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• For Sale: Cazakstan's holiday fund clearout.. Some bike bits, some OT

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 12 years, 8 months

  

  Would you post those straps? I'd pay the postage, obv.

• Cambridge Polo

  in Cambridge • 13 years, 7 months

  

  Okay, thanks! Look forward to getting a game in soon...

• Cambridge Polo

  in Cambridge • 13 years, 7 months

  

  Hi,

  Myself and a few other guys in Chelmsford started playing polo a month or so back. We've been talking a little about maybe playing some relative veterans elsewhere sometime. So, I was wondering, are you Sunday sessions open to anyone?

  Cheers,
  Jay

• For Sale: Things you want to buy! (mostly OT camera stuff)

  in Components and clothing • 13 years, 8 months

  

  Since posting, I've discovered I'm pretty much pennyless till the end of the month. If you don't mind though, I might drop you a PM on the 28th, see if you still have a few rolls.

  With the Pentax, it seemed to struggle mostly with reflective surfaces. I guess it baffled the IR sensor. A good workaround if you're trying to shoot through glass or water or whatever is to just get your focus from a tree or a brick wall or something at the approximate distance from you that your subject is. You can just swing the camera back round and recompose, and the camera will have kept the focus. More indirect focus than auto, but I still really rate the camera for holiday snaps and such.

• For Sale: Things you want to buy! (mostly OT camera stuff)

  in Components and clothing • 13 years, 8 months

  

  I can't get the images to load at work, is that film 35mm or 120?

  Incidentally, I've owned the PC35AF; the focusing is a bit hit or miss on some surfaces, but you can get some pretty nice shots with it. I don't think you could get a better 35mm camera for under a fiver.

• Essex Bike Polo

  in Essex • 13 years, 8 months

  

  Brown, seems like there's only guys from Chelmsford, Braintree, and Brentwood at the moment. Other than the view from the station, I don't even know what Romford looks like, I'm afraid. If you were to get something together though, I'd definitely hop on a train for it.

  Rich, we're playing again this Sunday if you're in the area. If you can't make it this weekend, have a look on the Facebook group, and you can see if anyone's up for game next time you're about.

• Polo Rules

  in Bike Polo • 13 years, 8 months

  

  So, there aren't currently hard and fast rulings on different types of mallet to mallet contact that are accepted universally, but DBAD is a fair guide?

• Polo Rules

  in Bike Polo • 13 years, 8 months

  

  Yeah, that's wasn't I wasn't totally sure about; what kind of plays cross the hook/hack line?

• Polo Rules

  in Bike Polo • 13 years, 8 months

  

  I've been having a search for what constitutes acceptable mallet-on-mallet play. Found this on an American site;

  -Hooking some ones mallet with your mallet, to pull it away from the ball should be legal.

  -Hooking a mallet out from someone while they're resting on it so they foot down should be legal.

  -Lifting some ones mallet from underneath to interfere with a shot, or to take a ball away should be legal.

  -Pinning a mallet down so the shooter or person with possession cant swing their mallet should be legal.

  SWATTING A MALLET WITH A HACKING MOTION, OR DOWNWARD SWING SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL.

  Is that pretty much the consensus?

• Essex Bike Polo

  in Essex • 13 years, 8 months

  

  Okay, cool.