Bike polo is a friendly but competitive semi-contact sport (You might come home with a few new bruises and a broken spoke.). Unlike your local footy or netball club, bike polo has no formal organisation or league. We are playing on Sunday in North Carlton from 3pm and next Tuesday in Docklands from 6pm till late.
Bike polo is open to everyone. We hold sessions for new players to ease you in and get you rolling around the court. Come along and we’ll help you get started.
We play on all kinds of bikes, from single speed, fixed and geared, mountain bikes and road bikes. Most people start out on their normal street bikes, and most regular players are happy to lend their bikes to you. Bring whatever you have at home and see what you think.
Mallets and everything else you’ll need are also available. We regularly hold mallet making workshops courtside in between games, so we can help you build your own custom mallet.
Bike Polo in Melbourne and Sydney is played three times a week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Next sessions including Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Frankston, Castlemaine and Albury-Wodonga are listed on the right hand side of the main page.
Melbourne recently hosted the first Australian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in November 2009. Some of the best photos of the 2 day Championships can be found here .
Here is a fun video which shows off some of the skills and lots of the crashes, courtesy of our friends in London. Here are more of our favourite videos. Enjoy and we’ll see you on the court!
polo manual from blunt films on Vimeo.
Hardcourtbikepolo started in Melbourne in September 2007, we’ve played at dozens of courts around melbourne. Players from Melbourne have travelled to play bike polo everywhere we could find it in Australia, and if that wasn’t enough, we’ve also sent players to New York, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, London and even Budapest.
Check out our courts around town
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Hey just wondering where and when your meeting next… Wanting to come down and check it all out…living in Melbourne…
Thanks…
Hi Tom, have a look on the main page, there is a section on the top right called NEXT SESSIONS
It has dates/times and links to find out the court details.
We move around a bit, so make sure you check the next session before you venture out
New court!!
Guys – we have started playing at Seaford Football Oval on the courts there every Monday night @ 6.30pm.
Anyone welcome to join us for a laugh.
Contact: Bowie: bowiesimon@yahoo.com
hi guys, great to have found your site, living in Albury on the border, a few blokes and myself have decided to put together a polo club. just knocked up our first 6 polo mallets which will get the ball rolling, any one got street hockey balls in aus? looks like we`ll have our first game this weekend.
putting Albury on the polo circuit checked out your rules etc the boys cant wait, it`s all going to fit in with a new Border Community Cycleworks we`re setting up. let you know how it goes. Cheers Scottish Mark.
Hi Mark, thanks for contacting us!
We use roller hockey/street hockey balls by Mylec or Franklins.. maybe your local hockey/sporting shops might have some?
If you come down to Melbourne then one of our players Damon has a bunch of them he bought back from Canada
Would you like a page set up for Albury? (Albury-Wodonga?)
hi rob, yes mate a page for Albury Wodonga would be great, we had our first games, and it was a hoot, it`s a permanent fixture we have been given the Charles Sturt Uni. basketball court on permanent hire for the next 12mths. i`ts situated on David St next to the shell servo. north of Dean St,(the main drag). we`ll be there every sunday morning, plus one evening, TBC.
the local rag was there, 2,in fact. not a bad wee bit publicity for the game.
not sure how to post it but article can be found @ bordermail.com.au
cheers the noo Mark.
hi guys,
for the past month been try organize a bike polo game in the Hoppers Crossing/ Werribee area and every where seems to be private property that has a decent amount of space what can I do bout this? What size court is the best for bike polo as the mallets I have been using are shot polo mallets and have a longer range.
Any help will be great
Cheers Arron
Hi Arron, great to hear another city is starting up!
We usually play on car parks and use some old wood for edges. One of our favourite courts was a concrete carpark and had lights at night time.
A basketball court can also work well as many of them are enclosed with wire fence which acts as a natural border.
Try looking around on Google Maps (Satellite images) to try to locate any potential courts near you. Schools also offer large asphalt or concrete areas which can work well.
You should consider joining the Bike Polo mailing list melbournebikepolo@googlegroups.com
Cheers
rob
hey guys,
I want to come down tomorrow night (april 20) and do some field sound recording for a uni assignment, but it looks like it’s going to rain. Do you play in any weather?
Cheers,
Dani.
hey guys,
I am doing an exhibition about social sports and sports culture at the RMIT and would like to tape some of your games to use it as a video installation. It would be great, if i could drop by at your next games at Melbourne.
thx
alex
i am trying to find a group that could possibly do a demo in Yea in December for this years Great Vic Bike Ride. Can anyone Help?
Cheers, Mark
I will be bringing a group of 16 year olds from Tasmania for a 4 day tour of Melbourne. We would love to come and watch a game. Will you be playing bike polo on Monday, Oct 18th?? If so where can we watch or maybe have a go ourselves??
Hi margerite! Come on down, were always welcome polo travelers!
We play every Sunday and Tuesday but not Monday. Please send me your contact details to robm@bikepolo.com.au
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