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1st Supreme Champion: Melbourne Anchor
2nd Worthy Adversary: Swamp Donkeys (Christchurch)
3rd Maybe Next Time: Glenn Tania Fraser (Auckland)
4th place: Ginger Team Racing (Auckland)
5th place: No Compromise GD+3 (Auckland)
6th place: Half Wank Full Bladder GD0
7th place: Battle Bots GD0
8th place: Tipene Brothers GD -3 (Taupo)
9th place: Flying V GD-5
10th place: Creatures of the Deep Ocean GD-6
11th place: Macho Mens GD-8
12th place: Pickup Team GD-10

Photos by Ewen Kahr Yu
More info on bikepolo.org.nz
Full bracket results on Challonge

Day 2 pickup tournament results TBA

1st) Melbourne anchor
2nd) The dog particle
3rd) Seagull Archy
4th) Polo beers

5th) Knifey spoony
6th) Samurai polo cats
7th) Elusive nautical vegans
8th) The narwhals

Additional prizes for Best and Fairest, Best Rookie, Best Goal, Best Goalie to come

1st, The Dog Particle, 14 points
2nd, Melbourne Anchor, 11 points
3rd, Seagull Archy, 9 points
4th, Knifey Spooney, 7 points
5th, Polo Beers, 7 points
6th, Elusive Nautical Vegans, 5 points
7th, Samurai Polo Cats, 3 points
8th, The Narwahls, 0 points

The 4th and 5th place ties were resolved by shotgunning a beer later in the evening.  Many thanks to Dan Strout for tallying up the days scores

History

The Australasian Hardcourt Bike Polo Association (also known as the Jedi Council) was formed in June 2011. It is made up of representatives from polo playing cities of Australia and New Zealand. This was the first step in unifying Australasian Hardcourt Bike Polo.

At the time the AHBPA was formed, the main things we needed to work out were:

1. How many World’s places we were getting for Seattle and how would these be distributed?
2. Who would host the next Australasian Championships?

These two aims were achieved. The goal of selecting a host city for the 2012 Championships was made a lot easier with Perth being the only city to formally submit a bid. The main form of communication with the AHBPA is a google email list (although we have dabbled in Facebook).

Originally, there were 2 representatives for New Zealand (North Island and South Island) but this has now been expanded to be 8 representatives for 5 cities.

Who are the representatives and how were they chosen?

The cities and representatives are as follows:

Australia
Adelaide – Neil Waterhouse and Ben Hughes
Brisbane – Jordan Heppell and Simon Mitchell
Canberra – Tom Partington (Pending confirmation from Canberra)
Gold Coast – Bennett Rust and Jock Cockburn
Melbourne – Damon Rao and Will Jetnikoff
Perth – Wall Parker and Prawi Woods
Sydney – Brook Tait-Styles and Virginia Castellan

New Zealand
Auckland – Leo Fais de L’air
Christchurch – Craig Johnston and Mark Penrice
Taupo – Nigel Tipene and Shane Blackmore
Timaru – Sam Callander
Wellington – Nathanael Fournier and Abe Hollingsworth

The method of choosing representatives was left up to each city themselves. Some cities used secret ballots, some voted and others just put their hands up.

The representatives are supposed to be your voices in Australasian Bike Polo. They should be keeping you updated about what is going on and checking how you feel about any issues discussed or relate to the broader community. If you have any concerns about your representatives, talk to them and to people in your city. If you all think someone else could do a better job, then say so and make it happen. If you think your representatives are doing a great job, then please let them know they are appreciated.

What next for the AHBPA?

The AHBPA is still finding its feet on broader items, but its main focus is working out where AHBPC 2013 will be held. At this stage there are two cities that have expressed an interest in hosting – Christchurch, New Zealand and Gold Coast, Australia. Bids will be finalised in the next couple of months and all players will have access to the details of the bids and will be able to ask the bidding city questions so they can help their representative make a decision. We hope to keep the discussion and dialogue as open as possible while the bids are open. Representatives will then gather the opinion of their city and cast the final vote.

The AHBPA will also co-ordinate the distribution of World’s places. At this stage we have no idea how many places we will be getting but it is likely to be less than the 6 we had last year in Seattle. Last year the places were assigned in order of ranking at AHBPC 2011 with a team needing to comprise of at least 2 of the original members (exceptions were discussed on a case by case basis). Once we had offered every place down the line to 8th place, the remaining unfilled places were given to people that were going to Seattle anyway. At this stage, the process will remain the same for this years World Championships.

Note: A summary of the above including a list of the city representatives will be posted on a dedicated page “AHBPA” on the menu above. Over the coming weeks, this section will be updated with more information.

Disclosure: This post was originally written by Virginia Castellan for GOALHOLE and not in her role as Sydney Representative for AHBPA. The opinions expressed are personal and are not the opinions of the AHBPA or Sydney.

April 28th to 29th, 11am to 8pm each day. On Sunday we will have an earlier finish time of 6pm so people can catch their flights, however there will be pickup till 8pm or later

Tournament format will be as follows

Day 1 – Round Robin
Day 2 – Double Elimination

Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals are all untimed. Any teams tied for places from 5th place and down will be settled by Goal Difference or rematch if both teams accept.

Prize pool goes to

• Best and fairest Male / Female
• 1st place
• 2nd place
• 3rd place
• Best Rookie Male / Female
• Best goalie
• Best goal
• Best team outfits (x3)
• Best own goal
• DFL

BBQ Lunch will be served each day for $5 including Vegan and Meaty options, salad and fruit

Saturday night will feature an after party at a nearby venue with dinner options

All proceeds will go towards Flagstaff court hire

Check our facebook group for daily updates

We have some great sponsors on board this year, including Knog, Felvarrom, Creux, Timeout magazine, Treadlie magazine, Skin Grows Back, Jetnikoff Bicycle Co, Velo Cycles and Down Low Polo offering some great prizes for our winning teams and additional winners of best and fairest,Best Rookie, Best team outfits/costumes, Best hug, Best goalie and Best goal

Many thanks to Wall Parker for his efforts during the tournament, he did not play on a team in order to ensure the tournament ran smoothly, and smoothly it ran

The full ladder can be seen here on the Challonge website

Ties for 5th/6th, 7th/8th, 9th, 13th and 17th were decided by Goal Difference, then Goals For, then Goals Against

Rankings are as follows
1st: NASFWG (Perth: Prawi, Scotty, Ned)
2nd: TDR (Bris: Ollie, Dom, Dave)
3rd: Dog Soccer (Syd/SF: Brook, Tom, Morgan)
4th: Love Sex Violence (Syd: Locky, Steve, Virginia)

5th: Melbourne Anchor (Melb: Damon, Leigh, Will), Goal Difference of +5
6th: Majestic Pink Shafts (Bris: Jordan, Jamie, Rob), Goal Difference of +3

7th: Samurai Polo Cats (Melb/Perth: Sam, Rob M, Lachy Ritchie), Goal Difference of +4
8th: T.B.A (Melb: AJ, Ray, Vive), Goal Difference of 0

9th: KBPA+ (Taiwan/Perth: Mark, Yu, Julius), Goal Difference of +1
10th: Wait Awhile (Perth: Alex, James, Tom), Goal Difference of -3
11th: Bolopears (Melb), Goal Difference of -4
12th: D.Y.G.D.O.Y.M.L.T (Bris), Goal Difference of -6

13th and 14th place tied on Goal Difference, Goals For, Goals Against
13th and 14th: Cock & Balls (Perth: Ash, Mattie, Shane), Goal Difference of +4, Goals For 12, Goals Against 8
13th and 14th: Hall and Scrotes (Perth: Brad, Derren, Mike), Goal Difference of +4, Goals For 12, Goals Against 8
15th: Happy Endings (Adl: Andrew, Colin, Tom), Goal Difference of -5
16th: Godzilla Symphony (Perth/JPN: Nick D, Nick M, Yohei), Goal Difference of -6

17th: Knifey Spoony (Melb/Scot/USA: Gavin, James, Robbie), Goal Difference of -2
18th: WTWSA (Perth/Bris: Ben, Katie, Ted), Goal Difference of -4
19th: Rejected Polo Monkeys (Perth: Daniel, Kristie, Ryan), Goal Difference of -5
20th and 21st place tied on Goal Difference, Goals For, Goals Against
20th and 21st: The UnaPOLOgetics (Syd: Daniel, Jack, Robin), Goal Difference of -7, Goals For 1, Goals Against 8
20th and 21st: The Underdogs (Syd: Danos, Eduardo, Tsz), Goal Difference of -7, Goals For 1, Goals Against 8

22nd/DFL: GC Studs (GC: Bennett, Jock, Todd), Goal Difference of -10

The Day 1 pooled round robin stats can be seen here, with Melbourne Anchor coming first, Majestic Pink Shafts coming second, Bolopears coming third and Dog Soccer coming fourth

Team subscriptions opens on the 14th march!

14 & 15 april 2012 From 9am till nightfall
Player meeting on friday the 13th from 5pm at howe street court.

Down Howe street, central Auckland, Aotearoa

The tournament:

Saturday
Bracket games: randomly picked points matches:
2pts win 1pt draw 0pt loss (team points)
Direct elimination:
Mixing teams regarding their final score from the brackets games.

Sunday
Randomly picked team with individual player points.
2pts win 1pt draw 0pt loss (player points)
Pool randmoly picked games:
3 or 4 games for players to get qualified.
Then direct elimination randomly picked teams.

Auckland players will host as most ppl as possible.
If we can’t give you a proper hosting we can book a dorm from the AKL YMCA for the tournament players.
If you’re staying at someone’s out from the polo crew, please let us know so we don’t look for your accomodation.

IF you have any questions please send us a mail:
info (at) bikepolo.org.nz

Cirque du Sydney part 1/2 from mossko on Vimeo.

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Hilights of Day 1 and 2