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Hey y'all, ive found myself some work down in London so it looks like ill be moving down for good at the end of September so it would be well good if as many polo (and non polo) people could make sure they can come to polo Thursday 30th September cause ill regretfully be tapping out from Manchester then, hopefully followed by a nice little binge.
is that the teaching thing you were talking about? i'll be around for 30th sept, lets get ratted.
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Why dont we arrange to meet at 6 now, instead o 5.30, so that we're not waiting around much?
Im not sure if i want to play but i might be there if i can cook my tea and make 2 mallets -
if i do show up it will be at half 6
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Have now made contact with the Ops Manager at Powerhouse - he's requested a meeting to discuss - hopefully this will be tomorrow....
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nice one neil, what will you be discussing? winter games, floodlights?
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Don't see why not - unless it's been locked. Talking to Ops guy about a regular session under lights through the winter - fingers crossed!
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emma, you're off the team. soz. rob, you're also off the team. its just me now, im gonna call the team "for me, iz ok". or "aaw pleeeez". either would work
Put a glove on it !!
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disregard this, i was in high spirits and should have just put a glove on (in?) it.
emma, you're off the team. soz. rob, you're also off the team. its just me now, im gonna call the team "for me, iz ok". or "aaw pleeeez". either would work
what an awesome polo/boozing session last night. i had a good chuckle to myself this morning when i started humming beyonce and it all came back. scott, did you get back alright?
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Powerhaus update - met with the General and Ops Managers this afternoon to discuss MCR Polo and the use of their courts.
Powerhaus only operate the netball court (recently resurfaced at a cost of £100k!), the other court belongs to the council parks division. The lights are of a national standard for netball tournaments - probably the best in the city. The court is currently only used by a ladies netaball team on a Monday.
The package we are working on is a free use of the court, the court becoming a fully locked facility with us holding our own key, the lights being set for the required periods and us paying lighting costs only. Initially we are talking about a regular Thursday session from 6.30-9.30 (any later and they have complaints from neighbours about the lights) through the winter period (ie. clock change to clock change). We would of course are free to use the court during daylight hours - including w/e.
Let's see how much the lighting costs, bed in for a few regular sessions (making sure we use the court time fully - we will not look good if we leave lights on without players playing!) and then consider expanding to either Tuesdays or Sunday evenings under lights.
Consideration needs to be taken re. locals - we are advised to announce ourselves through posters in the buildings and we have said we are more than happy to give people a try of polo, with an option to run newbie sessions if locals come forward. They suspect not - but it needs to be offered to avoid conflicts or resentments. Let's be positive in the first few weeks - as this venue is worth keeping.
They are keen for us to use the rest of the facility for occasional tournaments - there is an indoor court for basketball which sadly is too slippy IMHO for decent play, however there are full changing facilities and other useful features we could use. More tournaments for MCR could easily be based here all year round!
Lastly, we need to fully establish our identity, funding and sort out some liability insurance if we are to sign a contract for regular sessions. More on this as we develop MHPA next week - but all do-able.
Fingers crossed that lighting doesn't cost the earth!
Over and out....
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Hey y'all, ive found myself some work down in London so it looks like ill be moving down for good at the end of September so it would be well good if as many polo (and non polo) people could make sure they can come to polo Thursday 30th September cause ill regretfully be tapping out from Manchester then, hopefully followed by a nice little binge.