What's going on in the Poloverse

Not sure about that Portland beavers game. Dillman getting 30seconds after the goal was a bit weird. Joey out of play cause he hit Pete was a bit crazy too. I would have turned it over to beavers at that point.

Such a big call. Was fragrance though

Well it was going to be 2min penalty but as advantage was played it was reduced. Harsh but kinda ballsy

Could Portland win?! Sounds crazy

i can't watch john h for 15mins...bedfordshire!

Ha, H bomb shuffle!

Beavers take it 5-4 in the second final with a couple of minutes left, good back and forth game at the end, Portland nearly had it.

Ha, H bomb shuffle!

Ha! on the biggest fucking stage right? Taking the shuffle to the masses.

Anyway, sorry, I had no time to be on here, I hope you enjoyed it all.

The first two days were shitty with the rain, but the last day made up for it. I would have liked to have commentated more, but just no time.

Overall it was a great tournament. The players were really responsive to the tough scheduling, they turned up at 8:15 when I said 8:30 and only one out of the initial 12 games was moved from the normal order. We finished half the games before midday, and had so much time to cut courts, and give people breaks.

Reffing was awesome. Will from Mosquito made the tough call in the Beavers - Portland game. Yes, it cost Beavers the game, but it was their fault, Dillman gooned, and as a hockey ref, Will had no problem making the unpopular call. Maybe next time he won't make that play... I've never seen so many people get called on bullshit, and actually given penalties.

NA really stepped it up from last year, most professional tournament I've been part of from all parties.

Are all these refs coming to Montpelier? If Euros are running the ref squad you are in for a big surprise

Will will be there. Unless he's in the final he should ref it

Share this and fill this form for reffin' at WHBPC 14:

http://whbpc2014.montpellierbikepolo.fr/#refereeing

Still hard to find some good ref who don't play in the event, as always. At euros this year lot of refs (But Benji) were players involved in good teams in the tournament. Work at the end was not really recognise (no cheering for Warin...) Montpelier is trying to get things better, offering refs (maybe some money and) good hosting and material facilites.

Anyway, let's continue to share critics and opinions to make things going forward:
https://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/rules/2014/05/14/nah-v-43-feedback
https://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/general/2014/07/03/lessons-from-ehbpc
http://www.lfgss.com/thread13115-51.html

Yorgo's new ride? ;)

http://paultan.org/2014/07/11/mercedes-benz-marco-polo-v-class-based-camper

get them to fly me out and I'll ref full time! I blow whistles.

If you go down there, and ref 1/4 of the game, so around 120 games, you can earn 360€.. .wich pay you 1/3 of the plane ticket... wich is not enough.

A solution for the future can be to pay every ref at every tournament around, and like that you could go to Europe and travel to London for the Open, Bordeaux, Montepellier, Barcelona, and get paid every time. Let's dream a bit.

Kremin knows.

Frightening!

cmd zine

Who's the naked dude at 16s, am I famous?

People should come to this! Gonna be a blast.

https://www.facebook.com/OpenBarcelona2014

The GHPBC German Championships were this weekend in Oberhausen.
I wasn't there (way to bad, and to little time) but it seems to have been some fun.
There are pictures from the event on facebook, but I can't seem to find them anywhere else, so:
https://www.facebook.com/polo.concorde/media_set?set=a.577260402384879.1073741840.100003027732050&type=1

Reg for Hamburg Arena Open (weekend after worlds) is open for 2 more days: https://www.facebook.com/events/241643776046640/?fref=ts

Puffin Cam.

Expected to see Cam out of breath from pushing da pram.

There's a tournament this weekend in Highbury Fields called the London Open. Apparently it's been going for 5 years! Should prolly check it out...I hear there's some real fun happening tomorrow morning at 8am at the courts, sounds cool.