History of East Van Bike Polo
This is a work in progress - thanks to Scora for getting it started...
August 2006
- Bike polo was a side event to the Little 100 Race. This day marks the birth of EVBP. A number of us played for the first time and were totally hooked!
- We subsequently met each week at Strathcona Park to get our polo fix. According those early email call-outs, this group included: Simon, Jim, Patricia, Mark, James, Maitland, Darryl, Lora, Ifny, Bill, Robertrao(?) and Ifney
- James became the "Keeper of the Mallets" and diligently brought down a quiver each week for everyone to use
September 2006
- We moved from Strathcona to Grandview Park
October 2006
- Simon and Jim got the cyber ball rolling and started up the listserv and myspace accounts. Jim created our logo and coined the term East Van Bike Polo to distinguish ourselves from the group that plays grass bike polo at Jericho.
- Thanks Jim!! Our name and logo have become important to our identity
November 2006
- Pieter secured the bikepolo.ca domain
April 21-22, 2007
- The Last Riders of the Apoloclypse Tournament
June 2007
- A short video of polo was in the Bike Shorts night
- Bob also put it on his website: www.youneverbikealone.com/eastvanbikepolo
July 1, 2007
- The Northern Crown Tournament
July 10, 2007
- Sertac died in a climbing accident. Lisa made spoke cards in honour of him.
August 2007
- The Westender listed us as one of the 49 things you should do before the summer is over:
"Watch the anarchists play bike polo at Grandview Park. With its squeegee-grunge aesthetic and carefree, helmet-less approach to personal safety, East Van bike polo is about the coolest spectator sport viewable through a chain-link fence."
September 23 2007
- The Polorobics Tournament
- Happy 1st birthday EVBP!!
November 2007
- The Cascadia Fall Classic Tournament
February 2, 2008
- The Polo Inside, Undies Out Tournament
May 10, 2008
- The Yo Mama Bike Polo Tournament
June 2008
- Pieter extended bikepolo.ca to the greater polo community
August 23, 2008
- The Terrible Twos Tournament
- the level of play and consequently the rules of polo were evolving. We had a number of balljoint discussions at this time.
- Happy 2nd Birthday EVBP! Ken made an awesome cake!
August 2009
EVBP.ca launched
