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Results from 2010 Worlds in Berlin

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

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

3rd Place. L’EquipeSwitzerland – Manu, Mario, Lukas

4th. TorosGermany – Eddie, Pablo, Andi Schuster
5th. Fuck the BorderUSA/Canada – Jonny Hunter, Kevin Walsh, Alexis Mills
6th. SmileSeattle – Dustin, Seabass, Leon
7th. Cosmic 3UK – Mat, Todd, Tom
8th. PolosyntheseGermany – Anna, Mo, David
9th. El ClubSpain – Kico, Tom, Lucas
10th. TrefoilCanada – Chris Proulx, Alex Churchman, Pieter Blokker

11. Strange BrewCanada
12. Dans ta gueule, PuceauFrance
13. The OddsUSA
14. BambuleBerlin
15. Candy Colored ClownsGermany
16. La SchmooveUK
17. BADUK
18. Profane LobotomyNYC
19. ApplesUK
20. MGMFrance
21. Shark AttackGermany
22. Massive Cogs
23. Joel and the Jankey MalletsUSA
24. ApologiesFrance
25. Rolling HoodsFrance
26. Tough Shit
27. EHFXDNetherlands
28. Los Manguis
29. Li CarbonariRome
30. Riding in Circle
31. Malice InternationalUK
32. Iron PoniesSwitzerland

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!

Winter Whack tourny


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Winter Whack
A Hardcourt Bike Polo Tournamnet
August 14th, 2010
Christchurch, New Zealand

A Hardcourt Bike Polo Tournament, just what you need to warm up a bleak Christchurch winter. Sort your teams of 3. We’ve even got prizes to add extra motivation! – Saturday 14th August 2010, 10am start (just after the frost has thawed). Yep it’s the same date as the Worlds in Berlin… “Christchurch – The Berlin of the Southern Hemisphere”.

Results:

  1. Polo Disco – Andy B, Malcolm B, Craig J
  2. Polo Beers – Robbie H, Rick Z, Warwick S – (Black Shirts)
  3. Polomotion – Dani, Brendan, Martin – (Auckland)

More info: chchardcourt.wordpress.com

Previously: A Bike Polo Sticker…of me

2010 Japanese Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships

2010 Japanese Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Tokyo, Japan

Results from Riki

1st
Yellow Stick Mania (Tommy, Yu-ki, RYO/Tokyo hardcourt Bike Polo/Tokyo)

2nd
雷神 (Raizing) (Riki, Arthur, Crow/Tokyo Hardcourt Bike Polo/Tokyo)

3rd
Black Wrist (Hajime. Fumi. Hana-Megane/Black Wrist/Tokyo)

More info: Tokyo Bike Polo

Last four games of ESPI 5


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Previously:
A variety of bike polo shirts seen at ESPI 5
ESPI5 After day one and list of teams
ESPI5 Rules (Final Cut)
ESPI5 Boards supplies
East Side Polo Invite V

ESPI5 After day one

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All games played to 15 min. regardless of score.

Teams are: (but not 100%, ballz weep faded on us)

Gnomadic Insanity
Zach Blackburn NYC
Doug Dalrymple NYC
Paul Rauen NYC

Hate Puppy
Lisa Moffit East Van
Amanda Pease Tampa
Stu Su Sarasota

Ken and the Barbies
Ken Stanek NYC
Fiona Ryan NYC
Sara Wojcik NYC

Dans Ta Gueule Puceau
Kevin Walsh Toronto
Hugo Laquerbe Paris
Pierre Le Lama Paris

You Know Who We Are
Shane Murphy DC
Megan Murphy DC
David “Tink” Sachs DC

More >

Bench Minor re-cap

I’m writing my recap of the Bench Minor 24 hours after the final game and right now I hear loud thunder and heavy rain outside my window. But the last four days were a different story, We played pick-up Thurs and Friday then round-robin and finals games on Saturday and Sunday in some of the nicest weather of the year.

There were so many firsts at this event for me. Probably the biggest was the longer games. and not ending the games at a set score. Almost every tournament goes something like this- 5 points or 10 minutes whatever come first. So if it’s 5-4 after 6 min. thats game over. Not here, the games were played to 50 min the score kept going up and up (I don’t remember any games going to 30+ points but a few teams did score in the 20’s). the games were split into Halves with a short break, changing ends and a second joust to begin the second half.
And all games were played and played on time. Plus the final game was held in plenty of good light. The schedule ran super smooth. How often does that happen?

The second thing that was a first was deeper teams. I’ve played in 3 vs 3 and 2 vs 2 tournaments but this is the first time I’ve had 10 teammates. It was still 3 vs 3 on-court but playing with different teammates from shift to shift in game after game added an element to this that was like square dancing or something. Having  a partner out on the court was short lived. And speaking of finding a dance partner, even though there were hockey inspired rules regarding fighting, there were no bench clearing fights. I didn’t think there was very much rough stuff in general.

A needed factor in big tournaments is penalties. This tournament delivered. There were real and enforceable penalties. Teams who were called had to compete a player down for one or two minutes depending. In other words, go 2 vs 3 for the length of the penalty or until scored on. This is an extremely effective way of keeping over aggressive play to a minimum. You may want to get back at the other team but you sure don’t want to take a penalty and go a player down for a minute because of it. I think this addition to the rules should be added to more tournaments.

Another rule that was a first for me in tournament play was the ball joint only to half court rule. There was not a center line painted onto the court but the tap out points were a good indicator. I think that if dragging the ball is allowed it should only be allowed in your own half of the court. This tournament was like that and kept the offensive play interesting when players had the ball in their offensive half. It’s another rule I’d like to see in more/all tournaments.

Also teams had matching jerseys and players had numbers, really good for the spectators and great for the legitimacy of the sport. I think this was also a first in terms of tournament wide use.

The goals were not cones. I like the cones but net are the future if this is to be taken seriously.

We had a ref on-court. A very good thing. But he was on a BMX bike and it looked a little bit unneeded for it to be that way. I’ve seen refs on-court before, I like the idea of a ref on-court, I’ve been a ref on-court. A bike is not needed. It’s great to try new things. So many new things were tried here and did really well. This one is something we could do without. 7 people and 6 bikes is on one side of the line and 7 people and 7 bikes is on the other side of the line when it comes to how much can fit onto the court.

Prizes? what prizes. This tournament had no prizes. The winners got to take the hand made trophy, that’s it. And no, you cant drink out of it. With so many events out there I bet all the regular sponsors are a bit tired of being asked for prizes. or maybe not. Anyway, this one was not about winning  gear, it was about playing a game. A game that is more than a game, it’s a real sport.

Thanks to Adam, Zach, Paul, Birdseyeusuk, Benny, everyone who helped, all the GM’s, all the players, and everyone who stopped to watch. I thought it was a huge success that went off without a hitch. Can’t wait till the next Bench Minor next season.

Results:

1st place Green (Alexis)
2nd place Black (Jav)
3rd place-tied Gold and Grey (Lefty Joe and Ben Hunter)

Australian National Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships

Australian National Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships
Bike Polo Championships
November 28th – 29th, 2009
Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne, Australia

More info: bikepolo.com.au/nationals

Results:
2 days, 2 courts, 18 teams

1st Place – “Meat & 2 Veg” Melbourne (Leigh, Rob and AJ)
2nd Place – “Scheisse Katze” Germany, Melbourne (Kaiser, Alex and Easy)
3rd Place – “Bush League Bushrangers” Sydney/Toronto (Lewis, Mitch and Maija)
4th Place – “Jailbreakers” Castlemaine (Paddy, Laurie and Mr Reliable)

Cranksgiving 11 NYC

Cranksgiving 11
Benefit race
November 21st, 2009
New York City

Since 1998, New York City bike messengers have raised food for their city’s homeless the week before Thanksgiving. Like any other race, Cranksgiving tests your skills and speed navigating chaotic city traffic. However, unlike any other race, it tests the sharpness of your wits as you navigate the aisles of grocery stores searching for specific food items. Once you’ve found them, made your way through the checkout lines and finished the race, all of your food will be donated to a local homeless shelter.

For more info or to donate: cranksgiving.org


Results: (from Ken off the NYC forums)

119 Racers! That was pretty awesome. In fact, if you count the three tandems, there were more like 122 racers. Thank you to EVERY ONE for coming out and continuing to make this event spectacular.

Congrats to

1ST PLACE: Crihs & Lauren Klien (5th Overall)
2ND PLACE: Doug D & Heather Muller (6th Overall)
3RD PLACE: Kieth Garrison & Janessa Stark (10th Overall)
4TH PLACE: Pavel & Hana (22nd Overall)
5TH PLACE: Will Sherman & Grace (25th Overall)
6TH PLACE: Brantley & Kindall Almond (33rd Overall) (I have a prize for you, if you’re reading this, Kindall)
7TH PLACE: Izumi & Adrienne (35th)
8TH PLACE: Tony Leonardo & Nikki Zerka (36th)
9TH PLACE: Ray Clark & Rachel Rubino (39th)
10TH PLACE: Eli B & Sara Wojcik (40th)

Sasha – MOST GENEROUS – dude bought two turkeys
Eli – First Out of Town
Andras & Andra (Team Budapest – First Tandem or TallBike
Ray Clark – 1st Rookie

This was the first race for at least 39 people, and there were 34 girls & 85 guys.

And of course a HUGE THANKS to all the sponsors:

Seagull Bags
Neighburrito
FifoCycle
Boneshakers
Outlier
Laek House
Kryptonite
Milwaukee Bicycle Co.
Holdfast
Continuum
Brooklyn Bike & Board
Trackstar
Boneshaker Magazine
Kurt Boone
Ortleib
Four Loko

See you next year!

And lastly, a photo set by gage&desoto

CMWC Tokyo 2009 Bike Polo

cmwc 2009 flier bike polo

CMWC Bike Polo Tournament

The Tokyo Hardcourt Bike Polo crew are hosting a tournament to go with the Cycle Messenger World Championships. Just because the “Worlds” of bike polo split from CMWC this year does not mean CMWC won’t have any polo. (It also does not mean that 2009 is the first World Championships of bike polo) Here is some text from Tokyobikepolo.

Place: Various Locations in Tokyo
Hosted by: Tokyo Hardcourt Bike Polo

Date: 19th Sept. (Saturday)
Registration Time: 10:30 a.m.
Registration Fee: HDPE pipe for mallet’s head or Flanklin SHD Ball (or Mylec & Franklin’s “Glow in the Dark” Hockey Ball) per person. (both are hard to get in Tokyo!) a set of pipe and ball? two or more pipes and balls? fantastic! we don’t forget your support for Tokyo’s scene, never!

Games will begin at 11:30 a.m (pick-up).Tournament will begin at 12:30 a.m.
single elim. tournament.
Only 16 teams can register to play in the tournament. If more than 16 teams register to play, we’ll randomly select 16 teams from the list. (You can register as an individual: Please find your team mate on location before the tournament begins!)
Registry Requirements: All registered CMWC 2009 Tokyo participants

3 on 3
7 min./3 points.
final & 3rd place final is 10 min./5 points.
We abide by the NYC game rule.

some pick-up games.
losers of tournament, some local bike polo teams, and riders from Kyoto.

all games are not serious! it’s fun games for our guest of CMWC & local bike polo players.
We want to provide a hangout for all the bike polo loving messengers of the world.

If you want to register, please email us at the below address with all the necessary information listed below (1~3). We will get back to you with the game location and details.

mail: tokyobikepolo@gmail.com

1. your team name
2. your name/race no. of cmwc (000 to 999)
3. member’s name/race no. of cmwc (000 to 999)

We are also looking for referees.

http://tokyobikepolo.blogspot.com
Contact info: tokyobikepolo@gmail.com

Results:

1st place: “filthy fucks
Marco Creacy / NewYork, USA
Timothy Mason / Portland, USA
Kai Edel / Cologne, Germany

2nd place: “Team Switzerland”
Dominique Candik / Basel, Switzerland
David Beerli / Basel, Switzerland
Mario Rhyner / Geneva, Switzerland

3rd place: “Team Australia”
Lane Dell / Melbourne, Australia
Joe Cavenagh / Sydney, Australia
Safa Cunt / Sydney, Australia

4th place: “416″
Shane Murphy / Toronto, Canada
Maija Eliashevsky / Toronto, Canada
Ian Brosco / Halifax, Canada

and MVP of the tournament.
Kai Edel (filthy fucks / Cologne, Germany)

and some pics are here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikitko/3960580205/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikitko/3960580403/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikitko/3960580587/