• the number of teams participating in the Open has been dropping the last two years.

    Last year only actually...
    2010: 48 teams
    2011: 55 teams
    2012: 82 teams
    2013: 56 teams

    Also, this was because registration was opened late and the tournament was capped and perhaps wasn't directly related to a downturn in the number of possible competitors (although I agree it seems that the number of players is dropping off currently).

    Kev is a better source of bike polo activity (globally). The number of tournaments/registrations on LOBP appeared to level off from 2012 to 2013. Certainly there are less players in the UK now than there were this time last year.

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