Well we didn’t do it maliciously. It was a great time to go and meet some new people and play in a new place. Isn’t that what bike polo is all about anyway?
Well here’s some hi-lights from the trip anyway.
It started off with a visit to the new polo clubhouse aka Brain, Krem, and Hewitt’s new house, but not before we stopped by Great Lakes Distillery to pick up some supplies.
Joe and Jake both celebrated their birthday's!
Friday night we rolled in around midnight and met up with Lexington, IN crew and Lafayette crew down in West Lafayette which is where Purdue is located. Tons of college co-eds everywhere getting sloshed. Spent a few hours at a bar called Jake’s Roadhouse.
The next morning games started at 10:15 am. It was in the 50s and partly Sunny. I believe 18 teams actually showed up. Played through 3 Swiss rounds and a single Elim bracket. My favorite and deceivingly most competitive games of the day were against the Lexington team of Pat, Jessie, and Tiffany. They held us to 2-0 through 8 minutes (in a 10 minute timed match) then we had to step up the onslaught to come away with the victory. The other was the semi-final game between us, Retard Strength, and The Electric Wizards, mixed Lexington and Bloomington squad. This game was super exciting, at least to the crowd. It went to 4-4 with Burge slamming one in for the GWG. Good game Wizards!
The Woodchucks (Brian, Krem, Matt) beat Joe, Guthrie, and I in the swiss rounds and in the final match and I’ve been trying to avoid them so as not to hear about it too much. At least we drove in separate cars as teams so we could have a peaceful ride home.
OK so it got dark then the real party started. Ended up at The Black Sparrow in the non-Purdue drenched part of town. Great bar with $2 tall boys of PBR
Here’s Hewitt with the owner…
Here is the DJ’s banner with Kremin showing ya whats up. He was spinning some decent funk/dance/groove tunes and shouted out to MKE bike polo at one point in the night and I swear I didn’t even ask him too!
ok now the thank yous!
CALEB- lafayette bike polo awesome dude who put up the 6 of us MKE cats and 3 from Lexington both nights. Hope your roommate isn’t too pissed at you.
Tyler – for running the show and answering my emails and making sure shit ran smooth
Lexington Will, Nick, Chris, Tif, Jess, Pat you all rocked and are probably one of the only polo crews who can hang partywise with MKE, How often do you do it down there?
BIG UPS to Tif for making those burritos on Saturday night when no food places would answer their phones at 330 AM.
The dudes who showed us the roof of the Black Sparrow and its secret area, and the Black Sparrow bartenders for not kicking us out when that one guy (sorry I forgot your name) projectile vomited all over the bar after the beer chugging contest!
Three of Milwaukee’s finest traveled to Louisville this last weekend to take part in some of the shenanigans that surround the Kentucky Derby. 
