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

count it! slackers?

No slackers left :(

In after 6

in straight after work.

Mitch?

Yes mitch I'll be in leaving work soon as my boss does!

someone got a ball?

In from about 7

on my way

You need to be a member of the LHBPA

Sort it out would you son.

oh yaa. i remember email aboot thing expiring.

The meeting is next Tuesday at 7.30pm at the Horseshoe in Clerkenwell so if you can please do and we can sort membership out afterwards.

i'll try to come down and i can drop the 5 to somone there.

That was utter fuckin gash.

Red hot blades next time.

And a lock for the gate.

What happened Andy?

andy???

We waited while some guys finished their footie game, then some little scallies jumped in and tried to play half court.

They got bored and fucked off but then started throwing apples at us. Mike went to tell them to fuck off and one of their big bruvvers came over all gangster and tried to large it about, called his mates to bring some hammers, bats and knives down to sort us out.
Then he called the cops and told them Mike was threatening his little bruv with a club, then we called the cops and told them what actually happened.

Cops turned up and did nothing, then the big boys crew turned up and took over the court, cops still did nothing.

All good fun.

One policewoman did suggest we asked the council for a key, or bring our own lock so we can keep the door locked while we're on court.

Wtf?

Yep.

Really pissed us off. Only just got back on the court after Ed's good work and now we've got another fight on our hands to keep it.

Fuck, that's bullshit. Not sure what my guy at the council can do buy if anyone has any suggestions give me a shout.

Not really sure how our own key can improve things, locking ourselves in isn't good.

And a lock for the gate.

Good fucking point, let's do it

We've got nothing we can use against them, they won't listen to reason, they didn't even want to play, they just wanted to cause trouble.

I've been hit in the head with a stone thrown from outside of the gate. When it's locked I wouldn't be surprised if they threw more than just stones.

Good fucking point, let's do it

We've got nothing we can use against them, they won't listen to reason, they didn't even want to play, they just wanted to cause trouble.

and what if the jump in, you cant escape, the police cant go in.... me no like

We waited while some guys finished their footie game, then some little scallies jumped in and tried to play half court.

They got bored and fucked off but then started throwing apples at us. Mike went to tell them to fuck off and one of their big bruvvers came over all gangster and tried to large it about, called his mates to bring some hammers, bats and knives down to sort us out.
Then he called the cops and told them Mike was threatening his little bruv with a club, then we called the cops and told them what actually happened.

Cops turned up and did nothing, then the big boys crew turned up and took over the court, cops still did nothing.

All good fun.

One policewoman did suggest we asked the council for a key, or bring our own lock so we can keep the door locked while we're on court.

Sorry guys. I should have just ignored them.

Also, I would never play on that or possibly any public court if the gate was locked.

how old were the big boys? and how many of them?

and what if the jump in, you cant escape, the police cant go in.... me no like

Yeah good point. It's just so frustrating. If at least you could reason with them and say, "we won't play today if we can play the next time" but you can't...

But I think we shouldn't stop playing there, if there is even the slightest hint of trouble, just be polite, and call the police every time they even mention the word blade...

*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!don't lock the gate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*