West London Polo - Westway Sports Centre

Dante and I are meeting at West Beers Pub 1900 hrs for practice and recce.
...so yeah... whatever.

wear the t-shirt now wear the attitude.

NoPants (R)

no seriously you guys are all over this... a year in the making ;)

Does your face smell like face cream?
Actually... I'll bet it smells like the sweet smell of success.. does it?! hmm?!?!?
Please tell me it does.

Me and Prav found a great spot just off Lillie Road at the Fulham Palace Road end in the Bayonne Estate It's massive - may need to play across ways with some cones, floodlit although the lights were not on when we were there ( late, around 10pm) there was still light enough around in the estate to see well enough- from Fulham palace Road turn left into Lillie Road and turn left at the fitness centre into Everington Street - then turn right into the estate. Just follow the sound of leather on willow - er plastic on plastic. We were thinking Tuesday nights 6pm onwards maybe meet at the Crabtree?

We had a little knock about in the Bear Pit by the Crabtree but it really is a bit too punk/ rollerball.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=51.484354,-0.214958&spn=0.000945,0.00235&t=h&z=19&msid=112764667966680960096.000461882c9741a54fe6b

nice!!

why not make it on monday , it is a free polo day

Dante that looks spot on ... size wise even. nice one. maybe find some cones.

The person in the photos is me - so you may need to adjust your sense of scale - it's massive!
Monday sounds like a goer - what do you say Dante?

yeah monday's are good for me - we may attract some players for other areas if its a free day for the rest. excellent idea.

we just need some polo on friday and, Polo Grand Slam!!!

bag's ing this for our home team court if needed for the team stuff etc etc. eh Prav?

quick google maps check:

its a little wide could be good for 4 on 4. nice one prav and dante.

like the tracing shows its the same length when you dont include the stairs at mitch.

central polo on Fridays dahn piccadilly?

quick google maps check:

its a little wide could be good for 4 on 4. nice one prav and dante.

like the tracing shows its the same width when you dont include the stairs at mitch.

shinscar you should work for CSI

ha

This court would be great for a saturday all dayer during the summer.

i think for a monday night, you'll be struggling to get the numbers there.

any other possibles?

most we looked at that were suggested were school playgrounds - we dived into a few estates but most were locked and for residents only type vibe this was the only open one - there's a youth centre round the corner and we had a chat with a guy who worked there he said he'd look into for us but its busy 3 nights a week and will get used even more in the summer obviously - i can have a word with him on Thursday - he mentioned trying to get it left open at weekends for public use.

That size puts it on par with the Pit in NYC. Shame about the posts at the ends though, why do all the courts in London have to have fixed, yet randomly sized, goals?! That extra width makes it ideal for 2 short courts if you can fix a divider. West end tourney in the works?

Agreed about all dayers there but West could still have their weekdays if they get the numbers up. Maybe we should all hit it up on saturdays for a few weeks to try and attract more westies?

can i wear the shirt now?

@prav, did you find the new court that me and you found on the west beers recky?
it looked a bit smaller and well lit up. (not that i care too much as i won't be playing)

what about west central?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Whitfield+St,+Camden,+London+W1T,+United+Kingdom&sll=51.547869,-0.093315&sspn=0.012223,0.02826&g=London,+Middlesex,+N1+2YS&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FU0pEgMdxOn9_w&split=0&ll=51.523775,-0.138382&spn=0.000764,0.001766&t=h&z=20

next door to cyclone office i thnk..

I think Dante and I need to get there regularly, without fail..
Once people can be sure they aren't wasting a journey, I'm confident some poloists will come out of the woodwork..
Hael and Greasy Slag are interested (bikes are getting ready).

@mike - I'll check it out on Saturday to see if it gets used by the residents much.

@prav, did you find the new court that me and you found on the west beers recky?
it looked a bit smaller and well lit up. (not that i care too much as i won't be playing)

Yes mate - it is the one which is used by a youth centre (Dante mentioned above)
Not possible to use on weeknights... but it could be opende up on weekends.
it's this one in the same estate, right?
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=51.48314,-0.213584&spn=0.000281,0.001308&z=20

@prav, yup i think that's the one.

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Agreed about all dayers there but West could still have their weekdays if they get the numbers up. Maybe we should all hit it up on saturdays for a few weeks to try and attract more westies?

in.

but one more west end would be ideal.