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sore knee but tempted

Brendan - I have nightmares at night of Aidan's yellow mallet escaping me, red tshirts buzzing past and screams of "go Daaaave". Until we beat you this will keep me fuming and moaning like an angry old frenchman...

So who wants to beat Malice? As soon as my knee is healed I propose a match at Mitch.

some good shots here

^^^
Kev waiting for a rival player to have tapped out before doing so himself!!

@yorgo: Cmon Yorgo you’ve been playing for 4 years and that’s all you can do?!
who was that? :)

Benny! bastard!!!

I didn't see any of the Toros - Malice game, but I find it hard to believe that any of the refs cheated.As far as Yorgo's comments go, I have to say that these come from the same guy that took out a player at speed, got nowhere near the ball and then said that what he had done was a fair move.
I know that in one game I reffed (I think it may have been a Malice game), there was a shot which wasn't called a goal. The shooter thought it was a goal, but the goal ref, who was closer, and had an unobstructed view said it wasn't. In that situation, the line ref has to trust the judgement of the goal ref.
Mark, I was offered the slot on Discordia, but I turned it down because I had already agreed to ref. So I think you really have no right to criticise any of the reffing.
And I have to say, if you didn't like the goal-reffing, well, tough. We didn't have enough people to goal ref, because all the best London players were in the tourney - next time, let's have less London teams, and more properly briefed goal refs?Yeah, right.

Bill
the reffing was pretty much top-notch all over the weekend, apart from these 2 "goals", and I can tell you London's reputation will be tarnished by that. Munich were not happy, and I understand them.
But I guess this is the common lot of all ball sports, and there is no real way to avoid situations were there is an element of doubt. Criticism will always arise from all sides, there is no point in trying to suppress it.

re: my move on Stefan, in the moment it felt fair, just a bit physical, but I took my 30 secs out of the court, reluctantly but obediently.

My only worry is that in the long term, the free spirit of polo, which is what drew most of us to the sport, will be lost on an array of rules and regulations. Kev said it was the first time in his 6 years of playing that he saw proper reffing and penalties.

My final blog posting: Arkitip

the reffing was great, apart from the munich toros vs malice. That was a sham. Munich must have gone home feeling conned.

Best thing to take from that experience is that GOOD GOAL REFS are essential.

Otherwise, it was a fucking great weekend. Best tourney ever.

Agree 100% -

waaaaaa! what a day! (hey organisers, how about an announcement of who is playing who just before each game? i know there is a mic and speakers :-) )

+1

Polo is great - had fun today even if we played like shit. So nice to see all the different styles.
My favorites:

• Irish Grass polo guys: WTF??! funniest match ever - when the dude scored then completely hit the barriers at full speed (no brakes no straps...)
  
• Team Sparton - Lyon: Again What The Fuck? Dudes arrived super cocky and confident, like they wer gonna crush the opposition. One spit in his hand before shaking Hugo's (DTGP). Then they got a reality check.
  
• Barcelona team (the good one): They are actually good!
  

saturday looks like its going to rain a lot, are the games still going to happen?

ah ah I can sense someone coming from a southern country here.
Those who were present on the early morning of the Infamous 2008 BFF London Polo tourney know the drill...

More on my blog:
Arkitip

I explained to her who invented bike polo in a very clear manner.

I know www.negs.co.uk next to the John Snow - any others?

speaking of which where can I get 3 tshirts printed today or tmrw?

you guys are nuts

hey who is the press contact for ehbpc? Matt? Iain? Roxy? I have some requests from press people.

OK I have to warn you guys that the BBC girl last night forced me to rephrase my very long explanation from something that went like ***"Polo was played in london 5 years ago by a group of bike messengers including my teammate mike but it didn't really pick up enough momentum (...), then in the late cold winter of 2006 I went to new york city for (...) and I met zach and brad from (...) and i played there (...) and then the internet helped us in London to find a court (...) in Brick Lane and we built mallets from (....) and then we started palying on different courts (...) etc..." ***to a more succint "Hi, I am Yorgo, and I brought Bike Polo to London"

Wet

I've just invited about 150 people on facebook - if you are on fb I recommend joining the ehbpc group and inviting people...

polo

Actually the US Army has got some translating devices that could do the job - I wonder if they have a "Rik" function... read

'where's your dog?' 'have you been juggling?' yorgo's heckling is both surprisingly shit but hilarious.

you forgot "the squat is on the right" and "are you going to a rave party?"