If you happen to be in Milwaukee on Saturday looking for a good time, you should go check out the MBPC Poker Pub Crawl

Tommy by Bjorn1101

Last Friday night after the Stupor Bowl 13 pre-registration party at the Nomad, the polo crew, including a number of our friends from Milwaukee, cruised over to the garage and got in some late-night polo on a dark and slippery court. Everyone went down at some point on the slush that was just above the freezing point in the out-of-bounds zone. That said, it was a lot of fun until the ultra-passive transit employee sort of told us to leave, kind of. Well enough, I thought, as it was 2 a.m. and I had to get ready to race. If you’re interested, visit my blargh for a race recap and photos.

Ebbin Attacks! by Bjorn1101 on flickr.

I finally got the upgrade for mplsbikepolo.com together! It’s mostly just visual changes, but also some backend stuff to prepare for the tournament. I added about and contact pages, spruced up the navigation, changed up the flickr feed, added Mr. Do’s Vimeo stuff, added some links, and made some content updates. 321 Polo!

I made a quick and rough little application to calculate the amount of time it takes to run a Swiss system tournament. jQuery -ui sliders make it easy to run different scenarios. All the logic and important style is in the source. I’m too lazy to make it work directly in Wordpress, so it has it’s own home, http://www.mplsbikepolo.com/swisscalc/. Maybe I’ll make it better someday, but probably not.

Our very own Mr. Do put together this compilation of crashes, spills and wipe-outs from the BFF Tournament. Good stuff!

Connor really came through with a great tourney on Sunday. We played three rounds of round robin with 8 teams and then a double-elimination bracket. There was grilling, great play and lots of fun. No major injuries or mechanicals, until Dustin let his bike roll into the wall after winning. Thanks everyone who came out to play, especially our ad hoc Team Show Us Your Titties, and all the spectators who came out.

Congrats to The Cosmopolotans on their victory!

Our Champ! The Cosmopolotans! by Bjorn1101

Check out the Team Photos

1. Team Show Us Your Titties, 2. Team Revolution Polo, 3. Team Rad: Tim, John, Cayla B, and James, 4. The Flying Jomonz: Connor, Joe and Alicia, 5. The Bookhouse Boys: Landon, Bjorn and Sven, 6. The Sconnies, 7. 2nd Place, The Paul Bunyans: Ramon, Trevor and Jake, 8. Our Champs, The Cosmopolotans: Ebbin, Dustin and John

Here’s a sample of the complete action shots:

Piñata Helmet by Bjorn1101

We’re working on reconstructing the brackets, so if you have info about your teams’ records, who you played in the brackets, or even better a photo of the brackets, hit us up in the comments. This is for sure:

1. Cosmo-Polo-Tans (Mr Do, Ebbmart, Stevelious)
2. Paul Bunyans (Jake, Trevor, Ramon)
3. Flying Jomonz (Joe, Connor, Alicia)
4. Bookhouse Boys (Sveden, Bjorn, Peedubya)

8. Team Show Us Your Titties (John, Zebrakeys and Andy)