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| | Blimey, who was the third man? |
| | Big Bad Brendan |
Monday, 23 February 2009
Sitting Ducks v. No Sympathy
Friday, 13 February 2009
JiHaD v BRBPC
I think they went 4-5, 3-5, 5-3. Correct me if I'm wrong.
The games were really, really fast! Dave has no fear! Hassan, technical with mad acceleration and a super reach as well! JOL is one of those guys who is always in the right place at the right time. An excellent keeper!
Roxy had some awesome saves and was denied her coup de grace by a dancing so and so... She played excellent defense, ran good interference and took some hard hits tonight.
Dan... mad fast as well. I'm going to start callin him 'The Lever' for those massive crank turning levers he calls legs! The combination of Dave, Hassan, Dan and myself was a recipe for disaster (not to mention JOL's long bars !) and I feel I came off the worst. Not really tho, really nice to have some intense games even though I feel battered.
There's one thing I can say though, it's a hard effort to make individual skill/speed make up for team work. JiHaD was passing the ball in circles around us, our (Dan's) goals came out of sheer force or (my) sheer luck! We had more shots on goal but they definitely played the better game.
All in all, I'm so glad I subbed in against you lot, our (zombie's) game was pants due to the weather, court, and the fact it was the 1st fixture.
The games were really, really fast! Dave has no fear! Hassan, technical with mad acceleration and a super reach as well! JOL is one of those guys who is always in the right place at the right time. An excellent keeper!
Roxy had some awesome saves and was denied her coup de grace by a dancing so and so... She played excellent defense, ran good interference and took some hard hits tonight.
Dan... mad fast as well. I'm going to start callin him 'The Lever' for those massive crank turning levers he calls legs! The combination of Dave, Hassan, Dan and myself was a recipe for disaster (not to mention JOL's long bars !) and I feel I came off the worst. Not really tho, really nice to have some intense games even though I feel battered.
There's one thing I can say though, it's a hard effort to make individual skill/speed make up for team work. JiHaD was passing the ball in circles around us, our (Dan's) goals came out of sheer force or (my) sheer luck! We had more shots on goal but they definitely played the better game.
All in all, I'm so glad I subbed in against you lot, our (zombie's) game was pants due to the weather, court, and the fact it was the 1st fixture.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
9th Fixtures (only a month late...)
Black Rebel Bicycle Polo Club vs Malice Nnternational
Los Coños vs JiHaD
Moving Targets vs BAD Polo
Malletov Cocktail vs The Sitting Ducks
The Sick Buckets vs The Zombie
No Sympathy vs The De Beauvior Townies
Remember, this is home and away respectively.
Los Coños vs JiHaD
Moving Targets vs BAD Polo
Malletov Cocktail vs The Sitting Ducks
The Sick Buckets vs The Zombie
No Sympathy vs The De Beauvior Townies
Remember, this is home and away respectively.
Holiday fixtures still to be played:
JiHaD vs. Moving Targets
The Sitting Ducks Vs. No Sympathy
Moving Targets Vs. Los Conos
JiHaD Vs. Black Rebel Bicycle Polo Club
Fixtures still to be completed:
No Sympathy vs. JiHaD - 2-5, 3-5, TBD
The Sick Buckets vs. Black Rebel Bicycle Polo Club - 2-5, 4-5, TBD
Forfeited fixture to be played:
The Moving Targets vs. No Sympathy - Postponed points awarded to NS
JiHaD vs. Moving Targets
The Sitting Ducks Vs. No Sympathy
Moving Targets Vs. Los Conos
JiHaD Vs. Black Rebel Bicycle Polo Club
Fixtures still to be completed:
No Sympathy vs. JiHaD - 2-5, 3-5, TBD
The Sick Buckets vs. Black Rebel Bicycle Polo Club - 2-5, 4-5, TBD
Forfeited fixture to be played:
The Moving Targets vs. No Sympathy - Postponed points awarded to NS
Saturday, 31 January 2009
A few more stragglers finishing up the holidays.
NoSympathy v. Malletov Cocktail: 0-5, 3-5, 3-5.
It was a good game, but NS just wasn't having any luck with the shots or the finishes. Good to see Object back.
Good fun games, fast paced but still quite long, lots of good defence play by both teams especially Max and Horatio. NS didn't seem to get going in the first game, but turned it on in the second, coming from behind to level the scores twice before tomasito finished them off.
It was a good game, but NS just wasn't having any luck with the shots or the finishes. Good to see Object back.
Good fun games, fast paced but still quite long, lots of good defence play by both teams especially Max and Horatio. NS didn't seem to get going in the first game, but turned it on in the second, coming from behind to level the scores twice before tomasito finished them off.
Malletov Cocktail V's Sick Buckets: 5-1, 5-3, 5-3 Swift play by Malletov. Solid keeping with Horatio. Picked up the pieces and finished the shots well. Took a while for Sick to get into the game, but once they warmed up they played well and deserved a better result. Just couldn't finish their good play with a goal on many occasions. Malletov did. Again, Mark was a brick. Mr alockett is making a quality impression too. Good game. JiHaD v Sick Buckets - 5-3,5-1,5-1 I think, in a fucking blizzard. I subbed in for JOL, PiQue for James Brown. The court was frozen and icy, one or two snowballs may have been throw. Games were sedate but quick, all of us thinking about staying up, plus the prospect of a pint in a warm pub, meant nobody rode too aggresively. WiganWill even appeared for a minute or two. Emma, Gabes and Bianca were excellents refs and support. Beautiful to be out in the snow, but very very cold. Nice one folks! | |
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Monday, 26 January 2009
Match of the League!
Saturday, 24 Jan. at the Newington courts in Southwark saw BAD vs. Malice Nnternational battle it out. Bad defending their no loss sweep of the league and Malice having to step up to their trash-talking was the making of 3 intense games. Probably the most intense games any of us have witnessed in this league! There were loads of falls and crashes mostly due to the court being a bit slippy. I would love to have seen this on a dry court so it would be easier to distinguish maliciousness from accidents although it still appeared to be fairly clean action for bike polo.
Reports from Dr. Vidal of Malice Nnternational:
" Not sure about an MVP, because everyone played so well. I feel as if BAD played a much prettier game. They seemed to be getting more shots and better looking shots. But Malice just scrapped it out, barely.
Malice came out tough and won the first one pretty clean and clear. BAD then got their shit together and dominated the second game. Aiden had at least three beautiful goals in the second game, and they earned that shutout well and proper.
In the final game I was quite worried about getting shut out again, and Malice hunkered down the defense. I think BAD got up 3-0, but then we just toughed it out, got it up to 4-4, and then got the final goal. That was definitely anybody's game.
All of the falls notwithstanding, the game felt very clean to me. It was fast and hard, but mostly clean shoulder checks. It was serious fun. BAD is still rightfully the top team. But everyone is ratcheting it up, so next league is going to be tough."
And from photographer GrowUp:
"Before the game Brendan broke excalibur,devastated. And then a second mallet during the game.
A lot of pressure on BAD to maintain the unbeaten record.
Every ball was fought for.
The Malice defence and goal tending was there strength.
Matt always rocked up to protect the goal, in front of Todd. Thats clever. It worked.
Ian checked Brendan throughout, but not in a sexual way.
Matt smiled a lot.
Dave is a gentleman.
BAD I thought had more shots on goal. Aidan missed a couple of open goals.
Only a couple of close calls on goal for the refs to make a decision.
Second game 5-0 probably due to the shock of the first win over BAD. Very fast 5 goals. I think Malice were trying to catch there breath as all the players were prepared and did go down.
I think the last game BAD were up 3 - nil so Malice never gave up, and prevailed over the evil BAD.
Awesome game to watch, they were absolutely knackered and must have ached the next day, week.
Very physical game without being malicious. Thats the important bit.
The evidence is in the photos.
BAD can relax now and win the league."
GrowUp's photos here.
Gabes' photos here.
In the end it was BAD Polo Vs. Malice Nnternational - 3-5, 5-0, 4-5
Reports from Dr. Vidal of Malice Nnternational:
" Not sure about an MVP, because everyone played so well. I feel as if BAD played a much prettier game. They seemed to be getting more shots and better looking shots. But Malice just scrapped it out, barely.
Malice came out tough and won the first one pretty clean and clear. BAD then got their shit together and dominated the second game. Aiden had at least three beautiful goals in the second game, and they earned that shutout well and proper.
In the final game I was quite worried about getting shut out again, and Malice hunkered down the defense. I think BAD got up 3-0, but then we just toughed it out, got it up to 4-4, and then got the final goal. That was definitely anybody's game.
All of the falls notwithstanding, the game felt very clean to me. It was fast and hard, but mostly clean shoulder checks. It was serious fun. BAD is still rightfully the top team. But everyone is ratcheting it up, so next league is going to be tough."
And from photographer GrowUp:
"Before the game Brendan broke excalibur,devastated. And then a second mallet during the game.
A lot of pressure on BAD to maintain the unbeaten record.
Every ball was fought for.
The Malice defence and goal tending was there strength.
Matt always rocked up to protect the goal, in front of Todd. Thats clever. It worked.
Ian checked Brendan throughout, but not in a sexual way.
Matt smiled a lot.
Dave is a gentleman.
BAD I thought had more shots on goal. Aidan missed a couple of open goals.
Only a couple of close calls on goal for the refs to make a decision.
Second game 5-0 probably due to the shock of the first win over BAD. Very fast 5 goals. I think Malice were trying to catch there breath as all the players were prepared and did go down.
I think the last game BAD were up 3 - nil so Malice never gave up, and prevailed over the evil BAD.
Awesome game to watch, they were absolutely knackered and must have ached the next day, week.
Very physical game without being malicious. Thats the important bit.
The evidence is in the photos.
BAD can relax now and win the league."
GrowUp's photos here.
Gabes' photos here.
In the end it was BAD Polo Vs. Malice Nnternational - 3-5, 5-0, 4-5
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Slackers!
With only two teams having completed all fixtures, I'm going to allow most of the rest to catch up before releasing the next matches. This coming Saturday aims to be sunny and mild but slow on the league front...
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