Comments on: Melbourne

By: alexander gogl

alexander gogl — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:09:53 +0000

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

By: dani

dani — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:59:20 +0000

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.

By: Rob M

Rob M — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:14:52 +0000

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

By: Arron

Arron — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:39:05 +0000

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

By: mark riddell

mark riddell — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:54:03 +0000

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.

By: Rob M

Rob M — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:07:46 +0000

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?)

By: mark riddell

mark riddell — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:00:03 +0000

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.

By: Bowie

Bowie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:24:30 +0000

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

By: Rob M

Rob M — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:25:52 +0000

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

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:08:10 +0000

Hey just wondering where and when your meeting next… Wanting to come down and check it all out…living in Melbourne…
Thanks…