Cambridge Polo

they used to be, things have changed round these parts. i think once we sort out our tournament (meeting on sunday evening, you are more than welcome to come) things will liven up again.

what we need is two young ladys to come play

What time are we meeting at angleo's later

Is anybody playing today?

id love too but have friends over today but going to angleos later for our polo meeting

I think I am going to the meeting tonight but now trying to decide polo this afternoon or just going cycling!

angleo's for 6 i think

not sure about polo but im off to the court now to try my new forks and have a knock about dont think many people are planning on playing today

Cool, will be down in half an hour, need the practice on the new bike!

what we need is two young ladys to come play

aw that's a shame, we are two old bags

/\ ha!
good meeting tonight, lots to sort out. i will get on the phone to ridgeons and write up the minutes for here tomorrow morning (hopefully). thank you for the lovely grub angelo and co.

Can't remember anything from last night , did i say i was gonna do anything towards this event ?

Ok just PM'd John H regarding the 24h tournament. I suggested oct 15-16 but well see what he comes back with.

Still talking with Eddie about the trophy.

What did I miss? Anything good?

Fuck yeah Black Swan... that's our boy.

(Gone but not forgotten)

Almost, but not quite as good form.

Although style points for ball in mid-air.

who is in for polo tonight? 6.30?

1.luca

will we see you matt before your holiday?

POLO EGM 25th September 2011

Date of Event: Indoor Winter Open 5th/6th November 2011

Format: Swiss Rounds (6) on the 5th / Double Elim on the 6th (Bogey to sort, 3rd time lucky). 2 Courts are required to make this happen. We need to agree with the Roller Girls (RG) that their court will be out of use for a minimum 3 days while we build, use and dismantle the second court. (Feb to agree with RG's)

Original Court:
We need to spruce up our court (Bogey to contact Ridgeons for possible sponsorship for wood and lighting)

Second Court:
Will we use Norwich clear barriers or will we build our own court?
We need min 4no. 250W metal halide lighting (see above for sponsorship possible, Bogey to reconfirm)

Projectors and Laptops: Hayden will bring a laptop and a projector. We need two projectors for timing. Hayden has one projector lead, we need another lead. Bogey will bring his laptop for the format side of things. We need an internet connection to publish results, ask John H for his 'dongle'?

Bar, Food and Cakes:

Jamie will look into events licence.
We will run a bar, I suppose take in turns over the weekend
Dion will make a chilli.
Booker run needed to get nachos, beer, cups, etc all needed for bar/food
Cakes?
Joe (AWOL?) runs a brewery and may want to sponsor us? We need to contact him somehow?
Monique is contacting Milton Brewery.
Johnny could provide water for the event, Jamie to ask.

Sleepover space:
Old rollerderby court will be available for sleeping space for out of towners. Remind them that it will be very cold, and matts, sleeping bags, even tents would be advisable.
RV will possibly put up a marquee if needed

Toilets:
One portaloo on site for number 1's only. Get another?

Sponsorship:
Billy's - RV
Knog - RV
Chrome - Josh
On one - Bogey
Schwalbe - Bogey
Ridgeons - Bogey
Chunk - Luca
Brooks - Josh
Howes - Luca
Ben Haywards - Luca
14bikeco - Josh

Banner:
Cambridge Bike Polo banner - Devon to look into. Planet Reprographics?

*Trophy: *
Contact Mexican Eddie - Hayden

Winter Open Poster:
Everyone can have a go at designing it, submit your designs 2 weeks from date of meeting (Deadline 9th October 2011)

Registration fee:
£10 per player, payable on the day

National Series:
This will be a National Series event, so Euro teams are allowed in. We need to advertise on League of Bike Polo and the french bike polo forums?

Reffing:
Standard NS - Buffalo Bill for advice on the day, ask?

New goals:
Customise existing goals and build new goals - Lee Baker Metal Engineer

Afterparty:
Cornerhouse?
Fireworks? Bonfire? Burn the hippies?

Other business:
Berlin Wall:
Need to do a pallet run soon to build the wall - Angelo will get the truck ready, we need muscle volunteers?

24hr Tournament:
London want to organise. £5 per head or a flat rate? Hayden to talk to John H about this.

Keys:
Someone to organise getting keys cut - Josh?

In two weeks time, around the time we get entries for poster in, we need to reassess the above and see where we're all at. See you tonight for Polo fun.

who is in for polo tonight? 6.30?

1.luca
2.Ali (can be there earlier - is the warehouse open?)
will we see you matt before your holiday?

warehouse might be open.. not sure.

matt buy this! http://i53.tinypic.com/s2z1xf.jpg £90 if hes still got it...

and i will email some other companies bogey regaring sponsorship.

That sounds awesome, nice one Cambridge! Can we bring our own fireworks?

'bring your own fireworks', that has to go on the poster somewhere as a strap line!

To all: I've spoken to Ridgeons and the only way they do sponsorship nowadays is by writing to the head man Mr Ridgeons. I have his address, and will happily write the letter/prepare a presspack, however I'm going to need some help with the content. Will discuss tonight!

who is in for polo tonight? 6.30?

1.luca
2.Ali (can be there earlier - is the warehouse open?)
will we see you matt before your holiday?

Yes definitely, I'll be down Thursday for sure. Poss Sunday and Tuesday also.

Projectors and Laptops: Hayden will bring a laptop and a projector. We need two projectors for timing. Hayden has one projector lead, we need another lead. Bogey will bring his laptop for the format side of things. We need an internet connection to publish results, ask John H for his 'dongle'?

Everything looks amazing and this is the first weekend I'm back. Really looking forward to it.

The above is the only thing that slightly concerns me. If for any reason the one person providing internets can't make it, we're in hot water again.

Anyone that has an iPhone can set up Internet Tethering, I'm not 100% but I'd guess you just have to go into your phone shop or call them and pay a little extra for that month as a bolt on. Someone could at least look into it. Failing that, most companies sell PAYG dongles, I have no idea how much they are but again someone could do five minutes of Googling.

However, would it also not be worth having a backup plan in case it's a stormy or just generally poor signal day and the Internet cuts out? In such a case, Challonge is unusable. Does Hardcourt Podium run offline? Are there any other options?

I'm not trying to be difficult, just suggestions to eliminate all possibilities of a repeat of last time around.

Can also provide a second laptop if needed.

good point Matt, i'm pretty sure I can tether my iphone to my laptop meaning we should be sorted. i'll test it out before the event (on the list to do)

while you're here and not in America, can you email me and Luca all the sponsor emails you sent way back when we did the first tournament? need to send out the same again to new sponsors. Oh, and please email me the old PSD file for the training day/open poster so i can make a new one!