Australian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships 2009

Results are online at the League of Bike Polo

We have created a Flickr group for the AHBPC09 and would like to invite everyone to upload their best 15 photos of the two day event

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ahbpc09/pool/

Please take a look through the pool of photos before uploading so that we have a wider range and don’t end up with duplicates

Please also tag your photos with AHBPC2009

Thank you to our two dedicated on-court photographers Ahmad Sabra and Marcus Visic, and to Sarah and Damon for taking on and off court photos.  Mossko’s photos are here on flickr.

The Australian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships, 2009 is now finished

All of the Volunteers who worked hard to make sure food was ready and things ran smoothly

• Kat – Who worked overnight and during the days to supply all the delicious Muffins, Pikelets for breakfast and BBQ during the day
• Emma – Who helped with the Breakfasts and BBQs and also kept the brackets updated on the second day
• Eazy’s Mum – Who helped with the Breakfasts and BBQs
• Eazy
• Sean – Who offered a bar tab for everyone at The Tramway on Saturday
• Ash, Geoff, Sam, Will, Chris, Steve, Kat, Anthony, Dan, all the Perth and Adelaide crew and everyone else who helped us pack up and clean up on Mad Monday

All of the people from interstate that flew and drove for thousands of kilometers to make this  an awesome event, and a huge thank you to Mad Morgan and Sam for coming all the way from the states to compete and bring us so much entertainment during the course of the tournament

All of the people who helped out with the refereeing and goal refereeing

A Huge thankyou to our Major Sponsor Knog who paid for the Court, BBQ and supplied some awesome prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place prizes, and registration pack goodies also.

Thank you to all of the organisers

• Scott – For taking the lead, keeping things running, liaising with the BFF, built the scoreboards, built the bike stands, helped with edging
• AJ – Who wrote the Nationals registration system and kept things going
• RobM – Who flew from Budapest to help organise the championship, helped with edging, brackets, website info, press releases, sponsor prize collection, and kept the beer flowing
• Vive and RobB – who took the lead on the Venue and boards
• Damon – who developed the rules and kept everyone informed, organised the prizes, secured major sponsorship from Knog including funds to cover court hire and food for 2 days, kept the rest of the country in the loop, funded the tee shirts and patches, arranged TV and magazine coverage.
• Kez – who designed the hats, banner and the logo stencils for the boards
• Caff – who designed the posters and fliers, spoke cards and printed the scoreboards

Results

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)

Full Results
Rules
Announcement
Photos
Flier

Here is a list of coverage from our sponsors and friends

Fyxation, La Pista Restance, Bike Polo Adelaide, Perth Cycle Polo Here here here and here, and the AHBPC09 video.  Enjoy!

Only a few weeks to go until the First Australian National Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships, 28-29 November 2009.

Held in conjunction with the 2009 Bike Film Festival, Melbourne.
If you’re interested in checking out the Bicycle Film Festival, there’s a list of films and events here. Tickets are available now!

More Info

Court details and photos
Map, address, and how to get there
Rules for the Championship
Timetable etc

Billeting

If you need a place to stay for the championship, please email ahbpc09@gmail.com and we’ll find a place for you to stay with a lovely host family in the area

Note about Saturday

A Kids TV show will be filming between 12 and 2pm on Day 1. During this time we ask everyone to please watch your language and beverages around the camera.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the following sponsors for supporting the National Championships and Bike Polo in Australia (and even overseas)

Major Sponsor:

Sponsors:

Court location and information

A map of the surrounding area is here highlighting the available conveniences.

Getting to Melbourne from the Airport

Melbourne’s has two airports. The main airport is Tullamarine, the secondary airport (used by budget carriers such as Jetstar) is Avalon.  Tullamarine is located about 20km from the CBD with regular Shuttle bus services (see skybus below).  Maxi cabs (minivan taxis) may be cheaper if there are many people with large luggage. Avalon is much further, about 60km out of the CBD.

Tullamarine Shuttle Bus Service: http://www.skybus.com.au/. (following paragraph is from their website:)

Bikes can be carried on-board if dismantled and secured in a box.  Shuttle busses will terminate at Southern Cross train station, details here and here.  All train lines pass through Southern Cross to the suburbs.

Follow the Australian Nationals on Twitter at #AHBPC2009 and add/see photos on Flickr at flickr.com/AHBPC2009.

Looks like the worst of the showers have passed us by last night

Forecast is “Showers, mainly southeast, clearing in northwest. Cool, gusty southerly winds spreading throughout.” however the clouds are passing by and should be mostly dry

See you all on the courts! Hangover or not, we’re playing. Bring sunscreen.

Your friendly weatherman