Tourney: European Hard-court Bike Polo Championship - 01/02.08.2009

ha ha... no seriously this photo of todd is ace.
propper shuffle pass, everything init... other shoulder slightly crunched for release. wicked.

Look at James studying Todd's form - "I will take you down... oh yes."

Mike has confirmed that Cosmic came 6th.

Dr V, before the final rounds there were 4 teams left in the winners bracket, and 2 left in the losers bracket (FFF & Cosmic). Berlin lost to FFF in the previous round to that.

oops ya my results were off, from memory. i thought we played Cosmic and then Barlin, but it was Barlin and then Cosmic. fixed on bikepolo.ca/ehbpc2009

Awesome. Congratulations Cosmic!

Thanks :)

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A couple Vidal images from back in the day:

All Clockwork-oranged in chicago:

in the snow:

so we were 8th?

to infinity and beyond!

How did Netto do then? I'm sure we came in the top 10..Can anyone confirm this yet?

this is the only picture i have from the winner bikes:

look in the window in the background! give us some of your lovely mallets!

A couple Vidal images from back in the day:

All Clockwork-oranged in chicago:

in the snow:

The bottom one is at the Thunderdome in Madison. That court is amazing. It was on the second (European first) floor of a building, with a water cooler underneath it, so we could play in the snow and the snow would not accumulate.

Polo in the snow FTW!

How did Netto do then? I'm sure we came in the top 10..Can anyone confirm this yet?

You did initially, but then after consultation of game-play records, we realised that you were sneaky northern monkeys, so me and Ray DQed you.

yeh yello belly!

one of my yoga instructors tried playing polo on sunday and has now got the bug!

You did initially, but then after consultation of game-play records, we realised that you were sneaky northern monkeys, so me and Ray DQed you.

Ha! So, we did come 10th then yeah?

Ha! So, we did come 10th then yeah?

Truthfully, I don't know.

hmm, Chan, we played one more game than you, but went out in the same bracket, does that make us place above you?

Rotten Apples
4-1
1-3 <
4-1
5-3
2-3 X

Netto Superstars
5-1
4-2
0-5 <
3-5 X

I've put the results up on www.ehbpc.org

Click to enlarge.

hmm, Chan, we played one more game than you, but went out in the same bracket, does that make us place above you?

Rotten Apples
4-1
1-3 <
4-1
5-3
2-3 X

Netto Superstars
5-1
4-2
0-5 <
3-5 X

I thought it was us, then zombie, then apples...

Come on Gabes, work it out. Oh, and our last game against Comsic was 5 - 4 no?

I thought it was us, then zombie, then apples...

Come on Gabes, work it out.

If Apples played more games, it's cause they went out of the winner's bracket earlier than Netto. This is one for Kev or James (apparently there's software that works it out).

we lost to cosmic 4-3 actually.

surely staying in the winners bracket longer counts for something.

surely staying in the winners bracket longer counts for something.

I would say so, but I don't really understand double-elimination properly. And this is 10th place you guys are talking about. Best team in Manchester, 10th best in Europe?

4th overall UK or something...

Hey, speaking of UK, why don't we piss everyone off, and have a British Polo Champs, open only to teams resident in Britain?

uk champs would rule, but invite dublin as well.

i'm not really bothered about the placing, it would just be handy to know what to tell people when they ask how we did. i'm just going to say 10th, fuck it.