Tourney: London Beer Cage Open

The minds of ShuffleCOMM/BearTree Enterprises have been working hard to come up with a tournament to rival the likes of the Open and the Invitational as London’s premier event.

So with that in mind we bring you the inaugural London Beer Cage Open.

This will take place at London’s party court (Downham) on Saturday 21/01/2012.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Downham+Road&sll=51.545805,-0.079195&sspn=0.001678,0.004452&g=Balls+Pond+Road+N1&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Downham+Rd,+London+N1,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.539514,-0.083242&spn=0.000839,0.002226&t=h&z=19

The rules will be the LHBPA ruleset with a few minor changes:

• A minimum of one bottle cage must be fitted to the bike (no extra devices for fastening a can into the cage will be permitted i.e. velcro straps, cable ties, etc.).

• This bottle cage must contain an open beer at all times during games (players without a beer in their cage are out of play until they have a new beer in their cage).

• If you spill your beer, chug what’s left (refusal to do so will result in a 2 min penalty) and grab another (Deliberate beer interference will be permitted)

• Games will last the length of time required to pour six perfect pints of Guinness (12 minutes).

• There will be unlimited goals.

• Shuffles are A-Okay and actively encouraged.

• No draws will be permitted. If time ends and there is a draw, a game of “shuffle bike curling” is played to decide the winner. See curling rules, but replace brooms with mallets, stones with franklins, sweepers with shuffles, and ice with tarmac.

• Anyone playing with a cider/beer with an ABV of 8% or higher in their bottle cage does not have to tap out after a dab. However, the rules applying to spillage and chugging still apply to these players.

In!

fucking awesome. in (as long as i'm in town).

So no pivots until you've drank half a can. In.

im in! do it in the new year!!

So no pivots until you've drank half a can. In.

ha quality

In fo-sho....

I also vote for new year when cough everyone's cough back in town... Do not want to miss this...

Really want this ^ on a black t-shirt... The comic sans tilts it into genius territory...

In!
You're a great colourer Josh.

Awesome, Be(er) Right On are in!

Awesome, please do it between the first and 11th of January!

Finally. Polo I want to play. In.

Really want this ^ on a black t-shirt... The comic sans tilts it into genius territory...

Definitely. Best Polo shirt of the year already.

Finally. Polo I want to play. In.

Definitely. Best Polo shirt of the year already.

^ this

In, like Eroll.

Has anyOne actually set a date yet?

I know that a certain Londoner just purchased a bottle cage...

Yeah sorry been a bit slack with this. Other than formulating an idea for a sweet trophy.

Could go with the original plan of having this next week but as there are quite a few votes for the new year I'm thinking pushing it back till the 21st of Jan might be the way to go (7th is shaping up to be a big league game day and 14th is the Excel tournament).

I don't really mind, it was just supposed to be a dumb tournament for people in London over Christmas. But if anyone has any strong opinions either way, I'm listening.

word.

Finally. Polo I want to play. In.

Definitely. Best Polo shirt of the year already.

I nearly cut myself when I thought I had missed out on this.
I'm willing to help organize this if needed. Pm me.
Fun polo!

So a date has been set: Saturday 21/01/2012 put it in your diaries.

Also after hours of hard graft a golden beer cage trophy has been crafted (look out for the super artfag 'making of' edit coming soon):

Current plan is tournament in the day followed by the premiere of standard procedure in the evening (at a pub 5 mins from Downham)

http://vimeo.com/34038536

Oh my god! That trophy is amazing Josh!

fuuuuck i cant make this! gutted

Woop!

Finally. Polo I want to play.

Fuck.Yeah.

Saturday, bummer......can't make this either...had a game plan and everything.