Pimp My Mallet

Well done Cardiff, winners of the 2010 Bike Blenheim Polo Tournament! Thanks to Bristol, Cardiff, Cherwell School, Cycle Oxford and everyone else from Oxford who braved the rain and made it a great tournament. Here’s a few photos from the day.

The tournament briefing

Blenheim bike polo tournament

Cherwell School

Soggy tweed (it rained a lot)

Blenheim bike polo tournament

The sun makes an appearance over Blenheim Palace

Cardiff, winners of the Bike Blenheim Polo Tournament

Bike Blenheim Bike Polo winners

More photos on Flickr.

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.

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.

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.

Bikeradar are currently featuring a mini documentary from saddle makers Brooks, looking at bike polo. Obviously any good news story needs an accompanying photo, and what could possibly be a better match for a classic Brooks saddle than an Oxford Toff?

We’re still looking for a 3rd person to play for Oxford in the UK Champs next month (17-18 April in Manchester), get in touch if you’re interested.

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

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

We played. It rained. We got wet. Heres a few photos taken by a German superstar.