The London Cycle Show 2011
 

Ok, the LHBPA is looking to partner up with The London Bike Show organisers to hold a big tournament in the new year... we have loads of perfect indoor space and up to 4 days to do it within, it'd be at the London ExCel from the 13th to 16th of January 2011.

Discussions are over in the LHBPA forum for privacy, please get involved with ideas and thoughts as it's a great opportunity (I reckon), here's the thread:

http://www.lfgss.com/thread53394.html

Cheers.

sweet! can we call it "fuck yeh better than karlsruhe" ;)

Superb. I should be around for this.

Sounds interesting

An indoor tournament in the middle of winter with loads of spectators who have probably never seen the game before? With a load of companies who make bike parts and frames probably keen to give us free samples and shit so we plug their products? Sounds brilliant, not just interesting!

Yep, the similarity to Karslruhe is pretty accurate and the ExCel people seem cool...

If anyone would like to make their mark on this tournament (there's huge potential for it) then please step forward, or grab me for a chat sometime.

I'm in to help out with the organisation part :)

this will be awesome.

http://ihasahotdog.wordpress.com/fil...es-big-sad.jpg


Seriously, any chance of a leg-up so I can look in?

become a member.

Not even sure if I'm allowed to be one, being a non-resident, but happy to cough up a fiver. Either way, tourney dates would be good once they've been established.

Can I also be one?
Fiver at new year?

yes, you can be one, you can give me a fiver later.

I've always thought that people from outside London should be able to be members, we vote in person and I can't see how it would be a bad thing to have more input/wisdom/experience within the LHBPA forum.

I also can't think of anything we'd specifically want to hide from the outside world, etc. Maybe others can chime in with their experience/thoughts.

Do it, this period would be great to visit london for some polo

I'm a member. I sent the access asking thing the other day and i still can't view it.

you also need to pm Gabes (or possibly some other admin) once you've requested access.

^ This will take several weeks...

Everything's currently being overhauled, please be patient... you can request access here:

http://www.lfgss.com/profile.php?do=editusergroups

But until the spreadsheet Gabes' building is updated/complete we may be unclear as to your membership status!

1. Send Gabes a PM with details of when you paid your membership fee (unfortunately many of you are probably out of date now, we have all the old ones on file, but not many new ones).
2. Request access to the LHBPA forum.

The Paypal button will be up on the "join" section of the site whenever I get a moment to do it (this weekend?) and moving forwards we will know exactly what's going on and will be able to provide you all with lovely discounts at Push, Swerve and such like.

I've already sent an email out to all existing members.

i never got it and i only paid up recently.

I'm pretty sure it only went to "questionable" members or people who were having trouble with access?

I think you're sound as a pound B.

can I pay in €€€€?

I only sent it to people who's memberships have expired.

If you want to become an LHBPA member, it's never been easier!

Go to: http://www.lhbpa.org/join and use the Paypal button at the bottom of the page, I believe you can pay in any currency, although it will come through to us in pounds (sorry Yorgo).

Please let me know if you have any problems but it seems to be working fine. Your email address will go on the membership email list and you will be allowed access to the LHBPA sub-forum.

I appreciate that not everyone wants to become a member but it's a great way to show support for your mates (and London bike polo in general) and it helps us have more power in numbers, etc. Get involved!

don't know if this has been raised before, but can non-londoners join? i'm interested to see what's going on, and i'd also like to support the organisation.

I'm ok with non-Londoners joining and it's not in the constitution that they can't?

Go for it, the more the merrier!

Anyone can join.

paid.

Unfortunately this won't be going ahead for 2011, gutted.

We will get involved for 2012 at a much earlier stage and will make sure the (potentially annual event) starts with a bang.

hey,
we were told to hold off plans for a January Manchester tournament, was it because of this?

Possibly, what's your plan? January is looking a little bleak now, sigh.

still need to get things sorted out but were hoping to hold an open in the roller rink from the uk champs, il discuss it with people see whats going down

do it! We need a winter cheering up...indoor polo for sure!

So this is off? Shame. Was really looking forward to teaming up with Rik and the Boy.

'the outoftowners'

The Expats

'Drummer Hodge and Pals'.

Rik, Tom.
Are you going to be in london around the new year, it would be nice to see you regardless.

no, I have the in-laws coming to spend Xmas here, maybe if Max gets his shit together going for the BM thingy

What?! I've got my shit together. But so far barely 10 people have registered an interest.

Max. Everyone would be into it. Indoor at winter.
But it seems that less people bother reading the forum, let alone a thread that in its title would appear to be but another debate.

MAx, choose a date for the tourney, make official, you will see like you have 40 peps in no time

It's spelt Pepe, idiota...

abuelo que se le va la pinza... tamese las pastillas!!

How do I get into the thread at LHBPA? May be down working at the london cycle show so am interested in what's going on for this.

Colin Edinburghbikepolo

you have to be a member of the lhbpa colin.