Pimp My Mallet

It’s almost time for the Bike Blenheim polo tournament. Teams from all over the country including Bristol, Oxford and Cardiff will be showcasing bike polo to the public at Blenheim Palace, alongside the Brompton World Championships this Sunday (3rd October 2010).

They’ll be a team briefing at 10.30, with matches starting at 10.45. We’ll have public sessions throughout the day from 11.30-12.00, 13.00-13.30 and 14.45-15.15. All necessary equipment will be supplied so come along and have a go!

The tournament prize-giving ceremony will be at 15.30, following this they’ll be the Fastest Mechanics Competition at 16.00 and finally at 16.30 they’ll be a bike polo match between the tournament winners and the Breast Cancer Care Select Team.

For details of other events, and how to get there, visit the Bike Blenheim Palace 2010 website.

If you’re free next Sunday (12th September) come down to Bristol for their first tournament. Oxford have two teams entered, if there’s enough interest we could even have a third! The tournament starts at 11am and should be finished by 4pm, and there’s a whole weekend of other cycling events on.

Brooks have been sponsoring bike polo tournaments for a while. Here’s their video from the recent World Championships in Berlin.

The Bike Blenheim tournament will be happening soon (3rd October, details on the way shortly) so time to get some practice in. If you’re up for a game of polo come to the Marston court around 1 pm on Sunday. Bring some food, we should be there for a few hours so feel free to drop by later.

A video of the recent European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in Geneva, from Dan (or one of his many pseudonyms).

Bike Polo – EHBPC 2010 in Geneva from Cycle Oxford on Vimeo.

Oxford Bike Polo is running an official National Bike Week event today (Wednesday 23rd June). Come along to our court in Marston just after 6.30 pm to play or watch. Beginners of all ages welcome, just bring a bike and we’ll supply the balls and mallets.

The sun’s out and it’s almost National Bike Week…. so come along to polo tonight, around 6.30/7.00 pm, Marston court. Bring yourself and a bike, nothing else required (food optional).

If you can’t make it tonight, we’ll be playing next Wednesday (23rd), same time in Marston. And if you’re after more bike action, see all the events lined up in Oxford Bike Week 2010.

Summer’s here, so come out tomorrow (Wednesday 26th May) to play at the Marston Court, 6.30 pm till it gets dark. Bring some food and we’ll supply the BBQ to cook it.

Bike polo at 1pm this afternoon (Saturday). If you want a quick intro to the rules here’s a nice video from Savannah bike polo.

Sunny weekends and long summer evenings are slowly returning to Oxford, so why not venture out for a game of bike polo? We’ll be holding an informal introductory day on Saturday 8th May from 13.00 to 17.00 at the Croft Road playing fields in Marston.

It’s open to everyone, experienced or complete beginner, and we’ll have a mix of hardcourt and grass polo. If you ‘re feeling lazy bring a picnic and watch everyone else play. If you’re definitely coming sign up on our Facebook event, otherwise just turn up and have a go.

If that’s not exciting enough, there’s a few other cycling events going on that weekend too.