Nick and Ian are good on paper

CoCo Kiwi (ESPI4th) -Jacob,Toni,Nick Kruse

Boston Bike Polo enjoyed podiums galore this summer making it one hot summer on paper for the best club in the East. Big ups to Jacob from Copenhagen and Nick Kruse from COMO (ESPI MVP), who joined some of our teams to add depth and euro style. Both of them are now honorary life long BBP members and we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with them for future events. Nick Regan teamed up with Ian(RVA) and Mike (DC) at the Last Stand Again in Burlington Vermont and won it beating the reining champs in a 2 leg final. Nick walked away with the MVP award.

Although every team in Boston qualified for the North American Championships very easily, we did not send any players or teams, which was a bit of a disappointment for us, but a bonus for everybody else who went. By the looks of things only 2 or 3 players from the whole East coast actually flew out Calgary anyhow, so no shame in staying home and saving the pennies.  It looks like there will be only one player from Boston going to the Worlds in Seattle in a few weeks. Good luck Jav who is playing with Jonny & Pierre from Wisconsin. We all want to be there with our close friends and champions from Seattle but timing, money and distance were all against us this time….

It has been almost a month since Boston threw a monster of an indoor event. 26 teams with the best players in the World in attendance. So much to say but I cant be bothered. The highlights for Boston was our A team (Nick(best man), Tony & Neil Young) coming 8th overall, beating Machine Politics of Chicago (Runner up in the World Championships, in the Swiss Rounds on day 1. Then on the sunday double elim they got knocked out by the World Champions by a sudden death goal, but it really could have gone either way.

Here are the results:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqN5eYmtettFdGUtNWx6MWEwTU96Y0ZqSHlMSXVOblE&hl=en#gid=0

Here are some pictures and a video by our friend Nate from NYC.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11263346@N06/sets/72157625751842391/

It has been almost a month since Boston threw a monster of an indoor event. 26 teams with the best players in the World in attendance. So much to say but I cant be bothered. The highlights for Boston was our A team (Nick(best man), Tony & Neil Young) coming 8th overall, beating Machine Politics of Chicago (Runner up in the World Championships, in the Swiss Rounds on day 1. Then on the sunday double elim they got knocked out by the World Champions by a sudden death goal, but it really could have gone either way.

Here are the results:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqN5eYmtettFdGUtNWx6MWEwTU96Y0ZqSHlMSXVOblE&hl=en#gid=0

Here are some pictures and a video by our friend Nate from NYC.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11263346@N06/sets/72157625751842391/

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Salt, sweep, shovel, drink some champagne, and PLAY POLO! I'm super pumped for next weekend's tournament. Something like 25+ teams (of 3) are making the trip from far flung cities to compete (and drink) for a couple solid days. Given my lack of recent polo court time, I'll be dual-wielding some great cameras and hopefully making some incredible work. I'm … Read More

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when the nyc club came up here in may for the first in hopefully a long series of city vs. city matches, it rained a lot. and basically the only one on their team scoring goals was Ken. final score was 2 numbers and boston won. yeah, so we knew they couldn’t wait to get us down there to redeem themselves.

it took a minute but we finally got ourselves down to the ol’Pit for the rematch a few weeks ago. tony, thunder and I took the early bus and found jake the first guy there waiting on some dude meditating dead center of the court.

blahblahblah… one hour, 9 goals between both teams, i score the game winner with two minutes left. victory beers on the bus back were tasty.

full game was shot by Clement.

Bench minor Boston Vs Nyc from Uolmo on Vimeo.

Bench minor Bost vs Nyc, Second half from Javier Garcia-Albea on Vimeo.

and someone put together a nice slideshow:
http://digitalstoragespace.com/11/caplanmonday/jonathan_vit/bikepolo_soundslides/

when the nyc club came up here in may for the first in hopefully a long series of city vs. city matches, it rained a lot. and basically the only one on their team scoring goals was Ken. final score was 2 numbers and boston won. yeah, so we knew they couldn’t wait to get us down there to redeem themselves.

it took a minute but we finally got ourselves down to the ol’Pit for the rematch a few weeks ago. tony, thunder and I took the early bus and found jake the first guy there waiting on some dude meditating dead center of the court.

blahblahblah… one hour, 9 goals between both teams, i score the game winner with two minutes left. victory beers on the bus back were tasty.

full game was shot by Clement.

Bench minor Boston Vs Nyc from Uolmo on Vimeo.

Bench minor Bost vs Nyc, Second half from Javier Garcia-Albea on Vimeo.

and someone put together a nice slideshow:
http://digitalstoragespace.com/11/caplanmonday/jonathan_vit/bikepolo_soundslides/

trust me, we did. tony rented the g-machine and drove us down there hopped up on 5 hour energy shots. nick sat in the back and ate cake.

down there we played polo. i think. tony/rookie/papi and maybe/peckahead/lewis.

both teams sucked but at least my team sucked less.

and i got lost at 3am. this was back in nov. true story.

Come watch pseudo athletes vie for that number one spot.  Be there when America votes for their favorite duo!

The Boston team of Jarrett, Bri and Nate took 3rd place at the Flour City Invite last weekend.  They managed to overcome a bunch of tough teams, one of which got a bit surly with Jarrett over an alleged t-bone.  Bri got the much deserved female MVP award, winning a lovely top tube cover.  The Laurel, Howl and Jon team got knocked out by a bunch of drunk Canadians who fancied the wrist shot.  Overall a fun experience.  Stay tuned for info on our upcoming 2 on 2 tournament!