Three humans and one dog traveled to Madison to represent MPLS Bike Polo for a Bench Minor formatted bike polo tournament.

Madison, Chicago and Milwaukee all fielded 9 person teams while Minneapolis sent who we could and filled in the rest from Milwaukee and Chicago.

The standings after 4 games a piece had Milwaukee on top followed by Chicago, Madison and the mix n match Minneapolis team.

Dane Hanman from MKE was there and took lots of great photos. No surprises there!

Sounds like it was a blast! Hope everyone got some quality time with Dude the dog!

Minneapolis’ Git Sum vs St Louis’ King Shin Beef, at the Midwest Open Bike Polo Tournament

Definitely the most exciting game of polo Minneapolis has ever been a part of. Do yourself a favor and watch in full screen mode. Minneapolis has faced up against King Shin Beef in many tournaments rarely, if ever, getting the best of them. This is the last game of round robin play on Saturday. Minneapolis was 2-1-1 and this point and needed a win to crawl out of the very competitive afternoon bracket.

They got the win and advanced to Sunday’s tournament. Placing in the top 16 of 50 teams. Congrats Git Sum! You made us all proud.

Congrats to Calgary and Seattle!!!!

This Cascadian duo will be hosting the North American Hardcourt Championships and World Hardcourt Championships, respectively.

More news to come on the 2011 NAH Tour…….

The winners of the bids for the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships and World Hardcourt Championships were announced yesterday.

Congrats to both Calgary and Seattle and congrats to the North American Hardcourt organization for overseeing the bidding process.

Minneapolis hopes to send participants to both events.

Minneapolis Bike Polo is packing up and heading down South for the Midwest Open in Lexington, KY.

We are sending four full teams of Minneapolis poloists to play and party. Quality AND Quantity.

Get Some/$5 – Nick, Jeff and Ebbin

Peanut Butter and Jerry – Dustin, Sven and Jerry

The Placeholders – Bjorn, Ramon and Wade

Hot Lava – Kat, Greta and Landon

There has been some discussion on changing Hot Lava to Sisterhood of the Travelling Shants but I think the B-52s reference trumps a pun.

We couldn’t be more excited to see our extended Midwest polo family. We’ll see you in Kentucky on Friday!

Brand spanking new video comprised of footage from the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships.

Outstanding!

Highlights from Chicago vs Seattle at the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in Madison, WI.

The World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships are underway in Berlin, Germany. Two days of qualifiers all lead to a round of 32 on Sunday. Full list of teams can be found here.

Up to date info is promised at the Official tournament site as well as the thread on the League of Bike Polo. Here’s hoping for an all North American podium with a strong showing from the Midwest.

A full report from the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships will be coming shortly but check out this local news piece.

This weekend Minneapolis is sending three teams to the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in Madison, WI. Stickmata, Purple Pain and the Peter North Stars will compete in the largest hardcourt bike polo tournament ever.

68 teams will compete Friday and Saturday for one of 32 spots in the double elimination bracket on Sunday.

The level of organization the Madison club has put into this tournament is amazing. They already have their refs scheduled! 6 courts, some built by Mpls Bike Polo Inc,  at one site will mean each team will be playing no less than 10 games over the weekend. Add to that the 32 team elimination bracket and you have a recipe for massive amounts of polo.

Wish us luck as we travel to Madison and represent our fair city on an international stage.

Huge thanks to Christopher Berg for persevering through the rain to capture 33 of the 44 teams that came down. We tried to herd everyone over there but missed a few teams.

Over 25 clubs were represented and the photos show a great cross section of Midwest hardcourt bike polo and beyond.

You can contact Chris at christopherolafberg.com and check out the outtakes from the photo shoot in the gallery here.