THANKS TO PBR AND MILWAUKEE BIKE CO!
PARTY SHUTTLE BUS
7pm JULY 15th Bus leaves Ben’s Cycles(MKE bike Co.) on 10th and Lincoln.
Will arrive in Madison at the registration party by 9pm.
BEER PROVIDED BY PBR! SUPPORT PROVIDED BY MBC!
Your bus captain will be Kremin.
BE ON TIME! If your late that’s too bad we can not wait for you.
Jesse(Seattle) & Hugo(Paris)
We had some great weather for polo this weekend, even if it did rain both days.
North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships are next weekend in Madison, WI. In preperation MBPC has already welcomed DANS TA GUEULE, PUCEAU from Paris, France and Jesse from Seattle to our home court. Today marked the first time in a long time I’ve played polo 3 days in a row. Rode the frenchies by the old Pabst Brewery and Bastille Days( a street festival in MKE celebrating French culture) and it’s mini Eiffiel Tower. Wish I had some pics to share but didn’t have the camera on board(shucks). Hugo got some video we may post at a later date.
For any others who are coming into MKE this week seems like there will be polo played everyday up until we leave for Madison….so get pyched to play on our awesome solid as F*CK court at Washington Park. Call or email any MKE bike polo player for directions but just incase…. the court is located at 41st and Vliet St. about 3 miles directly west of downtown.
jake@mkebikepolo.com is a good place to start if your coming into town and need some assistance on directions.
-CHEERS
Capt. Jake
photo by Kev Walsh
For the second year in a row Milwaukee Bike Polo Club’s Beaver Boys Placed 2nd at the East Side Polo Invite. This years was in New York City over the last weekend in June. It was a scorcher that weekend in the 90s and it really was summertime in the city, back of your neck getting dirty and gritty.
ESPI5 tried out some new rules and formats which were hit and miss. Glad they gave it a go, but would liked a double elimination (since my team consisting of exMKEan Crandal and his PDX teammate Drew lost in the single elim round).
Big ups to the ladies as well, who attended the Ladies Army 2, a women only tournament that fielded women from across the continent. SPECIAL PROPS to MKE’s own Birdie Watts for getting MVP honors and MKE’s ex-player Tina Medley now residing in Austin, TX for MVP runner up!!
(pictured is Birdie in her uniform, with Chandel from NYC bike polo, photo by Kev Walsh)
THANKS NYC AND SEE YOU ALL IN MADISON IN ABOUT 10 DAYS for the North American Championships!
I’ve been home from NYC for a mere 2 days & I miss it already. I did so much, there is so much that could be said but there’s really no need to get romantic about it. Anyone who has been to the city knows how amazing it can be. My favorite part about the trip was that I managed to spend at least some time on a roof top every night, this photo is from Katie’s house looking at the Williams burg bridge a good night on a roof but not the best one.
This event has been saved from extinction by you local bicycling groups Milwaukee Bike Polo, Pedal Pusher Society, COG magazine, and The City of Milwaukee.
SHOW UP THIS FRIDAY June 18th for a screening of RAD! the 1986 cult classic BMX movie.
Show starts at 9pm and is FREE!
Thanks to Trocadero and the City of Milwaukee!
See poster for rest of summer schedule!
Mbpc is headed to New York yet again, For this years Espi. Boston hosted the tourney last year and Milwaukee’s own Beaver Boys took 2nd place. We are looking to take home the trophy this year.
This court is SICK! surface is smooth and just the right size. Great play off the boards. Shade trees just outside the fence. Room to expand and add 2nd, 3rd , or 4th court. future possible tournament location…..
Located at Washington Park on Milwaukee’s westside, at 41st/W Washignton Blvd and Vliet St, 3 miles west of downtown Milwaukee. This park was designed by Frederick law Olmsted, the same guy who did Central Park in NYC and is really a huge great park with a pool, lagoon, and the world class Urban Ecology Center all within the park.
Find us here Sundays at 2pm till sunset. Weekday schedule, rookie nights coming soon.
We welcome new players as well as spectators. Come and enjoy a day in the park and spectate some world class bike polo!!!
Beaver boys on podium taking first place at MWBPC8 in MPLS
CONGRATULATIONS
Beaver Boys place 1st out of 44 teams at the 8th Midwest Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships. Joe Burge, Brian Dillman, and Eric Kremin (in photo) slayed the game going undefeated the whole weekend.
Much love and thanks to MPLS Bike Polo Inc. for throwing a great tournament. Your local weatherman should be fired though. Huge love to the Dillman family for hosting a bunch of drunk idiots from Milwaukee. I’m still craving a sloppy joe from Brian’s mom, and Pat, I’ll get your PBR workshirt in the mail.
Thanks again to Armahn for helping me with all the court lumber and loading up a uhaul to the brim in 90 degree and humid monday. Armahn continue to kill the support game and loves to have fun
Also big props to Matt Hewwit, Boom, and Atwell for tying in 5th place and Space Dokken(Jake, Guthrie, Lief) placing 9th.
As usual check out some sick photos by Dane Haman from the weekend http://www.flickr.com/photos/danehaman/sets/72157624174275650/
Thanks as usual to PBR, Milwaukee Bike Co, and Beans and Barley for their support of our club!
Our dearest friend Chombo was involved in an accident a few days ago. “I woke up on the pavement, spitting out teeth and blood after clearly being unconscious for an undetermined period of time….I think I may have been sideswiped by a delivery car. I woke up alone and injured….poured peroxide on my face….I found my teeth on the ground just by simply following the blood trail….p.s. I had a helmet on!” – Chombo
Chombo has no insurance and no one to sue that pants off to pay for his new grill. Please please donate some money to our injured friend, so that he may eat corn off the cob and slay goals around the world!
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