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Now that the concrete has been power washed, the boards are back at the warehouse, and the Oval’s skateboarders have returned, we have a moment to reflect on the past weekend. And what a weekend! Below is our thanks, not in order by any means.
Gary Crandall – I finally understand the etymology of the ‘Crandall Award’. Thank you sir for all you have done for us and over the years!
Our Sponsors!
Penn Cycle
Beard Bags
ABUS
Fixcraft
WheelHouse
Banjo Brothers
The OVAL!
Mr Do and his great live stream
Vince and his wonderful podium!
To all the players! You have showed some major skill improvements, keep it up!
Last but not lease, MPLS BIKE POLO for pulling together again and making this happen.
And thank you all!
To us behind the scenes, this is what the weekend looked like to us.
Minneapolis is loading up the cars and getting ready to make the trip to Columbus, Ohio for the Midwest Championship 2013 & A Midwestivus For The Rest Of Us this weekend, May 25th & 26th. The Midwest Championship our regional qualifier for entering the North American Championship, hosted by… us! Minneapolis Bike Polo, August 16th, 17th, & 18th!
Our very own Mr. Do will be touring the major NAH tournaments this year, providing us, through the intimacy only the glow of our computer monitors can provide, a livestream of hot polo action at bikepolo.tv.
Check it out the project, here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/livestreamed-bike-polo-championships
Everything adds up, so donate what you can! ‘Do’ swag upon various giving levels include can coozies and t-shirts designed by Mr. Do’s daughter!
The 5th annual Ladies Army tournament with be happening May 10th-12th, 2013 in Vancouver, Canada. Get some!
Ladies Army 5 from Geoffrey Tomlin-Hood on Vimeo.
We’ve been busy as beavers getting ready to host Midwest Open October 13-14th and we’ve been as grateful as robins after the rain for a sponsor like Penn Cycle and Fitness. Penn Cycle has been supporting Minneapolis Bike Polo for several years. We are hard on our polo bikes and Penn’s skilled mechanics are always willing to go the extra mile to keep them in running order. They also don’t laugh at us when we put expensive leather saddles on what amounts to demolition derby car.
Cheesy homespun similes aside, we are extremely lucky and grateful to have a the power of Penn Cycle behind Minneapolis Bike Polo.
Show them some love by visiting Penn Cycle on Facebook or Twitter
Last Friday night after the Stupor Bowl 13 pre-registration party at the Nomad, the polo crew, including a number of our friends from Milwaukee, cruised over to the garage and got in some late-night polo on a dark and slippery court. Everyone went down at some point on the slush that was just above the freezing point in the out-of-bounds zone. That said, it was a lot of fun until the ultra-passive transit employee sort of told us to leave, kind of. Well enough, I thought, as it was 2 a.m. and I had to get ready to race. If you’re interested, visit my blargh for a race recap and photos.
Last weekend 2 teams and 3 free agents went down to Columbia, Mizzouri to play at the Midwest Bike Polo Championships. Dustin, Ebbin and Trevor played as Team Butt City and did us proud, advancing to quarterfinals against some of the best teams in the country. Ramon and Tim joined up with a third and were seeded 9th, above Butt City. The Four Norsemen were one position away from being in the 24-team double elimination bracket on Sunday. Kat joined up with 3 other women and got a great applause for a superior check. We had some great games, especially our game with TripleLEXXX who were an awesome, coordinated team.
Our hosts were incredible! Drew and Chip put us up and fed us breakfast. The tournament was extremely well-run–Vince’s bracket system worked great. The weather was awesome…there was great polo and cheap beer. All in all, an A+ weekend. Thanks COMO! Check out comopolo for more stats and media and blah blah.
To top it all off, The Court decidered that Minneapolis will be hosting the MWBPC8 sometime in May 2010. Stay tuned for more information here!
Here’s a couple of my favorite photos, the whole set is over here on flickr. Kat and Sven have some great shots too, you should check out all the photos tagged MWBPC. Hopefully Dustin’s video will be up soon too.
Our very own Mr. Do put together this compilation of crashes, spills and wipe-outs from the BFF Tournament. Good stuff!
Connor really came through with a great tourney on Sunday. We played three rounds of round robin with 8 teams and then a double-elimination bracket. There was grilling, great play and lots of fun. No major injuries or mechanicals, until Dustin let his bike roll into the wall after winning. Thanks everyone who came out to play, especially our ad hoc Team Show Us Your Titties, and all the spectators who came out.
Congrats to The Cosmopolotans on their victory!
Check out the Team Photos
1. Team Show Us Your Titties, 2. Team Revolution Polo, 3. Team Rad: Tim, John, Cayla B, and James, 4. The Flying Jomonz: Connor, Joe and Alicia, 5. The Bookhouse Boys: Landon, Bjorn and Sven, 6. The Sconnies, 7. 2nd Place, The Paul Bunyans: Ramon, Trevor and Jake, 8. Our Champs, The Cosmopolotans: Ebbin, Dustin and John
Here’s a sample of the complete action shots:
We’re working on reconstructing the brackets, so if you have info about your teams’ records, who you played in the brackets, or even better a photo of the brackets, hit us up in the comments. This is for sure:
1. Cosmo-Polo-Tans (Mr Do, Ebbmart, Stevelious)
2. Paul Bunyans (Jake, Trevor, Ramon)
3. Flying Jomonz (Joe, Connor, Alicia)
4. Bookhouse Boys (Sveden, Bjorn, Peedubya)
8. Team Show Us Your Titties (John, Zebrakeys and Andy)
