Tourney: Westway Urban Edge Festival Bike polo demo - Sunday 20th Oct

This is an exhibition/introduction to bike polo as part of the Westway Urban Edge Festival as detailed here: https://www.facebook.com/westwayurbanedgefestival

We will have the courts from 1 to 5 of in pretty much the same arrangement as the Prudential RideLondon arrangement, i.e. 30 minutes sessions of tryout and an exhibition game or two and throw ins when the court is free.

This is the current volunteer list:

    1 Ben (punkture)

2 Ben (Beagle)
3 Paul thedutch
4 Apollo - definitely
5 Antonio
6 Louis

We could use more volunteers as quite a few would still be in Florida, so who's up for this? Everyone and anyone welcomed! Loaner bikes and mallets provided.

There is a rock climbing session at 10 am and free running session at 11.

There will also be a speaker/short film screening event at the Portobello Pop-Up later in the day. Bit more details as below:

Full details here: http://urbanedgefestival2013.sched.org/

The Portobello Pop-Up is constructed out of reclaimed materials and sited under one of London's biggest roads. It's an appropriate and inspiring venue for an evening of film and words from some luminaries of creative play in the city.

Sebastian Foucan will be talking about his path into Freerunning: what it means for him, how he found his way and how this fringe sport has become one of the hottest alternative sports around.

Neil Gresham is one of the UK's best known climbers who yearly pushes the grade boundaries for new routes. He remains a London based climber and trains for his projects at the Westway whilst also running the Masterclass Coaching Academy for training climbing coaches.
He will be talking about the Triple Crown; 3 contrasting climbs completed in one day including a waterfall ice climb which collapsed shortly after he had completed it.
He will be offering some reflections on how being a London climber has shaped his experience of being a performance athlete specialising in a sport which although usually associated with the great outdoors.

Bradley Garrett is an urban explorer, photographer and Oxford academic who has achieved a degree of notoriety for his photos from unusual vantage points such as the Shard. His new book *Explore Everything *has been acclaimed for its stunnign photography and for provoking discussions about how we experience our cities. We will be screenign Crack the Surface II a film about hidden and unused urban spaces and Brad will be talking about what is important about this unusual activity.

Bike Minded run an annual film short film competition for the encouragement of cycling in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We are proud to present the 8 winning entries for this years competition and hope they will inspire you to roll on.

Am interested in this one. Aware of my poor show in the past, I will confirm closer to the day.

Ha! Not a problem. The more the merrier!

I'm in Beagle (if any late minute housing issues doesn't appear .... )

Dang, been waiting for Crack the surface 2 for a while. So what do you need volunteers for. I haz spare time.

Very keen. May be arriving a little later than 1 though (doctors).

hey Beagle, the LHBP mallets are there in the store room... (all magic: 2 black grips, 2 purple grips and 2 green grips, with red yarn on shaft)

I'm in Beagle (if any late minute housing issues doesn't appear .... )
girls issues

girls issues

haha always girls ...

Can I borrow your boom box for this event?

hey Beagle, the LHBP mallets are there in the store room... (all magic: 2 black grips, 2 purple grips and 2 green grips, with red yarn on shaft)

We have a poster! Thanks to Aeds for getting it done on short notice! Will get the photography paper out tomorrow and see if it prints out alright :D

It's a small jpeg, let me know if you need something bigger.

Waaaa! Love that poster :) How awesome!! Beagle, yep of course you can use the boom box- Ben P has it so give him a shout. If there is anyone driving it ll be great if it can be returned back east x

Awesome! Can jump on the tube and bring it back to you.

Wonderful poster, Ades... As usual... :)

Weresa the poster cAnt see it

Oooo saweet.

http://urbanedgefestival2013.sched.org/

so who is going tomorrow as well?

BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activity/the-westway-urban-edge-festival/occurrence/320850

Current list:

    1 Ben (punkture)

2 Ben (Beagle)
3 Paul thedutch
4 Apollo - definitely
5 Antonio
6 Rich rockrider
7 Victor
8 Chak
9 Ben BRodrick
10 Ana (maybe)
11 Io (maybe)

Need more :D

Current list:
1 Ben (punkture)
2 Ben (Beagle)
3 Paul thedutch
4 Apollo - definitely
5 Antonio
6 Rich rockrider
7 Victor
8 Chak
9 Ben BRodrick
10 Ana (maybe)
11 Io (maybe)
12 Phil

12 peeps.... how about a Sunday bench?

Can do but there's only one exit and no space behind goal, kinda hard to swap. 4 v 4 or 5 v 5?

Yeh, can I get in on is as well. Love to try my hand at this.

Let me know philJD

cheers