Last Stand

Submitted by liamg on May 7, 2010 - 8:27am

Friday, July 9, 2010 - Sunday, July 11, 2010

Rough schedule:

Friday: registration, arrivals, pickup games. Opening event
Saturday: round robin play to determine finals bracket
Sunday: top 8 teams in double elimination format

I'm hoping for around 16 teams.

If you've never been to Burlington, we've got one of the most awesome polo court locations, right downtown in the big waterfront park, right on the main bike path. We'll be losing our court this fall when it gets torn down to make a parking lot for a new development. We really want to host a northeast tourney in this location before it falls to the bulldozers...

Town map with tags for key spots can be found here:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=44.476896,-73.2169...

Host club:

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Contact info:

bikepolo@mac.com

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18302612292

Court size:

Roller hockey court with concrete curb, 125' x 75'

Location

Waterfront Roller Rink

Lake Street Next to the Waterfront Skatepark

Burlington, VT

United States

See map: Google Maps

Groups:

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

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May 11, 2010 - 8:59pm

Medic.Mike

Seattle

Dammit Liam! I would love to come home for this but won't be able to show my support. I hope to see Burlington at north americans this year though!

____________
West and East squash the beef
That shit 's legit as fuck!

May 11, 2010 - 11:07pm

kev

Toronto

Anyone driving from Burlington to Madison?

May 12, 2010 - 11:00am

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Not sure if any of the other crew are going, but once this tourney is done I've got to switch my focus to a kid that is due to pop in August...

May 12, 2010 - 12:47pm

jfrench

Seattle

don't think i can make it to this – i'll be in chicago at that time. hopefully collar city crew can send a team or two tho!

the j is for jesse
Troy, NY: 2008 - 2010
Seattle, WA: 2010 - present

May 13, 2010 - 9:34am

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Jesse, let me know if you have an e-mail group or somebody I can shoot info over to as things get more dialed in. I'm just waiting on the final permit from Parks before I lock in sponsors, etc.

May 19, 2010 - 10:40am

jfrench

Seattle

Hey Liam, just saw this, our listserv is here but is members-only. If you don't feel like signing up just hit me up through this site and I will forward it on.

the j is for jesse
Troy, NY: 2008 - 2010
Seattle, WA: 2010 - present

June 22, 2010 - 10:34am

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Update with new poster art

May 14, 2010 - 9:27am

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Liam - thanks for organizing! Stoked we're hosting a tournament! We really do have the best polo court location, so all you city kids should come vacation in Vermont for the weekend (and play some polo). Let's get the ladies out representing too!

May 14, 2010 - 10:22am

pete

Portland Bike Polo

I'll be up in Maine on the 4th after ESPIs... might want to come to this. Would be looking for a team.

Pro-friendly bike polo!

May 15, 2010 - 10:24am

#10

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

hey pete, I'm sure I can connect you with some locals, or help you link up with others coming from out of town...

June 9, 2010 - 10:10am

#11

pete

Portland Bike Polo

update: not coming to this, sorry guys!

Pro-friendly bike polo!

May 15, 2010 - 11:26am

#12

Tobi

Boston

Liam this looks like fun. I need to hit up Burlington anyway, plus is that offer still open to crash at your mountainside cabin? My teammates will be heading to Madison without me as I cant make it so I may come solo.

May 15, 2010 - 1:40pm

#13

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Tobi, you're welcome to the guest room at my place if you don't mind the 30 minute drive to town. Depending on the weather, I might actually camp in town that weekend so I can party without having to drive home all swervy style. North Beach campground is on the bike path, less than a mile from the polo court and downtown...
http://www.enjoyburlington.com/northbeach.cfm
Either way, we'll have a place for you to crash for sure!

May 15, 2010 - 1:58pm

#14

Tobi

Boston

camping sounds good as well.

May 19, 2010 - 1:52pm

#15

eh jackal

East Van Bike Polo

great poster.

referees if necessary, but not necesarily refereeing

May 24, 2010 - 2:53pm

#16

rita

Collar City Polo

collar city (albany) is sending a team. do we need to register?

May 27, 2010 - 10:59am

#17

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

I'll put you guys down for one team. Let me know if more get sorted out!

Once we get a bit closer I'll PM everybody to make sure I'm not missing anybody.

May 24, 2010 - 4:31pm

#18

sir woadie...

Baltimore Hardcourt Bike Polo

stoked on this!
will have camping equipment and just need shower access
bringing three from nyc
kakaw!

Portland United
www.eighthinch.com

May 24, 2010 - 7:48pm

#19

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

4 from ny....

May 25, 2010 - 1:48am

#20

sir woadie...

Baltimore Hardcourt Bike Polo

we can hide the columbian somewhere...

Portland United
www.eighthinch.com

May 27, 2010 - 10:58am

#21

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

We're looking at reserving some spots at North Beach if people are interested. Right on the bike path, about a mile from the court and downtown, and like the name says... right on the beach. Backyard camping will also be an option.

Here is the link to North Beach campground if people want to check out that option.
http://www.enjoyburlington.com/campground.cfm

May 27, 2010 - 11:49am

#22

sir woadie...

Baltimore Hardcourt Bike Polo

no chance those spots could already be reserved is there? i ask because that time of year is busy, so let us know when you do and if we should get a spot close by
thanks for the link, it looks really pretty

Portland United
www.eighthinch.com

May 27, 2010 - 4:15pm

#23

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

They do get fully booked out pretty quick for summer weekends. If you want to be sure you get a tent spot, best to call and reserve one...

and yes, "really pretty" does fit the bill for the whole scene. We're really lucky to have a polo court on the waterfront bike path (for now) which is why we're hosting this tournament before it gets bulldozed in the name of progress! We're about 200 yards from the water, and one of our polo regulars has a boat (which makes for interesting distractions on hot summer polo nights)

May 30, 2010 - 1:25pm

#24

Tex

Ottawa

booze cruise! booze cruise! booze cruise!

June 1, 2010 - 6:38am

#25

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

I'm sure if it is a nice weekend, the boat will be around. It only fits 6-8 people, but all the drink holders are water bottle cages. Very bike ghetto...

June 1, 2010 - 8:19pm

#26

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

xDos

May 31, 2010 - 12:31am

#27

James

Boston

im in.

May 31, 2010 - 12:31am

#28

James

Boston

im in.

May 31, 2010 - 5:58pm

#29

sauls

PENSACOLA BIKE POLO

i didnt get to follow the decission by the parks department and city on your courts. are you going to be able to or have yall asked about whats happening to the boards?

June 1, 2010 - 6:37am

#30

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Current courts go away this fall when the new development starts. We're hoping to save the lights and the benches for the new location (TBD). We don't have boards right now, just a 12" curb. The new spot 'might' get an upgrade, but the parks crew are still trying to find out where the new spot will be, before we get into the details of what the setup will be like.

June 1, 2010 - 8:28pm

#31

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

also .....me and my teammate(1 so far) looking for a way to get their from nyc any ideas ........car pool,share rental,cheapest bus...any ideas?

June 2, 2010 - 8:35am

#32

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Greyhound is the only bus service I know of from NYC. I checked online but did not see fares listed...

June 1, 2010 - 8:37pm

#33

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

also also ....trying to book camp site what site should i be looking for( number?) and any idea on how many people per site or tent per site.......?

June 2, 2010 - 8:40am

#34

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Campsite map is here:
http://www.enjoyburlington.com/imagelib/bigMap.jpg
The sites close to the bike path are also closer to the beach.

according to the internets:
One tent or RV per site. Second tents will be allowed for an additional $5/night. Two tents per site maximum. Four occupants maximum per site.

June 22, 2010 - 10:36am

#35

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Quick update on Sponsors:

Bailey Works donated a nice bag.
Gatorade will be providing drinks for all teams and will have some extra goodies for prizes
The Ski Rack will be the local bike shop, providing a mechanics station with tools, tubes, tires, etc.

More stuff on the way...

June 5, 2010 - 12:20pm

#36

sir woadie...

Baltimore Hardcourt Bike Polo

reserved site 134 semi-detached/nice 4 person spot butted up on the graveyard
i have heard some twitterings about rides and such, we will be coming north from NC so...
around the weekend of july 4th we will be passing through rva,dc,philly,nyc,etc, all i can offer is to come by and get your equipment to create ease of travel
you can then meet up with it in VT
this also goes for heading west after that chi,mke,mad... driving to portland after nahbpc
so what's up with teams? 3 two person teams
will or will not be playing with na's...hawk...confirm or deny
to much of a punk to crush it with the slayers...peecoke...confirm or deny
moving to portland...canary...confirm or deny
will prolly score more goals than all three of you chumps...slayla...confirmative
ok jokes aside
lets help the organizers out and ourselves by nailing this situation down, please

Portland United
www.eighthinch.com

June 7, 2010 - 6:23pm

#37

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

"The gentleman from dc yells?"...........NEY!

June 8, 2010 - 4:47pm

#38

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Just added some gloves from Fox Racing to the prize bin

and some of those new DVS/Cadence shoes...

June 9, 2010 - 3:48pm

#39

Tobi

Boston

Boston has reserved a spot (31) on the camp site.

June 10, 2010 - 10:03am

#40

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

the party is at spot 134.........i will be showing up on friday....can i get tele number of of host or anybody for that matter
...looking forward to this ...should be a lot of fun......not sure about a team yet but looking forward to playing against Canadas finest ....................and who is coming from boston?

June 10, 2010 - 2:58pm

#41

Javier

Boston

the team that's winning this.

June 14, 2010 - 7:22am

#42

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Baker, hit me up:
bikepolo at mac dot com and I'll get you some phone numbers. I'm organizing, Rachel will probably be the local CEO (chief entertainment officer) for the weekend. Oh, and if Lee is around, he'll have the boat...

June 11, 2010 - 6:53pm

#43

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

well then!...looking forward to losing to you..

June 14, 2010 - 7:24am

#44

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Question:

We're getting a pair of Chukkers from Velocity...

Should we:

A> Figure out a system for MVP

B> Sell raffle tickets to raise funds for the new court

feedback from players appreciated

June 14, 2010 - 10:00am

#45

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Ha, thanks for giving me the CEO title, Liam! I'm happy to help coordinate all things fun and party-like. For the out of towners, Burlington is barely 3 miles end to end, so absolutely everything is within biking/stumbling distance, and it's all awesome. Just bring lights for biking at night! As the date gets closer, I'd love to organize stuff like a biking pub crawl, nighttime swim outings, biking/boating to the best rock jumping spots, etc. You tell me what you'd prefer and we'll make it happen! Cheers, -R

June 15, 2010 - 9:22pm

#46

The Baker

DC Bike Polo

wow....you had me at biking / stumbling distance .....rock jumping yes but should be done sober .....early.....swim yes...night time even beter.....as far as the chukkers raffle off ..keep polo alive and homegrown ......just give an extra few tix to mvp/winners for an added edge......but what do i know...
ps
hey Jav.....if the Celtics win tonight i will "only" score 4 goals on you ...not 5...

June 17, 2010 - 9:20am

#47

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X2dYL2hkio

Bonus points for jumping off the 76

June 17, 2010 - 9:30am

#48

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Sponsor update... new poster above. Thanks to everybody for the support!

June 23, 2010 - 12:19pm

#49

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Attention visiting teams... I've started to put together a local map that shows places I think you might want to visit in town while you're here.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=44.476896,-73.2169...

suggestions on other things you're looking for are welcome. Locals, feel free to chime in on stuff that I should add. This map will continue to evolve as we get closer and figure out where people want to go for apres polo drinking, etc.

June 24, 2010 - 4:21pm

#50

raddison

New Orleans Hardcourt Bike Polo

If you're in BTV early check out Duff Hour at Three Needs. $1 pints every weekday @ 4 until jah keg is kick'd.

polo and destroy
Rad Caps!

July 5, 2010 - 5:31pm

#51

Tex

Ottawa

confirm the presence of peacoke, prince hawk, and uncle slobber. We are FIF ROUND KNOCK-OUT!!!

July 6, 2010 - 10:19am

#52

Tobi

Boston

Congrats Liam on becoming a father!

July 6, 2010 - 4:27pm

#53

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Hey, hope everyone's stoked for the tournament this coming weekend! Weather's been amazing here, the lake is perfect swimming temperature and details are coming together. If anyone needs a couch or a floor to crash on and hasn't emailed be yet, here's your last chance. I'm trying to finalize housing and get back to everyone by Thursday at the latest. My email is rachel.invt (at) gmail.com. 3-2-1!

July 6, 2010 - 9:13pm

#54

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Just so everybody knows, I might not actually be able to make it to the tournament, but Rachel, Aaron and Bill will have things under control. My wife and I were expecting our baby in mid August but he decided to show up a little early while we were in Canada visiting family... so we might be in the motherland for a little while. Rest assured that the BTV polo crew will still put on a good show.

July 7, 2010 - 5:05pm

#55

kev

Toronto

that's rad, congrats liam. hope all is going well with the little one.

July 7, 2010 - 7:33am

#56

jeanberberian

Montreal Bike Polo

Hi, any chance anybody wants a 3rd player (from Montreal)? I will rent a car once I get a positive response.
Cheers!

July 7, 2010 - 8:02am

#57

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Hey Jean,

Maybe drop bill a line... knockonlockwood AT gmail dot com

Maybe you could play with him and Jase from Montpelier. They have polo tonight and should be figuring out final team details.

July 7, 2010 - 8:37am

#58

jeanberberian

Montreal Bike Polo

Cool, I will. Thx Liam, and congrats and good luck with the baby.

July 7, 2010 - 4:48pm

#59

Jase in Vermont

Montpelier Vermont

@jeanberberian, hit me at jase AT jaseroberts D0T net .

July 7, 2010 - 9:37pm

#60

Cazenovia

Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh isn't going to make it. One of our three flaked out and there were only three serious polo players in Plattsburgh to begin with. No chance of a sub and neither of us can get sunday off. The shit has hit the fan and it is ninety f'ing degrees.

ima try and make it to the pick up games on friday though.

July 8, 2010 - 1:25pm

#61

uncle clobber

we get in to btv at approx 6pm any suggestions on where to go when we get there , perhaps there is a local that would like to give us a phone # .
thanks
see you soon

July 8, 2010 - 4:43pm

#62

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Come straight to the polo courts for registration and pick up games! And if it's raining, we'll be meeting at the Olde Northender Pub, directly up the hill from there. There's parking at both places and we can send you in the right direction from there whether you want food, beers, directions to the campground, etc.

For directions to the polo court using google maps for mapquest, enter "Lake Street, Burlington, VT" as your destination. The Olde Northender Pub is at 23 North Street. You can also check out the cool map Liam created here: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=44.476896,-73.2169....

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

July 9, 2010 - 9:33am

#63

Jase in Vermont

Montpelier Vermont

@rachel, can you post a final-ish schedule here once it's set? Want to have somewhere to point potential spectators to if they just want to come see final rounds of play on Sunday or whatever. Gracias.

July 9, 2010 - 11:42am

#64

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Here you go...

WEEKEND SCHEDULE (subject to change, we’ll let you know)
Friday, July 9th
5:00-8:30pm – Registration and pickup games at the polo court. Rain location: Olde Northender, 23 North St
8:30-? – Drinks at the Olde Northender.

Saturday, July 10th
10:00-10:30am – Registration and team check in at the polo court
11:00am-6:00pm – Round Robin tournament play
6:30-8:30pm – Optional group ride to a swim spot
9:00pm-? – Gathering/Drinks at Manhattans Pizza, 167 Main Street

Sunday, July 11th
11:00am-3:00pm – Finals
12:30pm- Raffle
3:30pm – Awards

July 11, 2010 - 2:45am

#65

Medic.Mike

Seattle

Oh my god! I hate that I'm not here for this! I want to go home!

Liam, Rachel, I hope you have a place to play in september!

____________
West and East squash the beef
That shit 's legit as fuck!

July 11, 2010 - 11:04am

#66

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Dude, I'm not there either and it is making me a little crazy. All good chilling at the hospital with Milo though...
we need to figure out how to live webcast all bike polo events.

Somebody please post pics and the finals brackets!

July 12, 2010 - 10:29am

#67

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

I got news via text message that "Fif Round Knockout" (Alexis & Robbie from Ottawa & Chris NYC) took the win over "Slay & Bake" (PDX/NYC? I don' have final team rosters). Hopefully somebody from the VT crew posts full results soon, since I'm still stuck in Canada...

July 12, 2010 - 2:43pm

#68

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

1st - Fif Round Knockout - Alexis (Ottowa), Robbie (Ottowa), Chris (NYC)
These guys won "Tournament Champion" gold polo mallets from EighthInch (http://www.eighthinch.com/)
2nd - Slay & Bake - Kayla (Portland), Jason (Portland), Johan (DC/NYC)
This crew won their choice of free sneakers from DVS (http://www.dvsshoes.com/)
3rd - (What do you think about) Virgins - Gena (Vancouver), Jake (Boston), Nick (Plattsburg, Sat.), David (Troy, Sun.)
This crew won some sweet gloves from Fox Racing (http://www.foxhead.com/)

Props to the Montreal Bagels (Montreal), the Dream Team (Burlington), and Golden Gearing (Burlington/Montreal) for also making it to Sunday's double elimination bracket. We had a ton of prizes, so all teams took home swag from Obey (http://obeygiant.com/), Maven (http://www.mavenvt.com/), St Cago Polo Works (http://stcagopoloworks.bigcartel.com/), Eighth Inch (http://www.eighthinch.com/), Fox (http://www.foxhead.com/)and more.

Thanks to Gatorade, we all had free hydration all weekend long.

----------------------------

RAFFLE RESULTS

The Velocity Chukkers (http://www.velocityusa.com/) went to Robbie from Ottowa (who also happened to break his frame Saturday...)
The Bailyworks Messenger Bag (http://www.baileyworks.com/) went to Gena from Vancouver

Congrats!

Thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets, we raised almost $300 towards a new polo court!

----------------------------

Huge huge thanks to everyone who came out to Burlington this weekend! I'll follow up with more later, but if you took photos, please send us a link once they're posted!

Thank you thank you!

July 12, 2010 - 3:41pm

#69

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Rachel, you are awesome!

July 12, 2010 - 4:09pm

#70

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Oh, and one more sponsor link - Skirack's Bike Center (http://www.skirack.com) stepped it up to provide a mechanic tent both days. Awesome.

July 12, 2010 - 1:58pm

#71

Tobi

Boston

Again apologies for only 1/3 of Boston showing up. We had reasons.... Glad to see Jake went on and took 3rd with a makeshift team.

July 12, 2010 - 2:38pm

#72

aaronyourtires

Rachel is so on it.

July 12, 2010 - 4:10pm

#73

rachel

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Need to give out a few more HUGE thanks to...

- Liam for all the amazing organizing, collecting sponsorships, dealing with legalities, taking the initiative and making this whole thing happen.

- Kyle (http://www.kylesauter.com/) for killing it with the awesome posters, t-shirt screen printing, sign-making, and all things art related.

- Aaron and Lockwood for stepping up pull this off without Liam

- And the weather gods for coming through last minute to give us an unexpectedly beautiful sunny Burlington weekend :)

July 12, 2010 - 5:52pm

#74

sir woadie...

Baltimore Hardcourt Bike Polo

big ups burlington, thanks for all your hard work!

Portland United
www.eighthinch.com

July 12, 2010 - 8:23pm

#75

uncle clobber

Thank s so much for a really great weekend . I will reflect on the chilled out atmosphere next weekend at the nabpc when everyone is trying to kill each other for champion of the universe .
great work and thanks again
Robbie

July 13, 2010 - 12:03am

#76

chris roberts

NYC

thanks and praise burlington
rachel, aaron, walt, kyle, liam and the rest: you really sent your beautiful court out in style and class
locals refusing the prize when the raffle draws their name, giving them instead to the oota
the slayers bring the love, for polo and for people. see you soon family
sheik and robbie, loved being on and off court with you fellow princes
johan way to keep the flag waving. keep marching on that rocky road

can natty plant up him scallions? can natty plant up his yams? cause natty dread is the cultivator

fixcraft.net

July 13, 2010 - 12:02pm

#77

liamg

Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo

Some shots from Guillaume here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=228759&id=785377576

and from Rubino here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=190678&id=579756630

July 14, 2010 - 5:05pm

#78

Kayla

Portland Bike Polo

thank you burlington! what a great weekend! i hope you find another court that rocks just as hard. until next time.

Oh and thanx liam for all the behind the scenes work. Congradulations on the new baby! And rachel you rock!

just sayin not hatin

July 15, 2010 - 3:00pm

#79

Kayla

Portland Bike Polo

oh i almost forget! Thank you burlington for the prizes! I cant wait to rock my new cadence shoes. when i was in sf the end of last year i stayed with ellie and dustin from cadence and we talked about this new line of shoe. so funny that we won them!

just sayin not hatin

July 18, 2010 - 12:29am

#80

Cazenovia

Plattsburgh

I'm so glad to have been able to make it, even if for just a couple of days. You should be seeing me around every once in a wile for a pick up game or two. I have a whole new reason to jump the puddle.