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Shame. I thought it was going to be 3 different tournaments (individual, bench minor and regular).

I bet you listen to Fishbone.

Let's see you play those 6 string basslines.

Good song, good album.

Green is not a fad.

Let's not get all Daily Mail about stats.

http://www.marinobike.com/

Would probably be where I'd take £300 for a polo bike.

That will be the third I think?

Cam, pique, anyone else?

One of the guys from Call Me Daddy in Barcelona.

I assume Nice Touch are in - there's a plastic medal to defend.

Also, this was my first glimpse of 'Ben'.

There's always room for Spring Break.

Capped at 3 teams?

Probably, whatever's comfortable.

'77 to '78

LDO

What about them?

Got to be Newington I'm afraid. Can't be in two places at once.

I’ve lost track of who said it with all these vague assertions, but I’d like to address the idea that curved seat-tubes are not as strong as straight tubes. Like most things frame related, this really depends on the builder. When you bend a tube in this way, the material on one side of the tube is stretched and the material on the other side is compressed. On the stretched side, the wall thins out slightly. Consequently, curved seat tubes need thicker walls (and preferably less pronounced butting) than straight tubes. If your curved tube came from Reynolds/Columbus, it would have been shaped before it was shipped out to the frame builder with this in mind and there’s absolutely no reason for it to be weaker. If the framebuilder shaped it themselves then I agree this would be a concern.

Nice Touch are actually up for some team games, Sunday, Newington, from midday. Anyone?

Then try a medium stem. It's still noticeable.

Not going to make it; number 29 is free.

1. John H
   
2. Cohen
   
3. MAX
   
4. Jono
   
5. erin
   
6. konijn
   
7. Sandy
   
8. Rich
   
9. Xander (GPC)
   
10. Si (GPC)
    
11. Joni
    
12. JoeSlain
    
13. Emmet
    
14. Helen
    
15. Luca
    
16. Benjamin
    
17. Ryan
    
18. Tibbs (GPC)
    
19. eggpie
    
20. Cam
    
21. Rich
    
22. Spikes
    
23. Crumb
    
24. Louis
    
25. sKoOtA
    
26. Hassan
    
27. Erica (is a good B cat IMO)
    
28. IDN
    29.
    
29. flip
    
30. CowHen
    
31. Snoops
    
32. ed
    
33. ludo
    
34. Margs
    
35. Dean
    
36. Vi .
    
37. Chris
    
38. Tim
    
39. Julian (JuandCats)
    

Nice.

If anyone is considering a new polo bike in the near future and feels like custom is the way to go, I would very seriously advise you talk to Ryan (Oak Cycles/Spring Break) for several reasons. Firstly, he’s a ‘sweet dude’. Secondly, he actually plays polo on the bikes he makes. Thirdly, from watching him at work, he’s also a good framebuilder. Most people can’t ride Ryan’s own bike because he’s so tall and has a weird position but if you could, you would find they ride great. You really don’t have to concentrate on riding the bike, they feel very natural. His design process doesn’t just consist of steepening a few angles and getting the back wheel in as tight as possible - he takes an impressive range of factors into account, as any conversation with him will show. Hopefully he’ll do some Spring Break bikes in normal sizes and more people can see what I mean.

Agree with Max about the boards. Obviously it would depend on budget restraints, but it would be amazing if you could build separate tournament courts with no netting. Personally, I think this sort of thing really needs to be geared towards really exhibiting polo and getting people excited about it. I think we could learn some lessons from things like trials demos and have a commentator/announcer explaining rules/plays/giving matches context/involving the crowd. Perhaps even having dedicated exhibition matches? You want people to say “I don’t want to go home, I want to watch the bike polo at 4pm.”

The structure of the public sessions seemed to work really well (and I might not have been paying enough attention here...) but I didn’t see too much info around about where/when to play in Sheffield?

Done

I couldn't remember whether Jack or Josh played with Tornadoes in Brighton. It was Jack though right? I'll sort that.

Standings updated: http://www.nationalseries.org.uk/

(Seriously, if anyone has any time to make the site look halfway decent let me know).

REGISTERED TEAMS :

1. LÖATZI Torino
   
2. BISON aka GENTLEMEN Budapest
   
3. WHEELS OF FORTUNE Konstanz
   
4. L'EQUIPE Genève
   
5. MALAFORCA Fano
   
6. UTOPISTS Lyon
   
7. TOROS Berlin
   
8. JEAN POLO GAULTIER Bern
   
9. CANDY COLORED CLOWNS Karlsruhe
   
10. CALL ME DADDY Grenoble / Toulouse
    
11. POLOTICIANS Utrecht
    
12. BANG BANG Grenoble
    
13. LE SPORTING CLUB PARISIEN Paris
    
14. MAJESTIC PINK SHAFTS Brisbane
    
15. PEINTURE FRENCH Paris
    
16. IRON PONIES Genève
    
17. LAZY MONSTERS Genève
    
18. CHAIN BASTARDS Konstanz
    
19. MOTEUR FUCKERS Geneva
    
20. LES SANGLIERS SAUVAGES Montpellier
    
21. GÜACAPOLO Brussels
    
22. NICE TOUCH London
    
23. SATAN MALLETZ Torino
    
24. COSMIC London
    
25. HIENAS Paço d'Arcos
    
26. POHLIO Leipzig
    
27. MIAFASZ?! Geneva
    
28. DFA Sotteville lès Rouen
    
29. LA BAGARRE Brussels
    
30. SHAFT PUNK Toulouse
    
31. DIE KRAKEN Nürnebrg
    
32. TRIPLE J Frankfurt
    
33. BAMBULE Berlin
    
34. TOUGH SHIT Münich
    
35. LOS PELOS Barcelona
    
36. MA COUILLE Bordeaux
    
37. POLO D'ORO Karlsruhe
    
38. LES CHEVALS Perpignan
    
39. MILANO BIKE POLO Milano
    
40. POLONISATION Geneva
    
41. POLOSYNTHESE Frankfurt
    
42. POLOWHORES Lausanne
    
    

WAITING LIST:

1. MONKEY PUNCH
   
2. FLYING MALLETS Hannover
   
3. GET YOUR ASS KICKED Grenoble
   
4. L'AMICALE Brussels
   
5. NA SPUMA PAL BOCIA Vicenza
   
6. THE SHEEPERS Grenoble