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There isn't a "goalie" in bike polo is there? Just people that decide to occupy the goal space, they have no special rights and priveledges... Unlike football/ice hocky (your two examples) if you change the word goalie for player and change hocky for american football or rugby, the answer becomes yes?
khornight, a fundamental point i'd totally missed, i'll take that on the chin.
regardless however, in ice hockey, you shove someone without the ball you get a foul called. it's just particularly bad taste to do it to a defender rather than an offender, if you get my drift.
im with you khor; we have all sorts of styles here in cambridge inc. pussy games and hard core games, i like both pussy and hard core. but there's something about the inane way that guy pushed the other guy off his bike just to get ahead that has riled my feathers. no "sportsman" would do that.
Agree with bogey, contact like that in any sport would have resulted in the offender picking his teeth up from around the court, what is the point??
The chap fouled didn't really care so maybe that is how they roll
I said before, I'd not seen it... and I have now... that wouldn't have been allowed in any game I've ever been part of.
You guys all hit it on the head. Regardless if it was done to a 'goalie' or not, if anybody straight up shoves somebody (or attempts to) off their bike in that way it's a foul. It really doesn't matter if it's on or off the ball. That action is just not on, as I've already copied and pasted...
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Absolutely! Great times. Wests is the new Souths...
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mike [copy paste trampsparadise]
Yea, I guess I could've taken a screenshot, opened it with photoshop or illustrator and do all sorts of 'magical' effects to it, insert some in-joke at someone else's expense all to get a cheap laugh but I'm a simple guy, really.
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This has been covered in the ehbpc rules for months...
Fouls:
- Players must not touch the floor with their feet. Touching the wall or barrier with your feet is allowed; feet must not touch the floor. Each time a player does foot-down, that player is out of play and may not play the ball until they touch either sideline at center court. The player must immediately tap-out and not purposefully obstruct play. Intentionally obstructing play after foot-down will be considered a strong penalty. A possible goal that is blocked by a player out of play due to foot-down is not a goal.
- Throwing your mallet is not allowed at any time and will be considered a strong penalty.
- T-bone’ or charging. Intentional, forward moving bike contact that is perpendicular or near perpendicular (resulting in a maneuver similar in shape to a letter ‘T’) will be considered a strong penalty.
- Overly aggressive behavior *such as grabbing, pushing, punching with hands*, pushing or kicking with feet, and headbutting will be considered a strong penalty.
And the penalties for such things:
Players have the responsibility to keep legal play on the court. If they are unable, the ref can demand the offending party to, depending on the seriousness of the wrongful act:
- Tap out at either the sidelines or either goal line.
- Do a lap around the court before re-entering play
- Be removed from the game for a set time or even permanently.
- In extreme cases any form of public humiliation will be considered proper punishment for offenders.
We really need to be working on refs up for trying to enforce these things if we're going to try and keep play fair and clean at the Euro's.
Hopefully after the qualifying tourney people will be more open to becoming a ref and actually put a bit of effort into it.
- Players must not touch the floor with their feet. Touching the wall or barrier with your feet is allowed; feet must not touch the floor. Each time a player does foot-down, that player is out of play and may not play the ball until they touch either sideline at center court. The player must immediately tap-out and not purposefully obstruct play. Intentionally obstructing play after foot-down will be considered a strong penalty. A possible goal that is blocked by a player out of play due to foot-down is not a goal.
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A handful of easties will be out your way tonight.
West's, do you lot drink lager or pimms? I wouldn't want to offend...
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ha!
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Thursday day weather
- Heavy Rain Shower
- Max: 17°C 63°F
- Sunrise: 05:08
- Heavy Rain Shower
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Oxford were battling hard to salvage their reputation as the home team.
"Battling hard", is that what it's called? I thought it was desperate...
Once they started getting called out for their 'hard battling' they actually played decent polo against you cosmic guys. And they've been playing about the same length of time as some of us in London but longer then any of the cosmic boys, mostly on grass though.
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I could not believe you guys lost when I heard it.
Yea, well... shit happens.
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Matt, I don't think Iain will be around on Thurs. How about me, you and Yorgo if he's about?
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I'm playing in West London tonight.
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After losing 3 red Franklins in about as many weeks, I'll take one.
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Slackchain, from the latin slack chain.
So your gearing is 1 meter/crank revolution or is a 700xwhatever'c'your backtireis one meter in diameter?
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PM'd ya James, what's so special?
Cheers Steff, I'll look into those.
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8 for 3 or each?
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Unemployed at the moment and need some income, I'll take any work, temp/permanent/parttime, a days work, a couple days work whatever.
Not really qualified for much more than general stuff. I've messengered, worked various events, managed warehouses, modeled (yea, I don't get it either), I can work on bikes, move stuff, run errands, etc. etc. whatever.Help a brotha out!
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i am interested in the deep v ill PM
Rim and hubset still available.
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Got anything for hips? And how about a pic of this stuff?
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Ditto. Size small please.
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It's peeling the bloodied sheets off my hip every morning that's getting to her.
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...or calling barrier provider people.
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HA! Could do with a coffee, myself...
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Yea, I guess...
How bored are you?
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This tourney is about European inclusiveness. It's about trying to bridge the gaps between places like Barcelona and Budapest, Sicily and Sweden. It's about building a larger European polo community and making the one that already exists stronger.
Yea, comparable to the olympics I guess. If I remember right, we were wanting a good representation of Europe, not a tilted representation of London.