peppermint polo cup leipzig

After a month break I'm finally back here (sorry, EHBPC has taken over my life 100%). So Leipzig was fun, I was there for the first time in like three years and I was glad to see the glimpse of the city again, as well as a few familiar faces. It was one of the best organized tournaments, with breakfast every day, camping one minute from the court, music, BBQ and beers all day long. And crazy tent parties at night (it was raining for like 20 hours straight. WE (Poland) won the tournament (Apollo 3's first victory outside of Poland), and pretty much overwhelmed the event with a blast of energy and like 6 Polish teams. So much fun!

the court was super smooth and grippy!

Madej and Rudy of the Beardless (BPCK)

John represented London bike polo

Balcer (psycho.tropy - BPCK) lives in Berlin but he still plays with the Krakow crew

I always take pictures of Doktor in the goal

classic Leipzig

the polish sector

lights are fun at tournaments

knive fights - Richi vs. Karsten

Sunday was rainy too

command center

plowing the water

that's a nice skid!

good catch, Eddie!

Polish EHBPC 2013 Qualifier

Last year around 5 teams from Poland traveled to Szeged, Hungary to the Central-East European EHBPC 2012 Qualifier. This year, Polish teams competed at Stegny, one of Warsaw's courts, and the site for Warsaw Open vol.2 tournament last fall. Apollo 3 (WAW), The Beardless (KRK) and psycho.tropy (KRK, BRL) will represent Poland in Kraków. One more team from Bike Polo Club Kraków, the organizer of 2013 Euros will qualify on July 9th, at the local qualifier.

Photos thanks to Wojciech Artyniew (fixed photo), Rafał Kuźma and Stanisław Baranski.

bpck: no shirt polo

One of the first days this year some of the people just couldn't stand the heat. I love this kind of weather, a perfect day to take a dip in the pool!