Portland will host Oregon bike polo championships

Bike polo in Alberta Park

Bike polo at Alberta Park will decide the
state championships in March.
(Photo © J. Maus)

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.

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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.

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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BrendejoChingon
BrendejoChingon
15 years ago

Eugene represent! See y’all there…

RyNO Dan
RyNO Dan
15 years ago

Bike polo is dangerous.
Thank god for bike polo.

gabriel amadeus
15 years ago

Hell yeah. One question, how do you ride polo gearing all the way to pier park?

oudaaah
oudaaah
15 years ago

this is gonna be fun

Alexander
15 years ago

ONE MORE MALLET

gabriel amadeus
15 years ago

ONE LESS HORSE

revphil
15 years ago

i hear that crews from chicago and NYC are coming too. beware