EHBPC 2010 Geneva

Hi everybody,
We want to thank every people who make this wonderful tournament reality:
All the staff for the massive help!
All the players for the massive playing!
The city of Geneva: Délégation à la Jeunesse and Service des Sports, for their financing and hardware help.
LaPati for the amazing courts and best red goals ever.
Association Roue libre
Serge from Hotpoint (bike shop): For the workshop close to the courts, helpful to many players (and even non-player)
Chunk for the pink monkey shirts, prizes and their work.
Wainting for the sun for the sun and the glasses.
Dirty hands for the stickers.
Eight Inch for their prizes.

ehvfxd :

EHBPC 2010 Rolling Hoods vs El Club from EHVFXD on Vimeo.

EHBPC 2010 MGM vs Rotten Apples from EHVFXD on Vimeo.

EHBPC 2010 POLOsynthese vs Bambule from EHVFXD on Vimeo.

EHBPC 2010 POLOsynthese vs Apologies Accepted from EHVFXD on Vimeo.

Videos from Romabikepolo:

Setting the courts:

part 2:

Local tv, at 5:00
http://www.lemanbleu.ch/leman_bleu_archive_flv.php?new=true&p_emi=2&filename=naxoo/2010/7/16/9008-tj_16-07-2010.mp4
Local web tv:
http://www.webtvgeneve.ch/video-geneve/velo-polo-genevois-champions-deurope-212/

Already a lot of photos of the event are appearing around the web, below a first non-exhaustive selection.

Photo set from Patricio MICHELIN:

“…a few pictures from this gorgeous week end at Geneva.
I’ve made a quick selection… I need to tighten it, with a few comment you can help me to do that.
Hope you to enjoy!

Congrats to L’Equipe

Daily report by Max (guidoline.com)

Photo set by Ivan

Photo set (bikes only) by Djer

Photo set by Philippe Bailat

Dont forget HELMETS!!

REgistration gonna be on friday, on the courts or next to the bar.( 1 avenue blanc, genève).

@ Airport to train station:
Take the train to “Gare Cornavin”, that’s the only stop you can go just after the airport (rail is under the airport).

After take the road who get directly to the old school, and go up:
Google map instructions

RuLES:

http://j.mp/b7HcxE

pdf-click

Fill out this document

Thanks…

FAQ:

Housing?

Housing gonna be free for every player. We have rent two civilian protection buildings.

Schedule?

Friday: Welcome day since 13:00 on the spot. Pick Up. Beer. Meet.

Saturday: 9:00 to 19:00 Qualifications (8 groups with 6 teams, 2 teams out at end of the day)

Sunday: 9:00 to 18:00 Double elimination

(All details about the tournament can change)

Price?

50 frcs per team. (these days: 35,8719 euros). But we want the money in swiss francs.

Courts?

3 courts: 32m x 15m

Goals?

Netted goals. 180 cm long x 80 cm high

Finaly official posters are out.

PDF version

Sponsors:
For courts:
La Pati Sa
For shirts:
Chunk

Here is the final ratio for every city interested in EHBPC 2010.
We have received 93 pre-subsriptions from 30 cities for “olny” 48 slots.
So..
There is enough space for 48 teams.

1) Each of the thirty cities that pre-registered gets one team
2) Each city that requested 3 or more spots gets 2 spots.
3) Each city that registered 5 or more spots gets 3 spots.
4) The biggest polo community (and organizers of EHBPC 2009) gets 4 spots.

List:
City: number of teams allowed to come to Ehbpc 2010

Wien:    1
Genève:3
Bern:1
Lausanne:1
Basel:1
Copenhagen:1
München:3
Karlsruhe:2
Frankfurt:2
Hamburg:1
Berlin:2
Leipzig:1
Barcelona:2
Rouen:2
Grenoble:1
Toulouse:1
Paris:3
Lyon:1
Manchester    :2
Cambridge :1
London:4
Birmingham:1
Oxford:1
Milan:1
Rome    :1
Catania:2
Vicenza:1
Fano:1
Hollande:3
Budapest:1