Segway polo is the wheel deal

People groovy on polo precisely without the riding skills or the resources to hold their ain sec Segway polo is the cycle deal
Action from the 2010 European Polo Championship, held inwards Hemer. Photo: Waddehadde/Facebook

People groovy on polo precisely without the riding skills or the resources to hold their ain string of top-notch ponies should mayhap hold upwards considering a to a greater extent than affordable option: Segway polo.

Britain is the latest terra firma making efforts to get together a Segway polo squad to compete on the international circuit.

Like existent polo, Segway polo involves 2 teams of v mallet-wielding players trying to marker goals. The rule plain is 61 metres yesteryear 39 metres in addition to the finish measures 2.4 metres across.

Now, Nick Magliocchetti, who runs a consultancy specialising inwards technology ventures, is working to larn a squad together then United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland tin hand the sack bring together 10 other countries for the side yesteryear side footing championships.

The game originated inwards California inwards 2004 in addition to has its ain governing body, the International Segway Polo Association.

Magliocchetti told Britain’s Independent paper that he hoped to brand the game move inwards Britain, telling the newspaper: “My see is that it’ll hold upwards similar a game for gentlemen of tech.”

The trophy on offering at the footing championships is the Woz Challenge Cup, named afterwards Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

The footing championships were established inwards 2006 when the Silicon Valley Aftershocks played the New Zealand Pole Blacks inwards Auckland, according to Wikipedia. The number was a 2-all tie.

In 2007, it was played inwards San Francisco, California, amongst the Aftershocks defeating the Pole Blacks 5-0.

The lawsuit has been held annually since, amongst xiv teams from ix nations contesting the 2012 lawsuit inwards Stockholm, Sweden.

The latest footing entitle was held from July 20-24 inwards Washington DC, involving ix teams from v nations. The Stockholm Saints, from Sweden, won over Team Barbados inwards the final, 2-1.

In the bronze medal match, the Blade Allstars from Deutschland trounce the Balve Mammuts, (Germany) on penalties.

 

 

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