Tag: bike polo

September 6, 2011

World Hardcourt Bike Polo tourney kicks off Wednesday at Magnuson Park

The 2011 World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships starts Wednesday at Magnuson Park. Seattle is hosting this year’s tournament, and the best in the world will try to upset our hometown stars. Organizers are building the polo courts today, and you can catch some pre-tournament pick-up polo at Cal Anderson starting at 3 p.m. Tournament play…
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tagged: 2011 world harcourt bike polo championships, bike polo, events
August 19, 2011

Weekend Guide: Rainier Summer Streets featuring Bike Works Block Party

This ragtag crew and I biked this machine from Beacon Hill to Bike Works HQ in Columbia City yesterday to get it ready for Saturday’s Rainier Valley Heritage Parade, which is followed by Summer Streets on Rainier Ave and a Bike Works Block Party. The Pedal-Powered Parade Float is always a crowd-pleaser. In the words…
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tagged: beacon hill, bike polo, columbia city, pedal-powered parade float, rainier ave, rainier valley food bank, summer streets, weekend guide
August 10, 2011

Kids at Bike Works learn bike polo from the best + Polo demo at Westlake Park

The bike polo programs at Bike Works was profiled by 321 Polo! last month. The site, which documents everything bike polo from around the world, was impressed by the opportunity kids in Seattle have to learn polo from some Seattle all-stars: They have lots of cool programs, but the coolest by far is the Earn-a-bike…
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tagged: 2011 world harcourt bike polo championships, 206 bike polo, bike polo, bike works, downtown, events, magnuson park, westlake park
November 1, 2010

Status of Cal Anderson bike polo looking better under new Parks rules, but remains ambiguous

The Board of Park Commissioners has recommended an 18-month pilot for a new tiered court use policy that could allow dodgeball and bike polo to play at Cal Anderson without being renegade activities. People have continued playing both games, even though they were not technically allowed. But the new rules are more complicated than necessary,…
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tagged: bike polo, cal anderson, dodgeball, parks and recreation
October 26, 2010

Parks Athletic Manager suggests banning bike polo from Cal Anderson

Capitol Hill Seattle reports that Dennis Cook, the Athletics Manager for Seattle Parks, has recommended banning bike polo, but not dodgeball, from Cal Anderson tennis courts:
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tagged: bike polo, cal anderson, dodgeball, parks and recreation
September 20, 2010

Public hearing Thursday to discuss opening tennis courts to bike polo, dodgeball

The Parks Board is holding a public hearing Thursday evening to get feedback about a proposal to open low-use tennis courts to non-tennis activities, such as bike polo and dodge ball. Currently, these activities are not technically allowed (though they clearly continue). The proposal would create a process for groups to obtain permits to use…
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tagged: bike polo, dodge ball, parks and recreation, tennis