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The steel o flex around my waist/over shoulder, the mini atatched to belt and the fahgettaboudit in my bag, if i have my bike stolen at least i'l know i did my best!

Don't forget to secure your saddle and seatpost too (ballbearing trick? chain?)... After carrying all those locks around, the last thing you'll want is for someone to nick your saddle because they can't get at the rest of your bike! ;-)

some from last weekend up on the league site now

Ahhh, teddybear! :)

just a thought, but the league flickr should be for league game photos and the london bike polo flickr for all london bike polo pics?

Happy Birthday Tanya :)

Yeah lets postpone, it's fooking freezing and we're knackered and ill.

OKay, I'll let BAD know :)

Shall we postpone tomorrows game then? we've got ages to play it and i'd rather play my favourite team on a nicer day!

Let me know what you guys think...

Jo, just to inform you... it's AidAN and BrendAN. I don't think they reply unless you address them proper

Yeah, Joe and Allie!

Seeya in the New Year Chris.

Until then, I'll remember the last game I played with you.... The epic 5-4 game we won last Wednesday (very last game of the night) when you got the wheelie goal :)

Aidan, being compared to JCC is an excellent compliment. Seeing him 'perform' with The Fall has to be up there in one of the best/funniest/weirdest gigs ever :)

Excellent report, probably doesn't need the promised follow up (especially when it could be in the style of Alice Fisher!)

whos responsible for the mulled wine?

I would be all over that if I could be there tonight :(

Have fun in the snow boys!

Teenslain... found the pic of the tyre bell (on this thread 18 months ago!)

oh yeah, you should see the peds run for cover when she gets trigger happy with it :)

;1111364']We'll probably actually be taking them to Hurligton/Newington...

Hurlingham doesn't have lights, so it would be weekends only.

Have the West teams actually hosted a game to a S or NE team on their home turf yet?

It was Polonium's idea to play their fixture against us at Newington, so thank you!

Peds need to be woken up on the Strand in the mornings!

I'm going to put my tyre bell back on my bike.

Spotted T4NYA on Strand again this morning. Hello!

indeed. fixtures are not supposed to interfere with pickup nights, as agreed before the league. We often do one on a night, and it's ok, but 2, with the lights at Mitch going out at 9:40, is tight, and also, everyone else freezes their arse off.

But they could do two on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday with enough warning.

At Newington on a Weds, throw-ins still take priority if there is only one court available. We've been fortunate so far :)

Were both free Sunday, possible earlier rather than later.

Aidan usually has to work by 12 & a nice 10.30am start would suit me!

I can make sure Dave is up all night so will be ruined for the game too.......

:D

i'm free sat+sun

Cool, shall we do something special & go somewhere nice? x

Thank you Sarah for the report, very nicely written and great with the photos.

now, where are my sweets?

@hops: http://www.londonbikepololeague.com/2009/12/bad-polo-vs-massive-cogs/

nice write up, thanks.

Thanks Gabes.

No more write ups from me for now.. I just thought there hasn't been many written lately, but then there hasn't actually been that many games played in the last couple of weeks. And now I see this on the homepage...

coming up:

...
nothing!

J&A, BAD & Cogs - when are you free? I'm free this weekend..

Pigfarmer has a very powerful shot.

Yeah, I was standing in that line too!

BAD Polo v Massive Cogs
Sunday 13th December, Newington

Game 1: 5-0
Aidan wins the charge and takes the ball to goal and scores. 1-0 to BAD Polo at 5 seconds. Dave makes it 2-0 within the first minute of the game, by powering a shot through John's rear wheel spokes. A sign of things to come in this fixture it seems...

BAD dominate the start of the game with the majority of action in the Massive Cogs half. As another attack from BAD comes, a shout of "Come on the Wall" from the Cogs camp warns their players to stack up 3 deep in goal and prevent BAD from scoring! It's effective and gives the Cogs some good breaks.

Brendan gets the third goal on the 5 minute mark, a strike which hits Camerons back wheel and bounces over. Aidan scores a lovely 4th goal at 7'17", slotted in at an almost impossible angle. Dave repeats his earlier goal by another hard hit, this time going between spokes in Emmet's rear wheel. Game ends 5-0 at 7'45"

Game 2: 5-2
Aidan takes the charge again in the second game and takes it to the Cogs defence. It's back to the BAD end within seconds with Emmet having a great shot at Dave. The first two minutes of the game sees both Emmet having another fine shot, and also Cameron almost getting one past Dave. Despite this, it's BAD who take the first goal again - Brendan scoring at 2'40".

Emmet equalizes for the Cogs at 4'20" with a fast air shot which goes through Dave's wheel. A good goal which they really deserved.

At 5'40" Aidan puts BAD back in the lead, and Brendan makes it 3-1 with a nicely angled shot at 7'30". BAD are sharing the goal scoring and it's Dave's turn at 9 minutes when his shot hits Emmet's mallet, spins round the front wheel and trickles over the line!

Excitement at 10'40" when Brendan takes a shot which lands on Cameron's chain whilst he his goalkeeping. After a couple of trademark hops, it drops under his bottom bracket in front of the goal line. As Brendan swings round and tries to knock it through, John fortunately pushes it clear.

At 11'25" Cameron gets one back for the Cogs as he takes the ball almost the whole length of the court and fires it through at great pace. Aidan scores again at 12'30" to finish of the game 5-2.

Game 3: 5-1
The final game of the fixture sees the Cogs getting the first goal. At 1'15", John shoots straight through Dave's bottom bracket at an almost unstoppable speed. Aidan retaliates 30 seconds later with a shot going through 'The Wall' via two bottom brackets.

At 3'50", Brendan takes one of his symbolic strikes and put BAD back in front at the expense of Cameron's spokes. A ball-shaped hole is left in his wheel and a time-out is called.

It seems to take both teams a while to warm up again after a long time-out. It's not until the 7th minute when Brendan gets another goal after some excellent passing and communication between the team. Aidan also follows up with another at 8 minutes, after Dave makes space by forcing a hole in The Wall.

Massive Cogs fight back and there are god chances at both ends of the court, but eventually Aidan cements the win for BAD at 10'20" after slotting a ball in behind a Cog's back wheel.

Very good games to watch and everyone seemed to enjoy them. All of the Massive Cogs goals (one each) were truly spectacular, but in the end, BAD Polo really show why they are the team to beat in this league!

BAD Polo:

The WALL:

Yes!

Did he?
It was the 3rd game when he warned you! (after the timeout that Brendan called from his major fall?)

Sorry its late boys!**

BAD Polo v Rotten Apples**
Wednesday 9th December, Newington

Game 1: 2-1 (Golden Goal)

The game starts fast and hectic with both teams blocking well and preventing passes. BAD polo having the best of the chances in the first few minutes with some good steals and Dave coming very close to scoring on two occasions. The first goal comes from Aidan at 4 minutes just as his BAD Girls arrive to support!

Apples come close to scoring but fail to take advantage when both Aidan and Dave are footdown. Brendan also makes a fine clearance under pressure.

Rik is impenetrable at the other end with countless balls hitting his wheels and the cones, yet he stays so solid and so confident. At 10 minutes, BAD almost go 2 up when Dave shuffles a ball through.

The equalizer comes at 13 minutes, when Aidan footsdown in goal. This time, Em takes full opportunity of the gap and scores. A minute later, Apples could have had another chance when Brendan and Aidan crash into each other in the middle of the court, but Dave stays strong in defence.

Eventually it goes to Golden Goal and at 19'37", the winner came from Brendan after a strike which hit the cone, went high and fortunately the top-spin enabled the ball to roll over the goal line.

Game 2: 1-0
On the charge Gabes gets to the ball first but it is stolen by Aidan. For the first 2 minutes, play is back and forth between each end, and Aidan hits a few wide of the goal. Gabes comes closest at 3 minutes, with a ball that hits the cone, Em misses the rebound chance.

At 5'15", Aidan gets the first goal after circling around the Apples and slotting the ball between the cones, in what is fast becoming an Aidan trademark.

A close one for Apples when Rik has an incredible shot at Aidan in goal, which he wedged under his rear wheel in front of the goal line. Brendan goes round the back and smacks it clear.

Rik also fires a really hard ball at Dave at the other end, but Dave makes a phenomenal save. Defence at both ends is particularly strong tonight, hence the scorelines. The game eventually times out at 1-0 to BAD.

Game 3: 3-1
Despite two exhausting and intense games, the third starts with just as much determination. Brendan strikes at 2'35" to give BAD the first goal again. Aidan follows up the scoring at 4'14".

At 8'38" Gabes gets one back with an accurate powerful strike straight through the goal.

Aidan has a great chance for another goal whilst Rik is footdown, he is on his own and has time, but regrettably no goal. Another opportunity for Aidan arises, but along comes Gabes with his fat tyres and disc brakes and skids over the ball. Apples are using their bikes to full effect to pull lots of fancy moves to block the opposition!

At 10 minutes Brendan finds himself with two Apples mallets under his front wheel and skids 20ft across the court. However, he gets up and carries on, scoring a minute later and calls a justified time out to fix his clips. The ref takes this opportunity to warn the Apples for their foul mallet play!

The determination continues right up to the last second, when the game ends 3-1 to BAD.

Oh, yeah, and Em was shite at 5'50" in the first game ;-)

I'm going to be missing South on Wednesday - I've got to go to some hotel in SW London for my work Xmas party :(

thanks dave.

aidan, hows the los conos v slap report coming along?