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We’ve just received official confirmation that our region is getting six team spots at this years World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships!!! The event will be held August 28-30th in Montpellier, France.

The qualification process for our region to nab one of these six spots is outlined on the dedicated AHBPA page (http://www.bikepolo.com.au/ahbpa/whbpc-qualification/). Please read this carefully and contact your local rep if you have any questions. You can register as a team or as an individual available to join another team by emailing the jedi’s at ahbpa [at] googlegroups.com

Full teams who’ve qualified from the Australasian Championships back in March will be contacted directly with an official offer of a spot.

Sydney has all the resources you’d need from CAD court drawings, material and equipment lists, full budget and expenses, media packs etc so keep that in mind.

Bids will be public and reviewed by all players and voted via your club reps on 14 the July 2014.

1-2 February 2014
Saturday – Tournament
Sunday – Pickup
Windmill Reserve, Mt Eden
Swiss rounds and double elimination (via Podium)
12 Minute games
Australasian rules with addition of no checking (boarding) over or into side-walls rule.

Please register by email to auckland@bikepolo.org.nz
$20 fee per player to:

Kiwibank: 38-9014-0033517-00
Account name: Auckland Hardcourt Bike Polo Inc.
or
Paypal: auckland@bikepolo.org.nz if paying from overseas.

Include:
-Whether you are registering as a team or as an individual.
-Team name (if known) and members names and email addresses.
-Any allergies medical or food, in case we send you home in an ambulance.

- Registration Closed -

Contact the HBP Facebook group for any team modifications.

Time to organise your team mates. Check back at bikepolo.com.au in a few days to ensure your chance for glory!

The Spring Tournament was the biggest event Melbourne Bike Polo has ever held, with 24 teams turning up to compete for the top spot. Congratulation to the Majestic Pink Shafts from Brisbane, who beat Bukiki Party (Perth/Brisbane) in the final to claim ultimate victory.

The event was exciting, exhilarating, effervescent, educational, exuberant and ultimately exhausting! Which is why it has taken me so long to get around to writing this post, despite its extreme importance.

Melbourne Bike Polo’s Sping Tournament simply would not have been the same without help from the steadfast, superb and sweet sponsors. so a big thank you to all the folks who took the time to help us out. Click on their logo to go to their website and return the favour. In no particular order…

It’s not long now till we get to do it all again at the Christmas tourney (7-8 December).

Claire.

The court is under construction and current expected completion is March 2015.

** Update April 2014 **

$3m Construction contract was approved by council on 29 April.
View council approval documents here

The court and park is expected to be completed in December 2014. This is a 6 month delay on previous plans due to the unexpected complexity in relocation of underground services before excavation and landscaping can occur.

** Update June 2013 **

$2 million was approved by the Council on Tuesday night for the Cage redevelopment!

The Rathdowne cage is being redeveloped into a full sized multi purpose court in line with  our submissions.

Our submissions directly affected the design by:
-  Moving basketball poles from the court surface to behind the fence
-  Raising the concrete edge from 15cm to 60cm
-  Aligning steps flush with the courts edge and removing other obstructions
-  Making 45 degree corners
-  Placing surrounding lighting to maximise light spillage onto the court

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BIG thanks to everyone who has helped with the submissions, reviewed drafts, suggestions, and offering moral support.

Hopefully this will be only the first of many new multi purpose hardcourts in Melbourne. The court should be completed by June 2014

** Update March 2013 **
The landscape architects have been in touch with us and they have taken on board most of our comments to make the basketball court truly multi-purpose. This includes: Including the basketball support pole into the fence, a continuous concrete edge around the court 2m beyond the painted basketball lines and 45 degree corners on all four sides.

** Update January 2013 **

The design of the park is currently being developed and a budget bid has been submitted for 2013-14 financial year. If this is successful it is roughly expected that the current court would be demolished before Christmas 2013, with the new courts constructed before June 30 2014.”

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The City of Melbourne has released it’s draft concept plan for the Neil Street reserve which includes a new basketball court and it’s looks awesome!

Our beloved cage featured in the Herald Sun video (April 2011) but since the light globe failed last summer, we havent been able to play on weeknights since daylight savings.

The proposed basketball court features a seating wall, similar to Technology Park in Sydney and the steps at North Carlton. The surface is also going to be ashphalt which will be much more suitable for an informal public court than fancy precious designer surfaces.

Melbourne Bike Polo has made a submission to the council to support the draft plan and we are trying to stay involved in the process to make sure we can still use the space (and get the light fixed!)

You can view the current court on street view here
You can view the Herald Sun Video here
Download the full concept plans here
You can read our submission here