“Official dates for this year’s Euros will be from the
24th to the 26th of june.
I’ll confirm with you about the wildcard tourney which would take place the 23rd of june at a later time.”
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Euros 2011 – News from Barcelona
We got news from Barcelona:
“we found a spot that might be able to host the event the first weekend
of june. If they confirm with us, then we keep those dates. If they say
they can’t do it, then it’ll be the last weekend of june…”
“Here is the first batch of spots allocated to each country. Spots were
chosen on the base of the pre-registration sheet filled by the cities,
which gave us an idea of not only the number of players in each country,
but also the strength of their communities.
UK 10
Germany 8
France 8
Italy 7
Spain 5
Switzerland 5
Benelux 3
Hungary 1
Portugal 1
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Total: 48 teams.
We are making sure we can have a wildcard tourney, so that those that
couldn’t make it in their local qualifiers can still come and play.”
More information in the official Euro thread at League of Bike Polo and the German discussion at Deutsches Bikepolo Forum.
Die Spots werden also pro Land und nicht pro Stadt vergeben! Da die Deutschen Meisterschaften wohl nicht vor den Euros stattfinden können, wird eine eigene Euro-Quali für die acht deutschen Spots nötig. Gut, dass sich die Jungs aus Konstanz schon bereit erklärt haben, diese Euro-Quali zu organisieren. Sie soll vom 29.04. bis zum 01.05. auf diesem unglaublich geilen Platz stattfinden:
Und die Deutschen Meisterschaften werden dann nach den Euro Qualis und den Euros ausgetragen werden… Wie es weitergeht, welche Teams auf der Euro-Quali spielen und vieles mehr findet ihr wieder im Deutschen Bikepolo Forum.
Außenansicht Bikepolo VIII.
“Das hat vor 40 Jahren einfach Radball geheißen”,
meint Stephanspiegelt über Bikepolo unter einem Artikel auf Spiegel Online, der sich mit Bikepolo München und dem Greifmasters 2011 beschäftigt.
Terminänderung DM und Euros!!!
Der Termin für die Deutsche Bikepolo Meisterschaft 2011, die am 10. – 12.06. in Hannover stattfinden sollte, ist jetzt erst mal gecancelt. Grund ist die Beinahe-Überschneidung mit den Euros in Barcelona, die für das Wochenende davor angesagt waren.
Jetzt hat Barcelona einen neuen Termin für die Euros angekündigt: 23. – 27.06.2011, aber:
“Dates are most likely to be pushed back. We are looking at the last weekend of june, not the first one anymore. (23-27 of june). Will confirm in the next few days. Do not get your tickets yet!”
Wann die Deutsche Meisterschaft stattfinden wird, hängt wohl davon ab, ob der neue Termin für die Euros bestätigt wird und wie die Startplätze für die Euros vergeben werden, ob pro Land, pro (Polo)Region oder (jetzt gerade erklärt) pro Stadt. Mann, Mann, Mann!
Tiefergehende Infos im Deutschen Bikepolo Forum und auf League of Bike Polo. Wir halten euch auf dem Laufenden!
Auch Städte, die sich noch nicht im Deutschen Forum angemeldet haben, sollten das bald nachholen, falls die Auswahl der Startplätze für die Euros (oder für andere Turniere) per Region oder Land vergeben werden sollten. Jede Stadt bekommt dort ein eigenes Forum, um sich auszutauschen. Und ihr bleibt immer auf dem Laufenden!
Greifmasters 2011 review
And here is the poloholica review of a well organized tournament, loaded with the cream of europan countries and cities. We had a lot of fun in Karlsruhe. Thank you guys for making Greifmasters possible!
France won the final against Switzerland! All results are posted here.
Team Germany
The court
The lull before the storm, cleaning up the court
Til, the brewer, at Greifmasters in a managerial capaticy
führer headquarters
Team Germany, Lo from Tough Shit keeps a clean sheet
Germany vs. Switzerland
Reffing
Toros for Team Germany in the game vs. Switzerland
David from Polosynthese, Team Germany
Reffing
polobikes waiting for their operation
Team Karlsruhe exchange
Oli Shark for Team Karlsruhe
Team France is meeting
Italy vs. Benelux
More pictures are here, here, here and here.
The Manchester guys documented their Greifmasters on tape.
And a Blunt film
Well done!
Obacht Minga! Achtung München!
Wie am Wochenende gesehen ist Frühling in der Stadt. Auch der 08/15 Durchschnitts- und Sonntagsradler bewegt sich mit seinem über den Winter stark angerosteten Radl in die Uni oder Arbeit. Was bedeutet das für uns, die auch bei eisigsten Temperaturen und widrigsten Straßenverhältnissen den ganzen Winter hart geblieben sind?
Obacht! Denn auch unser aller Freunde und Helfer sind wieder verstärkt im Einsatz, um auch die kleinsten Verstöße gegen die StVO zu ahnden.
Kennt Ihr die kleine Ampel am Siegestor? Kreuzung Ludwig- bzw. Leopoldstraße Ecke Schackstraße? Dort, wo nie ein Auto einbiegt oder herausfährt?
Klar. Und niemand würde dort bei rot die Straße überqueren. Und schon gar nicht, wenn er ein paar Uniformierte sieht, die sich hinter der Litfaßsäule verstecken.
Aber Obacht! Heute gab es die erste Kontrolle in Zivil. Natürlich halten wir an jeder roten Ampel. Und abhauen ist ja auch nicht strafbar. Aber immer schön aufpassen, gell?
Ludwig- bzw. Leopoldstraße Ecke Schackstraße
First Spring Polo in Munich
Last weekend Poloholica’s Anja and 5 other brave warriors from Bikepolo München played at the Greifmasters Tournament (Bench Minor) in Karlsruhe. Of course a few more players from Bikepolo München travelled with them to play pick-up games and support their team mates, so there weren’t many staying at home in Munich that weekend. You think there wouldn’t be enough players left in Munich? Come on, what would you do at 16,4 °C on a sunday?
Getting ready for POLO!
Playing with Olympiatower in the background
Marcus celebrates a goal..
The alps, a beautiful sunset and bikepolo.. what more can you ask for?
Epiphanie Bike Polo Weekend in Rouen
Last weekend, Guidoline organised the Epiphanie Bike Polo Weekend 2011. 16 Teams, mainly from France, England and Switzerland came to play. Angie also went to the Normandie to play with Adam and Iain from London. Here´s her report:
“It was terribly cold but we had a really nice weekend. The court in Rouen is a roofed hockey field with a perfect surface. The dimensions are decent, the field could be a bit longer and less wide though. But one of the best courts I´ve ever played so far.
We started the weekend with throw-ins on Friday afternoon followed by drinks at a local bar. The actual tourney took place on Saturday. It was not only the coldest tournament but also the earliest. We had to be at the court at 8 o´clock. The sun was barely up when we left our host´s home.
The tourney was simple, nice and friendly. Every team had to bring a present for another team and put it under a Polo Christmas tree. After the tourney each team picked one of the presents. The format we played was totally new and showed again that this was meant to be fun. First, the teams were arranged on the schedule according to their registration order on Saturday morning. Team 1 vs Team 2, Team 3 vs Team 4, and so forth. Games were 10 minutes. In case of a draw, the winner was decided by the game “stone-paper-rock”. After the game, the teams could chose their positions in the next round, the winner in the winner´s bracket, the loser in the loser´s bracket. We played six rounds to determine the order of the teams. No eliminations, no real finals. The last round was played bottom up, so the last game on that day was for positions 1 and 2, Call me Daddy vs Iron Ponies. It was an exciting game between those two outstanding teams that had to be chosen by a golden goal. Iron Ponies scored that and became Epiphanie champions, so they could pick a present first. Then the rest of the teams could pick their present according to their ranking. My team Marco Polo finished 10th, the present we picked was from the Hooks and contained three artzines from Rouen-based artists. Nice!
Sunday almost everyone came to the court and we had a good day of throw-ins.
Thanks to Adèle for putting us up, thanks to Adam and Iain for being my teammates and thanks to the Rouen polo crew for organising this, I´ll definitely come again next time.”
3 vs DTGP – stone paper rock
Iron Ponies vs Call Me Daddy – final score
ranking
Present for the Ponies
Party
pics by Guidoline and Pierre Mahieu, see more here and here