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yeah i was thinkin ste if you liked the open-ness of the car park we should just try playing in the open court in plat fields next to where we play already no? unfortunatley i dont have a broom for glass clearance..
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yeh i've played beside the basketball court in that open bit but it is too open, it is open on almost three sides, and the ball roles under the fence of the dirt tracks.
just checked out whitworth after bumping into ste, it is perfect...apart from the rediculous surface which is like ice. it has too much moss growing and also the tarmac is cracked up preventing us from precision passing (likely, i know).
other than the surface it looks amazing, has it's own floodlights (weren't on though), it's damn near perfect. so frustrating. more importantly there's a shop for beer and fags about 20 metres away!
(i know many people know all this about whitworth as they've played there for years, this is for us rookies with the alu sticks)
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if the armitage is lit up as ste says then im happy to get there early with a broom and help deglass the place - might see if a wiry broom is cheap from sainsburys
whos up for petitioning the council to repave the whitworth park surface? cause as snoops says it is otherwise the perfect place. even with moss shovelling etc its still gonna be pretty slippy.....
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Hay, me and nik were gonna come down this thursday, so is it 6pm?
also when there any chance would be able to borrow someones polo bioke for a round or two, to try it out, aa my bike is pretty shabby but the only one i have so dont wanna kill ityeh sure, 6 oclock plattfields park enough mallets and bikes to go round!
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Sundays! now why didnt anyone tell me! i can do sundays!
erm maybe except this one!
is it going to become a regular occurnace because you may have another player if thats the case.
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oh and we need to register for this innit...have emailed mat to find out when we can register so please think about whether you can make the date and about teams so i can send us all as one email so it;s easier for him to deal with
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and regarding whitworth park i struck a deal with oli lougheed about that court. he has now changed jobs but i do know the person that has filled his role.
i am gonna speak to her about resurfacing and the spotlights. also about painting the bricks with bike polo mural (oli said this would be ok but then it we moved to platt fields again for a bit and didn't bother doing it until bastard students came back and started playing basketball)
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and regarding whitworth park i struck a deal with oli lougheed about that court. he has now changed jobs but i do know the person that has filled his role.
i am gonna speak to her about resurfacing and the spotlights. also about painting the bricks with bike polo mural (oli said this would be ok but then it we moved to platt fields again for a bit and didn't bother doing it until bastard students came back and started playing basketball)
that sounds good, so is there a possibility that it will be resurfaced?
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i'll be at polo on thursday and we can have a chat about that and about:
*tournament teams
*beds/sofas for people coming to tournament
*other events we've been invited to play at/ do demo's at
*making fuckloads extra mallets for the tourney and for newbiesalso anyone under 25 and unemplyed or work less than 16 hours? there's some funding that i could bribe the woman with- you know offer match funding from her might swing it quicker..
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yeh I agree but games will be slower with the lack of boundary and we need to sweep it out.
so anyone got a decent wire broom? or many brooms? i'd be up for going down a bit early on thursday to get rid of all that glass and gravel.
i wouldn't mind trying some other places as well, i know of a place in ladybarn just behind edgerton road that would do, i'll have a look tonight and get back.
is whitworth really unplayable? wouldn't mind playing there some time.