Rizzo Rink is our club's local spot to play every Wednesday evening from 7pm-10pm. A great facility for us, with a built in floor hockey rink outdoor but covered, amenities inside the rink facility and in the surrounding community, and central access in the city.
I am very excited to announce that they have agreed wholeheartedly to be the host location for ESPI 6 in conjunction with the Philly Bike Polo Club on June 11 and 12, 2011. The outdoor rink will be used as our court 1, with two additional courts built in the concrete playing areas to the south of that rink in the same facility grounds. This will give us three great courts, side-by-side, covered from the summer sun, with ample room to keep the participant belongings as well as organization station and product promotion booths in a conjoining area. The indoor rink is for ice-hockey and will not be used in our event, however we will have all access to the restrooms and warm-up areas inside the building for the entire tournament.
Here are some photos of the location:
Rizzo Rink from Front Street
This is a view of the Organization and Holding area to the left, and Court 1 to the right, from Front Street again
This is Court 2 and Court 3 from Front Street
Here is Court 1 from the corner [my apologies for this photo it's difficult to shoot the whole rink with my camera]. Court 1 is exactly 136' long and 60' wide, hockey-walled, with 5 entry points along the boards.
Court 2, we will be removing the pole that you can see to the right, this court will be built up to be 120' long and 52' wide.
Court 3 will also be 120' long and 52' wide, we will be using most of the concrete wall to the left as part of the court and constructing the boards on three sides of this surface. You can see a friend on my polo bike closer to Front Street, gives you an idea of the size of the courts in relativity to people.
We are really excited about this location as it provides us with an ideal space for the courts to be used and made!
A huge thank you goes out to Tony from Rizzo Rink for helping make this happen with our club. We are confident that all participants will feel these courts can provide a high caliber environment to play high grade bike polo, something that is the most important factor in any tournament.
Bring your A-games people, you will have Grade A courts to play on!
Court layout to come. Thanks!
