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Beneligue #3 – Eindhoven Winter Cup 2011 – Results

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Eindhoven Winter Cup 2011

Taka and Jamal did it again ! Weather was cold, but teams from Belgium, France and, of course, the Netherlands, came to make it hot and have a great time. Some teams are better and better, more and more seen near or even on the podium: Brussels did it well at this tournament, but (again) Antwerp managed to take 2 places.

Eindhoven Winter Cup 2011

Well done, “shuffle boys” !
Eindhoven Winter Cup 2011

“Top 4″ for this event:

Results Eindhoven Winter Cup 2011

Place Team
1. Simon Says, Antwerpen, BE
2. Güacapolo, Brussels, BE
3. Team Fish Sticks, Antwerpen, BE
4. EHVFXD, Eindhoven, NL

See here the complete final sheet (and here the eliminations sheet results)



Barcelona EHBPC 2011 – The results, the pictures

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011

Third edition of this Spanish tournament, and once again, the guys from Barcelona did it great !!!
Great sun, great teams, great fun. Mr Carrillo made some stats, as a good resume:
4 Days
3 Official courts + 1 pickup court
75 Teams
12 Refs
40+ Volunteers
225 Players
339 Matches
1796 Goals
2.5 Hours of sleep
Not enough beers…. but ONE AWESOME WEEKEND !

EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011

Here is the “Top 4″ for this event:

Results EHBPC Barcelona 2011

Place Team
1. L’Équipe
2. Polosynthese
3. Hooks
4. El Club

EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011
EHBPC Bike Polo Barcelona 2011

See ya next year in Barcelona !



Championnat de France 2011 !

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

After Rouen, Toulouse hosted the French Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships, with 32 teams…

Bike Polo Toulouse 2011

Results FHBPC Toulouse 2011

Place Team City Players
1. Call Me Daddy Toulouse/ Grenoble Will, Jo, Polo
2. Hooks Rouen Woods, Max, Quentin
3. MGM Paris Math, Greg, Marmou
4. Shaft Punk Toulouse Alex, Félix, Rem’s

French Hardcourt Bike Polo Champs - Toulouse 2011
Well done, Daddies !!!
Great sun, great players: see what you missed !
French Hardcourt Bike Polo Champs - Toulouse 2011
French Hardcourt Bike Polo Champs - Toulouse 2011
French Hardcourt Bike Polo Champs - Toulouse 2011
French Hardcourt Bike Polo Champs - Toulouse 2011
French Hardcourt Bike Polo Champs - Toulouse 2011
French Hardcourt Bike Polo Champs - Toulouse 2011

Family picture is always the best pic’ :°)



Benelux Championships 2011 (EHBPC Qualifiers)

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Benelux 2011 Haarlem
This year, the qualifying tournament to grab a ticket for the Euro Bike Polo Championships (June 24-26, Barcelona), took place in Haarlem (in the Netherlands, not Harlem!).

Because places are limited to 3 teams for the Benelux (10 for UK, 8 for Germany, 8 for France…), 3 teams from Antwerp and 2 from Brussels played hard against the Dutch teams.
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
But Belgians are not easy to eat: 2 teams are in the top 3!
Guacapolo from Brussels finished 2nd, Fishsticks 3rd place!

Results Benelux Championships 2011

Place Team City Players
1. EHVFXD Eindhoven (NL) Lorenzo, Taka, Jamal
2. GÜACAPOLO Brussels (Be) Antoine, Molo, Sacha
3. Team Fish sticks Antwerp (Be) Koen, Arnout, Simon
4. Club Classic Amsterdam Polo Amsterdam (NL) Massami, Gulio, Tom

Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Benelux 2011 Haarlem
Well done, Lorenzo, Taka, Jamal !
Well done, Belgians !


  • Pictures are copyrighted and are credited to ©Ewoud Bras

MGM Jungle Tournament 2011 – Paris

Monday, April 18th, 2011

MGM Jungle 2011 Paris

Concept of the tournament, taking place in Paris (“Les Invalides”) on a saturday, was « A lot of polo, a lot of fun », and the MGM Polo team managed it pretty well!

MGM Jungle 2011 Paris

Before each game, a player had to spin a wheel, defining a specific rule for the game, such as “No Willy No Goal” (obligation to willy to score), Strip Polo (take off a clothing if your team took a goal), “Death Foot” (if foot-down, the player is out till next goal). Sun was there, even if rain arrived at the end of the day, for the last game: Baboons Vs. Zebras

Results MGM Jungle 2011

Place Team Players
1. Zebras Will, Jo, Yann
2. Raffiki’s Baboons Maks, Woods, Quentin
3. Gorillas Hugo, Pierre, Ed
4. Lions Marmou, Greg, Matt

Below pictures are copyrighted and are credited to ©Julien Soret, ©Quentin Bailat and Brussels Bike Polo
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris
MGM Jungle 2011 Paris

Great crack, loads of fun: thanks a lot, MGM Lions !



West Jam Lisbon 2011

Friday, April 15th, 2011

During 2 days, an international Fixed Gear Freestyle Jam and a Polo tournament
took place in Lisbon, Portugal.

West Jam 2011 Lisbon

14 teams divided in 2 groups, so that every team played at least 6 games a day
before the elimination rounds.
Then, the Semi-Final, followed by the game for 3rd and 4th place, and finally the double-final!
The Guacapolo, from Brussels — Molo, Sacha, Antoine, and their coaches Clemsy and Dan — were there to enjoy the sun and games.

West Jam 2011 Lisbon
West Jam 2011 Lisbon
West Jam 2011 Lisbon
West Jam 2011 Lisbon

Results

Place Team
1. Moteur Fuckers
2. Polo Dervishi
3. Gangsters & Gentleman
4. Hienas
5. Miafasz
6. Polo Warriors
7. Polo Prospects
8. Guacapolo

West Jam 2011 Lisbon
West Jam 2011 Lisbon
West Jam 2011 Lisbon
West Jam 2011 Lisbon
West Jam 2011 Lisbon



Greifmasters 2011 – The winners are…

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011

So, we now know where are the best european Polo players from:
if you want to improve your game, go to France !
Final game was against Switzerland, and ended with a score of 13:10.

Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011

FixedGearAntwerp, who had several players in Karlsruhe, wrote a short resume on their blog:

We won against Italy and Karlsruhe, tied against London and lost the 5 other games. The teams consisted of the top 10 players of each country, so in the end we were pretty happy with our 7th place. The frogs took home the trophy, by the way.

Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011

About statistics, here are short tables results:

Countries Rank

Points Goals scored Games
1. France 27 117 9
2. Switzerland 21 112 9
3. Spain 18 104 8
4. Germany 15 90 8
7. Benelux 7 54 8
9 and last: Karlsruhe 1 48 8

Best Scorers

Country Goals Scored
Manuel Swiss 31
Hugo France 29
Matt England 24
Josh London 23

And the best Benelux scorers are…

Best BeNeLux Scorers

General Rank Goals Scored
Samson 8 16
Jaouad 27 10
Jamal 33 9

Mugshots

Benelux team, photobombed by Nicky: great job, really childish :) (klootzak)
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011

Teams from France, Switzerland, Karlsruhe (hosting city), Germany, London, England, Spain and Italy!
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011

Some other pictures, stollen on flickr pages, credited to rima.stuff, giz404 and d.bark (also, check out Daniele Barcheri’s portfolio: great sport and bike pics !)
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011
Karlsruhe Greifmaster 2011



Polomotion 2010 – The video

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Finally, here comes the video of the 3 days spent with the guys from Lille and Antwerp, at the Polomotion 2010 in Utrecht (Netherlands).
32 teams from the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Belgium, France Italy, Switzerland, and even Japan!

Or watch on youtube

Greifmasters 2011 – Team Benelux

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

After Italy, London (not England yet: London) and Switzerland

and after a lot of (not that usefull) discussions, the players have been choosed: Taka will be our Captain, on general agreement.
But we had to decide how many player’s spots for the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and Denmark… Finally: 4 NL / 4 BE / 1 PL / 1 DK.
And we managed to combine 1 team with 4 countries (but it needed 13 pages on a forum):

Benelux Team
• Taka (EHV/cap)
• Jamal (EHV) • Rutger (EHV) • Lorenzo (EHV)
• Samson (DK)
• Agata (PL)
• Antoine (Brussels) • Jaouad (Antwerp) • Nicky (Antwerp) • Chris (Antwerp)

… and here comes the mascot !

35 days to go…


  • Infos:
    Greifmasters.com • 4-5-6 February 2011 • Entrance hall of „Messe Karlsruhe“,
    Messeallee 1, D-76287 Rheinstetten, Germany.

Greifmasters 2011 is coming !

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

In 44 days from today will start the second edition of the Greifmasters, still taking place in Karlsruhe (Germany) during 3 days.

As the format will be “Bench Minor”, countries are discussing hard to build their (big) team, choose a captain and defend their colors: Benelux, England, France, Germany, Italy, London, Switzerland, Spain and… Karlsruhe, of course.
The circus will be from 4 to 6 February 2011 and we already know composition of Spain and France:

We ask ourselves what animal will represent Benelux-Denmark-Poland, but as graphics are great, we don’t worry ! To be continued… !


  • Infos:
    Greifmasters.com • 4-5-6 February 2011 • Entrance hall of „Messe Karlsruhe“,
    Messeallee 1, D-76287 Rheinstetten, Germany.