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Did anyone else notice the guy lurking behind the pillar in that ^^ photo? He gave me quite a scare when I saw him!

Theoreticaly, 7 teams could win all their games, but the 8th team will have to lose 1. More likely is that a few teams with 3 wins and a draw/loss will go through. I think?

Iain, you're off the hook.

Monday 29th March

Committee:

1. Vidal
   
2. Rik
   
3. Bill
   
4. Ray
   
5. Andy
   
   

Others:

1. Object
   
2. Tom
   
3. Jono
   
4. eggpie
   
5. gabes
   
6. gormley
   

11 games in a day. This is going to be epic! Stamina for the win.

No probs Em. I'll grab it next time I see you.

Did anyone pick up a black rear knog light last night? I had it when I arrived, but couldn't find it when I left.

Yep, I'm in for tomorrow at Newington.

This is one of the original 'Most beautiful bikes in London'. Sorry that you have to sell it Scott.

Cheers to everyone who pitched in and lent a hand yesterday. The day definitely happened thanks to everyone's hard work. Big thanks to all the polo people who helped out, but special thanks goes to Claire (honorary polo-er) and Chris who baked some of the delicious food. Also to Cameron, Big Daddy Wayne, Phil and Pip, who all helped out even though they weren't playing in the tournament.

The day started off with a lot of stress from the market managers, as a couple of Rik's shots went flying out into the glass jewlelry stall they had positioned right next to the court. Things settled down though and it ended up fine, with the Spitalfields market manager being really pleased and mentioning that we could rent out the entire market any Saturday (non-market day) for around £1500. Expensive, but good to know.

The GLA (Greater London Authority) people were also very happy with the crowd participation and the event in general. It was great to see members of the general public witnessing bike polo for the first time and being amazed at the skill/speed/violence involved.

Well done to Cosmic the next generation. I can't really remember the last game but friends tell me it was a good one.

Iain is doing a live interview on BBC London at 8.10am this morning.

Thanks to everyone who helped with the barriers. 8 people and a ridiculously good driver meant that Mark and Aidan were sat outside shop 14 with beer in hand by 2.30pm. Win.

Wow, looking great Chris. Awesome!

OK the driver just called. He'll be at Spitalfields around 1.20pm. I'm heading down now!

Can anyone help with building the court tomorrow morning? Meet at the coffee shop on Brushfield st at 8am?

1. Andy
   

I'll post as soon as the driver calls. Then I'll head down and meet him. The gate he will be entering is the Punchinello gate off Brushfield st.

Beautiful day outside. Perfect for some heavy lifting!

@dt, that would be cool. Between 1 - 2pm? Hard to say exactly when the driver will get here, but that's probably the best time.

@flier people - the idea was for a simple flier that explains what is happening to someone who has never seen or heard of bike polo. Also where they can get watch or get a game if they are interested. ie, Newington on Weds nights, Euro qualifiers, UK champs etc.

That flier seems a bit in-jokey and obscure to me. Fine for a spoke card, not so great for informational purposes. But I'm not doing it, so I'll leave it up to the 'wisdom' of the crowd.

I'll be there. John Mack. Aidan. Hopefully the driver(?).

That's 4.

Sorry, I'm away both those weekends. I could be around Fri 26th though. Let me know if you want to do a Fri night game.

BBC London have just requested a 5 min live interview at 8.10am on Saturday. I'm barely coherent at the best of times, so I don't fancy my chances.

Does someone with a good speaking manner want to do it? Or just someone who is there at 8am?

Cheers Iain.

The driver will call me an hour before he arrives. He reckons it will be between 1pm - 2pm. I'll call you when I know tomorrow.

Pip had a good idea about making fliers explaining the (simple) rules of polo and where/when people can get a game. We can hand them out on Sat.

I'm swamped, would anyone be able to run with this?

We will just be unloading the barriers on Friday and stacking them.

We will have to build the court at 8am Sat morning. Any help greatly appreciated.

#justdownstairsfromyouMark

Barriers are being delivered around 2pm Friday. Is anyone around to help unload them?

cough Mark cough

Barriers are being delivered around 2pm Friday. Is anyone around to help unload them?

"when we can" for, the admittedly quite busy, malice? I will put the points for beards on the league table now ;)

I should have played you fuckers at Newington that day. Guaranteed win.