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The Chelsea Pedallers organised two bike polo tournaments at the Hurlingham Park in London Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July 2008 for celebrating the centenial of the 1908 London Olympic Games, O.G. where cycle polo was the very first olympic sport of demonstration. 13 July 1908, on the opening day, Ireland beat Germany 3 - 1 in front of Edouard VII, King of England, at the Shepherd's Bush stadium.

Hundred years after, the E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France) and the Dublin Phoenix (Ireland) came across seas for playing a 4 player tournament with two teams of the Chelsea Pedallers on Friday 25 July and for playing a 5 player tournament with both Chelsea Pedallers and Oakenden Pedallers (both United Kingdom) on Saturday 26 July.

Result of the matches of the bike polo 4 player tournament (Friday 25 July 2008)

Definitive rank of the 4 player tournament:
1) E.S. Gervais-Lilas
(France, 3 wins)
2) Chelsea Pedallers "Eastern Europe" (United
Kingdom,
1 win, - 3, win against Dublin)
3) Dublin
Phoenix (Ireland, 1 win, - 3, defeat against Chelsea "Eastern
Europe")
4) Chelsea Pedallers "England" (United Kingdom,
1 win,
- 4)

Result of the bike polo 5 player tournament (Saturday 25 July 2008)

Definitive rank of the 5 player tournament:
1) E.S. Gervais-Lilas
(France)
2)
Dublin
Phoenix (Ireland)
3) Oakenden
Pedallers (United Kingdom)
4) Chelsea Pedallers (United
Kingdom)

On Saturday 26 July afternoon, 16 teams, essentielly beginners in bicycle polo, have celebrated this centenial by playing a tournament played under the 5 player rules and sponsored by Jack Wills and Corona. French players were divided into various teams.

Rank of the Guard Polo Club charity day:
1) the Monty (Dublin)
2) Eurotalk
3) Jack Wills I
4) the Drinking Team with a Polo Problem
5) etc. (including the Oakenden Pedallers 1, the Oakenden Pedallers 2, Jack Will II, Corona Bike Polo, the Chelsea Pedallers, the Red Ties, two Australian teams...)


Matches of the regular season
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Matches |
Scores |
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9 February 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 / St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 |
6 - 11 |
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16 February 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 / St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 |
12 - 4 |
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1er March 2008 |
Frileuse-Sanvic 1 / St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 |
11 - 4 |
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1er March 2008 |
Frileuse-Sanvic 2 / St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 |
1 - 8 |
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8 March 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 / Frileuse-Sanvic 1 |
5 - 12 |
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8 March 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 / Frileuse-Sanvic 2 |
12 - 2 |
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22 March 2008 |
5 - 6 |
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22 March 2008 |
1 - 9 |
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22 March 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 / Pessac Alouette |
1 - 2 |
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23 March 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 / Pessac Alouette |
1 - 2 |
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23 March 2008 |
0 - 5 |
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29 March 2008 |
7 - 2 |
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29 March 2008 |
ESGL forfeit |
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5 April 2008 |
5 - 7 |
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5 April 2008 |
VCFS2 forfeit |
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12 April 2008 |
Pessac Alouette / St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 |
3 - 3 |
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12 April 2008 |
Pessac Alouette / St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 |
7 - 4 |
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19 April 2008 |
Frileuse-Sanvic 1 / St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 |
6 - 4 |
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19 April 2008 |
Frileuse-Sanvic 2 / St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 |
1 - 8 |
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27 April 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 / Frileuse-Sanvic 1 |
7 - 9 |
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27 April 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 / Frileuse-Sanvic 2 |
VCFS2 forfeit |
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27 April 2008 |
0 - 9 |
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27 April 2008 |
VCFS2 forfeit |
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10 May 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 / Gervais-Lilas |
8 - 2 |
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10 May 2008 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 / Gervais-Lilas |
6 - 6 |
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18 May 2008 |
Gervais-Lilas / St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 |
1 - 10 |
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18 May 2008 |
Gervais-Lilas / St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 |
2 - 7 |
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25 May 2008 |
9 - 0 |
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3 June 2008 |
4 - 10 |
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10 June 2008 |
8 - 3 |

Ranking of the regular season:
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places |
teams |
Pts |
PG |
WG |
Tie |
LG |
G+ |
G- |
GA |
| 1 | Frileuse-Sanvic 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 40 | + 44 |
2 |
Pessac Alouette |
27 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
48 |
22 |
+ 26 |
| 3 | St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 36 | + 40 |
4 |
St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 | 17 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
45 |
64 |
- 19 |
5 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
13 |
71 |
- 58 |
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6 |
Frileuse-Sanvic 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 85 | - 73 |

Semi-finals
(21 June 2008, Pessac, Gascony)V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic 1 / E.S. Gervais-Lilas: 6 - 1
A.S.C. Pessac Alouette / P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 1: 6 - 5
P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 / E.S. Gervais-Lilas: 8 - 1
A.S.C. Pessac Alouette / V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic 1: 4 - 1

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The
first leg of the 2008 European Cup has been very wel organised by the
Oakenden
Pedallers
7 & 8 June 2008 on the pitch of the Vigo Rugby Football Club in Vigo,
Kent.
Eight teams played this tournament: the Dublin Phoenix (Ireland), the E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France), the Johnstone W.C.C. (United Kingdom), the Oakenden Pedallers 1 & 2 (United Kingdom), the Pédales Varengevillaises (France), the Turtle Polo Club (Ireland) and the V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France), winner of the 2007 European Cup.
A victory
gave 3 points, a tie: 2 points, a defeat: 1 point and a forfeit: 0 points.
If, after all
matches, two teams had the same number of points, the decision between both
teams would have followed the conditions below (in order of priority):
- their match result
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overall goal-average
- number of goals scored
- number of goals lost
to the opponant.

Saturday 7 June 2008
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Matches |
Scores |
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1 - 3 |
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Turtle / Oakenden 2 |
0 - 5 |
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Frileuse-Sanvic / St-Pierre de Varengeville |
2 - 3 |
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3 - 1 |
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2 - 0 |
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Dublin / Turtle |
2 - 0 |
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4 - 2 |
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St-Pierre de Varengeville / Gervais-Lilas |
8 - 0 |
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St-Pierre de Varengeville / Turtle |
6 - 1 |
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2 - 7 |
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4 - 1 |
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1 - 1 |
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St-Pierre de Varengeville / Oakenden 1 |
7 - 1 |
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Frileuse-Sanvic / Turtle |
6 - 0 |
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5 - 0 |
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5 - 0 |

Sunday 8 June 2008
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Matches |
Scores |
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3 - 2 |
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Turtle / Gervais-Lilas |
2 - 7 |
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1 - 3 |
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| St-Pierre de Varengeville / Oakenden 2 |
7 - 1 |
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Turtle / Johnstone |
0 - 7 |
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3 - 4 |
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Dublin / St-Pierre de Varengeville |
0 - 1 |
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1 - 3 |
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4 - 0 |
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St-Pierre de Varengeville / Johnstone |
5 - 1 |
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2 - 5 |
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| Oakenden 1 / Turtle |
2 - 1 |

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Final rank of the Vigo leg of the 2008 European Cup 1) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville (France, 21 points)
2) V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France, 19 points)
3) Dublin P. (Ireland, 16 points, + 13)
4) Johnstone W.C.C. (United Kingdom, 16 points, + 9)
5) E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France, 13 points)
6) Oakenden P. 1 (United Kingdom, 11 points)
7) Oakenden P. 2 (United Kingdom, 9 points)
8) Turtle P.C. (Ireland, 7 points)
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The
second International Bobigny's Open has been organised by the Entente
Sportive
Gervaisienne & Lilasienne
22 & 23 September 2007 on
the La Motte stadium in Bobigny.
Seven teams played matches of 4 X 10 minutes: A.S.C. Pessac Alouette (France), Barbarians (Ireland & United Kingdom), E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France), Oakenden Pedallers (United Kingdom), Pédales Varengevillaises 1 & 2 (France) and V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France).
All teams met the others in a round robin on two pitches.
A victory
gave 3 points, a tie: 2 points, a defeat: 1 point and a forfeit: 0 points.
If, after all qualification
matches, two teams had the same number of points, the decision between both
teams would have followed the conditions below (in order of priority):
- their match result
-
overall goal-average
- number of goals scored
- number of goals lost
to the opponant.

Saturday 22 September 2007
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Sunday 23 September 2007
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2007 International Bobigny's Open final ranking
1) V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France, 18 points)

2) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 (France, 16 points)

3) A.S.C. Pessac Alouette (France, 13 points)

4) Barbarians (Ireland & United Kingdom, 12 points)

5) E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France, 10 points)

6) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 (France, 9 points)

7) Oakenden P. (United Kingdom, 6 points)

The North
Atlantic Cup, the York International Tournament and the International Bobigny's
Open are the three legs of the 2007 European Cup. Ten European
clubs from three countries played it in 2007.
The final ranking is:
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1) V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France, 60 points) 2) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 (France, 54 points) 3) E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France, 38 points) 4) A.S.C. Pessac Alouette (France, 32 points) 5) Johnstone W.C.C. (United Kingdom, 28 points) 6) Oakenden P. (United Kingdom, 27 points) 7) Dublin P. (Ireland, 24 points) 8) Barbarians (Ireland & United Kingdom, 14 points) 9) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 (France, 10 points) 10) Dublin O. (Ireland, 9 points) |
