Bike polo tournament - August 17 2008

Put it in your diaries now, the next big London bike polo tournament will take place on August 17th 2008 in conjunction with the Shoreditch Festival and the Tour de Shoreditch. We are sorting an exciting new court which should be a great improvement on the Brick Lane area. The festival organisers are expecting around 5000 people to show up to the event so it will be a great showcase for polo.

If you are interested in taking part, post here to register your teams interest (or if you dont have a team to find other people who are in the same position). We also need volunteers to help out, leave a comment or post on that thread.

More details soon!

Photos

Check out Fixed Gear London photos from polo on Sunday…

And Selim’s photos from the race on Friday…

Bicycle Polo European Cup Round 1 Invite - Kent June 2008

Oakenden Pedallers (who came and battled to the final in the polo championship we hosted last year in East London) are now hosting the first leg of the European bike polo cup in Kent in June. There are three other legs to the cup held in Scotland and France.

Oakenden Pedallers Bicycle Polo Club has the pleasure in inviting your team to the 1st leg of the Bicycle Polo European Cup being held at Vigo Rugby Club near Wrotham in Kent, England on 7th and 8th June 2008.The event will be run using the International 5 player rules. The minimum number of players in a squad will be 5, the maximum 10 (only 8 may be named per game).

If you are interested in entering a team drop them a message for more info at http://www.oakendenpedallers.co.uk before the 19th of May.

Cat o’ ten tails

New Charge bikes video

Check out the new Charge video with bits filmed down at Brick Lane polo…

Comments for everyone!

I played with some options so now you don’t have to be registered to leave a comment, you can just write crap back at me. Thats all.

(Pic: Slamm/Flickr)

Bike polo at the London Bicycle Film Festival

OCTOBER 5, 2008

To close another London run of the Bicycle Film Festival, the second annual Polo Tournament will be held on October 5. Take your chances against a team of professional polo players..

To register your team of three please contact polo@bicyclefilmfestival.com

Registration is free.

Tons of great prizes, drinks, food and tricks competitions!
If you are interested in sponsoring the event please contact polo@bicyclefilmfestival.com or laura@bicyclefilmfestival.com

8th Annual Bicycle Film Festival LONDON
October 1-5, 2008
Barbican Cinema
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London

The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates the bicycle. We are into all styles of bikes and biking. If you can name it-Tall Bike Jousting, Track Bikes, BMX, Alleycats, Critical Mass, Bike Polo, Cycling to Recumbents- we’ve probably either ridden or screened it. What better way to celebrate these lifestyles than through art, film, music and performance? We bring together all aspects of bicycling together to advocate its ability to transport us in many ways. Ultimately the Fest is about having a good time.

Interested in volunteering for the festival?
Contact volunteer@bicyclefilmfestival.com or laura@bicyclefilmfestival.com

Check out the report from last year’s festival.

Paris bike polo

Yorgo (who kicked us off playing polo in London this time last year) seems to have done it again in Paris:

We just started playing Polo in Paris, and it’s fucking awesome!!! We found the BEST spot ever. An empty fountain at the Palais De Tokyo, the contemporary art museum/skate spot on the banks for the Seine River, almost in front of the Eiffel tower. Big flat walled surface, no hassle from other users, central, stunningly classy, toilets and bar nearby, tricks area, chill-out zone, etc…

Pignonfixe polo discussion (lots more photos on page 5)
http://www.eurostar.com (bikes go free as long as they are in a bag!)
John Prolly gets excited

Photos from Eat My Shorts alleycat last Friday

Some shots from Selim…

Tower Hamlets Wheelers newsletter

Check out this month’s issue of Tower Hamlets Wheelers’ (the local LCC group) excellent newsletter which has a column about polo on Brick Lane.