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

Next time, gadget!

i had a good conversation with james regarding your moving tracy mallet bill, the conclusion i came to was that the head is too small but the shaft is just right, james disagreed he likes a small head on a short shaft, incase you wondered.

brendan always likes to aid a damsel in distress. I think 4 of us to put her chain back on might have been a touch...well, pious?! So I don't think you're a cock for not stopping.

don't worry about nearly squashing me. I bring it on myself.

Im more of a big shaft and head man... plenty of grip...electrical tape at the base and tip...and sticker along the shaft so i can track damage.

Skoota im sure you bring the worst out in people.... There was no need for what just wrote.

now now ray, responsibility for your fingers and mouth is yours not mine.

had some great games, scoring off the charge was the highlight of my polo life thus far. rain made it fun too.

ray, stop talking about your taped end.

i gotta square tapered end

is it JIS? or HKLB?

had some great games, scoring off the charge was the highlight of my polo life thus far. rain made it fun too.

ray, stop talking about your taped end.
i let u have that one ;)

thanks dale, i owe you.

*pukes inside

i let u have that one ;)

could i have one my shoulders are sore....oooo feel the burn.

Ahem ... in my humble opinion, having played at all the london courts that lfgss have played on, (the south really does rule) the sitting in the goal mouth leaving against the wall, leaving only the bb hole to score through is a bit silly. It's one thing if the goalie has to trackstand and save at the same time, but to lean on the wall, simply sit on your bike and be an obstacle makes it really dull. As dull as missing 25 open goals :(

maybe we should move the posts out from the wall a bit then, simple as that.

Agreed about the hand on the wall bit, moving the goals out a bit just shortens the court that much more. We've done it a few times and it was OK, but I just really want a longer court.

maybe hand on the wall in goal counts as foot down?

But what if the shot is already blocked?

i think something like that. yup. mike you get those bits from agata?

Yeah, true, having the posts there makes it too easy to lean. Brick Lane makes for more interesting D, but has way too many other issues. I'll stop leaning against the wall though.

yeah, if it's already bloked it sucks.

maybe people should just be told not to lean on the wall. I know i did it a couple of times, but generally tried to stay on bike by balance or lean on mallet. I dunno, there's no perfect solution.

We could glue broken glass to the wall behind the goal.

It wasn't just you Horatio!

Agata spent a good 20 minutes hanging out in 1 match...

OK, let's propose a rule for this court only:

Hand on wall in front of goal is a tap-out

+1

what about when not goalieing? ie caught in the corner etc.?

Does that include the person going in for the goal? It gets pretty tangled up sometimes and you'll get a couple people there hanging on and swinging away.

shin, can you read?