First let’s start with compliments to the design of the Team Benelux logo!

The names of the players for the Greif Masters 2 Team Benelux are:

Captain:
Taka (EHVFXD / Eindhoven)

Players:
Jamal (Eindvoven)
Rutger (Eindvoven)
Lorenzo (Eindvoven)
Antoine (Brussels)
Jaouad (Antwerp)
Nicky (Antwerp)
Chris (Antwerp)
Samson (Copenhagen)
Agata (Poland)

I don’t know the details, but since when does the Netherlands stop after Eindhoven? I’m missing some old school FUCCIT players in this list. Where’s Schilham? Where’s Mitch? Where’s Le Haute?
Then again, I don’t know if they have been asked to join, but these three FUCCIT players are some of the best Holland has to offer…
And doesn’t Utrecht, Zwolle and Amsterdam play polo on a regular base too?
I’m not looking for another beef in the Dutch polo scene, but I couldn’t help noticing the total absence of the rest of the Dutch players.

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Because we are really nice guys I ripped a movie from one of our national television channels. So it is in Dutch but I did it specially for our Dutch and Japanese polo friends (who we love)! Ik zeg Schilham kom er maar in:

Today Utje and I went to the Bike Motion tradeshow in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. We were supposed to go by train, but Utje’s neighbour wanted to go too, so we went with his car instead! 
When we arrived at the Jaarbeurs, it was a struggle to get the van in the parkinglot, due to stupid barriers that weren’t working…
When we arrived we had a look around and we walked to the polo court to say hi and congratulate Schilham with his birthday. It was a shame to find out there was a hostile vibe towards me/FUCCIT. After a quick chat with a couple of friendly guys, we found Stoffel and Skitch joined the crew too for a stroll around the trade show. 
Despite the fact fixies are hot right now, there weren’t that much booths with fixies or fixie parts… We still enjoyed ourselves though! There were lovely road racing bikes and mountain bikes to be seen, and even lovelier booth babes! 
And I lost 3 times from Utje…

1. AA drink Gold Sprints
2. Holland Sport Gold Sprints
3. Soulcycle Arm wrestling

Another conclusion, energy bars and drinks are disgusting! We tried out several ones, and all the bars taste like old chewing gum and the drinks are nasty!
And Stoffel couldn’t get his hands on a single beer!

When we were back in Westervoort, Utje’s mum made us a lovely dinner! Some kind of tasty green soup with nice fresh bread. Thank you for that!

Some bike geek facts about the Arnhem – Westervoort – Arnhem ride:

• Time: 36m50s
• Distence: 14.24km
• Average speed: 23.1km/h
• Top speed: 37.9km/h
• Burned calories: 234.9

The European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship has got an official poster and a website!
Team Polotov Cocktail doesn’t excist anymore, but Grizzley and the Teddybears (Skitch + Schilham and Thomas from Utrecht) will be one of the Dutch teams in Geneva!

With a “minor” fault on the cup…

We (Schilham, Skitch and yours truely) had to fight hard for the getting the titel, against the other teams and against our hangovers, but we did it!
Team Polotov Cocktial is the new and first Dutch Champion Hardcourt Bike Polo 2009!

If we had to wait till Aden was ready we still……
So today at the BBQ on our polo field I did the shoot and this is a first teaser, Bram (Schilham).

Cause with his new beard, Shilham looks like a lumberjack according to Skitch…