Berlin ECMC09 bike polo

2 June 2009

I went to Berlin last weekend, partly to meet up with our local partners, who started publishing Intersection Germany last month, and partly to attend the bike polo tournament held as part of the 2009 European Cycle Messenger Championships.

I replaced a missing player at the last minute in an improvised team, and we managed to reach the quarter finals I think, where we got beaten by my friends from Paris, the Dans Ta Gueule Puceau:

Overall it was a nice weekend, and playing in such an amazing architectural landmark as the recently decommissioned Tempelhof airport was a nice bonus…

I also loved the local variation of roller racing: they had free-standing trainers (unlike the ones used at Rollapaluza events) connected to a race track, each roller powering a miniature car: