January 26th, 2010 | Published in Tournaments | Comment
Back in the summer when Lucky proposed having a bike polo lock-in in January I was one of the first to commit. How could this go wrong? 23 hours of hardcourt bike polo in an indoor skating rink? Brilliant.
January 25th, 2010 | Published in News | Comment
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!
January 11th, 2010 | Published in League | Comment
As the Minneapolis club rep, I have three votes to cast for our Midwest Representatives to the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Association. There are 5 candidates, including our very own Sven. I’d like to hear from you about what you think, even if it’s just to say, “I trust your judgement.” I must vote by Friday.
The candidates statements are here. There is a discussion about the election process here. This is the Midwest Region page, this is the Minneapolis club page. I encourage you all to get a login and subscribe to these threads on leagueofbikepolo.com, just so you’re aware of the organization at the least.
December 30th, 2009 | Published in MWBPC8, Tournaments | Comment
Oh hello. Minneapolis Bike Polo is proud to present the Midwest Bike Polo Championships 8, to be held the weekend of May 22-23 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. More details will be forthcoming shortly, but we expect this to be one of the most widely attended and fun tournaments for players of all levels. We look forward to seeing you all in May!
December 22nd, 2009 | Published in Pickup, Tournaments | Comment
A van of Minneapolis poloists will be heading to St. Louis the weekend of January 16th for the St. Louis Dead of Winter Indoor Lock-in. 23 hours of pick up polo in a roller rink. Its going to be wicked fun.
Maybe a bit like this Donald Duck video I found on the Milano Fixed blog.
November 15th, 2009 | Published in News, Tournaments | Comment
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.
November 15th, 2009 | Published in Tournaments | Comment
Last weekend 2 teams and 3 free agents went down to Columbia, Mizzouri to play at the Midwest Bike Polo Championships. Dustin, Ebbin and Trevor played as Team Butt City and did us proud, advancing to quarterfinals against some of the best teams in the country. Ramon and Tim joined up with a third and were seeded 9th, above Butt City. The Four Norsemen were one position away from being in the 24-team double elimination bracket on Sunday. Kat joined up with 3 other women and got a great applause for a superior check. We had some great games, especially our game with TripleLEXXX who were an awesome, coordinated team.
Our hosts were incredible! Drew and Chip put us up and fed us breakfast. The tournament was extremely well-run–Vince’s bracket system worked great. The weather was awesome…there was great polo and cheap beer. All in all, an A+ weekend. Thanks COMO! Check out comopolo for more stats and media and blah blah.
To top it all off, The Court decidered that Minneapolis will be hosting the MWBPC8 sometime in May 2010. Stay tuned for more information here!
Here’s a couple of my favorite photos, the whole set is over here on flickr. Kat and Sven have some great shots too, you should check out all the photos tagged MWBPC. Hopefully Dustin’s video will be up soon too.
September 24th, 2009 | Published in Friends, News | Comment
Our very own Mr. Do put together this compilation of crashes, spills and wipe-outs from the BFF Tournament. Good stuff!
http://vimeo.com/6731836
August 25th, 2009 | Published in News, Tournaments | Comment
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!
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:
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)
August 20th, 2009 | Published in Uncategorized | Comment
This weekend, on Sunday, August 23, is the All-City Championship Bike Polo Tournament. We’re getting started at 1PM SHARP (meaning, please be ready to play at 1pm) at McRae Park in South Minneapolis. In addition to a round-robin to double-elimination bracket, there will be a grill going all day, some prizes and a whole lot of fun. The entry fee is $9/3-person team. Teams need not be co-ed.
Out-of-towners, if you need a place to stay or help getting around, let us know. If you’re looking for a team, there is discussion at mplsbikelove.com with a list of unattached players. Spectators may want to come later in the day to witness the small end of the bracket. Of course, you’re welcome at any time.
The tournament is being organized by the most excellent Connor and is part of the All-City Championship Alleycat Weekend thrown by bikejerks.com and inimitable Jeff.
Poster by yours truly.
