Tourney: London Open 2011 - NS - July 30th and 31st

Registered teams (since last edit):

1. Spring Break, London (paid, no housing)
   
2. Big Bush Bears, London (unpaid, no housing)
   
3. Los Manguis, Barcelona (unpaid, need housing)
   
4. Netto Superstars, Manchester (paid, need housing)
   
5. Yokohama, Gdansk/Warsaw (paid, need housing)
   
6. 3P Bielefeld, Bielefeld (paid, need housing)
   
7. Poloholica, Munich (paid, need housing)
   
8. King Salami, Lausanne (unpaid, need housing)
   
9. Miafasz?!, Geneva (unpaid, need housing)
   
10. Daft Punks, Brighton (paid, no housing)
    
11. D.r.Polo
    
12. DAM Cosmic (unpaid, need housing)
    
13. LDN Cosmic (unpaid, housing DAM Cosmic)
    
14. L.P.C. A (dt, gabes, pique) (paid, no housing)
    
15. Degeneration (unpaid, no housing)
    

rumor has it that a Zombie resurgence could happen...

This team list thing is driving me mad... you go to all the trouble of automating everything and the forum method prevails, I should have seen it coming.

The actual team list is in the first post, the above is wildly inaccurate, etc. LDN Cosmic need to fill the reg form please:

http://www.lhbpa.org/lo2011/

We're currently at 23 24 teams, woop.

just registered dogma

Jono - did you get my paypal?

Yep, perfect, thanks.

Just registered and paid for Thor.

How many games are we guaranteed on entry? Also will the swiss rounds be over the two days or is the second day reserved for the elimination rounds?

Cheers

format depends on number of teams who enter. but 2 days on 3 courts = lots of games for lots of teams

We play from 10am until 9pm on both days across 3 courts. 10 minute games.

Allowing 3 minutes "grey area" for time stoppage and team turnovers per game, you get the following: 22 hours of polo = 1320 minutes = 100(ish) game windows x 3 courts = 300 games. We're possibly going to have 60 teams which would be an average of 10 games each.

In reality, some teams will get more games than others, but after last year's feedback I intend to pull more teams into the double elimination on day two, or have more pre-cut games (large group rounds per court like in Geneva and then a smaller double elimination cut is a slim possibility), or have a "best of the worst" cut on the third court on the second day... all up in the air at this stage, but the idea will be to have plenty of games for everyone.

Once the number of teams looks a little more concrete, then the scheduling will get nailed down. Swiss Rounds are good (accurate), but the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of mimicking last year's Euros.

Sounds great, particularly the 'best of the worst' section.

Looking forward to it alot.

but the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of mimicking last year's Euros.

This. Minimum of 5ish games for even the shittest teams, divided into groups so you play all your games over 3-4 hours rather than spread out over the whole day, leaves more time for spectating, reffing, touristing and drinking.

Getting more people into the double-elim isn't necessarily all that great - we scraped in at the last London Open and had to get up early in the morning only to get double-whooped.

but the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of mimicking last year's Euros.

What was the format for this?

Round robins in 6 groups of 6, 3 groups per day, each group got morn/midday/afternoon, so you have lots of free time to go swim in the lake.

I'm gonna put myself up for this... anyone looking to make a team or needing a third... some foreigners would be nice.. let me know.

jb

Getting more people into the double-elim isn't necessarily all that great - we scraped in at the last London Open and had to get up early in the morning only to get double-whooped.

so did my team and I loved the fact we qualified. Another day of polo is never a bad thing.

Yeah, that sounded overly negative. What I mean is I'd prefer a few more even group games than to scrape through to double-elim, seeded low, then battered by two strong teams.

I'm gonna put myself up for this... anyone looking to make a team or needing a third... some foreigners would be nice.. let me know.

jb

me and emmet are def keen james, gonna just hear from marc, but i think he might be too busy.

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*edit i thought i was in the cambridge thread.

so keen for cambridge or for the open? If the open then yeh I'm up for it my op won't be until after july i'm sure.

for cambridge...

your op jb? whats going on?
surgery is trending for 2011, definitely. mine in 3 weeks.

1. Spring Break, London (paid, no housing)
   
2. Big Bush Bears, London (unpaid, no housing)
   
3. Los Manguis, Barcelona (unpaid, need housing)
   
4. Netto Superstars, Manchester (paid, need housing)
   
5. Yokohama, Gdansk/Warsaw (paid, need housing)
   
6. 3P Bielefeld, Bielefeld (paid, need housing)
   
7. Poloholica, Munich (paid, need housing)
   
8. King Salami, Lausanne (unpaid, need housing)
   
9. Miafasz?!, Geneva (unpaid, need housing)
   
10. Daft Punks, Brighton (paid, no housing)
    
11. D.r.Polo
    
12. DAM Cosmic (unpaid, need housing)
    
13. LDN Cosmic (unpaid, housing DAM Cosmic)
    
14. L.P.C. A (dt, gabes, pique) (paid, no housing)
    
15. Degeneration (unpaid, no housing)
    
16. Sick Burn (really well paid, no hosing)
    

Registered teams (since last edit):

1. Spring Break, London (paid, no housing)
   
2. Big Bush Bears, London (unpaid, no housing)
   
3. Los Manguis, Barcelona (paid, need housing)
   
4. Netto Superstars, Manchester (paid, need housing)
   
5. Yokohama, Gdansk/Warsaw (paid, need housing)
   
6. 3P Bielefeld, Bielefeld (paid, need housing)
   
7. Poloholica, Munich (paid, need housing)
   
8. King Salami, Lausanne (unpaid, need housing)
   
9. Miafasz?!, Geneva (unpaid, need housing)
   
10. Daft Punks, Brighton (paid, no housing)
    
11. Chocloate Sexy, Gijón (unpaid, need housing)
    
12. Le Sporting Club Parisien, Paris (unpaid, need housing)
    
13. Tour de Court, Dublin (unpaid, need housing)
    
14. Polo Erectus, Manchester (paid, need housing)
    
15. Dead Rappers, London (paid, no housing)
    
16. Tornadoes, London/Dresden (paid, no housing)
    
17. Call Me Daddy, Grenoble (paid, need housing)
    
18. DAM Cosmic, Amsterdam/Eindhoven (unpaid, staying with Cosmic Matt)
    
19. La Bagarre, Brussels (paid, need housing)
    
20. LPC A, London (paid, no housing)
    
21. ASBO Polo, Manchester (paid, need housing)
    
22. Tigers, Venice (paid, need housing)
    
23. Degeneration, London (unpaid, no housing)
    
24. Dogma or Pie, London (paid, no housing)
    
25. Thor, Cambridge (paid, no housing)
    
26. Classic Amsterdam, Amsterdam (paid, need housing)
    
27. Parosh Polo, Dublin (unpaid, no housing)
    
28. Hacked Off, Bristol (paid, no housing)
    
29. Team Warin, Bristol/Brighton (paid, no housing)
    
30. Hooks, Rouen (unpaid, need housing)
    
31. Scouting for Goals, Birmingham (paid, need housing)
    
32. Rusty Rims, London (paid, no housing)
    
33. Sick Burn (really well paid, no hosing)
    
    

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