A nice set of photos from John Spooner on Flickr. And a few more from road.cc’s pretty extensive coverage of Bike Blenheim Palace.
Don’t forget we’re now playing at 20.15 Wednesday evenings in Curry’s car park, Botley Road.
It’s winter and we need more people! We’ll mostly be playing Wednesdays only, 20.15 in the Curry’s car park off Botley Road: http://tinyurl.com/botleypolo. If you’re definitely coming contact us and we’ll let you know if we decide not to play due to rain or for some other reason.
The team briefing
Months of worrying by Dan and co finally paid off with an excellent day of polo! All the teams made it, the sun was out for most of the tournament, and the combinations of grass and hardcourt rules with a slightly bumpy pitch seemed to even out the teams.
The Toffs v Cambridge
Cambridge put on an amazing show win the tournament, just beating the Oakendon Pedallars (grass specialists). London were third, followed by the two Oxford teams (in our defence two people pulled out at the last minute with the flu… and we had to save our energy for running the tournament… can anyone think of other excuses???).
Public session. A real (horse) polo player joins in.
The public sessions were really popular, and we had at least one real (horse) polo player joining in, as well as a few traditional bike polo players and quite a few post-race Brompton riders.
London v Cambridge
Kids practice session. Reminder for next year: check they can ride one handed before allowing them on the court!
Group Photo
And a quick blast from the past- a photo from last year’s tournament. Is it just me or does everyone look disturbingly young in that photo (as in, more than a year younger).
The polo court at Bike Blenheim Palace is ready for action! See you all tomorrow.
Just 3 days to go until the Town Meets Country Bike Polo Tournament, in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. Urban polo teams from Oxford, Cambridge and London and a traditional grass polo team from Oakendon will be battling it out whilst the Brompton World Championships fly by.
They’ll be public sessions at 11.30, 13.30 and 15.30, all equipment supplied. More polo details here.
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