2015 International Championship

14-15 November 2015 - Aiken, South Carolina, USA

The 10^th International Bicycle Polo Championship has been organized 14-15 November 2015 in Aiken, South Carolina, USA, by William Matheson for his 60^thbirthday.

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

the Canadian Jericho Cycle Polo Association (winner in 2002, 2003 and 2006),

two Aiken teams: Aiken B.P. (second in 2005) and Aiken Prep B.P. (6^th in 2005),

France (winner in 2005) with Alain Derly (Paris C.O.), Didier Derly (E.S. Gervais-Lilas), Jérôme Harel (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic), Jean-Michaël Languille (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic) and Jean-Pierre Malandain (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic).

The tournament was organised as a round robin on Saturday 14 followed by finals on Sunday 15. In the round robin format, a victory gave 3 points, a tie 2 points, a defeat 1 point and a forfeit 0 point.

Round robin results (Saturday 14 November 2015)

Aiken - France: 3 - 5 (0-2/1-3/3-4)

Aiken Prep - Jericho: 4 - 8 (1-0/1-5/2-6)

Aiken Prep - France: 5 - 15 (0-5/0-9/0-15)

Aiken - Jericho: 6 - 5 (3-1/4-2/6-2)

Aiken - Aiken Prep: 16 - 1 (5-0/9-1/12/1)

France - Jericho: 9 - 3 (5-0/8-1/8-2)

Ranking after the matches of Saturday 14 November 2015

1) France (9 points)
2) Aiken Bike Polo (USA, 7 points)
3) Jericho Cycle Polo Association (Canada, 5 points)
4) Aiken Prep Bike Polo (USA, 3 points)

Finals (Sunday 15 November 2015)

For bronze medal: Aiken Prep - Jericho: 4 - 10 (2-2/2-3/3-5)

For gold and silver medals: Aiken - France: 8 - 5 (1-0/4-3/5-4)

Scorers ranking

1) Peter Furmedge (Jericho C.P.A.): 16 goals
2) Zak Smith (Aiken B.P.): 14 goals
3) Seth Kopald (Aiken B.P.): 13 goals
4) Alain Derly (France): 10 goals
5) Geoffrey Nielsen (Jericho C.P.A.): 9 goals
6) Matt McGhee (Aiken Prep B.P.): 8 goals
7) Didier Derly, Jérôme Harel, Jean-Michaël Languille & Jean-Pierre Malandain (all France): 6 goals
11) Matt Catchpole (Aiken B.P.): 5 goals
12) Bennett Golvan (Aiken B.P.): 4 goals
13) Craig Danks (Jericho C.P.A.) & Chris Withers (Aiken B.P.): 2 goals
15) Mit Carothers (Aiken B.P.) & Bill Matheson (Jericho C.P.A.): 1 goal.