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 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)

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, 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)

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)

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...)

2008 French Championship

Matches of the regular season

Ranking of the regular season:

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

Final for the bronze medal (22 June 2008, Pessac, Gascony)

Final for the gold and the silver medals (22 June 2008, Pessac, Gascony)

2008 European Cup - 1^st leg - Vigo, United Kingdom (7 & 8 June 2008)

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
- overall goal-average
- number of goals scored
- number of goals lost to the opponant.

Saturday 7 June 2008

Sunday 8 June 2008

2^nd International Bobigny's Open

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

Sunday 23 September 2007

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)

Definitive ranking of the 2007 European Cup

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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