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Time out article on Melbourne Bike Polo

Rob M / Melbourne — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:29:33 +0000

“Bike polo and Melbourne’s alternative sporting scene”

Time Out Melbourne came to have a chat with us (MBP) and take some photos for this article, published 30th Jan in newsagents and online below

http://www.au.timeout.com/melbourne/sports/features/1080/melbournes-alternative-sporting-scene

Perth AHBPC12 details

Rob M / Melbourne — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:18:11 +0000

Perth have just posted up a heap of info including accommodation, food, courts and after parties on their site

http://perthcyclepolo.blogspot.com/2012/01/australasian-hardcourt-championships.html

Jingle balls day 2 scores

Rob M / Melbourne — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:45:00 +0000

Day 2

Day 2 has finished with a bang! Some incredible matches, games being won by a small margin, and some 10 minute games being taken to full time, extra 10 minute time, and shotgun finals (footdown = out)

Thank you to everyone for coming down and making this such a great weekend, especially our friends from Brisbane and Adelaide who kicked some ass in a big way

There were a few injuries – Steve rolled his ankle, Sammy P cramped his shooting hand and Will caught something in his eye

Finally, on to the scores

First place has been taken all the way to Adelaide with Noblemen defeating Lewd 3 – 1 in an epic final. It should be noted that for the final game, noblemen had 2/3 players subbed due to injuries. Andrew fourth remained in, with Colin and Vive subbing in for Sammy P and Steve respectively.

Lewd had gone undefeated all day in the winners bracket until the final, and noblemen won their way back from the losers bracket

1st) Noblemen (ADL: Steve, Sammy P, Andrew)

2nd) Lewd (MEL: Damon, Leigh, Will)

3rd) Hans Polo (MEL/SCOTLAND/ADL:Ray, Gav, Daisuke)

4th) Testicles (MEL/USA: Bart, Chris, James)

Please upload any photos you have to our Melbourne group and we’ll include it in this post!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/melbournebikepolo/

Melbourne December 10-11th Tournament

Rob M / Melbourne — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:18:44 +0000

It’s been ages since we’ve hosted a tournament here in Melbourne, so we’re hosting one on December 10th (Sat) and 11th (Sun)!

That’s a whole month to organise a flight down here for our interstate friends

Heaps of prizes, many delicious hand crafted brews, incredible polo, free BBQ and guaranteed 100% awesomeness!

First day will be Round Robin, then a big after party
Second day will be Seeded Double Elimination

Flyer and whatnot to come!

We’re looking for some helpers on the day, if you’re keen to be a part of it please email me direct at rob@mossko.com

More exclamation marks!!!

Polo bikes!

Rob M / Melbourne — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:02:26 +0000

There’s a new section on the website for Polo Bikes, you can upload photos of your own steed and discuss all of the specs – gearing, geometry, brakes, covers etc.. all the sexy sexy bike nerd details

Instructions are here
http://www.bikepolo.com.au/bikes/

Some examples are here
http://www.bikepolo.com.au/bikes/jetnikoff/
http://www.bikepolo.com.au/bikes/rob-m-cell-mullet/

Thanks to Ben Hughes / Adelaide for the original idea

CCEN Bike Polo Tournament, in Brunswick!

tim — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:08:05 +0000

Scope out more details via the Facebook event here

Northcote court partially resurfaced

Rob M / Melbourne — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:25:37 +0000

Just wanted to say a massive thanks to Rob Booth today for arranging the workmen to come and fix up the asphalt at the Northcote court!

Somehow he convinced 3 men to come with a front-end loader, shovels and compactor to fix up the pot holes that have been seriously detracting from this otherwise awesome court

Also thanks to everyone for pitching in and cleaning up the holes, digging out the dirt and preparing the surface

Sundays at Northcote

Rob M / Melbourne — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:38:19 +0000

Northcote is our Sunday polo venue for the next few weeks while the North Carlton court’s brickwork is being repaired
Two Sundays ago we played our first game there during the High Noon festival which certainly brought us some great exposure. We had about 40 spectators watching, some cheering, some heckling and some joining in for a newbies game
The response from the spectators was really positive and raised our profile
Here are some of the photos, taken by Simon Marrow

Melbourne: Northcote Sundays or Princes Hill Saturdays?

Rob M / Melbourne — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:25:39 +0000

Hey Guys, seems like the school is out of action for the next 10 weeks or so due to some brickwork happening on Sundays

Would you like to
a) play at the School on Saturdays,
b) play at Northcote on Sundays c) play at Northcote Saturdays & sundays

Northcote is lots of fun, we can enjoy some refreshing beverages without any fuss, but the court is a bit rough with no edges at the moment

The school is the school as we know it, but we may later be restricted on Saturdays to after 1pm when school is back in as there is a Victorian School of Language (VSL) which use the court till 1pm on Saturdays

as the brickwork is slightly dangerous due to the large amount of rubble still there from the constant work on sundays, it is more of a liability issue for the for the school and the workers if something was happen..

Please drop a comment here or on the Bike Polo mailing list!

if you`re not on the list and would like to find out where we are playing any given day you can contact william @ jetnikoffbikeco@gmail.com or phone him on 0416520730

Upstart magazine features Melbourne Bike Polo

Rob M / Melbourne — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:43:24 +0000

Last Sunday a Photographer and Journalist came to Polo to interview us. They have put together a great piece on Melbourne Bike Polo and also some of us heading over to Seattle for the Worlds

“In an inner Melbourne suburb, a passionate group of men and women get together every Sunday to do something that many of us know very little about. The sport of hardcourt bike polo may be unknown, but given its growing popularity it seems we may be hearing a lot more of it in the future.”

The full article is here, as is the video part

http://www.upstart.net.au/2011/08/30/bike-polo-holds-court/