Best of luck to our women and men from Minneapolis as they party, play and cheer their way through the weekend.

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Minnesota placed third at the Battle for the Middle West in Bloomington, IN this past weekend. It was a great tournament and an exciting change of pace from the usual 3 man team tournaments.

We faced Midwest rivals Illinois in the third place match and came out victorious with a 5-4 win. This was a big win for MN as we came together as a team and improved on our 11 to 3 loss to Illinois on Saturday.

Big thanks to Indiana Bike Polo for throwing an excellent tournament!

MN brought a full roster of players and every person was integral for our team’s success. We couldn’t have done it without our coaches and support staff! And another big tip of the hat goes to Penn Cycle and their excellent mechanics for making sure our polo ponies were in tip top shape before the tournament.

• Dustin
• Wade
• Nick
• Aaaron(Mankato, MN)
• Sven
• Ebbin
• Aren
• Meglee
• Jeff
• Ramon
• John
• Jerry
• Mike

Link not working? Head on over to Bloomington’s Ustream channel for more viewing options.

9 players from each of the 8 states will compete for bragging rights and a killer trophy.

This event will be livestreamed on Ustream so check back here on Saturday and Sunday to watch Minnesota  battle Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri and Indiana.

Minneapolis did really well at this tournament. 5 of our 6 teams officially made it to Sunday with a computer hiccup pushing Shark Farts out of the top 32 for Sunday. We had several stand out players which helped propel their teams deep into the double elimination bracket on Sunday. Meg Lee and Aren are two such players. Aren even took home the MVP award for the tournament.

Congrats to Nick T of Minneapolis on his teams’ 7th place finish. He got the call asking him to be a substitute player at 9:30am on Saturday and helped Chris and Nick from Lexington to yet another excellent finish.

Thanks to Milwaukee Bike Polo for hosting and bringing the Midwest together for such a fun time.

Results

• 1st -Baby Face (Brian, Kremin, JT MKE/RVA)
• 2nd -Guardians (Cody, Dusty, Julian SEA)
• 3rd -Machine Politics (Ben, Joe, Matt L CHI)
• 4th -Lil’ Wayne Gretzky (Nick kruse,Tim D, Charlie H COMO)
• 5th -The Spurs (Pierre,Jonny, Sam C MAD )
• 5th -Wardens (Jake, Matt, Zack MKE)
• 7th -Bourbonic Plague (Nick, Cardinal, Nick T LEX/MPLS)
• 7th -Mitten Polo (Jon, Adam, Piet AA)
• 9th -WNBA Jamz (Joe, Shay, Guthrie MKE)
• 9th -3rd Times a Charm (Meg, Dustin, Brian MPLS/CHI)
• 9th -El Polo Loco (Derek, Stanislav, Rob FTW)
• 9th -Panther Baby Strike (Nick, Aren, Jeff MPLS)
• 13th -What about Bob (Karate jon, Chris W, Lou CLE )
• 13th -Team Icarus (Zach ,Travis , Rob IN/CHI)
• 13th -Cockstorm (Ramon, Jerry, Art MPLS)
• 13th -The Matt Lodge Experience (Ebbin, Wade, Matt MPLS)
• 17th -Seal Team 666 (Matt, Alex, Robb GRPS)
• 17th -Gnomads (Ben H, Matt R, MP MAD)
• 17th -Oakeshott Nights (Mark L, Dan, Mark H WNPG)
• 17th -Team Adorable (Greg V, Tucker, Suzy CHI)
• 17th -MDK (Kody, Meg M, Dave CHI)
• 17th -Everything Butt Sex (Eric, Erica, Tiffany ATL/LEX)
• 17th -Steve Jobs (Birdie, Lodi, Jordan MKE)
• 17th -The Stealth Snowman (Sven, Thahn, Wheels MPLS/MKE)
• 25th -Lefty Bullshit (Bruce, Jess, Quinn MIX)
• 25th -Gay Boy farts (Kevin, Thomas, Caleb LAF)
• 25th -Como Erectus (Christian, Andrew, Nic)
• 25th -Emphysema Makeout Party (Abe, Matt, Joe MIX)
• 25th -Noah’s Shark (Tyler Brown,Jeremy, Jordan BLM)
• 25th -Bearded Men (Charlie S, Omar, Willie )
• 25th -St st stuntin is a habit (Kelly s, Mick, Josh CHI)
• 25th -White Arms (Steener, Carl winslow, Witt GB)

The Midwest Open is happening this weekend in Milwaukee.

Minneapolis is sending 6 teams into the mix. You can follow the teams live Saturday and Sunday at podiu.mx/mwo . Also stay tuned to twitter, #MWO

The Matt Lodge Experience - Ebbin, Wade, Matt

Panther Baby Strike – Nick, Aren, Jeff

3rd Times a Charm – Meg, Dustin, Brian(CHI)

Shark Farts – Greta, Landon, Mike

The Stealth Snowman – Sven, Wheels, Thahn(MKE)

Cockstorm – Ramon, Jerry, Art

A field of ~44 teams will play 6 games each on Saturday.  Sunday will see the top 32 teams advance to a double elimination tournament.

Thanks to Hollywood Cycles for lending us some pimp EZ-Ups for the weekend. See you in Milwaukee!

Worlds Final from Mr.Do on Vimeo.

East Van’s Crazy Canucks (Rory/Chris/Alex) vs France’s Call Me Daddy (Po Lo/William/Greg) for the Championship

Check out the updated poster for the 2011 WHBPC in Seattle. Hotness!

Minneapolis qualified for NAHBPC but due to passport restrictions and broken wrists Nick, Dustin and Sven are unable to attend. We worked hard for that qualifying spot and it bums us out to no be able to use it. But them’s the breaks!

Nick, Dustin and Sven are, however, gearing up for the Wildcard tournament to be held before WHBPC. A two day tourney to compete for 8 team slots for the big show.

Minneapolis is also sending a team or two to the Thunder Bay Open and several teams will be heading to the Midwest Open in Milwaukee in October.

2011 is shaping up to be quite a busy year!