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

Good morning beautiful people.

We’ve got a huge weekend coming up for Milwaukee Bike Polo as the World Champion Beaver Boys (Beaver Men) will be traveling to Boston to take place in the Winter Lockdown tournament. This is the first tournament the Beaver’s will be competing in as a team since our victory this summer in Berlin. Combine that with the fact that the Boston Tournmant is stacked with talent and you have the fixings for some great action.

Guthrie Neuman of the Dans Ta Gueule Puceau Syndicate will also be in Boston playing with our buddy Hugo from Paris and Charlie from Boston (see ya on the podium Guth).

Wanted to let you all know that MKE has been very fortunate with winter weather so far this year. Thanks to minimal snow we have been able to get a lot of high efficiency polo* in. Hopefully this trend will continue as it eases the pain of not having and indoor facility. Bud Selig, when you read this text me so we can discuss further the possibility of playing under the field @ Miller Park. Same goes to you Allen Bradley, the Bradley Center with a little work could suit us just fine.

* High Efficiency Polo – Polo played once a week in a fashion whereas 6-9 “A” players  (slayers) gather for an entire Sunday of world class games, thus improving the polo abilities of all involved in a timely fashion.

January 2nd, 2011    Madison,Wisconsin

I woke up early on Sunday at Ben Hunter’s to Dillman yanking the sleeping bags I had made into a bed out from under me then an hour later the next generation came clamoring down the stairs. I told them to jump on Joe and Brian to wake them up. That continued for about 10 minutes until they got their lazy asses up.  Ben and Grace then made us some breakfast and coffee and we were out the door to the warehouse.

a present from MBPC to the Hunter's

Despite the pretty big sized cracks and dangerous things coming out from the wall there wasn’t much to complain about. We were playing polo inside in January with our oldest friends and rivals. It was a round robin style mini season with no finals bracket.  A game was two halves, 20 minutes each. Just each team playing each team once, better record wins. I’m not sure what would have happened in the case of a tied record, but it didn’t matter, MKE crew went undefeated.

Final scores

Chicago 21- Madison 12

Milwaukee 22- Minneapolis 8

Madison 11 – Minneapolis 10

Milwaukee 12- Chicago 11

Chicago 17 – Minneapolis 7 (please confirm this)

Final records

MKE 3-0

CHI 2-1

MAD 1-2

MPLS+ 0-3

Overall this was just a ton of fun and I couldnt have asked for a better way to start off the New Year!

Make sure to check out Dane’s photos if you scroll down the blog page. You’re wondering why there aren’t any of MKE in action, aren’t you? It’s cuz Dane was on the court slaying! What you can’t see in my hand in the window is an airhorn that Joe had brought and made the mistake of letting me hold while he napped

Caught ya sleeping bro!

This is one of my favorite photos ever. If you’re like me and watching the clock till the weekend starts, check out this guys photoset from Worlds this year http://www.flickr.com/photos/justekosystempolo/ Definitely some amazing captures.

aka “Kremin & Brian’s Tournament”

Happy Birthday Kremin!

Really truly dearly hope that all you slayers out that find it in your schedule to make it here for this. Should be a good one….

Here is some more info folks…

Teams must apply as a complete three person unit. Individual applicants will not be considered.
Send team applications to Brian@mkebikepolo.com include the following
Team Name
Team Players (Name, City)
Previous Results as an intact team and or as individuals on other teams (include everything as small as a 4 team city wide tournament, the more info we have the better our assessment shall be)

Applications will be taken until 2/1/11
At this team we will have a reviewal committee who asses team by team the top 28.
Teams will be considered primarily using previous tournament experience and results.

Feel like your team isn’t well known but solid? Fear not, as a committee we shall network as needed to gather information about individuals or teams we may not know much about.

Teams will be notified of their acceptance/rejection 2/14/11. Accepted teams have until 3-1-11 to pay half of registration fee to lock in. Failure to pay by 3-1, unless serious communication takes place, results in the forfeiture of your spot.

We’re talkin bout advancement

Cash prize? Top Talent? Milwaukee? What more could you want?

WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT US!

The Milwaukee Messenger Invitational, in it’s 9th year, is the city’s largest alleycat. Come Friday night and expect a great time, ride the race Saturday, play a tournament Sunday. The 2v2 format was adapted last year and at least for now, is here to stay.

Since most of us live in this part of town housing near the court will be abundant

$20 per team

Alright people we have a flyer now no reason not to sign up. MKE will be hookin it up with prizes there will be pizza and beer. MPLS get here, CHI get here, MAD get here STL get here, LEX get here, and everyone else in the midwest get here. Friday night there are multiple parties going on. Including a reopening of the old Pabst brewery as a gallery space for 1 night. The after party will be at the same bar we got were at last year on friday. Come drink dollar beers.  The bar is like 2 blocks from everyone and the courts. Word is that kremin will be rolling around the race on saturday with beers ferdays. Join him on a booze cruise or race the most competitive race in the city put on by Cog Mag. Bottom line is SIGN UP!

Email me for housing request

P.S WIN SOME PRIZES FROM FYXATION TIRE CO.!!!!

brian@mkebikepolo.com