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2009 French Championship (France, 21 June 2009)

2^nd Kent Tournament - 2^nd leg of the 2009 European Cup (Vigo, United Kingdom, 13-14 June 2009)

3^rd European Cup (Europe, provisional 2009 rank)

1^st C.P.C.V. hardcourt bike polo tournament (Paris, France, 3 May 2009)

3^rd North Atlantic Cup - 1^st leg of the 2009 European Cup (Dublin, Ireland, 24-26 April 2009)

1^st hardcourt bike polo Rouen Tournament (Rouen, France, 12 April 2009)

1^st hardcourt bike polo Paris Championship (Paris, France, dated 6 April 2009)

Aiken BPA wins the 11^th Wendland Memorial (Aiken, South Carolina, USA, 22-23 November 2008)

BFF Paris 2008 (Paris, France, 1 November 2008)

Henry Spring Cup 2008 (Dublin, Ireland, 19 October 2008)

9^th Autumn Cup (Le Havre, France, 4 October 2008)

Centenial of the1908 London Olympic Games (London, United Kingdom, 25 & 26 July 2008)

2009 C.P.C.V. Tournament

Organised by the Panamessagers, this tournament had for frame the 1^st Bike Messengers Paris Championship and was played 3 May 2009 in the (empty) fountain of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (France).

16 teams, including a team from London, England (la Schmoove), three teams from Rouen, Normandy (the Broken Legs, les Jupettes, Don't Be An Asshole) and two teams from the French Cycling Federation (la Pame for the Panamessagers and the Rams (Béliers in French) of Gervais-Lilas for the E.S. Gervais-Lilas), played this hardcourt bike polo tournament. Some teams were made with women, as the Jupettes and the Anglophones.

This tournament was played under the double elimination rules: a team losing for the first time had a second chance to play until the second and definitive defeat in the resit group.

Results of matches

1^st round	1^st resit round
Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / les Broken Legs : 5 - 0 les Marteau Players / Rock'n'Rollin' : 5 - 0 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / les Anglophones : 5 - 1 les F.G.F. / la Polo Rocket : 5 - 2 la Pame / les Jupettes : 5 - 0 D.B.A.A. / Polochistolo : 5 - 0 la Schmoove / X-rated : 5 - 0 V.A.F. / Cyclotron : 5 - 0	les Broken Legs / Rock'n'Rollin' : 4 - 1 les Anglophones / X-rated : 5 - 0 les Jupettes / Cyclotron : 2 - 1 la Polo Rocket / Polochistolo : 5 - 0 Rock'n'Rollin', X-rated, Cyclotron and Polochistolo eliminated because of 2 defeats.
2^nd round	2^nd resit round
Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / les Marteau Players : 2 - 1 les F.G.F. / les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas : 5 - 1 la Pame / D.B.A.A. : 2 - 1 la Schmoove / V.A.F. : 5 - 1	V.A.F. / les Broken Legs : 3 - 2 les Anglophones / D.B.A.A. : 5 - 1 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / les Jupettes : 5 - 1 les Marteau Players / la Polo Rocket : 3 - 1 Les Broken Legs, les Jupettes, D.B.A.A. and la Polo Rocket eliminated because of 2 defeats.
	1/8^th of resit round
	V.A.F. / les Anglophones : 5 - 4 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / les Marteau Players Les Anglophones and les Marteaux Players eliminated because of 2 defeats.
1/4 of final	1/4 of resit final
les F.G.F. / Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! : 5 - 1 La Schmoove / la Pame : 5 - 1	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / V.A.F. : 5 - 0 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / La Pame : 5 - 3 La Pame et V.A.F. eliminated because of 2 defeats.
semi-final	semi-resit final
les F.G.F. / la Schmoove : 5 - 2	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas : 5 - 2 Les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas eliminated because of 2 defeats.
Final	Resit final
les F.G.F. / Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! : 5 - 3	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / la Schmoove : 5 - 1

2009 C.P.C.V. tournament rank

1/ les F.G.F. - Franco-Greek Fuckers (Ile-de-France)

2/ Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! (Ile-de-France)

3/ la Schmoove (England)

4/ Les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas (Ile-de-France)

5/ La Pame (Ile-de-France) & V.A.F. - Venez Avec vos Femmes (Ile-de-France)

7/ Les Anglophones (United States of Paris) & les Marteaux Players (Ile-de-France)

9/ Les Broken Legs (Normandy), les Jupettes (Normandy), D.B.A.A. - Don't Be An Ashole (Normandy) & la Polo Rocket (Ile-de-France)

13/ Rock'n'Rollin' (Ile-de-France), X-rated (Ile-de-France), Cyclotron (Ile-de-France) & Polochistolo (Ile-de-France)

2009 Rouen Tournament

Organised by the Broken Legs team, the first hardcourt bike polo Rouen tournament has been played on the St-Exupéry stadium in Rouen (Normandy, France) on 12 April 2009 by 16 teams from the United States, the United Kingdom and France in the frame of the "Happy Wheels" Urban Culture Festival of Canteleu (Normandy, France).

Rank of the 2009 Rouen Tournament

1/ Seattle Super Stars (United States of America)
2/ Bad Polo (United Kingdom)
3/ Fabulous French Fuckers (France)
4/ Dans Ta Gueule, Puceau ! (France)

Rank of other teams on the right picture.

Another video on Seine-Maritime.TV.

2009 Paris Championship

The first urban bike polo Paris Championship (teams with 3 players, games on hardcourt) is hled from 1 February and 1 May 2009 at the Champ de Mars or Petit Palais, Paris, France.

Each of the 8 registered teams play 3 matches against the other teams. The first team who scores 5 goals wins the match. Each victory gives 1 point. The winner of the Paris Championship will be the team who will have won the biggest number of matches.

Results of played games

*Matches times*	*Matches*	*Scores*
1 - 15 February 2009	Marteau Players - Broken Legs	5 - 0 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 1
	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas - V.A.F.	5 - 0 ; 5 - 2 ; 5 - 2
	Fabulous French Fuckers (F.F.F.) - Pame	5 - 0 ; 5 - 1 ; 5 - 0
	Dans Ta Gueule, Puceau ! - Polo Rocket	5 - 1 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 0
15 February - 1 March 2009	Marteau Players - V.A.F.	5 - 2 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 2
	Dans Ta Gueule, Puceau ! - La Pame	5 - 1 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 1
15 mars - 29 mars 2009	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas - Broken Legs	5 - 0 ; 5 - 1 ; 5 - 0
29 March - 12 April 2009	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas - La Pame	5 - 0 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 1

2009 urban bike polo Paris Championship rank

ranks	teams	Pts	PG	WG	LG	G+	G-	GA
1	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas	9	9	9	0	45	6	+ 39
2	Dans ta gueule, Puceau !	6	6	6	0	30	3	+ 27
3	Marteau Players	6	6	6	0	30	5	+ 25
4	Fabulous French Fuckers (F.F.F.)	3	3	3	0	15	1	+ 14
5	Polo Rocket	0	3	0	3	1	15	- 14
6	V.A.F.	0	6	0	6	8	30	- 22
7	Broken Legs	0	6	0	6	2	30	- 28
8	La Pame	0	9	0	9	4	45	- 41

Next matches issued on http://liguebikepoloparis.blogspot.com.

BFF Paris 2008

Held in the Champs de Mars in Paris, a bike polo tournament, uban style, has been organised in support of the first Bicycle Film Festival in Paris.

Among 16 teams from the USA, the UK, Germany and France, here are the first ranks:

1) Mad Bike Polo (U.S.A.)

2) Dans Ta Gueule Puceau (France)

3) Les Canons de Karlsruhe (Germany)

4) the Fabulous French Fuckers - FFF (France)

Centenial of the 1908 London OIympic Games (24 & 25 July 2008)

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 the 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 the Chelsea Pedallers and the Oakenden Pedallers (both teams from United Kingdom) on Saturday 26 July.

E.S. Gervais-Lilas vs Chelsea &quo

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

Gervais-Lilas / Dublin : 3 - 0

Chelsea "England" / Chelsea "Eastern Europe" : 3 - 2

Gervais-Lilas / Chelsea "Eastern Europe" : 7 - 2

Dublin /Chelsea "England" : 4 - 1

Chelsea "Eastern Europe" / Dublin : 5 - 2

Gervais-Lilas / Chelsea "England" : 2 - 0

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, victory vs Dublin)
3) Dublin Phoenix (Ireland, 1 win, - 3, defeat against Chelsea "Eastern Europe")
4) Chelsea Pedallers "England" (United Kingdom, 1 win, - 4)

Oakenden vs Chelsea

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

Oakenden / Chelsea : 2 - 1

Gervais-Lilas / Dublin : 4 - 0

Gervais-Lilas / Chelsea : 5 - 0

Dublin /Oakenden : 2 - 1

Final : Gervais-Lilas / Dublin : 2 - 0

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)

Gervais-Lilas vs Chelsea Oakenden vs Dublin

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 of the E.S. Gervais-Lilas choose to be divided into various teams.

Rank of the Guard Polo Club charity day:

1) the Monty (incl. Dublin and Gervais-Lilas players)

2) Eurotalk

3) Jack Wills I

4) the Drinking Team with a Polo Problem (incl. a Gervais-Lilas player)

5) other teams (including the Oakenden Pedallers 1, the Oakenden Pedallers 2, Jack Will II, Corona Bike Polo, the Chelsea Pedallers, the Red Ties, two teams made with Australians living in England and other teams with or without Gervais-Lilas players)

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