2005 International Championship

18-20 November 2005 - Aiken, South Carolina, USA

The France team represented the French Cycling Federation (F.F.C.) in the 8^th International Bicycle Polo Championship organized 18-20 November 2005 in Aiken, South Carolina, USA, by William Matheson for his 50^th birthday.

This edition should have been held in India in October 2005, but the Cycle Polo Association of India canceled its organisation.

Bill Matheson Jr. took the opportunity of his 50^th birthday to organise promptly the 8^th International Bicycle Polo Championship in his lovely city.

Six teams played in Aiken, city where the horse is king:

the Canadian Jericho Cycle Polo Association (winner of the 2002 and 2003 International Championship and of the 2005 International Bobigny Open),
two Aiken teams, "yellow" and "green" (led by Bill Matheson, winner of the International Championship in 2002 with Jericho and in 2004 with the American Bicycle Polo Association and also winner of the 2005 International Bobigny Open with Jericho),
Unionville (Pennsylvania, first international tournament),
International All Stars (made with four American players: John Hupp, Colorado and silver medal in the 2003 International Championship, Ben Wyszynski, Aiken B.P., Carl Baker, American Bicycle Polo Association and awarded international colors twice, Dennis Mullen, American Bicycle Polo Association and winner of the 2002 & 2004 International Championship, and two French players: Arthur Giraud, Aiken B.P., and Alain Derly, E.S. Gervais-Lilas)
and the national selection of France (2^nd of the 2004 International Championship and of the 2005 International Bobigny Open) with Jean-Michaël Languille (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic, captain), Jean-Pierre Malandain (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic), Stéphane Paris (P. St-Pierre de Varengeville), Julien Lasserre (A.S.C. Pessac Alouette), Stéphane Malandain (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic) and John Pelourdeau (E.S. Gervais-Lilas)..

The tournament was organised as a round robin. A victory gave 3 points, a tie: 2 points, a defeat: 1 point and a forfeit: 0 points. Final results had been determined by counting the number of points for each team.

Press articles:

Aiken Standard vol. 139 n° 325 (U.S.A.), 21 November 2005 (p. 1A & 3A)
L'Ile-de-France Cycliste n° 2254 (France), 16 December 2005 (p. 10)
La France Cycliste n° 2204 (France), January/February 2006 (p. 7)
Infos Lilas n° 44 (France), January 2006 (p. 10)

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