Melbourne Bike Polo was mentioned in The Age’s M Magazine as an activity for summer.
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Bike Polo - A summer solution
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Written by alex
Bike Polo on Triple J’s Hack
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Written by alex
Bike Polo got a mention on Triple J’s Hack. It’s about Sydney bike polo, but they mention it’s played in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth too. You can listen to it here.
Adelaide Bike Polo
Bike polo is spreading, Adelaide will be holding their inaugural polo match on Sunday 7th December, 1pm for more details contact bikepolo.adelaide@gmail.com or check out their website at http://bikepoloadelaide.blogspot.com/.
Bike Polo has also spread to Perth and Brisbane. Check out their websites for more details.
BFF Tournament Results
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Written by alex
Despite the rainy day, the tournament went ahead. Spectators were scarce and participants soggy but a fun day was had by all.
“Top Centre 2″ - Damon, Ray and Will - took out first place winning a bag each from Crumpler.
Again sponsors were very generous. Crumpler gave us bags, Knog lights and their awesome new Knog Nerds and the Melbourne Bicycle Film Festival for t-shirts and caps.
Sponsors
Full Results
- 1st: Top Centre 2 - Damon, Ray, Will
- 2nd: The League of Extraordinary Penguins - John, Jem, Alex
- 3rd: Road Smut (aka Road Kill) - Shaun, Sam, Eric
- 4th: We Play Like Girls - Justina, Bec, Beth
Teams
Top Centre 2: Ray, Damon, Will
The League of Extraordinary Penguins: Alex, Jem, John
Road Smut (aka Road Kill): Shaun, Eric, Sam
We Play Like Girls: Justina, Bec, Beth
Bicycle Film Festival Tournament! Sat 22nd Nov
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Written by alex
The tournament is still on, we’ll still be playing in the rain and there is shelter for spectators.
As part of the Melbourne Bicycle Film Festival we are having another tournament on Saturday 22nd of November!
Same deal as last time: Round robin - Knockout finals - Prizes - Music - BBQ - Fun - Spills - and best of all Fantastic Films afterwards.
Starting @ 12 noon at our Carlton location
www.bikepolo.com.au/where/
Entry:
Teams of 3 $15
Individuals can enter for $5 and we’ll pop you in a team
Spectators FREE!
Just register at:
melbourne.bicycle.polo.club@gmail.com
or on the day from 11:30am.
Sponsors
Bike Polo - Mallets = Radball
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Written by alex4point0
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=qO8xBlkumYM
Holy crap.
In case you’re wondering, bicycle in German is “fahrrad”. drive/ride, ‘fahren’, + wheel, ‘rad’.
In the Melbourne Leader!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Written by alex
Thanks to the excellent work of Jay, melbourne bike polo has been featured in the Melbourne Leader. We just can’t keep the journalists away!
Tournament Round up & Photos
Friday, October 17, 2008
Written by alex
The tournament held, almost two weeks ago, on Sunday the 5th of October was a great success. Seven teams battled for victory, with many more spectators cheering on in the sunshine.
In the end “Top Centre” - Comprised of Damon, Ray and Pete - took first place, only conceding two goals in the process. For their efforts they walked away with a bag each from Crumpler, Nice!
All the sponsors for the day also deserve a big thank you, Crumpler for their bags, Knog for a huge bag of lights and other goodies, the Bicycle Film Festival for festival passes and t-shirts, and Shifter Bikes for some bags of goodies.
Sponsors
Full Results
- 1st: Top Centre - Damon, Ray, Pete
- 2nd: iii - Nik, Will, Vik
- Smut Peddlers - Jerrod, Sam, Robbie
- Road Kill - Neil, Mitchell, Shaun
- Chix Diggit - Vanessa, Justina, Bec
- CH3CH2OH - Jack, John, Garreth
- Black Brunswickers - Adrian, Bec, Alex
Best Stack - Rebecca
Most Valuable Player - Mitchell
Rules
For your information, the Tournament Rules (pdf) we adopted for the day.
More Thanks
An extra big thankyou to everyone who helped with the organisation of the day. Heaps of people put in hard work to make it happen. In particular: Alex4point0 for the spoke cards, Nik for bringing a BBQ on his trailer, Damon for writing the rules and general tips and advice, and Rebecca for a *heap* of work in organisation.
Photos
Photos from the day can be found in our flickr group.
Teams
iii: Nik, Vik & Will
Top Centre: Ray, Damon and Pete
Chix Diggit: Bec, Justina and Vanessa
Smut Peddlers: Robbie, Jerrod and Sam
Team photos for the Black Brunswickers, CH3CH2OH and Roadkill are on the way!
Melbourne Bike Polo Tournament - Sunday 5th October
Monday, September 22, 2008
Written by alex4point0
Round robin - knockout final - lots of prizes - bbq - music - thrills - spills - 3.2.1.kills - all this could be yours and more!
From 12pm at our Carlton location:
www.bikepolo.com.au/where/
Entry:
Teams of 3 $15
Individuals can enter for $5 and we’ll pop you in a team
Spectators FREE!
Just register at:
melbourne.bicycle.polo.club@gmail.com
Practice up! Sundays at Carlton 1pm till dark or Tuesdays Valhalla polo at Ikea carpark from 6:30pm.
NO PRIVATE TRAINING SESSION THURSDAYS AT NORTHCOTE. Honest. But there should be.
To the fixie lovers out there
Monday, September 15, 2008
Written by x-campbell
This is riding. This is a bicycle that teaches me something every time I ride it, that makes me more by virtue of it’s being less. It’s the bike I ride until the street lights come on and sometimes even longer. It’s the bike I put away sadly and take out joyfully. It’s the bike that never forgets why we ride.
Polo guard anyone?
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Written by alex
Hardcourt Bike Polo is showing off a new product made especially for polo bikes. The custom made Polo Guard protects your chainring from being bent in a crash and your leg from getting stuck in it. It’s designed for 110BCD, 35Tooth chainrings and is CNC’d out of 7075 Aluminium for extra strength.
Check it out at Hardcourt Bike Polo.