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Seriously thinking of moving to London or Copenhagen for a few months next summer so I can actually play some polo if Oslo doesn't get it's act together.

#polocation
#dfpeunrelated

No polo in Copenhagen anymore... I think it's the same in Stockholm, so there's probably no active clubs left in Scandinavia now.. Time to cross the North Sea for good ...

Anyone have a spare seat in their car from London to Bristol some time friday?

Hey, I really need new gloves and I don't want to risk not getting them before the tournament, so is there anyone in Cambridge I could get them shipped to? I'll get you back in beer! Thanks,

Thank god, I've been waiting for a bench minor for ages. Signing up for this - fingers crossed. Thanks John.

I'm looking for a team for this - anyone up? I played with Emmet and Brendan at the LO last year - if you need to connect a face to the name.

Depending on work I might be looking for a team for this.

Registration is now free - we can't promise you free housing now though, but we'll do our best to find you a spot somewhere!

www.cobpt.dk

Woadis been running that setup for a while. Super fucking dodgy at first, but I reckon it's a valid option when you get used to it - requires really fast reflexes though.

Registration is open.

http://cobpt.dk/ -25 euro.

Event: Copenhagen Open Bike Polo Tournament 2011
Location: Israel Plads, by the basketball courts (This is in the DEAD CENTER of the city - close to everything).
Date: September 22nd – September 25th

In connection with the Road Racing World Championships in Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Bike Polo Club would like to invite you all to come join us for some bike polo in one of the greatest cycling citys in the world. This will be a SINGLE PLAYER tournament, you will register as yourself and will be shuffled into different teams throughout the weekend. This is meant as a fun, inclusive, come-have-fun-and-party style tournament - more information about the shuffle system will follow soon.

The schedule is as follows:

Thursday September 22nd:
16.00-20.00: Come and try bike polo! Course 1 is open to anyone who wants to try the game
18.00-23.00: Pick-up matches for polo players on court 2

Friday September 23rd:
10.00 – 14.00: Pick-up matches for polo players on courts 1 and 2
14:00 – 18.00: Come and try bike polo! Court 1 is open to anyone who wants to try the game
14.00 – 20.00: Bench Minor Tournament for registered polo players on track 2
20.00 – 23.00: Polo Activities: foot-down, throw-ins, one-on-one tournaments and other fun activities on course 1 and 2. Everyone is welcome to join in!

Saturday September 24th:
10.00 – 20.00: Copenhagen Open Bike Polo Tournament on courts 1 and 2

Sunday September 25th:
10.00 – 18.00: Copenhagen Open Bike Polo Tournament on courts 1 and 2
18.00 – 22.00: Award ceremony

We will have free (but not luxurious) housing to the ones that needs it, we'll have partys both Friday and Saturday and a ton of other stuff. The tournament itself will run from Saturday through Sunday, but people are welcome to join us from Thursday and forward ofcourse.

More information, website and registration soon!

Treo, I found enough for 3 heads at home, it's yours for a beer!

Awesome, if you could stuff it in your back and bring it saturday I would appreciate it - ill get you some beer in return. Same for you Maxx.

Thanks.

If theyre machined ill take 'em. Can I pick em up friday before the Open?

you are playing with a canadian and you are in luck. [if its what i think it is]

wow, that got me confused - who's Canadian? I'm looking for the solid wall canadian ABS. I have some new poles I want to put them on for the tournament!

Does anyone in London have Canadian ABS? Looking for 1 or 2 heads for the open. Thanks.

Hey, i'm flying in from Copenhagen and i'm still looking for a team for this. Ideally a team think playing competitive is fun, but still is able to have fun between and after games as well.

Haven't played to much in Europe, but I played at the ESPI NA qualifier last month. Beat Silent Majority in Swiss Rounds, next day they put us in the loosers bracket by 3-4 and we finally we got put out of the tournament with a 2-3 defeat to Guinea Pigeons (2nd place). We got 4th.

yai!

4th place at the ESPIs this weekend - Thanks for the concern though.

Shit, 2 weeks and no takers? Guess ill go to the NAs instead.

Treo from Copenhagen? Sweet! anyone else coming?

Hell yeah .. All the other guys are going to Warzawa for the messenger championships, but i'd rather play good polo!

Looking for a team for this!

what is this question about? Not sure why would someone want to know that and why it would matter?

Easy boys, no need to put words in my mouth. I was merely asking for the sake of transparency.
The question itself seemed quite clear to me, not sure if you're looking for clarification our just taking a poke at me. I think it's a perfectly relevant question when someone is asking you send your original artwork, pay for shipping and not to expect ever to see your artwork again. In my experience it's just important to be clear and transparent with the moneyflow, when you expect people to work for free while you're getting paid yourself - you don't want to be the new Montana aye? This is especially relevant in a growing underground sport as bike polo, where big companies and other opportunists are bound to try to get a piece of the growing cake. It was nothing personal with Eugène and Yaralt, they probably did way more for bike polo than I did and I wish them the best of luck with the exhibition,

of course treo would want to know if someone is getting paid. with the theory that the organiser should be paid last after all other concievable costs are accounted for, I suspect. Its really rather hard to justify imho, why this thought prevails. lots of people go into debt to help a community or project they love, its not something I agree with. It's fair that someone get their costs and time covered if they are doing something like this.

• i suspect Treo wants to know because this would show some sort of "injustice" but I could be wrong, maybe Treo wants to help cover the costs!
  
  

Your theory is not completely off, but not accurate either. I personally believe that if you expect others to sacrifice the time to create artwork, shipping costs and loss of artwork without any form of compensation, organizers should generally accept loss themselves.

"lots of people go into debt to help a community or project they love, its not something I agree with. It's fair that someone get their costs and time covered if they are doing something like this."

Exactly, but does this not count for the artists as well? I'm not saying the artists should be paid X amount of pounds for their artwork and that the organizers should accept a personal. But ideally (for me) the organizers should not put money in their own pockets without atleast helping with shipping costs.

Edit: I was just trying to make a general point, I don't know their budget and they are probably loosing money on it anyway, I just believe it's important to put all the cards out there.

Are you getting paid for curating the show?

For once I agree with what Uolmo is saying and fuck the borders - shit should be mixed up if you're not making a team tourney.

Could use the fork, but don't really want to pay shipping for the whole bike ... Any idea how much it would be (whole bike/fork to Copenhagen) and is it something you would consider doing if nobody takes the whole bike of your hands?

Ed: 2
dublinkevin: 2
Cam: 2 (More later if they're any good)
teenslain: 2 (why the hell not)
gabes: 2 (More later if they're any good)
turdan: 2
Mrlemon: 2 if possible
matt BD: 2 please
dt: 2
Rich: 2
crumb: 2
wicksie: 2
snoops : 2
otters: 2
Josh: 2
sol : 2
Buffalo Bill: 2
Treo: 6 - If you could ship them

You should totally send one of those to Copenhagen and let me test it out for you! People here dont even know about the joust - I guarantee total secrecy - get on that deal!!