Old Polo Thread

There is moss, weeds, a small tree and plenty of glass around the fence, if they let it get worse it'll be too slippy to use the corners.

plus a squirrel

minus an ocelot, divided by the square of a badger

#mammalianpolomath

The more we ask for the more we'll have to pay...

The more we ask for the more we'll have to pay...

tell them we're considering a new court. with blackjack and hookers!

The stuff I mentioned is maintenance they should be doing for their own benefit to make sure the tarmac doesn't break up prematurely. The broken light they should have dealt with months ago.

Boards are a luxury we couldn't share with any other users.

come in with high demands, then "settle" for a fixed light and permission to do the boards ourselves, and only have hookers on sunday as weekdays are for serious face polo

also, higher a PI to dig some dirt on the guy for leverage

I'll be happy to just go back to paying for the court if thats whats needed, even with one broken light it's better than anywhere else we have to play, we need to be able to keep using it for the good of MCR polo.

The moss, as i discussed with Neil, we can probably quite easily take care of ourselves....

Good luck Neil, let us know what the outcome is...

Good polo last night, looks like I can do Thursday now, so

7:00 Thursday

1. Ste
   

Had a meeting with David the finance chap at PH this afternoon at his request. Initially he was wanting to find out why we haven't been paying our monthly session fees since he's been on sick leave (last December).

I explained the situation as I saw it, including the lack of 1/4 of the lights since the start of our agreement and the issue of being moved from our agreed Wednesday night slot by the netball group. I also revealed that we had only collected £135 since last November and had no other funds to draw upon. I also pointed out that the lights were constantly on despite no other groups seemingly using them/paying for them.

The current suggested way forward is this:

• PH invoice us for £135 in lieu of all sessions to date (end of September) - which we pay immediately.
  
• That we agree to sign up for a 5 month (clock change to clock change) agreement that covers the cost of the lights and gives us priority booking for one night per week.
  
• That we pay by BACS upon monthly retrospective invoice.
  
• That PH fix the broken light prior to next payment and adjust clocks.
  
  
  

I also met with Dale the Operations manager to discuss the issues.

Re. netball - there was and is no agreement between PH and anyone else regarding use of the external courts. Dale's view is that we were manipulated by the netball organiser into believing they had a right or booking of the courts and went on to say that they do not have a key. His interpretation is that they saw we had a key and only when we had opened the court would they then come along and imply they had a booking arrangement. He cited long running political issues between the netball group and PH - none of which should concern us. We can choose any regular night we prefer from henceforth.

Re. broken light - he has agreed to fix the light ASAP.

Re. lights always on - he thanked us for pointing this out. However it appears that the basic timer does not allow for the lights to be operated on individual days, only on a 24 hour basis. This doesn't look likely to change - hence we can tacitly use the courts at any other times (although we'd have no rights as such and could be asked to move/end the session by PH staff). He also said that are comfortable with leaving the lights on (since the shooting) for security/community reasons.

Re. clock change/lights timings - I mentioned that the clocks would be changing soon and that our ideal time of light duration going forward would be 6pm-9.30pm + 15m to get clear.

Re. court cleaning - I mentioned that we are happy to clear the new moss growing on the far corner if they were happy to let us. Agreed on both counts for us to proceed (NB. I will buy a decent wide yard brush and some algae treatment this weekend).

Summary

We need to, as a group of regulars, decide whether we are comfortable and capable of paying £100 per month x 5 months to take us through to the next clock change (Spring 2012).

If the regular group comprises of:

Neil; Chan; Adam; Ste; Rob; Emyr - then we would each have to find £17 per month guaranteed for 5 months. That's around £4.25 per session/£85 total.

I'd suggest we also charge £4 per night session for irregular players that goes into a kitty to subsidise the above to try and bring the regulars bill down. 1 extra player per session = £16; 2 extra players = £32 - which could easily bring the monthly cost down to £10 each for the regulars.

The expectation is that I will pay the £135 outstanding (he gave me an invoice) ASAP and that we will reply shortly to confirm the agreement.

Guys - please let me know what you think and any other issues that relate to PH that you can think of. I need to see/know that 6 regulars will step up and agree to pay for the 5 month duration before I can go back and agree on our behalf.

Please sign below if you are happy to proceed:

1. Neil £17 per month max.
   

£17 per month max.

1. Neil
   2.Rob
   
   

Also thanks a lot for sorting stuff out mate, any chance of broaching the subjuct of boards around the edges? Obviously we'd sort it out, not them

Re. boards - if we make a 'sample' that shows how we'd attach it/safety/no damage to their fence - then I can't see any reason to not show them/ask permission - especially as no-one else is using the court.

sweet, I reckon if we can just get them the right length they should more or less just slot in behind the posts, wedge some small bits of wood behind to keep them tight and maybe drill a couple of holes and get some heavy duty zip ties to keep it all in place, won't be completely flush all the way along but would stop the ball getting stuck, worst that would happen would be a slight change in angle when it hits the post

good point you shoudl metion the moss as it is a problem for them as mantinence, as otherwise there surface will get damaged,
moss and lights, thats it, its nothign for us only its general mantinence but seeing as they don't seem to be able to keep the walls up on there own building i am not holding out that they will fix it

sounds fair, i'll pay whatever is needed and with the noe polo machine close to completion a weekday session from me as well is likely as i'll ahve a bike i'd not mind riding into town

no one else for tonight? id really like to play but il make other plans if its going to be a no show

I'l play if we can get 6, if not i'm gonna sort out my wheel full of broken spokes.....!

well as i say im up for it, it was really good the other night and tonight supposed to be dry!

7:00 Thursday

1. Ste
   
2. Adam
   
3. Emyr
   

7:00 Thursday

1. Ste
   
2. Adam
   
3. Emyr
   
4. Neil
   

Nice work Neil, this is great news. Can you believe those cheeky netballers ey? Oooo the bloody nerve. Cant wait until they show up again and we can tell them to officially do one!

So we can basically play any night and the only people that can tell us to leave are the ph staff, not the netballers?

I'm more than happy to pay, but we need commitment from less frequent players like Mirek in order to lower the cost per person (get yer hand in ya pocket mizza ya tight arsed get)

Seriously though Neil, thanks for doing this. Lets get excited about Manchester polo again this winter. Training for the euro qualifiers starts now!

£17 per month max.

1. Neil
   2.Rob
   
2. Graeme
   
3. Chan
   

come on guys and gals the more on the list, the less we have to pay each month

brand new complete 48h chukker wheelset (700) £150 bargain!

http://www.lfgss.com/thread74277.html#post2472397

Nice one Neil,

£17 per month max.

1. Neil
   2.Rob
   
2. Graeme
   
3. Chan
   
4. Ste
   
   

Do the netballers pay? Im happy to pay the fee but seems like if its a community place and the lights are on every night anyway what are we really paying for?