If you’re still into polo, go check out the Greifmasters 2 website.

I like their artwork!

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And they made a video edit of the final game of last Sunday’s tournament!

Kwalificaties voor het WK BikePolo in Berlijn!

Zondag 20 juni, om 12:00 inschrijven op het poloveld in Arnhem.

Inschrijven met je team is mogelijk van 12:00 tot 12:30. 
De pools worden verdeeld en om 13:00 is de eerste wedstrijd. 

Het kost niets, en als je wilt eten moet je dit meenemen. Bij goed weer stellen we voor om wat BBQ’s te kopen, en ter plekke het gezelligste meest casual toernooi van nederland te hebben. 

Als je geen team hebt, maar wel mee wilt spelen, mail dan naar thomas@1meter98.nl, dan zullen we proberen ook wat combinatieteams te formeren. 

De beste twee teams gaan door naar Berlijn. Er is maar plaats voor twee Nederlandse teams op het Berlijnse WK, en zondag 20 juni is de enige kans op je daarvoor te kwalificeren. 

Voor de winnende teams zal er een kleine prijs zijn. That will be all! 12:00 in Arnhem, 13:00 spelen. 2 winnende teams. kost niets. eigen BBQ mee en eigen eten en drinken mee.

Great timing, planning this less than a week in advance…

Polomania! 2010

Hardcourt Bike Polo Tournament – Saturday 8th May – Amsterdam

To celebrate the grand opening of Giro d’Italia 2010 in Amsterdam, we proudly invite you to our hardcourt bike polo tournament Polomania! The tournament takes place at the Johan Cruyff outdoor court located right next to the Olympisch Stadion, which is the finish point of Giro d’Italia time trial on the same day. Teams from Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, England, France, Italy and Spain show their skills and love to the bicycle in a different manner alongside the Giro racing.

Come and watch some exciting polo action!

Polomania! is presented by EHVFXD and Amsterdam Fixxxed in conjunction with Giromania organization who is responsible to host the first stage of Giro d’Italia 2010 in Amsterdam. Please visit our website (http://polomania.wordpress.com) for further information.

Date/Time : 8th May 2010 (Saturday) 11:00~18:30

Location : Olympisch Stadion 44, 1076 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Website : http://polomania.wordpress.com

Contact : taka@ehvfxd.net / +31 6 4248 7427

I know a lot of other people have been making pics as well, if you’ve uploaded them, please be so kind to share the link in the comments!
Thank you.

• FUCCIT – Team Cinelli
• FUCCIT – Team Polotov Cocktail
• FUCCIT – Team Extra
• EHVFXD
• Team Geen Idee (Eindhoven)
• Clio Polo (Amsterdam)
• Rotterdam Fixed Gear
• Amsterdam
• Cycloon

The teams were divided into two groups, and they had to play against every other team in their group.

Group #1:

• FUCCIT – Team Polotov Cocktail
• FUCCIT – Team Extra
• Team Geen Idee
• Rotterdam Fixed Gear
• Clio Polo

Group #2:

• FUCCIT – Team Cinelli
• EHVFXD
• Cycloon
• Amsterdam

The best two teams from the group stage went on to the semi-finals:
FUCCIT – Team Cinelli (#1 group 2) vs. Team Geen Idee (#2 group 1) 0-5
FUCCIT – Team Polotov Cocktail (#1 group 1) vs. EHVFXD (#2 group 1) 5-4

Losers Final:
FUCCIT – Team Cinelli vs. EHVFXD 5-1

Final:
FUCCIT – Team Polotov Cocktail vs. Team Geen Idee 5-4

So the final results:

1. FUCCIT – Team Polotov Cocktail
2. Team Geen Idee
3. FUCCIT – Team Cinelli
4. EHVFXD

Pics will follow soon, I hope…

Here at FUCCIT we have a perfect homecourt, smooth concrete, the right size, etc.
Since FUCCIT is asked to organize the polo tournament at the ODCMC, I thought it would be nice do a “generale repetitie” the day after the Russian Rouletteycat, so people can both race and play polo. Like I said in my first post about this weekend, this will be the first (or one of the first) time for a lot of teams to play against other teams. So if you come to Arnhem the second weekend of August, you’ll still have some time to practice and make some tacticle changes to your team untill you play at the ODCMC. With this little tournament, Le Haute and MalleT also have a change to see how many teams might wanna show up at the real deal, ’cause they’ll be running the polo tournament at the ODCMC in Groningen. So if you please be so kind to mention in the comments if your team is coming on the 9th, that would be great.
I already know there’s a team coming from the AFG crew, and I guess there will be a team from the EHVFXD crew and maybe the team we FUCCIT boys already played against in Eindhoven. So Rotterdam, are you guys coming? Arnhem will be present with at least 3 teams, so bring it on!

The day will be very easy:

• (12.30 pm – Teams coming by train can be picked up by a local guiding them to the  new FUCCIT Homecourt)
• 1 pm ’till late – Depending on how many teams show up, groups will be made, or we’ll all play in one big group. Within each group, every team will play against every other team in their group. We’ll play according to the FUCCIT rules, with some changed ECMC2009 rules added: first team that scores 5 goals wins, with a maximum of 15 minutes per game. Winning teams gets 3 points, draw means each team gets 1 point, loosing gets you 0 points. If enough teams show up, the best 4 teams go on to the semi finals, the loosers of these 2 games will play the “loosers final” for places #4 & #3, but if we haven’t got enough teams, we’ll move on the the finals right away. The winners of the semi finals or the best two teams from the first group, will play the final for places #2 & #1!

Since I wanted this tournament to be free, you’ll have to bring your own beer, drinks and food. Supermarkets in Arnhem open at 4 pm on sunday, so keep that in mind… Frituurs are very near, you can choose between 4 or 5 ones within a 5 minute radius.

Yeah, that’s right, that’s his own front wheel minus 13 spokes, wrecked by himself!
So watch your bike when you’re playing against Team Polotov Cocktail on the 9th of August or at the ODCMC, ’cause god knows what he’ll do to your bike!

For all the people that like to race and play polo, and most of all, like to have a good time and have fun, the second weekend of August, Arnhem is the place to be!
Final details will be posted as soon as possible!

A bit more info can be found after the “read more break” and a fancy banner will be added as soon as I got the time to make one!

Saturday night there will be a Russian Rouletteycat, which means that you need a lot of luck to win it! No opportunities to cheat, just get a stamp at every checkpoint and ride hard!
The last weekend of August there will be the ODCMC, and this will be for a lot of polo teams the first time (or one of the first times) that they’ll play against other teams. So for those of you that might wanna do a “safe” try-out, on sunday there will be a small tournament on the new FUCCIT homecourt. So get your team ready and start playing, ’cause after this weekend, you’ll have two weeks to practice or do some last tacticle changes.

And for the people that wanna stay the whole weekend in Arnhem, there will be places to spend the night, just be quick to react in the comments, to make sure your place on my livingroom floor or couch will be reserved. That weekend there is also the Sonsbeek Theater Avenue, sounds dull, but it means you can drink beers and party in one of Holland’s most beautiful parks ’till midnight.

I will try to get some prices for the race and the polo tournament, but don’t count on anything big. The main reason for this weekend is just to have fun, ride bikes, drink beer and play polo! (And “celebrate” the fact that I’m getting one year older…)

Hope to see a lot of people that weekend!

Cheers,

Votske