Tourney: London Open 2013 August 23 - 25th

Is there any rough timings worked out on groups yet? We put down for all sessions but myt not be able to do fri afternoon depending on what time it finishes.

3-7
9-12
12-3

Something like that.

Awesome cheers John

These groups aren't final, they may change as teams register, so unless you are definite, assume it might still change.

If you can't make your group, please let me now sooner rather than later, and I'll see what I can do (no promises).

I need some more teams for Friday (currently only 16)

Friday PM
Definite:
Forensiker: Daniel (Duisburg), ? (?), Jan (Cologne)
The Milky Way: Lefty (Paris), Clement (Geneva), Luca (Cambridge)
5G: Emyr (Manchester), Neil (Manchester), Andrew (Manchester)

Provisional:
*New Direction: Stephen (Manchester), Rob (Manchester), Chris (Manchester)
Yomoyo: Edwin (London), James (London ), Arunas (London)
Johnny Rocket: Michael (Dortmund), Felix (Bielefeld), Timon (Köln)
Inkasso Altona: Robert (Hamburg), Christian (Hamburg), Andy (Hamburg)
Krystalis!: Jenda (Pardubice), Martin (Pardubice), TBA (Chujovice)
The Union : Max (Cambridge), Antoine (Brussels), Vincent (Brussels)
Cool Story Son: Félix (Toulouse), Tonnio (Toulouse), Eddy (London)
APOLLO 3: Maciek (Warsaw), Przemek (Warsaw), Kuba (Warsaw)
POLOSKI: Stan (Kraków), Piotr (Kraków), TBA (london?)
Le BigMac: Sean (LDN), Mayeut (LDN), Chukker (LDN)
Flowery twts: John (Sheffield), Dave (Holme Firth), Andrew (Sheffield)
Take my pocket: Shane (Newmarket), Ben (Hebden bridge), Patrick (A french part of Belgium)
The Magic Way: Josh (Cambridge), Emmet (London), Dodi (Budapest)

Saturday AM:
Definite
MMA : Marcin (Kraków), Mateusz (Kraków), Adrian (Kraków)
Troika: Lucas (Birmingham ), Dan (Birmingham ), Chris (Birmingham )
Cosmic: Rupert (London), Todd (Penryn (not a city)), Mat (London)
We love Lloret: Johanna (Münster), ? (?), Hagen (Köln)
3 0 3: Kristaps (Riga), Reinis (Riga), Vitalijs (Riga)
Suicide Barbies: Eriks (Riga), Janis (Riga), Liene (Riga)
Antlers: Matt (London), Oliver (Newcastle), Paul (London)

Provisional:
*Globetrotters: John (London), Jonathan (Anchorage, AK), Will (Anchorage, AK)
M.F: piks (geneve), jo (grenoble), dirty (geneve)
Dead Locos: brendan (London), Sebas (London), Antonio (London)
Octopussy: Tim (Nuremberg), Ralph (Nuremberg), Reto (Bern)
Bodybags: Dave (London), Jamie (Brighton), Chris (Brighton)
The Commies: Colin (Canterbury), Phil (Canterbury), Dan (Canterbury)
BKP: Dany (Brno), Jiri (Prague), Nele (Halle)
Ravens: Ben (London), Kieran (London), Chris (Sheffield)
WRISTS: Matt (London), Mya (London), Neil (Birmingham)
Limitless: Caspar (Bristol), Ady (Bristol), Andre (Bristol)
New Bruises: Julia (London), Josie (Brighton), Zoe (London)
*

Saturday PM
Definite:
Pony pony roll roll: Eve (Canterbury), Rupert (Canterbury), Harry (Canterbury)
Dildo Baggins: marcin (warsaw), sebastian (warsaw), LosMarjanos (warsaw)
brickman's skid skid kids: Clem (Glasgow), James (Glasgow), Alasdair (Glasgow)
TBC (Manchester 1): Adam (Manchester), Andy (Manchester), Sylwia (Manchester)
S.S.S.: Adam (London), Kristian (Canterbury ), Mark (Canterbury )
Pickles: Eliška (Pardubice), Sabrina (Warsaw), Zsófia (Bristol)
Winter Is Coming: Maddie (London), Paul (London), Apollo (London)
Guilty Pleaures featuring ?: Kropa (dublin), Johnny (dublin), It could be you (?)
No Horse: ioanna (London), Ana ( São Paulo/London), Lois (London)
Welfare Kids: Mark (Dublin), Alex (Dublin), David (Dublin)

Provisional:
magic$tick$: Max (London), Ed (London), Cameron (Farnborough)
Spring Break: Adam (London), Jon (London), Ryan (London)
Instinct: Lukas (Giessen), Christoph (Giessen), Clemens (Giessen)
Reservoir Dogs: Markus (Hannover), Florian (Hannover), Michael (Berlin)
Black Stabbath: Dan (Birmingham), Fin (Birmingham), Andy (York)
Killer Tomatoes: Dave (Grantham), Danny (Grantham), Perry (Grantham)
Burn the witch: Louis (London), Buffalo (London), Fuchsia (London)
Big Gay Hosers: Mark (London), Joe (London), Nick (Paris)
Drop The Soap: Nik (London), Matthieu (Munich), ? (?)
Megasharks

ref announcement on the 'london open ref announcement page'!! take a look folks, you might want to ref if you didnt before.

also, thanks to everyone who has offered to volunteer for the tournament. this is why our community rules (gush gush etc.). special thanks to those from outside of london who have offered to help out! for all of you there will be more info soon.

cant wait to get this show no the road!

Great work, Nik!

haha! i havent had to do any work..just preparing ther people to ;) excited about the polo cat joe!! :) count me in for a check point!

Looking into booking travel. Whats happening thursday? anyone in for throw-ins from 2/3?

Ladies and gents, if you haven't paid your team fee then please do so now! Thanking you kindly. x

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Working on the trophy design (after taking on the challenge yesterday) has generated this little treat.

^ far to trippy for this time of the morning!!!!!!!!!!!

Wowzer!

any rules about amount of protective gear at the Open or is it personal choice?

I always double bag, polo players are mucky.

Part of the rules say you have to wear a helmet, beyond it's an individual choice.

I'd recommend facecage, gloves and tough shoes (or at least not soft canvas shoes) at least.

So, our awesome third Jan, who we played with at the Euros this year, can't make it cause he's gotta hang around Ireland instead. Hagen and I are kinda looking for a third. Let me know if anyone wants to play!

working on the trophy design (after taking on the challenge yesterday) has generated this little treat.

omg!!!!!!

So, our awesome third Jan, who we played with at the Euros this year, can't make it cause he's gotta hang around Ireland instead. Hagen and I are kinda looking for a third. Let me know if anyone wants to play!

My team just bailed on me... are you still looking for a 3rd?

My team just bailed on me... are you still looking for a 3rd?

kropa is too: http://www.lfgss.com/thread100978-3.html

kropa is too: http://www.lfgss.com/thread100978-3.html

Cheers- just sent a PM!

HEY ALL!!

So things are looking exciting! Lots of people are pulling this trophy out of the bag in a very very awesome way right now!!

The trophy is particularly covetous.....

If you have put your name down to ref please check the ref annoncement thread (i spelled it wrong...) and if you offered to volunteer i will have a very nice volunteer shcdhule on the vol, announcement thread later today.

If you havent yet Volunteered but wish to do so, its not too late! Stick your name down on the vol. thread and your team and i will make sure you wont help when you play.

The food and coffee is confirmed for the court builders and Ben-Beagle is making a volunteers lunch on friday!

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to getting the show on the road!

URGENT RULE UPDATE THAT WILL PROBABLY AFFECT YOU!!

Hey everyone,

In light of Crandall's near miss at the North Americans, the NAH is putting a new rule into immediate effect that bans the use of any uncovered (by a chain) cog.

This includes secondary cogs on a freehub, freewheels, fixed cogs, unused cogs on a cassette. Taping will not be permitted so it is essential that they are removed.

We understand this is very short notice, however we feel it is important and it will be checked at registration etc. If you have a cog like this and you will have trouble removing it please try your local bike shop for alternatives/help. If you have already arrived in london, ask your host/a local player for help. There are a number of shops that do a same day/while you wait turn around on this kind of stuff including Look Mum No Hands, 49 Old Street, Lock 7 on Broadway market (hackney) and possibly Push cycles in Highbury.

Please try and sort any issues you have with this out before the tournament and if anyone has major issues, PM me and I will do what i can to help nd advise.

Thanks a lot and looking forward to seeing everyone!
Nik

Sorry to be a pain in the ass guys, could take my pocket get moved to the Saturday morning bracket? Patrick isn't arriving till Friday. Thanks :)

Hey, we are already super low on Friday teams, if we remove any more we probably have to cancel the Friday session, which means less games for everyone (but more pickup)