Ladies Army Keeneland Trip + weekend schedule

If you plan to go to the Keeneland Horse Races on the Thursday before L.A. IV, please RSVP here: Ladies Army Keeneland Trip

Here is the tentative schedule for the weekend:

Thursday, April 26th

NOON – Keeneland horse racing
8PM – Coed registration party @
West 6th Brewing, 501 W 6th Street, Lexington, KY 40508

Friday, April 27th

9AM – Coed registration, breakfast, announcements, t-shirt time
10AM – Coed tournament Swiss Rounds
4PM – Coed tournament 24 Team Single Elimination
9PM – After party and Ladies Army registration @
West 6th Brewing, 501 W 6th Street, Lexington, KY 40508

Saturday, April 28th

9AM – Ladies Army registration, breakfast served, announcements
10AM – Ladies Army Swiss Rounds
2PM – Lunch served
9PM – Ladies Army Bike Prom after party @ TBD

Sunday, April 29th

9AM – Breakfast served, announcements
10AM – Ladies Army Double Elimination Tournament
2PM – Lunch served
3PM – Raffle drawings
6PM – Awards

Seagull Bike Polo bag raffle!

Seagull has donated a Lexington Bike Polo Black Flag logo messenger bag to ‘the cause’. Buy tickets to win this awesome bag, and all $$ goes towards courts repairs and Ladies Army IV!!!

Bag details:

Large – Left Shoulder
Red – Flap
Black – Exterior
Red – Interior
Black – Velcro
Red – Trim
Black – Thread
Polo Bars – Black
Side Pocket – Right
Polo Holster
Ballistic bottom
Key clip

Value = $300+

Tickets for the BIKE POLO SEAGULL messenger bag are $5/each or 3 tickets/$10. Drawing will be on the live feed April 29th during the Ladies Army Tournament (time TBA).

You can purchase tickets at the Ladies Army tournament in Lexington. Otherwise, please follow THESE INSTRUCTIONS to buy raffle tickets and help us LOWER THE PAYPAL FEES, you will get a confirmation email in the next couple days:

1) If you have a PayPal account
– Login at http://www.paypal.com
– Click the “Send Payment” tab
– Click the “Personal” tab and make sure “Gift” is chosen
– Enter To: lexbikepolo@gmail.com and the Amount you want in tickets in U.S. Dollars
– Click Continue, and enter your FULL NAME and SEAGULL RAFFLE in the message field at the bottom of the screen
– Click “Send Money”


2) If you do not have a PayPal account (you will be asked to create an account)
– Go to http://www.paypal.com
– Click the “Send Money”
– Choose that you are paying someone in the United States
– Enter the Amount you want to purchase in tickets
– Click that payment is for “Friends and Family”
– Click “Continue” and send payment To: lexbikepolo@gmail.com
– Click “Continue” and finish filling out form
– Enter your FULL NAME and SEAGULL RAFFLE in the message field

Busy Week!

So we have a lot going on here in the Lexington Bike Polo scene this week. As I type, we have several teams representing Lexington at the Riverside 2012 Tournament in Lafayette, IN. And for us folks who didn’t go to compete, we will be at Al’s Bar tonight at 9pm for the Triple Threat of Lexington Badasses Benefit show to benefit Ladies Army Bike Polo, Rollergirls of Central Kentucky, and Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop.

Tomorrow, we will be doing a trial run of court crack repair. Please come out to play pick up and help us repair the court surface at 1pm! If all goes well with the repairs, we will be spending lots of time at the courts this week to try to finish up the repairs. Please go here to check out the calendar and put your availability:

Court Repair Calendar

Tweed Ride to Benefit Ladies Army

March 17, 4pm

This year’s Tweed Ride benefits Ladies ArmyIV!

Meet immediately after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade outside of SideBar Grill on Limestone (around 4pm).

Prizes for Most Dapper Chap, Most Dandy Lass, Most Snappy Steed, and Best Moustachio! The ride includes several stops at which you can enjoy an old timey photo booth, homebrew, and other fun activities. An afterparty will take place at Sidecar (next to Al’s) with Green Beer and Karaoke!

If you want to ride in the parade, you must be at Main and Midland before 2:15pm. There is waiver you must sign in order to participate.

The Battle for Midwest – Kentucky’s Bench Minor team announced

Kentucky held their tryouts for bench minor team in Lexington last Saturday. Players from Louisville and Lexington were present. While most of the focus was watching players during regular pick-up games, each player also completed timed “suicide” style drills with and without the ball to demonstrate ball control and speed. Chris Simpson, who was named the Kentucky team captain by Bloomington Bike Polo, announced his picks for the eight members of his team Sunday night. Nick McClean, Matt Bailey (currently of Louisville), Jared Baize, Kyle Hord,
Colin Keinath, Tiffany Morrow, Jessi Connors, and Ben Wood were chosen to complete the Kentucky team. A team statistician has not yet been announced.

After the announcement, Simpson commented, “And just to say it this was really f***ing hard to do I wish they were teams of 12! I put Tournament experience in with this, that is a big plus knowing other playing styles. Also factored in how much you practice/show up to pick up.”
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 – Sunday, April 8, 2012 Bloomington, IN
A midwestern state versus state bench minor tournament.

The format will be (world cup style) group play. Two groups of four, you’ll play round robin against the other three teams in your group. Top two from each group will play the top two teams from the other group, while the bottom teams will similarly play each other. *see diagram posted below*

Matches will be two 25 minute halves with a 5 minute halftime.

Teams of nine. One captain/coach (playing), eight players, and additionally one non-playing statistician. Feel free to declare/bring alternates but only 9 active players are allowed on the roster. It is up to the sole discretion of the captain to determine who is on the team. That captain can choose to have tryouts, a vote, a drinking contest, whatever, so long as you bring nine players from your state and one stats nerd. Though it is not a requirement, i hope the captains strive to include players from all the cities in your state that play polo. For example, i know chicago could easily fill their team with nine of their own but there’s two other polo-playing cities that i’m sure would love to be included. Again, it’s not mandatory, but if at all possible please try.

Flicks for Tits- The Princess Bride

The Valentine’s edition of Flicks for Tits is scheduled! We will be showing The Princess Bride starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, and Robin Wright.

Flicks for Tits is a film and trivia night benefiting Lexington Bike Polo in preparation for Ladies Army IV, the only all-female bike polo tournament in history. Each Flicks for Tits features a film with several trivia sessions throughout the night including questions about the featured film, the actors, or other relevant information. Winners receive gift certificates to Al’s Bar, and a free pitcher of beer is awarded for Best Team Name!

The movie is free to watch, but a donation of $3 (or more) is highly suggested if you would like to participate in the Trivia portion of the night.

Ladies Army and Coed registration open tonight!

Ladies Army format: Swiss Rounds on Saturday the 28th and Double Elimination on Sunday the 29th
Registration for Ladies Army IV is set to open midnight central time Jan 30th. This tournament is for women ONLY.

Coed format: Double Elimination on Friday the 27th 10am
Registration for Coed tournament is set to open midnight central time Feb 1st. At least one female per team is required.

Trip to Keeneland to see live horse racing on Thursday the 26th 1pm. Registration party Thursday the 26th at 8pm.

Teams can register at http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.org

Login and Registration Instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18LbXGwg_zhSkiFEwlF6_BqhSLTGq8AFZZuKn7UHAqgg/edit?hl=en_US

If you would like to volunteer, go here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlrlMDLuEHOAdDZ6LWZiU2lhVVk4bk9FT0t0TTBKcmc#gid=0

 

 

Flicks for Tits–BEETLEJUICE

Movie & Trivia Night
Al’s Bar
Monday, January 30th
8 p.m.

The second Flicks for Tits is scheduled! We will be showing Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, and Wynona Ryder.

Flicks for Tits is a film and trivia night benefiting Lexington Bike Polo in preparation for Ladies Army IV, the only all-female bike polo tournament in history. Each Flicks for Tits features a film with several trivia sessions throughout the night including questions about the featured film, the actors, or other relevant information. Winners receive gift certificates to Al’s Bar, and a free pitcher of beer is awarded for Best Team Name!

The movie is free to watch, but a donation of $3 (or more) is highly suggested if you would like to participate in the Trivia portion of the night.