NE London Bike Polo: Wednesdays: Mitchison Road N1 / Weekends:Hackney Downs E5

It don’t matter if it’s 30 degrees f or c
Only matter if you got enough energy
Cold or hot, wet or dry we don’t complain
LPC - bitches, we play in the rain!

I'm up for it if it doesn't precipitate

Ehem ...

We in it, in it to win it, we the NE Phoenix, innit
I'm comin' wit the business while you stand around listless
Snoop bringin' the makeshift scoop, to clean up the poop
Max rollin' wit Magic in the racks, makin' fat stacks

...o' cash, o' dough, o' mother flippin' GREEN
those mallets be light, loved by the whole scene

Started my new job this week, so in for polo later, what time?

...Soz it doesn't rhyme

I'm in for 6:30.

Yeah in. Bells? Zobags?

Jess, if I bring down my old mallets to donate to beginners will you take them tonight?

afraid i'm out, simply too tired

Can be there for 7

Sure thing Chukker! Leaving now.

Aidan - we have five, need one more, c'mon man.

One more!

By the way, after hours at Mitch last night we were approached by a man with a guilty conscience and three big dogs who wanted to use the court. He got a little shirty with us as we told his 'girl' that we would be another 15-20 minutes before she could use the litter-tray. If his dogs had been better-trained it might have gotten a bit bitey. So be careful out there, remember you're in the centre of a pretty dodgy estate.

He asked when you guys would leave so his dog could take a poop?! for real?

Islington asked if we could call as soon as we see anyone with dogs trying to use the courts. Also to pass on a description of anyone.

Spoons, want me to pass you their details?

remember you're in the centre of a pretty doggy estate.

:)

Can I has details I wanna catch one of these cunts

He asked when you guys would leave so his dog could take a poop?! for real?

A woman came and asked when she could use the court for her dogs. She was very pushy about it, as if it was a designated dog park. We told her 15-20 minutes and then stood around talking openly about how fucked up it was.

Within 10 minutes a guy rocked up with three dogs. He was very confrontational. He kept saying that one of us had talked back to his girl. He kept asking which one of us it was. Then yelled at us for accusing him of not picking up his dog shit. He said something like "I'm 27 man, I pick up my dog's shit."

He was itching for a fight, but we all basically remained silent. As we left, he kept asking his girl which of us was talking back to her. She didn't say anything. It was reasonably scary given his three dogs and his attitude.

Report it to the police

And council

This has to stop.

Yeah was pretty fucked up.

I was trying to talk to him like an adult, but wants getting very far, and seeing the dogs go for the cones, and recent experiences.. thought better of continuing the conversation.

Good thing Beagle wasn't there...
#beagletime

Srsly tho', that shit's fucked up... :(
#nopunintended

Can't believe this!
That's shocking. And the fact he can just walk up to a bunch of you and be threatening and make out it's his right to let his dogs litter in a what is essentially a kids sports play area.

It also shows what these people think of us and bike polo.
Had footballers been using the court I bet he wouldn't have said anything then.

Selfish and disrespectful behaviour. Only a serious word from the police or a threatening letter / from the council is going to change the situ.
And then we're only gonna be hated more!

What to do next? We can't just continue to pick shit up and let it happen surely.

I'm wondering if there's any way we can make the court feel like an official polo training area.
Would that help?
We should also speak to the local paper....

Get something like this erected?

I have mixed feelings about whether we should report this to the cops or not. If the assholes find out we called the cops on them, they might just get angrier and could hurt someone, especially when there are only a few people drinking beers there after lights out.

What do others think?