BFF Polo Tournament

Great day. End of.

But I am soooooooooooooooo fucking cold right now. Bath running, fire burning in the hearth.

So cold people got frozen as they rode...

Thanks all

brilliant day today, just had a lovely hot bath, so nice
thanks

well done Fucking Frenchie Farts

Indeed!

And well done to all the teams that scored against them (cough)

go tony!

i wanna see pics

go tony!

+1!

You asked for it:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/51051043@N00/Sx3994

What the fuck? Were those charge banners added digitally? Or was I just pissed all day? (or both?)

more to the point, what are those blighters doing on the court?

The look, of love, is in, your eyes...

Having thawed my fingers, I've managed to upload this little lot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsteev/sets/72157607769759143/ which seem to confirm the fact that it was cold enough for people to be frozen in mid-air

Good to put some faces to names on here and respect to all of you who dragged yourselves down this morning in all the rain, while I cowered in bed until much later.

much respect and great fun with all those who played but most certainly more respect for al those, who weren't able to look forward to getting warm playing and stayed and cheered anyway, most seriousle mont (thats french right?) thank you for the spec'ing.
...soggy love. Bx

And a big round of applause for Eggpie and BFF for organising this.

(cough)

you guys are all amazing. I can't believe the turnout today with the weather!
i vote for finding a warehouse for next year.
thank you so much john, emilie, scott, braley, etc for pulling it off!

Mad props to all involved in organizing a great weekend.

Best bit: The Polo final . . . great game.
Worst bit: Shitty London Weather.
Strangest bit: Object and friend, Roman wrestling, half naked, on a 70's disco dance floor!

Good times.
Peas.

this was the first time i've ever seen "real, live," polo...... and it was really so great!! thanks SO much to laura, jacqui, john, scott and everybody else who worked so incredibly hard to make this happen. i owe you all a pint. it was really so good.. thanks again!

There's a general blog about the BFF Tournament with a few pics and a video clip at:

www.davidmchristopher.wordpress.com

Strangest bit: Object and friend, Roman wrestling, half naked, on a 70's disco dance floor!
Wee scott is no friend of mine.

Anybody seen my bike? Woke up this morning with a headache, my mini-D but no bike or memory. Shiiiiiiiiit.

Absolutely awesome day yesterday, had to chip early for a friends b-day but well done to all for the organisation.

And well done the Frenchies!

yep yep wicked... You'll be happy to know i've completely lost my voice.

Great day despite the R word, all i have to say is warmmmm bed...hmmmmmm

Thanks to my team mates gabes and object...love you guys, tournament organisers and the tidy up'ers tommy, egg, prav ... legendary day

great photos guys.

So fucking funny when em and scott were flirting for abit then before you knew it there was topless wrestling on the disco dance floor...ha you twats.

TONY!!!! TONY!!!!

see you guys down the courts!

Thanks to Eggpie for a great tournament, in unpromising circumstances.

Also thanks to my team-mates, Scott the Boss and Rik El Jefe.

My congratulations to the winners, and my commiserations to DTGP - came all that way and only played one game. Sorry, guys.

I know that we were in involved in a great game with DTGP, but I can't remember too much about it, apart from Mike sorting me out a wheel after I put my mallet through mine (I got home ok on the ruined one - 5 spokes gone!). Thanks a whole bunch for that!!!

A couple of things stuck in my mind from the day, apart from the rain, and the dedication to fun to that those who stuck out the weather showed:

After we won our game with the french guys, Rik said to me 'I started riding fixed 3 months, polo 2 months ago, now I am playing in the semi-finals - it's a dream' - make sure you say that sentence out loud, rolling the rrrs!

After we got beat by Zombie RMY, Mike said to me, as we were coming off the court 'not bad for a drunk guy'.

Don't know why those two comments stuck with me, perhaps they summed up the day well!

And of course, the other thing that stuck with me was the tension and excitement in the crowd towards the end of the game with DTGP. I really felt that on the court! Tournaments are brilliant!