Polo Rules

Only when he wants to.

Don't forget corners are more dangerous than curves. Admittedly if you are hitting solid steel it's not going to make much difference, but i'd rather fall on a round pole than a square one.

Is there a reason not to have a triangular ramp at the back of the goal instead of a back bar? Give you something to attach the net too and the ball wouldn't bouncy straight out.

Would having a goal that had telescopic poles be much more expensive? That way you could test out different sizes, see what you like best?

Manu hits the post? I call bullshit.

Would having a goal that had telescopic poles be much more expensive? That way you could test out different sizes, see what you like best?

Or just some couplers on the crossbar and back bar. A bit more faff to change but probably cheaper?

Don't forget corners are more dangerous than curves. Admittedly if you are hitting solid steel it's not going to make much difference, but i'd rather fall on a round pole than a square one.

+1 I wouldn't wanna see the Result of a collision with the joint between uprights and crossbar. How about 50mm solvent weld waste pipe. It's light, cheap, easy to work and readily available from any plumbers merchant. With a bit of thought a hacksaw and the right glue anyone could build goals. To collapse it for transpiration just don't glue all the fittings Drill through fitting and pipe and use pins to secure.

square ... Eww

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UEN27URRwR79VysaaptQrSAOeKHfccFZl9n3-GFCI4c/edit?pli=1&overridemobile=true#

There the plastic goals Canterbury are using made from flow plast connectors and 40mm pipe all in from b&q cost about £30 a goal. Glued together are pretty strong had people + bike land on em and not broken yet. Only down side is they are lite so need weighing down.

We (Sheffield) have used push-fit piping with shock-cord running through the frame making it easily collapsible. They are a bit lightweight though.

I've found this supplier down the road from me, they have a bewildering arrange of steel. Any ideas what we should be going for?

http://www.smithmetal.com/index.htm

We (Sheffield) have used push-fit piping with shock-cord running through the frame making it easily collapsible. They are a bit lightweight though.

Same idea really, just use fatter glue together stuff and not bother glueing some joints. Just drill and pin those fittings/tube. If lightness is an issue the tubes sat on the deck could be packed with sand or something and plugged so it the packing stays put.

From Andre's facebook, (including double D crease).

You mean

I meant the other one, but that'll do.

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So the measurements for goals: Take the 180cm goal width, this measurement would be from the inside of the posts and not centre to centre?

Just making sure before we fabricate..

inside of posts for sure.

Agreed, otherwise you'd have different sizes depending on the width of the posts.

Though it's worth considering if we should standardise to 6' (182.9 cm). Not for these goals, but just in general.

Standardising on goal sizes is surely the way forward.

183cm. No-one should be quibbling over .1 cm

2 metres!!

Why would you standardize in feet?

Why would you standardize in feet?

Because all the NA goals are 6'.

I'm guessing, but I imagine they have more purpose built goals than us.

And they did it first.

I see.

Actually, I don't. But never mind.

Lord it's hard to be happy when you're not using the metric system.