I feel like this website needs a new post. So I’ll let you know what our club has been up to.
Yesterday, we got some mallets made for the expo. We also have a fresh set of polo balls with more on the way? We tuned up our bikes and our own mallets as well.
The weather has insisted on staying around 35 degrees or lower with precipitation each day before or during our polo days. [Speaking of polo days, we have set a schedule which you can find on the Times/Locations page.] It looks like the weather is starting to take a warmer trend this week and next and stay closer to 40 degrees, which is awesome. Hopefully we will get consistent playing in.
The tennis court is still working out, but we ran into our first tennis players the other day. They were cool, but I think it would be a good idea to start looking at other lit, less popular tennis courts, as kansas city has many of them. Or, we can find a lit parking lot, which is really easy to find, and just get enough boards to make a court out of. Its my favorite idea so far and I think its practical. Boards are easy to build and the ball won’t get stuck in them. When the weather gets warmer, we won’t have to worry about other athletes playing parking lot ball; it’ll be ours. The San Diego club has some pictures on their website here of what I’m talking about. Our setup wouldn’t need to be that nice, but you get the idea. Let the naysaying begin.
We haven’t played on the hockey court in months, but I hear it has some snow on it that we can easily remove. Hopefully we’ll get to play on it this Sunday.
The t-shirt and logo designs are still in progress, but we got a preview of them and they look great so far! We’re excited about that project.
A few things we’re looking forward to and getting stoked on, for those who are still interested in getting stoked on things:
- March 6th, friendlies/tournament in COMO
- March 27th, Kansas City Bike Polo Expo (interested kansas citians, newcomer event)
- April 3rd, Kansas City Tweed ride with polo demo (I think thats still happening)
- April 23-24, Kansas City Friendlies (clubs from all around!)
- May 22-23, 8th Midwest Bike Polo Tournament in Minneapolis
Content Approval:
have you all tried the courts down by Sion, i think its on west 39th. maybe too high traffic but i cant see alot of people using them unless from maybe hyde park.
i don’t think those are lit. they do seem nearly abandoned though, i’ve never seen anyone play on them. But we have an unlit, relatively forgotten about court already, which is off of swope parkway near the southwest part of the plaza. its totally isolated from parking and most everything else. I think kc has a lot of lit courts though. i’m thinking about exploring north, closer to downtown.
howdy KC, few teams will be comin up from Tulsa for the april 23-24 friendly – yay!