Monthly Archives: February 2011

Unchained Polo from Mr.Do on Vimeo. Mr. Do has posted another great video of highlights from recent games and tournaments. While most of this is from North America, our lewis appears a couple of times and shows the Americans how we do it in Sydney (see 2:50). After watching this I suddenly realised that the [...]

Another step forward in the aim of making polo a recognised and legitimate sport, the North American Harcourt website has been launched. Early in 2010, North America democratically elected 21 representatives (7 regions, 3 representatives per region), establishing North American Hardcourt, the first national association. This was to unify the players across america in regards [...]

Swiss london summary Gf2 Karlsruhe from Uolmo on Vimeo. Great summary from a 40+min game of just the goals. Thanks to Sarah Felix for recording and uploading the video.

Mr Baguette and his wonderful partner Isabelle are leaving our shores to return to their home country France. We will of course sorely miss him and his amazing ability to embarrass us on the court! The good news is that Julien will be stopping by tonight for a final hit before flying out this week. [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s that time of year again, the Autumn Tournament! Melbourne’s longest running tournament reaches it’s third birthday and it’s going to be BIG! Double court setup with lights at the Fishmarkets Arena our secret polo venue, dollar pots of delicious hand crafted beer and ginger beer straight from the keg, huge mobile [...]

Git Sumthing Clever from Mr.Do on Vimeo. This a great match from a recent USA Midwest Open tournament featuring Lewis from Sydney. It’s up to the elimination finals (possibly quaters?) so it goes over the 10min limit to a golden goal situation. Also check out the save Lewis makes on the open-net shot @ 14:15, [...]

GM2 Bench Minor from Chan on Vimeo. A short film about the 2nd Greif Masters “Bench Minor” bike polo tournament. Held in Karlsruhe, Germany in February 2011. Shot on a canon 60d. Music: Renegade Snares – Omni Trio Posted on Vimeo by user: Chan thanks Chan!

Over the weekend of Australia’s first national Bench Minor tournament, Karlsruhe in Germany held a European Bench Minor tournament called Greif Masters. This is the second year Karlsruhe has hosted a European tournament and the first European Bench Minor. Countries were invited and selected teams based on individual skill or were playing ‘lines’ of 2 [...]

More on their way! A big thanks to Steph for letting us post the photos.

A huge thanks to all our sponsors: Carhartt, Skin Grows Back, Domestique, Gear Brisbane, Brisbane Outdoor Gear, Knog, Sable and Argent, and a very big special thanks to Potential of Hydrogen for their help securing the court for the weekend. It wouldn’t have been the tournament it was without their support. We hope to have [...]