Pimp My Mallet

The final results for the European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships.

13th – The Toffs
25th – (tie) Drof Ox Flailer 3
31st – (tie) 3 Less Horse

The weather forecast is looking good, so come along this Sunday for a lazy afternoon of polo, 3pm at the Marston court: http://tinyurl.com/croftroadpolo.

If you haven’t got a mallet we’ve got some to spare, or come along to the OCW Training Centre on Monday evening (to be confirmed) and make your own.

As always, check our Twitter feed in case of last minute changes.

Well everyone’s back and recovering from an incredible weekend. Unfortunately Three Less Horse and The Drof Ox Flailer Three were knocked out after the first two games, but The Toffs got pretty far…. maybe amongst the top 16 teams in Europe according to the scoreboard. I think. It’s double elimination, (winner’s bracket on the left, loser’s on the right) which makes interpreting the results slightly confusing. Hopefully EHBPC will publish some official results, in the meantime the top three teams in Europe are:

1. l’Equipe Genève (Geneva, Switzerland)
2. Malice International (London, UK)
3. Poloholics Toros (Munich, Germany)

Here’s some highlights from the tournament, courtesy of Cycle Oxford

The Guardian suggests bike polo as a sport to try this summer. Bit loose on the facts/details and no mention of the upcoming European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships but nevermind.

Then there’s the Bicycle Film Festival polo tournament in London. And maybe more polo at Bike Blenheim Palace alongside the Brompton World Championship but I’ve only just read that on their website so what actually happens is anyone’s guess.

In the meantime come and play polo, 7pm Wednesdays in Marston (click for map).

Better late than never… click here for the final scoreboard for the Cycle Oxford polo tournament, won by SEX-E.

The weather was perfect, 17 teams entered and everyone had a great time. Thanks especially to the 13 teams who travelled to Oxford from all over the country.

10 days until the Cycle Oxford Festival (click on an event for more information). Don’t forget to register for the polo tournament.

Click here for a map of all event locations.

It’s almost summer so we’re going to start playing at the earlier time of 19.00 on the Marsh Road court, off Cowley Road. No time for dinner so bring food to share.

It’s almost summer and Oxford Cycle Workshop are launching their new training centre. To celebrate we’ve got a weekend of cycling festivities, including Oxford’s first ever proper hardcourt polo tournament! Games will start at 12:00 on Saturday 9th May, on the Marsh Lane court in Cowley. Try and get there for 11:00 so we can work out how many teams are playing and match up any extra players.

If you can stay around for Sunday too when there’ll be a few informal polo games, an alleycat, music, a bike mechanics competition and loads of other stuff.

If you thinking of coming you can register at www.oxfordpolo.eventbrite.com or drop an email to tournament [at] bikepolo.org.uk. Or just turn up on the day, we’re quite relaxed about this whole polo thing.