Germany

Results from 2010 Worlds in Berlin

Aug 20th

2010 World Champions: Beaver Boys – Milwaukee – Brian Dillman, Joe Burge, Eric Kremin

2nd Place. Machine Politics – Chicago – Joe Panizzo, Ben Schultz, Matt Lane

3rd Place. L’Equipe – Switzerland – Manu, Mario, Lukas

4th. Toros – Germany – Eddie, Pablo, Andi Schuster
5th. Fuck the Border – USA/Canada – Jonny Hunter, Kevin Walsh, Alexis Mills
6th. Smile – Seattle – Dustin, Seabass, Leon
7th. Cosmic 3 – UK – Mat, Todd, Tom
8th. Polosynthese – Germany – Anna, Mo, David
9th. El Club – Spain – Kico, Tom, Lucas
10th. Trefoil – Canada – Chris Proulx, Alex Churchman, Pieter Blokker

11. Strange Brew – Canada
12. Dans ta gueule, Puceau – France
13. The Odds – USA
14. Bambule – Berlin
15. Candy Colored Clowns – Germany
16. La Schmoove – UK
17. BAD – UK
18. Profane Lobotomy – NYC
19. Apples – UK
20. MGM – France
21. Shark Attack – Germany
22. Massive Cogs
23. Joel and the Jankey Mallets – USA
24. Apologies – France
25. Rolling Hoods – France
26. Tough Shit
27. EHFXD – Netherlands
28. Los Manguis
29. Li Carbonari – Rome
30. Riding in Circle
31. Malice International – UK
32. Iron Ponies – Switzerland

The top teams were determined by games played and the lower teams were by rounds won and by goal difference/goals scored

Over four days, on four courts, more than 100 teams played to be the best in the world.
In the weeks leading to this Championship 50 teams had already pre-qualified.
On Thursday there were 55 teams playing to determine the last 14 teams of the 64 teams allowed into the 2010 World Championships.
Over Friday and Saturday all 64 qualified teams played a total of 8 games each.
The best 32 teams advanced to Sunday, the final day, to play in a double elimination bracket.

Congratulations to Milwaukee’s Beaver Boys!

Championships, results

Rad Ball stamps at Keirin Cafe

Aug 19th

Posted by Doug D in Art

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Adam, Zach, Matt and I stopped at keirinberlin one of the days after Worlds. This is a famous shop. I got to meet Mo, who Zach and Adam were already friends with. We hung out for a bit, looked at bikes, drank Bionade, talked about the kids today. Matt asked me to get a photo of one of the many old cycling stamps that are framed in the shop. A really impressive collection. I took a close look at them because the art used is really interesting. Kind of reminds me of what some fliers are like for this generation of cyclist. After snapping the one for Matt I noticed a couple of rad ball stamps.

history, rad ball, travels

Bike polo t-shirts seen at 2010 Worlds in Berlin

Aug 19th

Posted by Doug D in Art

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Thanks to everyone who let me get a photo. Very laid back, just shots of anyone with a polo shirt on. I think it shows the mood of the event. Thank you Berlin!

club logo, players, travels

Imperia Tourney – Konstanz, Germany

Aug 2nd

Posted by Doug D in Art

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Imperia Tourney
Bike polo tournament
October 30th – 31st, 2010
Konstanz, Germany

More information soon on www.imperia-tourney.de
(It’ll still take us some days to finish the website. So please check regularly.)

btw: It’s indoor, baby!

fliers

2010 Berlin Worlds T-shirt

Jul 31st

Posted by Doug D in Art

I won’t post the poster because they got the name wrong but here’s the t-shirt design.

Maßcup in Munich

Jun 3rd

Posted by Doug D in Bike Polo

Maßcup
Indoor bike polo tournament
July 24th – 25th, 2010
Munich, Bike Expo Trade Show

Just spotted this on poloholica

More info: maszcup.wordpress.com

fliers

Mo’s Mallet by Cycles For Heros

May 9th

Posted by Doug D in Bike Polo

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Cycles for Heroes sent me one of their MO’s Mallets a couple months ago. I am very late doing a post about it. But in that time I have been playing games with the mallet every week. I have never made a mallet this nice. I kind of wish I had about eight of them to take to tourneys. I like making mallets, I’ve been doing it for years but there are two things I liked a lot about this mallet from the get go. One, it’s light. Two, it’s very well made. After weeks of pick-up games the HDPE mallet head has worn very well. It still has lots of life in it! Also it does keep it’s shape even after some heavy hits against it.

A couple of things that I want to mention in the room-for-improvement department are that you need two 3mm keys to tighten the rod that holds the head on. With just one the whole thing will just spin because all the threads are internal. Over all this is a good thing but just a heads up to have two 3mm’s on hand to tighten loose hardware. And the second thing that might be more important is that after a couple weeks the rod that goes through the AL7075-T6 seamless shaft did bend. Nothing too severe, it’s still holding strong, just bent a little. I think it’s made of aluminum. Something stronger might be ok because this mallet is very light and another ounce would not kill it.

All the lightening holes are well placed and have not shown any weakness. The whole thing looks good. It’s super easy to put together. The over all length is a bit long so it’s no big deal to trim it to size, plug the end, wrap it however you like and it’s good to go.

There are a few places to get poles, and or mallet heads. But as far as I know this is the first and only place to buy a complete mallet. And as I said before and to anyone at pick-up who asked. I like this mallet a lot. Looks good, built well, plays great. Not much more to ask for. Well, I might ask for a capped end. And someplace in North America to get them from but other than that you can’t do much better for a pre-made complete mallet.