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seriously doubt im gonna make it tonight guys, sorry :(

is it paul's tap-out tonight? in chorlton park?

no not his actual tap out (if that means leaving)

yeah that is what i meant. well i'll come along anyway

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awesome night!

How's the league table looking after night one?

The CP Summer Series eventually kicked off, after sultry weather brought the world and his wife to CP to kick a bag of air about on our court.... tonight's format was a mini league featuring yet another Netto combo; Doomallets; the Hip Replacements and a throw in special Yoof Squad.

Mini League Table

Netto Graffstar$ (LOLZ) W 3 L 0 D 0 TB - F 12 A 5 = 15pts
Yoof Squad W 2 L 1 D 0 TB 1 F 9 A 8 = 11pts
Hip Replacements W 1 L 2 D 0 TB 2 F 9 A 10 = 7pts
Doomallets W 0 L 3 D 0 TB 1 F 6 A 13 = 1pt

Feisty competition for the minor places with the Hips pushing Netto in the first game to 3-2; then, in Paul NZ's final appearance in the Replacements shirt, settling an old score against Doommallets 5-3. The Yoof Squad got off to a winning start but their playmaker was called in to bed by his mum, leading to a 4-2 defeat against the Graffstar$. Goal of the night went to Pineapple Paul when playing for Yoof, singlehandedly overcoming a hundered tackles to slide home the decisive goal against the Hips at 4-2.

The proto goals made their first appearance and seemed to hold up, the old school street sounds electro beatz gave a chilled vibe and our trick cyclist competed for the attentions of the strollers.

Thanks to those who made it - let's ramp it up from here on in....

What does F12 A5 mean? I presume the points are goals?

it means goals, 'for' 12 'against' 5. and the points are just points woody, 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and none for a loss. like football and shit. thank fuck for paul getting goal of the night, scored our only point!

Don't be talking about that crap on here

haha, good call.

5 points for a win/2 points a draw - 1 point time bonus to a losing team that finished the full ten minutes (ie. didn't lose 5-0)... F = goals for/A = goals against - simples!

ignoramus

great night. those goals are brill. did anyone actually get to 5 goals in under 10 minutes?

Yes, the Hips!

Great night, I loved it. Thanks MrK for putting in the time. Spoke cards for recruiting next?...we could do with a bigger turnout.

CP merchandise on the way!

PLEASE NOTE: DATE CHANGE!

THE SECOND IN THE CHORLTON PARK SUMMER SERIES WILL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY (16TH) at 6pm...

More details as I think of them...

Okay - let's build the team list for Wednesday...

1. Hip Replacements MK II

1. Hip Replacements MK II
2. Le Maillet Jaune (anyone teamless and wanna join si and me?)

i would love to step up and join Le Maillet Jaune if anybody would be happy to let me borrow a bike and mallet.

1. Hip Replacements MK II
2. Le Maillet Jaune (anyone teamless and wanna join si and me?)
3. ASBO

Sweet if it is wednesday then i am deff in. Sorry for all the no-shows at the mo, ahve had lots of other stuff

great, mallet's easy enough. bike i guess we have to wait and see who's playing.

1. Hip Replacements MK II
2. Le Maillet Jaune (anyone teamless and wanna join si and me?)
3. ASBO
4. Netto

i'm def in for wednesday, and assume pineapple will be too, but we'll need a replacement for scott... any volunteers?

il play for scott if needed, more games for me!
or Colin is hopefully coming down so im sure he would like to play

Weather is promising for Wednesday - bring the sun block... Hip Replacements MK II may have a newbie to throw in at the deep end - watch this space!

colin - woohoo, that'll be good!
emma said she's coming too

start at 6?!

yep 6, cant wait to play!!

is tonight also going to involve sitting around with beers in the sun? I'd be up for that section!

+1. hope you've had your rest ste. doomallets hopes rest with you!

yeh rory come down, i wanna see your new bike

court is here: http://tiny.cc/m6p9j

Tonite's drink of champions is Pimms Cider... bring your boaters....

neil, seeing as your into your old school MTBs check out hilarystone's colnago MTB for sale in the classifieds, pretty beautiful....

CP Summer Series Round 2

NETTO W 4 D 0 L 0 TB - F 18 A 1 = TOTAL 20
MALLETS JAUNE W 2 D 1 L 1 TB 2 F 12 A 13 = TOTAL 14
ASBO W 2 D 0 L 2 TB 1 F 13 A 10 = TOTAL 11
HIP REPLACEMENTS W 1 D 1 L 2 TB 1 F 8 A 15 = TOTAL 8
DOOMALLETS W 0 D 0 L 4 TB 2 F 5 A 17 = TOTAL 2

Lot's of positives and one negative from the balmy second night of the series... superb turnout with promising debuts from Gaz, Emma and Rob - waytogo guys! Good spectator support added to the summer vibe once the boo boy(s) and their audience had got bored (or mummy called them home for tea). Netto continued to sit above the eager pack, although ASBO was a tough nut to crack - over 3 minutes before the first goal and the last in the 3-0 game came very late on. Performance of the night surely must be Mallet Jaune coming from behind (is there any other way??) to shock ASBO 3-4 in the final match of the night- chapeau boys! The league table shows the benefit of securing a win against the bigger boys! The Doomallets became the whipping boys - shipping a record number of goals - they need Scott back pronto to steady the ship! The Hips were decimated by Paul's departure and then Lewis having to read Rufus his bedtime story - worthy Replacements for the evening saw a welcome return for the flying haggis and Rich, alongside Saturday boy Mark and debutant Gaz. All in all a good night of polo - everyone going home with their newly created CP Series spoke card...

Mr K

Awesome night! It's what polo is all about. Nice one Neil for sorting it and the spoke cards are ace!

Can't wait to see the blausten bomb again!

that was great polo today - amazing work Neil for rejuvenating polo in Manchester, lets go on from here! also brilliant performances from the new players, especially Rob who played a significant part in Le Maillet Jaune's second placing. see you all tomorrow then?.....

My knee is all bloody and my arms bruised ... it was an great night! Massive thanks to Adam, Woody and one of the Nettos (sorry, i didn't catch your name) for lending their bikes. Got the polo bug for sure. Looking into sorting a polo bike at the moment.

it was wicked, shows how much better people play when it matters even though there was nothing at stake a tournament brings out the best in people, lots of injuries last night including being hit in the stomach with a mallet...

cheers to neil for organising last night, lot of fun, polo is brilliant when we have a good turn out, and it makes a change to up the ante in the games.

ah yes sorry ste. didn't realise how bad it was until i saw the bruise. lesson learnt. i'll bring beers over later.

don't worry im only joking, until next time...

seriously you played so well, must be a natural!

Had such an ace time, cant wait till the next one!

Starting the hype about CP 3 here... who's looking forward to it; what new team permutations etc.??

Thursday July 15th is the date - get it in your filofoxes/smart bones/diahorrys now!

going to Geneva for the Euros that Thursday night :-/

i think netto are going on the Friday but still prob wont want to play the night before may be better to postpone until the week after?

+1 to what ste said but how bout the wednesday?
it would be a good warm up for you lot for the euros....

I'm easy - votes for the Wednesday 14th or Thursday the week after...

wouldnt want to play the night before leaving so my vote is for the week after