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Anyone have a padded bike bag I could borrow? Going back to Aus end of the month and need it for 3 - 4 weeks. Happy to buy as well.
have a bo gear bag you can borrrow if you want smth compact. not padded but thats why god invented cardboard...pm if needed
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cheers ed! we have figured in a box of bits. and a retarded amount of screws...its mental how many screws you need for this shit! :)
(the sound of bits rounding off is a personal peeve..also something i am really good at doing..tricky one.)
n.b. no sorry's in bike polo
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timekeepers will be refs/ref assistants where poss. in later stages from ref pool
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nah rules. goal refs in the group stages will come from winners, later on from the ref pool :)
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haha! i havent had to do any work..just preparing ther people to ;) excited about the polo cat joe!! :) count me in for a check point!
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ref announcement on the 'london open ref announcement page'!! take a look folks, you might want to ref if you didnt before.
also, thanks to everyone who has offered to volunteer for the tournament. this is why our community rules (gush gush etc.). special thanks to those from outside of london who have offered to help out! for all of you there will be more info soon.
cant wait to get this show no the road!
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great everyone! thanks for offering to help!
Reffing is a hard job and often heavily unappreciated. In order for us to have better reffing in polo, we need people to be willing to ref the game and make decisions without fear of attack (so that their judgement isn't clouded by being intimated by strong on court characters).
Obviously, we all make mistakes when we ref games and often, players and refs have very different perspectives based on what they can see. Towards the end of the tournament or in potentially contentious (in a big way) games it is useful to have experienced refs on hand.
However, This year to help combat this, Ryan has decided to come down hard on any players who feel it's ok to intimate refs! There will be a rule allowing any back chat deemed rude, offensive or untoward by the ref, that allows them to remove a player from the game (time tbc). Furthermore, Ryan, as head ref will be roaming and at any point if he sees a ref being intimated or being treated badly by a player will have the power to interject and remove said player from the game. Finally, if any ref feels that they need a 'helper' or more experienced ref to help, they will be able to request an assistant allowing them to have a confident ref available to give advice and back them up.
Obviously, Ryan will be having refs meetings at the beginning of each day to go over everything and of coure there will be room for questions anyone might have. At the end of the day, we all play the game and we all know the rules. All refs for the tournament will be provided with a copy of the ruleset and any less confident/experienced refs helped as much as they need. Ryan wants everyone to feel confident that under NO circumstances should they feel under pressure or threatened by a player. There will be a general announcement at the tournament covering all of this but to thse of you who are stepping up to help with this, cheers. You're awesome. And we have your back ;)
- ryan
- nik
- bill (he's back!)
- tim
- gormley
- chris sheffield
- sevem
- kropa
- louis
- jess
- ben
- jono
- stan from krak
- mat vidal/chukker
- woody
- josh
- dan canterbury
- nktshane
- chris brighton
- jamies brighton
- mayeut
- emmet
- sean ?
- aidan?
- fin?
- eddy
- michael (johnny rocket)
the more the merrier!
- ryan
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- Max
- Clem
- (Apollo)
- Adrienne (build)
- Robbie
- Iain
- Bill
- Fush
- IO
10.Matt - Mya
- TS
- Manchester
- nik
- ryan
- ed
- eddy
- nele
- hbomb
- anchorage
- anchorage
- anchorage?
- mat cosmic
- therese cosmic
- dan canterbury
- ed moog
- andytk
this is amazeballs!!
ryan and i re heading to cambs on thurs to pick up wood and have space for one more helper if anyone is interested in a runup. coming back same day.
otherwise, at this point we are looking at a fri morning start. waiting on a time from the pallet man...we will need as many hands as possible for the unloading of this as poss as its retarded how many there are! i love that some folk are up for early doors! would you guys mind popping down what time you are available from on the friday? just so we can c-ordinate the whole thing (we need to be pretty organised on this to get it all up by lunch haha)?
more dets to follow on confirmation of some stuff from jess etc. but man, this is an epic list! thanks so much for everyones enthusiasm and commitment to making the open awesome for the 4th year in a row! our community is the best in the world!!!!
gonna have to order more bacon butties.....
:)
- Max
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HEY EVERY ONE!!
IMPORTANT NEWS!
just found out that we do not have the courts on thursday! so the build will now be friday am! sorry for the short notice, just found out myself!
will be in touch with more details ASAP
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Need to invoice them still..ha!
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Goddamnit! Fuschia I am jealous! Ask machine if you can get a sf sandwich ;)
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I like Erins "ten minute game" It took a while to stream and kept repeating i began to hear Yolanda in Pulp Fiction, "everybody this is a robbery!.."
That was clara
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It wasn't a cjeck! Her bars got caught in the gap in the wall! Can't believe I bled for adidas..fail.
Also, why has no one taken the piss out of my braids yet! I've been waiting!
Wicksie, come back to london, we ballet 5 nights a week ;)
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Well, if you're gonna be there john....
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Nice one guys, thanks.
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Oh yeah! And they ruined our team name forever..although erins goal is saweeet!
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I am disappointed with the lack of baby oil... :)
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yeah, you guys are all suckers. you know whats so much better than polo and beer in the park in the sun? chores and emails.
that's right.
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Me and ryan breakfasting eta noon?
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also, hbomb fits them all sexy like ;)
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magic grip=magic grip
LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of fixed gear and single-speed cyclists.
10.Matt
28.Aidan