Tourney: EHBPC 2014 - Padova 25/29 June

Good luck also qualified for tomorrow

Just...

Yeah... if Yorgo's team had beaten Guilty Pleasure they could have taken that spot. Luckily (for Good Luck), it was a draw.

I'm a big ghey hoser quote me if you wanna spoon with me?

No boards and small courts. 2nd court location is good (boards but still a little small) however finals will be played at the deathrails

Livin up to their name innit? ;)

Just...

CMD are gonna walk this aren't they? Amazed they beat Mondial 5-0...

Come on Badger, bring the big game!!!

I had to leave on friday morning for work reasons, back to paris, so here is my early feedback on the tourney:

The Good:

• Court surface was amazing (when dry)
  
• Court sizes were good.
  
• The main area around the courts A/B was nice to hang out, and beautiful to look at with ancient fortifications and greenery
  
• The city is amazing
  
• The atmosphere was great, so nice to see teams from all over europe, all serous about the game
  
  

The not so good:

• During the wildcard, under heavy rain, courts were really slippery, braking was near-impossible
  
• THE FENCES: not having put boards on top of the metal fences was unacceptable, as it made the courts really dangerous. I even fell at full speed whilst tapping out, as my mallet shaft got stuck between gaps!!
  
• The schedule: do bike polo players have no jobs or what? Why do tourneys end on saturdays now? To party?? This is a sport not a fucking party! Who can take 5 days off just for this? The tourney should have started on fri, with the wildcard on thu. Even better: it should all be concentrated on 2 days, with more courts.
  
• The red bull "sponsorship": I don't mind a massive red bull tent, trucks, logos everywhere... but I hope they paid some money to be present, because they were charging 3€ per can.
  
• The reffing: still really uneven.. with really dangerous moves uncalled.
  
• No on-site repair booth.
  
  

voila!

Yes Mondial!! Knocked out Hooks.

Peregrine :(

Come on MONDIAL!!! So shit there is no stream... :(

And The Break Up! * pumps fist*

The break up. Powering through the losers bracket

Booooo!!! Looks like Mondial just got knocked out...

The schedule: do bike polo players have no jobs or what? Why do tourneys end on saturdays now? To party?? This is a sport not a fucking party! Who can take 5 days off just for this? The tourney should have started on fri, with the wildcard on thu. Even better: it should all be concentrated on 2 days, with more courts.

Yeah, this has been done a few times at big tournaments recently, so people can travel back on the Sunday. But I agree with you, as you add a work day on one end anyway, so it doesn't really help anyone who has to work, and by finishing on Sunday those that are within driving distance can make it back for Monday morning anyway.

For the NAs we are sticking to Friday->Sunday.

Great going by The Break Up! So good.

Are they out? The bracket is doing weird things on my phone, can't tell what's happening...

Break up lost to true danger 5-4 in the loser semi. Was a great game with English and French crowds singing their hearts out!

Haydeeeeeeen Woooooood !!!

Yeah.

5th Break Up and Outlaws
4th Sophie

True Danger & Edisons playing now to meet CMD in the final

5-4 victory to Edisons in first final! CMD's first defeat of the weekend.

but the end was as always... cmd for win

Nice one, Luca! Cambridge, London, Farnborough and Brighton reppin' hard...

Some northerner seen streaking on court"