Reflections on the 2012 South East Championship

As I sit here with the last of my sunburn fading, I reminiscence on the South East Championships held in Fort Lauderdale a few weeks ago. What started out as a 10 hour ride to Mobile Alabama with fellow club member Rob, ended another 10 hours later after picking up AB on the way to the tournament. While 20 hours in the car can be...... rough, we had plenty to keep us occupied. When we arrived at the pickup courts at about 9, the lights went off as soon as we got our bikes together. Not a strong start, no pickup for us. We ended up meeting the other Texas players at our hotel at the Red Carpet Inn (excellent cheap hotel by the way) and partied at the Beach House where everyone else was Friday Night. 

Saturday began somewhat late we though, as we were all in the PM bracket. Arriving at the courts at Noon we figured the AM bracket would be well underway, but was only just beginning. While warming up with some pickup, I was put on my left shoulder and both wrists hard by a wild lefty. I didnt think it was so bad until I realized I had bruised a sunburn the next day. My playing wasnt affected and Edgar Allen Polo won 3 and tied 1 game, no losses. I took it Mucho Easy Saturday night with a grade A farmer tan from the sleveless cut off shirt I had to be cool and wear before donning my teams sweet sweet Camo jerseys.

Sunday started much more promptly, but as we had done well, my team had a buy first round. We then proceeded to lose our first game against the all Mobile team, because Brittany is a brick house in goal. Huff and puff as I might, only 1 goal was to be had and Mobile put 3 strong ones in on us. In the loser bracket we did quite well, proceeding to win our next 3 I believe until we faced Danny and Florida Bob's (as I will call him) team, the Funk Buddies. They got us 3 to 4 I believe and it was a hard fought battle. Edgar Allen Polo took home 5th overall right behind my fellow All Texas team Get It God Damn. 

The awards ceremony was the single most prizes Ive ever seen given out at a polo tournament and everyone got something. I got a sweet Chunk Qualified Polo Shirt, which is rad as all hell. Rob ended up winning a Mario frame and fork for being the crowds Most Sportsmanship guy, and he deserves the frame. A great time was had by all and  I for one am glad I spent 40 hours total in a car to come play polo and party with the South East region. See yall soon!

-Bob R

.... SEQ 12....

1st - ATL (Christopher, Eric ATL, Jason SEA)

2nd - D-Quads (Robert ATX, Tina, Kevin MOLO)

3rd - Funk Buddies (Danny MIA, Chris, Bob TLH)

4th - Get it god damn (kristina ATX, Diego, Alekos HOU)

5th - Edgar Allan Polo (Bob ATX, Tyler FTM, Seamus OXF)

5th - proud dog white (Bruce BLM, Shelley CHS, James MLJ)

7th - I don't know (hunter ATH, christi FTL)

7th - Polo Household (BritneyHill, justin, porch MOLO)

9th - SatchVag (Frederick CRG, Thomas JAX, Andy NIP)

9th - Rev 6:7-8 (Kyle ??, Tomohiko, Joseph TPA)

9th - Stay at Home Dads (Eric, Mark, Zack ATH)

9th - Solar Bears (travis GNV, Arnold, jimmy TLH)

13th - Rowdy Queens (Tiffany LEX, Emily, parker TPA)

13th - Buttery Discharge (Theo, Shea, James SAV)

13th - Cherri On Top (Nicholas, Jacob FTM, Cherri JAX)

13th - Philthy Florida (AB ??, James FTM, Marco Philly)

17th - Los Bori (rubenier, Jesus, gandul SJU)

17th - The Big Wieners (Stuart, Jonathan, Patrick ORL)

17th - Naptime (Robert, David, Zach FTM)

17th - Animal Tested (k FTL, Alix, Quinlan ORL)

17th - Tres Leches (Eric, Sergio, Chris MIA)

17th - Half Drunk Tactics (Miguel HOU, Jacques, Bernard MOLO)

17th - The Nads ! (Corey, Shaun CRG, oliver JAX)

17th - Pollos Locos (JJ JAX, Nick, Jeremy MIA)

.... SCC 12 ....

1st - Just Say MO (Nick, Charlie COMO, Ben STL)
2nd - Sea-Kings (chandel., Miguel ATX, Seabass SEA)
3rd - Barely Legal (kouyo, joey, Sterling SEA)
4th - The Heavy Hitters (Drew, Andre', Jason SEA)
5th - Knowing Your Rival (George COS, Brandon DEN, Jason PHX)
5th - Los Rebeldes (Jason ??, Robert, Pelon ATX)
7th - POLO-5-EVER (Duncan, Jared DEN, Peter LKS)
7th - Gunther's Revenge (Sarah, Brian LA, Davey TEM)
9th - Mucho Take It Easy (Bob ATX, Diego, Miguel HOU)
9th - JAGWOLVES (Maxxx, scooter SEA, Valley VAN)
9th - Tri Coast United (Zach ATX, donnie LA, Marco Philly)
9th - Starmaggedon (Gray, kristina ATX, machine SF)
13th - kick my head if you want (Elise, Maureen, Fabian ATX)
13th - Stew Pit (David, David, Art SAT)
13th - Larry and the HANDersons (Aaron COMO, Spencer, Malakai LKS)
13th - Pabst Smears (Nathan, Brandon, Dan LIT)
17th - Blind Dates (Kelli DEN, Adam MEM, Jean SAT)
17th - Peace, Love, and Polo (Jasmine, Cyrus, Michael ATX)
17th - Funkytown (Brian ??, Dylan DFW, Jeff FTW)
17th - Enter Witty/Mildly Offensive Team Name Here (Arthur, Josh ATX, Justin PDX)
17th - Power Bottom Brackets (Daniel, Adylle, Alekos HOU)
17th - Tulsa (Nic COMO, Stevenso, phillip TUL)
17th - Nay-Nate and the Left-handed Cyclops (Dan, Lembo, NayNate ATX)
17th - Borracho Beans (Lindsey HOU, Jesus SAT, Chris SMC)

South Central Championships 2012

Get ready folks, hopefully you've all registered and are getting your teams fine tuned to fight it out for the glory that comes with being the South Central Bike Polo Champions!!!

Just in case you didn't see this info already on the League of Bike Polo site here is the link!

Desert Polo Invite IV

1. The Guardians

2. Con Safos

3. Dark Horse

4. Gardeners

5. Portland Doug Firs

6. Grass Assault

7. Los Rebeldes - ATX

8. Portland United

9. Heavy Hitters

10. Beard Fear

11. Two and a Half Men

12. Space Raiders

South Central Championships! and other news! (edit)

Ok folks, it is official, the NA Hardcourt Bike Polo South Central Championships are going to be hosted in Austin Texas this year.  This is a Regional Qualifier for the North American Championships later this year, so get your team together, get training, and come ready to slay the damn court!  The dates are April 14-15th 7th-8th starting at 9am both days!!

There are only going to be 32 spots available for teams to register.  So this means you better be ready when registration opens up!  South Central Represent!

Just in case you didn't know who is in the SC region:  Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Mexico!  There are 29 clubs registered on the league of bike polo site in the SC region, surely we can fill this tourney up with regional players!?!

Austin Texas Bike Polo Social Club Members:
We've done this in the past so I know it will work again, we need to design our poster, and since we have so many creative and artistic people in our club, it would be nice to have a poster design competition again.  Who's down?  All you need to do is draw/design something up and if it's voted as numero uno by the club, we will work to digitize it and make it web/poster/t-shirt worthy!

Since the tourney is in April we need to get a poster together soon!  So let's say by the end of the month we will all have submitted our designs and we can have a club meeting to vote on our favorite!  SO THE END OF JANUARY IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A POSTER!  WE CAN VOTE THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY!

On another note, January 25th is our clubs official birthday.  That falls on a Wednesday, so let's celebrate the Sunday before on the 22nd.   Last year we went and played at each of the courts we've played at since polo started in ATX.  This year we can do anything you all want, but let's do one thing for sure!  GROUP PICTURE!  It's always nice to get everyone together and have a nice group photo!  Any ideas on location or timing will be appreciated!  So start thinking about it!

3,2,1 go!

NOTE: THE DATE FOR THE SCC HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE FIRST WEEKEND IN APRIL ( 7TH AND 8TH) (YOU'RE WELCOME SCARY LARRY)

ZAZZLE sale!

Been wanting some of those old ATXBPSC tshirts being hosted on Zazzle right now?

Well they are having a 50% off all shirts sale today and today only!  Go get one half off, that's way better than full price, and a portion of the proceeds will still go directly to our club! Use promo code SHIRTSNCARDS

just thought you'd like to know!  Link to the right--------->

rob

Bike of the Living Dead

B/CS Rock The Republic Tourney

You may have seen these already, but it shows what that day was all about pretty well, Bike Polo!  I didn't take any team photos, but team "3 kings" took home the victory, Miguel Sr., Miguel Jr., and Chandel!  Good work you guys, a fun weekend indeed!

Pedal People...

Pedal People from Chad Treanor on Vimeo.


Saw this on the facebooks.... enjoy!

BCS RR BPT

Bryan/College Station is hosting an Alley-cat race and a Polo Tournament  at Neal Park on Saturday Nov. 12, to coincide with the Rock the Republic Festival.  They have a really nice court there, ideal polo size.  They have offered spaces to crash, so hit em up on the FB page here!  If you need a ride, let someone know!  It was fun last year, this year there should definitely be more teams there!  TEXAS BIKE POLO!

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Also, some other stuff to think about:

Beginner daze - Tuesday or Monday

Fun daze - Sunday Funday

Can Thursday be whatever days... ? We don't have that many teams to have team days yet, do we?


Group Photo 2011 - We did one last year around Christmas... any ideas on a time and/or location?

Upcoming Events!

Kansas!

That's right kids. Scary Larry KAnsas Bike Polo is hosting another tournament.  Teams are coming from all over the country for some awesome polo. Come check it out. Pick up begins Friday at noon. Saturday swiss rounds. Saturday night at the Re-Play.  Sunday double-Elimination bracket. Food provided. Bring your drink of choice and come watch and/or play some great polo. Come get ooshed on, unless you think you can oosh in the Larry.

More details to come. And spread the work to anyone that may want to come.

Friday, Oct. 21 at 12:00 pm - October 23 at 8:00 pm


Bryan/College Station

Come out during Rock the Republic to Neal Park to play or watch some bike polo!

Warm up with some pick up games

Play a tournament

Bench Minor if we still want to play

Out of town teams: Message me if you need a place to stay, and come check out some of the bands at Rock the Republic!

Saturday, November 12 - 12:00pm - 11:30 pm

This weekend!

NACCC 2v2 bike polo tourney!

time to be announced at a later time!

Well.... it's been a while...

... but, we are back to using the OG ATXBPSC blog, thank you blogger for not deleting us... :)

So, blogger has updated it's features, allowed for us to much more easily customize our blog and make it that much better to look at.   I hope you like!  If you haven't already noticed there is a new link on the right hand side entitled "Buy ATXBPSC Stuff!!"  Click on it and check it out... it's something I'm experimenting with, not sure how it will pan out, but I put up our old t-shirt designs for purchase through the Zazzle site, which does custom digital printing of t-shirts, buttons, stickers and other stuff.  Kinda cool, eh?  The profit for us is very little, but there is no expense for us to do this, so if you have an idea for a shirt and want to put it up there, get with me and we can add it to the ATXBPSC store, hosted by Zazzle!

That's all for now, more to come soon!