Since 2008 the US Library of Congress has been loading some of its historical photo collections onto Flickr. Nothing on bike polo yet though they’re continuing to upload photos and there’s bound to be something in their archives. In the meantime we’ll have to make do with an even crazier sport….
If you’d rather stick with the bike version, come along on to our weekly practice on Wednesday, 20.30-ish, Currys car park, Botley Road, Oxford.
Fresh from the editing suite, The Cycle Oxford Festival 2009, including Oxford’s first bike polo tournament.
Wednesday polo at the usual time of 20.15 ish, Currys car park, Botley Road. You’ll be following in the footsteps of these 1958 kids… watch and learn.
There’s going to be an online vote from the 25-27th November to decide the host city for EHBPC 2010. It’s open to all European players, but you’ll need to register at bikepolo.ca and join the Europe group before the 21st November to be eligible.
![Oxford urban bike polo](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G2KwzjwgbgE/SvtVBxIaG8I/AAAAAAAAAh8/i-N2IXX8fE0/s320/currys.JPG" "Bilderpost II")
We played. It rained. We got wet. Heres a few photos taken by a German superstar.
It looks like Europe will be the centre of next year’s bike polo excitement. Over at bikepolo.ca they seem to have decided the world championships will be in Europe. So far only Geneva and Berlin seem to have serious bids in mind, though Geneva now seem to be bidding for the European championships instead with plans for a covered court (but what if it’s sunny?)… which would leave Berlin who hosted this years European Cycle Messenger Championships to put on the 2010 World Championships.
Any if you want to represent Oxford, you’d better get down to our next practice tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, 20.15 Currys car park, Botley Road. Unless it’s still raining.
Plans are afoot for a new UK wide championship next year… maybe one big tournament like the EHBPC or the London BFF but somewhere else to give the Londoners a change of scenery. Curry’s car park, despite it’s charms, isn’t quite up to the standards of a national tournament. Anyone got suggestions for somewhere nice in Oxford?
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