so we're getting more and more interest!!!!
in case you missed it we're looking at registration and trying to make this the best it can be!!!
please go to:
www.hardcourtbikepolo.org/wedding/
there is a form to fill out and you will be "registered" after that!
we will be sending out info to registrants on Friday, Feb. 15th with more details!!!
also check out our sponsors page! it's growing!!!!
thanks and we're close! it's going to be amazing!!!!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
What is the THEME?
We've been promoting and promoting this as a wedding themed two-day tournament. From the schedule posted in a previous entry there are probably questions around how this will really be visually linked to a wedding theme, here are some answers:
Like any traditional wedding there will be a bachelor/ette party to celebrate solidarity and remembering the times when you are single and just having fun. Akin to bike polo, this is where you are your own person at the registration party, only really as a 'team' when you let the organizers know you are there and ready for action. Usually after that you are own your own to mingle, say hello to old friends, and meet some new ones. Let's not forget scoping out the competition, be it other pretty ladies/gents at the event or other teams you know will be fun to play against! This party will be memorable in the long run, and we also assume many may forget, or want to by the next day!!! Like any good bachelor/ette party we will have party favors for the men and for the ladies. This does include but is not limited to shapely straws or mugs, party games, drinking games, and entertain of the adult variety!
The wedding ceremony will follow the very next day, all day, at the courts. Albeit no one is actually getting married (this time around), we are going to focus on the aspects of a wedding as if every one of our guests is also a potential bride or groom, part of the wedding party, or just an esteemed guest of bride or groom (or both) and we'd like you to dress the part! Many weddings are planned around a color scheme and ours is no different. Decidedly more fun than many a traditional ceremony, we went with less convention colors! Black, white, and anything NEON is our theme! We highly encourage all guests to dress in formal, or as close to formal as you can while still being able to stay on your bike and be comfortable for the whole day. There will be traditional photography and some bonus candid photo opportunities to take advantage of. This will also prompt us to award based on efforts of costuming too! Keep it in mind ladies and lords!
Our location doesn't really allow for tables and chairs for everyone, so we will consider this more of a grande picnic type set up.
The ceremonies begin at 9am where we will go over the rules of engagement during the day and what you can expect from us and what we expect from you. This is pretty standard and should have us on the way to the real action within that first hour. We are suggesting that every guest stays for the entirety of the day/ceremony. We don't want to separate our brides guests from our grooms guests, this ceremony will see it perpetually mixed up all day long.
The festivities will take a breather if needed around 1pm for lunch, but we may find that it's best to just keep the whole day going! This we will play by ear and see how everyone's doing the day of.
Festivities will continue with guests all receiving a gift from the lucky 'couple' to commemorate celebrating the union of the poloverse with more poloverse!
We should be wrapping up the ceremony by about 6pm, upon which time the reception will commence. No need to go anywhere to change as we're all looking great already! We will have a section for speeches and toasts (which is a free-for-all-sign-up so start writing up some witty anecdotes or silly speeches to announce) and a cake cutting ceremony. There will be first dances, middle dances, last dances, awkward dances, group dances, jumping dances, square dances (we are in Texas so brush up), two-step dances, and all forms of other dances we can think of! There will also be time to use the courts because they are lit so we can keep the polo going next to the party until they turn off! We are attempting to create a full outdoor reception atmosphere and this is hopefully including donated libations (this is unconfirmed as of right now but we are working hard at it!)
At some point in time there will be food needed and we are working on how to approach this, whether we provide or you step away to forage your own, we're waiting on potential sponsors for this.
The end of the reception will be at lights out, so we will discuss further after party opportunities, as we know some of you will want to keep the party going!
Sunday will be a day to reflect on what you may or may not have done, or remember doing, the night before. This will also be in the theme of brunch/garden party. Please assume the attire for this is post party garden gala. There will be brunch provided by the ATX Bike Polo Social Club as well as typical brunch drinks, working on these as well atm.
The entire guest list will participate on this day also and we will run a double elimination bracket to play out from the rankings of Saturday's 'ceremonies'. This day is much more relaxed on theme and attire, but we are still excited that you as guests can stay with us brides and grooms the whole day. We anticipate this to be ending by 5pm or so. We will do awards and encourage more play after this if y'all want, or we may suggest other places to check out in the city. The lights will stay on so you may do what you wish!
Thank you and we are very much looking forward to celebrating this union of polo souls on March 2nd and 3rd! Please direct any questions to our event email <a href="mailto:atxsavethedate@gmail.com">atxsavethedate@gmail.com</a>
Like any traditional wedding there will be a bachelor/ette party to celebrate solidarity and remembering the times when you are single and just having fun. Akin to bike polo, this is where you are your own person at the registration party, only really as a 'team' when you let the organizers know you are there and ready for action. Usually after that you are own your own to mingle, say hello to old friends, and meet some new ones. Let's not forget scoping out the competition, be it other pretty ladies/gents at the event or other teams you know will be fun to play against! This party will be memorable in the long run, and we also assume many may forget, or want to by the next day!!! Like any good bachelor/ette party we will have party favors for the men and for the ladies. This does include but is not limited to shapely straws or mugs, party games, drinking games, and entertain of the adult variety!
The wedding ceremony will follow the very next day, all day, at the courts. Albeit no one is actually getting married (this time around), we are going to focus on the aspects of a wedding as if every one of our guests is also a potential bride or groom, part of the wedding party, or just an esteemed guest of bride or groom (or both) and we'd like you to dress the part! Many weddings are planned around a color scheme and ours is no different. Decidedly more fun than many a traditional ceremony, we went with less convention colors! Black, white, and anything NEON is our theme! We highly encourage all guests to dress in formal, or as close to formal as you can while still being able to stay on your bike and be comfortable for the whole day. There will be traditional photography and some bonus candid photo opportunities to take advantage of. This will also prompt us to award based on efforts of costuming too! Keep it in mind ladies and lords!
Our location doesn't really allow for tables and chairs for everyone, so we will consider this more of a grande picnic type set up.
The ceremonies begin at 9am where we will go over the rules of engagement during the day and what you can expect from us and what we expect from you. This is pretty standard and should have us on the way to the real action within that first hour. We are suggesting that every guest stays for the entirety of the day/ceremony. We don't want to separate our brides guests from our grooms guests, this ceremony will see it perpetually mixed up all day long.
The festivities will take a breather if needed around 1pm for lunch, but we may find that it's best to just keep the whole day going! This we will play by ear and see how everyone's doing the day of.
Festivities will continue with guests all receiving a gift from the lucky 'couple' to commemorate celebrating the union of the poloverse with more poloverse!
We should be wrapping up the ceremony by about 6pm, upon which time the reception will commence. No need to go anywhere to change as we're all looking great already! We will have a section for speeches and toasts (which is a free-for-all-sign-up so start writing up some witty anecdotes or silly speeches to announce) and a cake cutting ceremony. There will be first dances, middle dances, last dances, awkward dances, group dances, jumping dances, square dances (we are in Texas so brush up), two-step dances, and all forms of other dances we can think of! There will also be time to use the courts because they are lit so we can keep the polo going next to the party until they turn off! We are attempting to create a full outdoor reception atmosphere and this is hopefully including donated libations (this is unconfirmed as of right now but we are working hard at it!)
At some point in time there will be food needed and we are working on how to approach this, whether we provide or you step away to forage your own, we're waiting on potential sponsors for this.
The end of the reception will be at lights out, so we will discuss further after party opportunities, as we know some of you will want to keep the party going!
Sunday will be a day to reflect on what you may or may not have done, or remember doing, the night before. This will also be in the theme of brunch/garden party. Please assume the attire for this is post party garden gala. There will be brunch provided by the ATX Bike Polo Social Club as well as typical brunch drinks, working on these as well atm.
The entire guest list will participate on this day also and we will run a double elimination bracket to play out from the rankings of Saturday's 'ceremonies'. This day is much more relaxed on theme and attire, but we are still excited that you as guests can stay with us brides and grooms the whole day. We anticipate this to be ending by 5pm or so. We will do awards and encourage more play after this if y'all want, or we may suggest other places to check out in the city. The lights will stay on so you may do what you wish!
Thank you and we are very much looking forward to celebrating this union of polo souls on March 2nd and 3rd! Please direct any questions to our event email <a href="mailto:atxsavethedate@gmail.com">atxsavethedate@gmail.com</a>
Schedule
Hey I know everyone is wanting a schedule of some sorts to see how AWESOME this tournament is going to be, so for now here is a loose or rather not fully detailed version of what is to come:
Friday, March 1: bachelor/ette party
-court building during the day
-registration BACHELOR/ETTE party at location tba
-typical hyped bachelor/ette party favors, goodies, and entertainment
Saturday, March 2: ceremony day
Location: South Austin Rec Center, 1100 Cumberland Road, Austin, TX
-9am arrival time to the wedding location [aka the tournament courts]
-ceremony outline speech
-10am start on courts, all teams all day swiss rounds, no am/pm bracketing
-1pm break for lunch
-2pm continuation of ceremony
-6pm completion of ceremony; dinner break
-7pm reception begins [aka pick up time and party time at the courts]
-7pm-8pm toasts and speeches
-8pm-? dance party, reception party, pick up, fun times until lights out
Sunday, March 3: brunch/garden party
-9am arrival time
-10am start on courts
-1pm break for lunch
-5pm commencement of double elimination bracket of all teams registered
-530pm awards and prizes
-7pm clean up and take down of all party favors, more pick up if you want to
Monday, March 4: clean up
-take down of all court construction
Friday, March 1: bachelor/ette party
-court building during the day
-registration BACHELOR/ETTE party at location tba
-typical hyped bachelor/ette party favors, goodies, and entertainment
Saturday, March 2: ceremony day
Location: South Austin Rec Center, 1100 Cumberland Road, Austin, TX
-9am arrival time to the wedding location [aka the tournament courts]
-ceremony outline speech
-10am start on courts, all teams all day swiss rounds, no am/pm bracketing
-1pm break for lunch
-2pm continuation of ceremony
-6pm completion of ceremony; dinner break
-7pm reception begins [aka pick up time and party time at the courts]
-7pm-8pm toasts and speeches
-8pm-? dance party, reception party, pick up, fun times until lights out
Sunday, March 3: brunch/garden party
-9am arrival time
-10am start on courts
-1pm break for lunch
-5pm commencement of double elimination bracket of all teams registered
-530pm awards and prizes
-7pm clean up and take down of all party favors, more pick up if you want to
Monday, March 4: clean up
-take down of all court construction
Double love time!
Update!
We are finding that many ladies are saving their dough and bread and all their biscuits to head on up to Vancouver in May/other expenses/other commitments, so the successes of completing a co-ed team are slimmer than we anticipated!
We do have a solution of sorts:
The ladies that have currently signed up have been consulted and agree to play on TWO teams if it means that more people will be able to attend the event. This means that the team they are currently signed up on/the first team they register with will be their PRIMARY team, the team that they are helping to complete as coed will be their SECONDARY team. In this case, should the two teams that a single lady is a part of have to face each other she will play with her primary team and the secondary team can sub any other lady in for that game. It sounds more rigid than it will be I'm sure, but I do want the clarity there for all you sticklers [aka me].
This would also apply to any ladies that haven't signed up yet. If you plan to and would be into playing on two teams just let us know in the "notes" when registering and we can add you to the list. Or just sign up with two teams and let us know which is your primary team.
So, the ladies that are available and are confirmed registrants are:
Jasmine Jones ATX
Mo Grady ATX
Elise Fornell ATX
Kelly Strosser CHI
Kayla Story CHI
Britt Willey Schultz MKE
Jasmine Stevens Bloomington
Shelley Smith NYC
Kristina Kinsel ATX
Ann G. Linders ATX
Chandel Bodner ATX
Please take a look at the list and ask one of these fine ladies to join in your two-some if the only thing holding you back is that co-ed component.
Also note that this will adjust our registration fee from per team to PER PERSON so as not to punish anyone playing a double love life at the tourney!
If you have any questions about this, or need help connecting with one of the ladies listed please email us at atxsavethedate@gmail.com
We are finding that many ladies are saving their dough and bread and all their biscuits to head on up to Vancouver in May/other expenses/other commitments, so the successes of completing a co-ed team are slimmer than we anticipated!
We do have a solution of sorts:
The ladies that have currently signed up have been consulted and agree to play on TWO teams if it means that more people will be able to attend the event. This means that the team they are currently signed up on/the first team they register with will be their PRIMARY team, the team that they are helping to complete as coed will be their SECONDARY team. In this case, should the two teams that a single lady is a part of have to face each other she will play with her primary team and the secondary team can sub any other lady in for that game. It sounds more rigid than it will be I'm sure, but I do want the clarity there for all you sticklers [aka me].
This would also apply to any ladies that haven't signed up yet. If you plan to and would be into playing on two teams just let us know in the "notes" when registering and we can add you to the list. Or just sign up with two teams and let us know which is your primary team.
So, the ladies that are available and are confirmed registrants are:
Jasmine Jones ATX
Mo Grady ATX
Elise Fornell ATX
Kelly Strosser CHI
Kayla Story CHI
Britt Willey Schultz MKE
Jasmine Stevens Bloomington
Shelley Smith NYC
Kristina Kinsel ATX
Ann G. Linders ATX
Chandel Bodner ATX
Please take a look at the list and ask one of these fine ladies to join in your two-some if the only thing holding you back is that co-ed component.
Also note that this will adjust our registration fee from per team to PER PERSON so as not to punish anyone playing a double love life at the tourney!
If you have any questions about this, or need help connecting with one of the ladies listed please email us at atxsavethedate@gmail.com
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
What is Hardcourt Bike Polo?
For those of you out there that are finding the blog through friends,
family, facebook, emails, etc and don't have a clue about hardcourt bike
polo here is a very short lesson and video!
Basic rules:
There are 3 players to a team. Teams start at opposite ends of the court behind the goal line/touching the wall with their back wheels. The "joust" starts the game with the ball in the center of the court. Game is called out, two players rush for possession to start it all off. Goals are scored into nets. Possession changes after each goal scored. Touching the ground with any part of the body is a "dab out" and takes the player out of play until the touch a designated spot, usually center court on the wall, with their mallet. Games go until 5 goals wins, or until time is called. These are the basics.
Check this video out for an example of some bike polo being played here in Austin last year!
Participants to Save the Date! Please note these are the courts we will be using in the tournament, consider this a preview to the surface and size.
Watch the VIDEO HERE!
Here's another longer full-game to watch!
We want more Participants!
We thought we'd take some of the leg work on for those destination clubs we'd love to see present at our tournament!
The flight pricing listed below is only from Southwest Airlines, given we all know the bikes and bags can fly for free.
Take a look! These are current from today's date!!! Return flights listed.
LA $372
JACksonville, FL $485
Seattle $242
Minneapolis $435
Portland, OR $318
San Francisco $250
Atlanta $222
Chicago $258
Milwaukee $284
Pittsburg $328
Denver $218
Phoenix $338
Fort Lauderdale $201
We aren't trying to leave any cities out but these were done on a quick search!
We still have room in the tournament and would love to see y'all come out and enjoy this festive occasion with us!!!
The flight pricing listed below is only from Southwest Airlines, given we all know the bikes and bags can fly for free.
Take a look! These are current from today's date!!! Return flights listed.
LA $372
JACksonville, FL $485
Seattle $242
Minneapolis $435
Portland, OR $318
San Francisco $250
Atlanta $222
Chicago $258
Milwaukee $284
Pittsburg $328
Denver $218
Phoenix $338
Fort Lauderdale $201
We aren't trying to leave any cities out but these were done on a quick search!
We still have room in the tournament and would love to see y'all come out and enjoy this festive occasion with us!!!
Sponsors!!!
A tournament wouldn't be a proper tournament if we didn't have prizes to
hand out to the winners, the losers, and some of you in between!
Currently, potential sponsors are being contacted and confirmed. Once
confirmed they will be listed here with websites/other info if
applicable.
To all of the sponsors, Austin Texas Bike Polo, as well as all participants, are grateful for your generosity in helping make this the best tournament we can possibly throw! Great prizes means superb attendance by the best teams out there. Thank you for helping us draw the top players from around the continent in their desire to win what you've given us!
Also, if you know of a company that is up and coming, or would fit the bill for this tournament, please have them contact me via email at atxsavethedate@gmail.com for the sponsor proposal. No company is too small to get their name and brand out there!
Fixcraft
www.fixcraft.com
SquareBuilt Bicycles
www.squarebuilt.com
Seagull Bags
www.seagullbags.com
Eighth Inch
eighthinch.com
Fast Folks
www.fastfolks.com
Fyxation - Gear for Urban Riders
www.fyxation.com
Freewheeling Bicycles
www.freewheelingbicycles.com
To all of the sponsors, Austin Texas Bike Polo, as well as all participants, are grateful for your generosity in helping make this the best tournament we can possibly throw! Great prizes means superb attendance by the best teams out there. Thank you for helping us draw the top players from around the continent in their desire to win what you've given us!
Also, if you know of a company that is up and coming, or would fit the bill for this tournament, please have them contact me via email at atxsavethedate@gmail.com for the sponsor proposal. No company is too small to get their name and brand out there!
Fixcraft
www.fixcraft.com
Sprinks Kinks Designs
Custom design work by Charles Sprinkle, polo player
SquareBuilt Bicycles
www.squarebuilt.com
Seagull Bags
www.seagullbags.com
Eighth Inch
eighthinch.com
Fast Folks
www.fastfolks.com
Fyxation - Gear for Urban Riders
www.fyxation.com
Freewheeling Bicycles
www.freewheelingbicycles.com
Green Goat Designs
Ozone Bikes
Freight Baggage
DZR Shoes
Performance Bicycle
www.performancebike.com
www.performancebike.com
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