Get your mallets ready bike polo fans, Portland is set host the first-ever Oregon Bike Polo Championships.
On the weekend of March 7th – 9th, the best bike polo players from all over the Northwest will vie for the championship crown. Organizer Drew Kinney says qualifying matches will be determined at Pier Park in North Portland on Saturday and then the finals will be held at Alberta Park on Sunday. Kinney expects polo players from Corvallis, Eugene, Seattle, and Canada to compete at the event.
Portland is a hotbed of bike polo. There are regular games and classes for beginners at Portland State University. There’s a women’s only polo night at Alberta Park during the summer, and Portland’s Axles of Evil are one of the best teams in the country.
Check out the event poster:
— For more information on the Oregon Bike Polo Championships, see the official event website.
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Eugene represent! See y’all there…
Bike polo is dangerous.
Thank god for bike polo.
Hell yeah. One question, how do you ride polo gearing all the way to pier park?
this is gonna be fun
ONE MORE MALLET
ONE LESS HORSE
i hear that crews from chicago and NYC are coming too. beware