COMOPOLO

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erin wants to know if we're into this or not

i was about to start a thread, then figured no one was interested. correct me if im wrong

i was under the imprssion he was going to be handling that aspect of the planning. correct me if im wrong.

or maybe i'll just talk to christian directly about some ideas. if anyone else is interested, let me know.

i'm going to start another thread concerning sponsors, for this tourney as well as in general.

ehh...

love it!

i'm dtf all of june. let me know via postcard what is when.

ps nick i got some mail addressed to you at my house recently. i'm using it as a notepad.

i'm in the thurs am camp. think maglio is too

not supposed to be in all caps..
i've been talking to gina at pednet, and she organizes a bike club at smithton middle school. she's interested in showing them some forms of bike recreation and asked if we'd be interested in doing a short demo or presentation for them. i'm thinking 2-3 of us go out there with bikes mallets and balls, talk about what bike polo is and show them some game footage (if we can find some without curse words) and then hit the ball around to demonstrate in person. we'd let them know about sunday pickup if hey wanted to try it or watch further. i'm into doing this, is anyone else? the club meets thursday 3-4:30.

i can no longer log into my school account.
i'm going to email her with my new contact

do we want a midwest championship this year? that's how we need to frame it, for ourselves, everyone else in the midwest, and NAH. NAH will help with logistics if they want to see the tournament happen

i would like to see a 48 team tournament unless its absolutely impossible. the rink, a wooden court borrowed from another club and the border patrol would work.

i understand the amount of work is daunting, but at this point we have to ask ourselves if we want a qualifier or not.

we're exploring possibilities, kruse. people dont like how big cosmo is...

hell yeah n 8th st. whats wrong with that? minneap's midwests was on a rented college parking lot. i'm contacting a bike shop customer that works for columbia college on monday.

i sent nearly the same one to both.

"I was hoping we could begin discuss the possibility of hosting a major Midwest bike polo tournament here in Columbia in mid-May. This tournament would be part of the North American Hardcourt (NAH) tour and would qualify teams for advancement to the North American championships. This means that if we were to host it, people would attend from all over the Midwest. So far, no one has stepped forward to host the tournament, and it is required to be finished before mid June. We'd love to see what it would take to bring the tournament to Columbia!

For more information on the NAH tour:
http://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/tournaments/2...
http://www.nahardcourt.com/

The facilities at Cosmo park are a good start for an event like this, but at least two more courts would have to be constructed in order to accommodate for the amount of teams (usually 48). Previous tournaments of this size have been hosted in converted tennis facilities, so we wanted to explore that possibility as well.

Thanks!

Carol Riney
Feb 2 (1 day ago)

to me, Nick, crlosciale, taltnether
I have looked at the schedule we have for events at the park and the only available weekend at Cosmo Park would be the weekend of May 12-13. All other weekends there are softball tournaments, baseball tournaments, soccer and lacrosse. There would not be room for additional rinks to be set up in parking lots.
We have the one permanent rink at the back of Cosmo Park and one portable rink that can be set up in a parking lot as was done in the past. We do not have a third rink. This would be something that you would need to locate and we would work with you on providing a location to set it up.
Let me know if this date is one that will work for you and we can go forward in getting this tournament established.