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UK Bike Polo Championships

sas — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:50:02 +0000

A warm-up for the Euros… the first ever UK Bike Polo Championships will take place in Manchester on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April 2010. Registration has now closed with 36 teams, one team from Oxford assuming we find enough uninjured people who haven’t left the country.

Updated with flyer from Adam Russ

World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships 2010 in Berlin

sas — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:45:07 +0000

It’s official! The 2nd World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships will be held from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August 2010 in Berlin.

There’s only space for 64 teams and with more than double that number wanting to play they’ll be some sort of pre-tournament qualification, details still to be decided. The hosts are promising plenty of hospitality for everyone though… so book you tickets now.

Polo Manual

sas — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:18:57 +0000

Last year Brendan, a London polo player, made a short film that was shown at the Bicycle Film Festival all over the world. And here it is.

Bike Polo Returns

sas — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:12:48 +0000

This is what our other court looked like last week in the snow. It’s all gone now so bike polo (hopefully) returns tomorrow evening, 20.30 at the Curry’s car park on Botley Road.

Having said that there’s more snow forecast for tomorrow, so if you’re thinking of coming send an email to oxfordbikepolo [at] gmail.com.

Merry Christmas

sas — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:09:10 +0000

It’s all over… see you next year for more bike polo. To keep you going here’s this year’s Christmas Number 1.

EHBPC Pre-Registration Ambassadors Required

sas — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:32:46 +0000

Geneva are organising next year’s European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships sometime in July (probably), and being Swiss they’re ultra organised and are asking all cities planning to enter to pre-register and supply the name of an ambassador.

Car Polo

sas — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:17:38 +0000

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.

Cycle Oxford Festival 2009 Video

sas — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:26:45 +0000

Fresh from the editing suite, The Cycle Oxford Festival 2009, including Oxford’s first bike polo tournament.

1958 Cycle Polo

sas — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:53:21 +0000

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.

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EHBPC 2010 Vote

sas — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:16:38 +0000

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.