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Women in Polo

Published Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 9:18am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

New video from Chan on the subject of a ladies majority bike polo tournament. Hell’s Belles Vol 1. features some of the highlights from the Hell’s Belles, Vol 1 tournament that took place October 15th and 16th, 2011 in London, England.

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Midwest Open 2 in MKE results

Published Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 10:14am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Another Midwest Open has come and gone. Lots of familiar faces and many new faces. Even several new clubs, Green Bay and Mankato, MN to name a few.
Minneapolis did really well at this tournament. 5 of our 6 teams officially made it to Sunday with a computer hiccup pushing Shark Farts out of the top 32 for Sunday. We had several stand out players which helped propel their teams deep into the double elimination bracket on Sunday. Meg Lee and Aren are two such players. Aren even took home the MVP award for the tournament.

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Midwest Open 2

Published Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 10:10pm at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

The Midwest Open is happening this weekend in Milwaukee.

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World Hardcourt Championship Final Game

Published Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 9:16am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Worlds Final from Mr.Do on Vimeo.
East Van’s Crazy Canucks (Rory/Chris/Alex) vs France’s Call Me Daddy (Po Lo/William/Greg) for the Championship

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World Hardcourt Championship Final Game

Published Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 9:16am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Worlds Final from Mr.Do on Vimeo.
East Van’s Crazy Canucks (Rory/Chris/Alex) vs France’s Call Me Daddy (Po Lo/William/Greg) for the Championship

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World Hardcourt Championship Final Game

Published Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 9:16am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Worlds Final from Mr.Do on Vimeo.
East Van’s Crazy Canucks (Rory/Chris/Alex) vs France’s Call Me Daddy (Po Lo/William/Greg) for the Championship

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New poster for World’s in Seattle

Published Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 9:09am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Check out the updated poster for the 2011 WHBPC in Seattle. Hotness!

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Worlds and Beyond

Published Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 9:54am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

The World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships are fast approaching.

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Watch Bench Minor in Chicago Live

Published Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 11:00am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Streaming live video by Ustream
If all goes as planned you should be able to watch Bench Minor 2 unfold in Chicago. Tune into Ustream to follow along live.

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ESPI 6 Recap Video

Published Monday, June 20, 2011 - 12:06pm at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Check out this nice recap video of the East Side Polo Invite 6 in Philadelphia from Fun Zach Films.

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Not too busy to play

Published Saturday, June 4, 2011 - 12:32pm at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Spring lasted a week in Minneapolis this year. Its Summer now. With its arrival time speeds up and the time to blog is devoured.
We make time for polo however. We are still playing 4 days a week. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Bookmark @pickuppolo on Twitter for “day of” reminders.

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Friends in cool places

Published Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 8:56am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

I woke up this morning to find this in my Twitter stream.
Perplexed as to what in the hell my name is doing up there with champions I fed it through Google translate and it gave me this:

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Headed to Indiana

Published Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 1:12pm at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Minneapolis Bike Polo is heading to Bloomington Indiana tomorrow to compete at Midwest Bike Polo Championships 9.

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Championship Game of Ladies Army 3

Published Friday, May 13, 2011 - 1:07pm at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Cunning Stunts vs The CLAP
The fruits of Mr. Do’s labors are coming to fruition. Get ready for more videos as he pours over the 14+ hours of footage he shot this past weekend in Austin.

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Ladies Army 3

Published Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 10:07am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

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New Player Day

Published Monday, April 11, 2011 - 9:32am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Have you ever wanted to give hardcourt bike polo a try but were afraid to give it a go? Well here’s your chance.
This Saturday April 16th at 1pm and following Saturdays, as demand allows, Minneapolis Bike Polo will be holding “skills day” for beginners and intermediate players.

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Ladies Army 3 – Promo Video

Published Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 9:20am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

More info about Ladies Army 3 in Austin, TX can be found at The League of Bike Polo.

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Spring in Minnesota

Published Monday, April 4, 2011 - 8:46am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Our two main polo courts are now free of ice. Friday night and Saturday morning a crew of crazed poloists chopped and removed the last remnants of ice at Corcoran Park.
Look for updates on our set schedule but we are planning on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday this year.
In 2011 in Minneapolis we have had FIVE days over 50F. Two of them were this weekend and we took advantage.

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Published Friday, February 25, 2011 - 9:34pm at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

Mr Do has once again outdone himself. Behold the bromance that is, Unchained Polo.

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Tip of the Week #1

Published Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 12:39pm at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

The first in, hopefully, a long series of Tips of the Week from Mr. Do.

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Bench Minor 2 Draft Results

Published Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 11:08am at Minneapolis Hardcourt Bike Polo

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Last night the club gathered around a couple of laptops, cracked some beers and talked some trash in an old school IRC chat room.