? Try the fishmongers.

Team Warin are in town and want some serious polo. They have to head off early so we are keen to start at 12.

B.right.on are goig down!

Awesome, i'll be there at 12! Has anybody got a saw/hacksaw they could bring to the court pretty please? x

I can bring a hacksaw. Can someone bring a pedal spanner?

It's a bit wet, I'm uP for braving the elements.

Cheers Tim!

If we get enough people down today we could play a micro tourney.

What's happening tomorrow night?

Due to the strike action, all sports bookings have been cancelled and all university campuses will be closed.

I just got the email.

Viva la revelucion!

Sorry to hear about that, I may not have made it anyway as I dont finish til late in London anyway. Really looking forward to trying this new court out however

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I'm free tomorrow, so if anybody wants a knock around, give me a call x