Milwaukee Bike Polo Club

WOW how did i forget to update our blog with the poster!

EVENT LOCATION MAP the courts are located in the “multi-use” area just off of Washington Blvd.

FREE admission for spectators! The public is welcome to join us at the parties as well after each day of competition as well!

CHANGE: Saturday’s party will now be held at Best Place Tavern 901 W  Juneau St. NOT Great Lakes Distillery, there still will be specials on GLD and PBR!

The Jam of the Day crew will be spinning records as well so come dance your booty off!

Bring a friend! Bring a blanket! lay out in the park and watch some great bike polo action all weekend!

Check out the event on facebook as well if you are into that sorta thing ;)

One of the longest running bike polo tournaments in the world!
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL!

Schedule!
Friday: Pick Up at the courts All day!
8pm registration/check in party opens at Nomad World Pub 1401 E Brady St

Saturday: AM BRACKET 9AM SHARP!
PM BRACKET 2:30 PM SHARP!
AFTERPARTY 8pm-2am Best Place Tavern 901 W Juneau St.

Sunday 11AM SHARP!-8ish Double Elimination rounds
Awards immediately following final game
Afterparty at Nomad World Pub 8pm- 2am

You all really need to stay and party with us Sunday night! the line “we do this all the time” wasn’t just made up willy nilly folks!

BY SHARP I MEAN SHARP! I will DQ a team if i have to… I can be mean. Don’t test me

And if you havent yet go and “like” Nomad world Pub on FB! drop ‘em a post on their wall and tell em thanks for supporting because really this would not be happening without them!
http://www.facebook.com/NomadWorldPub

follow live on the internet on podium http://followpodium.at/mwo

tweet with #MWO

LISTEN TO US ON THE RADIO http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/le_sgmt.php?segmentid=8172

The Beaver Boys will try to defend their title of 2010 world champs of hardcourt bike polo with The Wardens taking their shot at the 2011 title as well. In a tough field of over 60 polo teams from around the world (Europe, North America, Mexico, Japan, Austraila) it won’t be easy folks.  The tournament starts Friday and goes till one team is left standing on Sunday night. For updates check our facebook page or follow the hashtag #whbpc on twitter. This site give you a bunch of info as well with maps and schedules etc.

WISH US LUCK AND THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS!

Oh and if your in Seattle save $15 to buy a MKE bike polo tshirt!, we’ll have them for sale in MKE when we get back.

Ok again please Email     jake@mkebikepolo.com with the following things.

1. Team name

2. team member names and city

3. a captains phone number and email

4. The answers to the following questions………

A. If you walked into Nomad World Pub (in Milwaukee) and ordered a “Prix fix” what would you receive? www.nomadworldpub.com

B. Go to www.pabst.com and click on the “products” tab. Tell me how many calories are in a PBR light.

C. MKE bike polo exclusively rides Panaracer tires, especially their Ribmo PT!The 700 x 32c aramid tire comes in at what weight in grams? www.panaracer.com/urban.php

D. Milwaukee Bicycle Company,  under the Ben’s Cycle umbrella, has been family owned and operated for more than how many years? www.benscycle.net

E. Great lakes Distillery has  a slogan on the top bar of their website. It reads “Hand crafted spirits made____________” www.greatlakesdistillery.com

HERE THEY ARE FOLKS!

Thursday August 25th 8pm CST We will release a E-Alleycat of sorts with websites to search and answers to find. You will complete those answers and email them along with your teams info to

jake@mkebikepolo.com

You will need to provide

Team name

names  and cities of 3 players

your team captain’s phone number and email.

AND CORRECT ANSWERS TO THE CLUES!

your registration is finished once you’ve completed and sent the email and I respond with a confirmation email.

The info will be released here on our Blog! So come back THURSDAY AUGUST 25th at 8PM CST!!!!

a few other notes:

reg is capped at 48 teams

I hold all power in final say of correct answers

Help send the reigning World Champion, Beaver Boys (Beaver Boys II Men) to Seattle to defend their title. Luckily for Joe Burge and company there will be no need to cross international borders on this trip.

Shirts are availible in 3 colors

Black

Navy

And Beaver Brown

Sizes range from S – XL with ladies sizes coming soon

Get yours for $15 local, $20 shipped within US, and $25 shipped internationally. We will have a stockpile on hand in Seattle but by now to ensure your size and color preference.

Email Joe — Joe.Burge@mkebikepolo.com to place your order

So the ride/race started off at Nomad World Pub on Brady St. We had a few PBR’s and enjoyed the people watching. Due to people being bums only about 7 people actually raced. But Dang did they have fun doing it!

We got to Kern Park and began to get everything set up. Get the grill going. Tap the Keg of Lakefront Fixed Gear. Set out all the Raffle Prizes. Started chillin the copious amounts of PBR and mixing drinks with the Great Lakes Distillery products.

Started selling raffle tickets for all the cool prizes! We had gift certificates to Anaba Tea Room, The Irish Pub, Sabbatic, Classic Slice Pizza, Brocach, Riverhorse Bar, The Swingin Door Exchange, Hotel Foster, and Roman Coin.

Here are some folks who won awesome prizes!

The mini-bike races was seriously a ton of fun to watch and to ride. If you missed it you will eventually get another chance to participate in them because we for sure are doing this again. BUT you can never say you were at the first race series Kern Park 2011!

Start building your own 16″ wheeled mini kids bike to ride because I know I am! Zack Rueter took some awesome shots of the races go to his Flickr to see all of them but here a couple of my faves and one of Billie with her prizes as overall winner! She got a gift card to Salon Thor and The Irish Pub. But honestly thanks to everyone who came out and had a good time. We have some awesome supporters and we love you all! Thanks to Meg for driving all the beer and crap around to the park, thanks to Burge for setting up the race, thanks to Milwaukee Courier Company and Tom Guenther for picking up the Keg! Also extra awesomeness to TOM for winning the 2011 MKE bike polo official jersey in the raffle! dude wanted to win it so bad and he put tons of tickets into that cup to win. SO STOKED!

Milwaukee Beaver Boys from Fun Zach Films on Vimeo.

Well the Beaver Boys II Men did it again. They are looking pretty unstoppable heading into the break before North American’s in Calgary, Alberta.

Fur Trappers (Guthrie, Jake, Zack) and Cycle Killers (Matt, Birdie, Jake Boston) also broke the top 10 tied for 9th place.

3 teams in the top 10 again proves Mke Bike polo is a club to be reckoned with.

Fur Trappers photo by demoncats.com

Really so many great things happened and there are lots of people to thank. Philly proved it can be an awesome city and it’s Brotherly love was extended to us the whole trip.

HUGE THANKS TO CHANDEL for her awesome and hard work to make this thing go off without a hitch!

It was great to play in the shade created by the  freeway overpass and they really know what colors look good together

demoncats.com

Saturday saw the Beavers lose to Chombo and force them to be seeded 5th in the PM brackets, while Fur Trappers were able to score a 2 seed in the AM bracket and Cycle Killers snuck into Sunday with a 10th place finish in the PM bracket as well.

Saturday night was a bit calmer since people were prepping for a big day Sunday but Guthrie and Zack were able to master the Bongo Board. Also We met Paule Revere or was it Benjamin Franklin?

Sunday ran smooth as well and in their Sunday fashion Beavers went undeafeated to take the win over the Guinea Pigeons (Paul NYC, Ian RVA, Nick RVA).

Fur Trappers dropped a tough loss to get knocked out by Slaughterhouse polo who had an amazing comeback and buzzer beater and OT goal to knock us out.  Cycle Killers also got knocked out by an OT goal the same round. So some tough losses that if had gone the other way would have put our 3 teams in the top 8.

But really thats the boring part I mean we all know MKE is pretty good at polo but what about the parties!

I heard that Marco said he had lost many girlfriends to the “Special” that Bob and Barbara’s Bar has on Sunday Karaoke. I don’t doubt it. $3 PBR and shot of whiskey. It did make for some awesome drunken singing until the whole bar full of polo players sang Bohemian Rhapsody until we got way to rowdy and the DJ cut it off right before the crescendo. The special also caused Birdie and Zack to miss their early Monday flights. Jake And Guthrie were able to muster up the energy to get to PHL Intn’l on time.

Some other highlights include Kremin banging the ESPI trophy on every streetpole He could and Dillman’s buddy Jordan singing in response “BEST IN THE WORLD”. Ate a few cheese steaks at Jim’s and Pat’s. Both were really good I don’t think I could choose a best cheese steak in Philly they all have been great. I want to go to Philly Way on 2nd st in MKE though this week to compare while it’s fresh in my mind.

photos by www.demoncat.com

So some other thanks go out to Kevin, the irish pipefitter, and Alice, our Hostess who both got us drunk and shared some special local flavor with us at Ray’s bar in South Philly. Jordan and Coop who put up the Beaver boys and partied hard with us. Chandel, Marco, and all of the Philly Bike polo crew who helped make this thing possible. Shane from DC who passed out then continued to party and dumped his cooler full of water onto Kremin ala gatorade bath style. Nicole LaBrie for picking Guth and I up at the airport in Mke upon our return.

THANKS PHILLY, HOPE TO SEE YA SOON!

Seriously one of the best biking events of the summer! These movies are free and open to the public. Invite your friends and lovers to watch a movie and socially gather! 2nd Fridays through October.

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